Dandys Rule OK

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Dandys Rule OK
Studio album by The Dandy Warhols
Released 6 April 1995
Recorded Winter 1994–1995
Genre Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, garage rock revival, power pop
Length 74:02
Label Tim/Kerr
Producer Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Tony Lash
The Dandy Warhols chronology
Dandys Rule OK
(1995)		 ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
(1997)
Singles from Dandys Rule OK
  1. "Ride"
    Released: 1995
  2. "The Dandy Warhols T.V. Theme Song"
    Released: 1995
  3. "Nothin' to Do"
    Released: 1996

Dandys Rule OK[1] is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on 6 April 1995 on Tim/Kerr Records.

The album is sometimes referred to as The White Album,[citation needed] in reference to the album cover which bears similarities to The Beatles album The Beatles (which is also known as The White Album), in contrast to the band's The Black Album, recorded the following year in 1996.

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[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[2]
Alternative Press favorable[3]
NME 4/10[4]
Q 2/5 stars[5]
Piero Scaruffi 7/10[6]
Select 2/5 stars[7]
The Washington Post mixed[8]

The album has received a mixed critical reception. Rock critic Piero Scaruffi called it "an impressive post-modernist survey of the Sixties, from the garage-psychedelic refrain of Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song to the colossal anthemic riff of Ride to the dreamy velvety Nothing."[6] Q magazine, on the other hand, wrote it's "what the Portland quartet sound like on bad drugs".[5] NME also gave it a negative review, calling it an "Unfocused, sprawling debut album notable for the piledriving classic ‘TV Theme Song’, an awful lot of stoned noodling and pretty much sod-all else."[4]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Introduction by Young Tom"     0:26
2. "The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song"     2:50
3. "Ride"     4:10
4. "Best Friend"     3:27
5. "Not Your Bottle"     4:00
6. "(Tony, This Song Is Called) Lou Weed"     4:17
7. "Nothin' to Do"     2:23
8. "The Coffee and Tea Wrecks"     4:06
9. "Genius"     6:08
10. "Dick"     8:07
11. "Just Try"     4:41
12. "Nothing (Lifestyle of a Tortured Artist for Sale)"     3:52
13. "Grunge Betty"     3:32
14. "Prelude: It's a Fast Driving Rave-Up with The Dandy Warhols"   Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmstrom, Eric Hedford 0:51
15. "It's a Fast Driving Rave-Up with The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes"   Taylor-Taylor, Holmstrom, Hedford 16:04
16. "Finale: It's a Fast Driving Rave-Up with The Dandy Warhols"   Taylor-Taylor, Holmstrom, Hedford 4:58

A hidden track starts at 3:11 into "Finale: It's a Fast Driving Rave-Up with The Dandy Warhols". It is a short reprise of "Dick".

[edit] Personnel

The Dandy Warhols
Additional personnel
Production
  • Dave Kinhan – album artwork (painting)
  • Tony Lash – engineering, mastering, production
  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor – production, sleeve design and layout
  • Marc Trunz – sleeve photography

[edit] References

  1. ^ Courtney Taylor-Taylor (17 October 2009). "Twitter". Twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/CourtneyTaylor2/status/4923731350. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  2. ^ Nitsuh Abebe. "Dandys Rule OK?". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r223757. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  3. ^ Dave Thompson (November 1995). Alternative Press (88). 
  4. ^ a b "Courtney's track-by-track guide to Odditorium". slabtown.net. http://www.slabtown.net/articles/article_nmecourtowom.html. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 
  5. ^ a b Nick Duerden (January 1999). Q. 
  6. ^ a b Piero Scaruffi. "Dandy Warhols". scaruffi.com. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/dandywar.html. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  7. ^ Roy Wilkinson (March 1996). Select. 
  8. ^ Mark Jenkins (24 November 1995). The Washington Post: p. 19. 

[edit] External links

The Dandy Warhols
  • Eric Hedford
Studio albums
Compilation albums
EPs
  • Little Drummer Boy
  • Tales from Slabtown
  • Tales from Slabtown Vol. 2
  • Bohemian Like You Australian Tour
  • Earth to the Remix E.P. Volume One
  • Earth to the Remix E.P. Volume Two
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