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This article is about an album. For the spice, see Black pepper
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Falling Out redirects here. For the album by Peter Bjorn and John, see Falling Out (album)

White Pepper is Ween's seventh full-length album, and the last album they would release on Elektra Records. It was released on May 2, 2000.

White Pepper is one of Ween's more polished albums. Most of the tracks have a higher fidelity than their other studio releases. Songs like "Even If You Don't" feature powerful, radio-friendly production and musicianship. Ween's bizarre sense of humour is still intact (such as on the Steely Dan send-up "Pandy Fackler") and their hard rock roots still show as seen on "Stroker Ace" and "The Grobe", but for the most part, Ween play the album much more subdued than usual, using pop (especially Beatles-based pop) and AM radio staples for its inspiration. Its title is said to be a tip of the hat to two Beatles albums, Sgt. Peppers and The White Album.

The band helped promote the album by performing "Exactly Where I'm At" on the Late Show with David Letterman. The track "Even If You Don't" was made into a music video and directed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame. According to Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo), he and Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman) are good friends of Parker and Stone, and Melchiondo has even referred to them (Parker and Stone) as kindred spirits.[citation needed]

Track listing

All songs written by Ween. Published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Ver Music/Browndog Music, BMI.

No.TitleLength
1."Exactly Where I'm At"4:31
2."Flutes of Chi"3:30
3."Even If You Don't"3:25
4."Bananas and Blow"3:34
5."Stroker Ace"2:08
6."Ice Castles"2:05
7."Back to Basom"3:46
8."The Grobe"3:32
9."Pandy Fackler"3:57
10."Stay Forever"3:32
11."Falling Out"2:28
12."She's Your Baby"3:00

Singles

  • "Even If You Don't" was released as a single on Mushroom Records with the B-side "Cornbread Red".
  • "Stay Forever" was released as a single on Mushroom Records with "The Grobe" and "Who Dat?"

Personnel

  • Chris Shaw - Producer, engineer, mixer
  • Danny Madorsky - Engineer
  • Phil Painson - Engineer
  • Damian Shannon - Engineer
  • Kirk Miller - Live Sound Engineer
  • Ween - Producer
  • Howie Weinberg - Mastering
  • Gregory Burke - Art direction
  • Danny Clinch - Photography

Charts

Album

2000   White Pepper        Heatseekers             No. 2
2001   White Pepper        The Billboard 200       No. 121
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