GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
| GodWeenSatan: The Oneness | ||||
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| Released | November 16, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989–1990 | |||
| Length | 70:59 (original release) 76:31 (starting with 2001 reissue) | |||
| Label | Twin/Tone Records | |||
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GodWeenSatan: The Oneness is an album by Ween, released on November 16, 1990 on Twin/Tone Records. It is usually considered Ween's first album, although they had several smaller independent releases previously.
Description and History[edit | edit source]
Ween had been making and releasing music on cassette tapes for seven years before they released the album (which is considered their first "true" album). Several songs from GodWeenSatan appear in primitive form on their early tapes, records and demos (including "You Fucked Up", "Bumblebee", and "I Gots A Weasel", among others; attesting to this is Dean Ween summarizing it as a "greatest hits" of their prior six years[1]). Professional recording started in 1989 in producer Andrew Weiss' living room studio. Unlike its successors The Pod and Pure Guava, for the most part it uses live drums played by Deaner, some of which were recorded at Greg Frey's Graphic Sound studio in East Amwell, New Jersey.[2] Most of the album was recorded on 16-track tape at both Weiss' and Frey's studios[3][4], though the band had moved into a farmhouse dubbed "the Pod" in 1990, where at least two more tracks would be recorded via 4-track ("Birthday Boy" and "Blackjack").
The album was released through Twin/Tone Records, who had signed Ween after they opened for the grunge band Skunk at a private show for the label.[5] Skunk's drummer, Claude Coleman, Jr., would eventually join Ween in 1994. GodWeenSatan was the band's only release on Twin/Tone.
Supposedly, the album was originally going to be called "Brothers", with the album cover being two African children hugging each other, but this idea was shelved.[citation needed]
According to Deaner, GodWeenSatan was sequenced with vinyl in mind, and the CD release didn't have much attention paid to it, resulting in it getting "totally fucked" in the mastering process – audio compression issues could be heard throughout the entire album.[6] In 2001, they decided to have the album remastered by Howie Weinberg (jokingly dubbing it a "25th anniversary edition"; in actuality, the album was merely almost eleven years old at the time), with three additional tracks: "Bumblebee Part 2", "Stacey", and "Hippy Smell". This remaster would be released on September 11 of that year. To celebrate, Ween did a live performance of the entire album (minus the tracks added to the remaster) three days later.
Track Listing[edit | edit source]
Original Release[edit | edit source]
| 1 | You Fucked Up |
| 2 | Tick |
| 3 | I'm in the Mood to Move |
| 4 | I Gots a Weasel |
| 5 | Fat Lenny |
| 6 | Cold and Wet |
| 7 | Bumblebee |
| 8 | Don't Laugh (I Love You) |
| 9 | Never Squeal |
| 10 | Up on the Hill |
| 11 | Wayne's Pet Youngin' |
| 12 | Nicole |
| 13 | Common Bitch |
| 14 | El Camino |
| 15 | Old Queen Cole |
| 16 | Nan |
| 17 | Licking the Palm for Guava |
| 18 | Mushroom Festival in Hell |
| 19 | L.M.L.Y.P. |
| 20 | Papa Zit |
| 21 | Old Man Thunder |
| 22 | Birthday Boy |
| 23 | Blackjack |
| 24 | Squelch the Weasel |
| 25 | Marble Tulip Juicy Tree |
| 26 | Puffy Cloud |
2001 Remaster[edit | edit source]
| 1 | You Fucked Up |
| 2 | Tick |
| 3 | I'm in the Mood to Move |
| 4 | I Gots a Weasel |
| 5 | Fat Lenny |
| 6 | Cold and Wet |
| 7 | Bumblebee |
| 8 | Bumblebee Part 2 |
| 9 | Don't Laugh (I Love You) |
| 10 | Never Squeal |
| 11 | Up on the Hill |
| 12 | Wayne's Pet Youngin' |
| 13 | Nicole |
| 14 | Common Bitch |
| 15 | El Camino |
| 16 | Old Queen Cole |
| 17 | Stacey |
| 18 | Nan |
| 19 | Licking the Palm for Guava |
| 20 | Mushroom Festival in Hell |
| 21 | L.M.L.Y.P. |
| 22 | Papa Zit |
| 23 | Hippy Smell |
| 24 | Old Man Thunder |
| 25 | Birthday Boy |
| 26 | Blackjack |
| 27 | Squelch the Weasel |
| 28 | Marble Tulip Juicy Tree |
| 29 | Puffy Cloud |
This track listing is exclusive to the CD version; the new songs were not added to the vinyl releases.
Known Personnel[edit | edit source]
Sourced from the liner notes unless stated otherwise.
- Gene Ween
- Dean Ween
- Andrew Weiss - producer, mixing, bass
- David Williams - co-lead vocals on "I'm in the Mood to Move"
- "Eddie Dingle" (played by Gene Ween) - vocals on "Nan"
- The Maharishi Lawrence E. Curtin - spoken word on "Marble Tulip Juicy Tree"
- Theo Van Rock - mixing
- Greg Frey - drum track engineer
- Howie Weinberg - mastering engineer (anniversary edition)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Dean Ween Interview | Music Is My Life Podcast Episode 18 | Berklee Online Time=13:16
- ↑ H. Shteamer, Chocolate and Cheese, p.85–86
- ↑ H. Shteamer, Chocolate and Cheese, p.10
- ↑ Dean Ween Interview | Music Is My Life Podcast Episode 18 | Berklee Online Time=13:09
- ↑ https://www.songfacts.com/blog/writing/claude-coleman-jr-of-ween
- ↑ Taken from GodWeenSatan liner notes.
Scans[edit | edit source]
Back cover
CD
Back of CD
Booklet 1
Booklet 2
Booklet 3
Booklet 4
