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Paintin' the Town Brown: Ween Live 1990–1998
Paintin' the Town Brown is the first live album by American rock band Ween, released by Elektra Records on June 22, 1999.
| Paintin' the Town Brown | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | June 22, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1990-1998 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:06:56 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Greg Frey, Kirk Miller, Ween | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.8/10 [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Paintin' the Town Brown serves as a live retrospective for the group, a 2-CD set containing songs from Ween's very first live shows (which were simply Dean, Gene, and a DAT deck) to Ween's tour in support of The Mollusk (though no songs from that particular album are featured).
This album was initially meant to be the first release on Ween's own record label Chocodog, but Elektra took the project away from the group and released it themselves. This would serve as part of the basis for Ween's departure from Elektra.
Track listing
All tracks written by Ween.
Disc one
| No. | Title | Source | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mushroom Festival in Hell" | Holland 1/91 (unverified) | 2:48 |
| 2. | "Japanese Cowboy" | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA (October 11, 1996) | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Mountain Dew" | Cicero's, St. Louis, MO (March 14, 1992) | 5:20 |
| 4. | "Bumblebee" | Switzerland 12/90 (unverified) | 1:23 |
| 5. | "Voodoo Lady" | Amsterdam 12/97 (unverified) | 6:48 |
| 6. | "Ode to Rene" | San Francisco, CA 2/93 (unverified) | 2:24 |
| 7. | "Mister Richard Smoker" | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA (October 11, 1996) | 3:08 |
| 8. | "Doctor Rock" | Melbourne, Australia 5/95 (unverified) | 3:10 |
| 9. | "I Can't Put My Finger on It" | Oslo, Norway 12/97 (unverified) | 8:48 |
| 10. | "Cover It with Gas and Set It on Fire" | Trenton, NJ '93 (unverified) | 1:20 |
| 11. | "Awesome Sound" | Amsterdam, Holland 12/97 (unverified) | 7:54 |
| 12. | "Tender Situation" | Leeuwarden, Holland 12/90 (unverified) | 4:33 |
| 13. | "Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony?" | Oslo, Norway 12/97 (unverified) | 3:56 |
| 14. | "I Saw Gener Cryin' in His Sleep" | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA (October 11, 1996) | 2:15 |
| 15. | "Marble Tulip Juicy Tree" | Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (April 30, 1996) | 5:36 |
| 16. | "She Fucks Me" | 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. (October 28, 1996) | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 1:07:17 | ||
Disc two
| No. | Title | Source | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Poop Ship Destroyer" | The Blue Note, Columbia, MO (January 31, 1995) | 26:07 |
| 2. | "Vallejo" | Huntridge Theater, Las Vegas, NV (November 14, 1994) | 30:48 |
| 3. | "Puffy Cloud" | Los Angeles, CA 10/94 (unverified) | 3:04 |
| Total length: | 59:39 | ||
Personnel
- Dean Ween - guitar, vocals, liner notes
- Gene Ween - guitar, vocals
- Danny Parks - guitar
- Dave Dreiwitz - bass
- Matt Kohut - bass
- Andrew Weiss - bass
- Stuart Basore - pedal steel
- Hank Singer - fiddle, percussion
- Bobby Ogdin - percussion, piano, keyboard
- Pidah Kloos - mixing
- Kirk Miller - producer, compilation, mixing
- Greg Frey - producer, compilation, editing
- Ween - producer, compilation
- Gregory Burke - design
Charts
Album
1999 Paintin' The Town Brown: Ween Live 1990-1998 Heatseekers No. 37
References
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Paintin' the Town Brown: Ween Live 90-98 – Ween". AllMusic. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ Josephes, Jason. . Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 26, 2001. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ Sarig, Roni (2004). "Ween". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 864–65. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.