Ween – Chocolate And Cheese (New Vinyl) (Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition)

NEW TRIPLE LP

New sealed copy. 2024 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition triple LP set. The 1994 double album recut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman. Bonus LP includes 15 previously unreleased demos curated by Dean and Gene Ween. Comes in tri-fold jacket with 15 page, 12" booklet.

Chocolate and Cheese is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Ween, originally released by Elektra Records in 1994. It was the first Ween album to be recorded in a professional studio, in contrast to the four-track home recordings of The Pod and Pure Guava. However, most of the instruments were still played by Dean and Gene Ween, including their drum machine.

Ween's previous two albums The Pod, and Pure Guava had been recorded in a very lo-fi setting – the band only had access to their guitars and a 4-track cassette Tascam Portastudio; the albums were recorded in their apartment (nicknamed "The Pod," hence the name of their second album). Having signed to major label Elektra, they now had access to better resources to record. In addition, drummer Claude Coleman joined the band, meaning they had live instrumentation as opposed to relying on a drum machine.

As a result, this album ended up sounding more hi-fi than their prior works. The sound is clearer due to having been recorded digitally as opposed to the tapes that the first three albums were done on, and the resources the band now had meant they could experiment more than they did in the previous lo-fi set up.

The album is dedicated to comedian John Candy, who died while Ween was putting the album together. "A Tear for Eddie" was dedicated to the funk/psychedelic guitar pioneer Eddie Hazel, who died December 23, 1992. In a 2011 interview, Gene Ween credited a Spanish lesson on Sesame Street with inspiring "Buenas Tardes Amigo". The album's title is phonetically similar to the British saying "chalk and cheese," a way of saying that two items have nothing in common.

The first music video for the album was 'I Can't Put My Finger On It,' followed by 'Voodoo Lady,' and 'Freedom of '76,' filmed circa March 1995.

TRACKLIST:

Original Album Remastered    
A1        Take Me Away    
A2        Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)    
A3        Freedom Of '76    
A4        I Can't Put My Finger On It    
B1        A Tear For Eddie    
B2        Roses Are Free    
B3        Baby Bitch    
B4        Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony?    
C1        Drifter In The Dark    
C2        Voodoo Lady    
C3        Joppa Road    
C4        Candi    
D1        Buenas Tardes Amigo    
D2        The HIV Song    
D3        What Deaner Was Talkin' About    
D4        Don't Shit Where You Eat    

Bonus Tracks    
E1        Crappy Anniversary Jimmy    
E2        Warm Socks    
E3        Stop, Look, Listen (And Learn)    
E4        Dirty Money    
E5        I Got It    
E6        Belgian Stew    
E7        Voodoo Lady (Demo)    
F1        Junkie Boy    
F2        Smooth Mover    
F3        Church Fire    
F4        Take Me Away (Demo)    
F5        Sasha    
F6        Roses Are Free (Demo)    
F7        Candi (Demo)    
F8        I Really Miss You (And I'm All Alone)