...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

It was very strange that within the first few moments of the first track, before any melody had actually begun, I had that sense that I would really like this album. Then the first few tracks really won me over. Somewhere in the middle it kind of lost its grip on me, but turned it back around in the end.

I've heard a thousand bands that sound just like The Dandy Warhols. They sound like every Brit Pop band mixed with every 90's/2000's indie rock band. And yet, this album still sounds fresh and full of energy. All I'd heard of The Dandy Warhols was Bohemian Like You, which is a fantastic song. It takes a LOT to give an album 5 stars on first listen, but this came verrrrrry close.

Mid. But it's got spirit.

Wow I REALLY liked this album. Has never heard it before, didn’t know what to expect. Good atmospheric music. Almost a five? Maybe not quite? Can an album I’ve never heard of before be a five? Can an album that I’ve listened to several times in one day NOT be a five?

Wow! This album was so great! I think I’ve run across the Dandy Warhols somewhere in my past but was really surprised by how much I enjoyed this. A bit of an emotional rollercoaster with clever lyrics and some very cool songs. Mouth harps, organs, grungy guitars. Minnesoter! A hard on for Jesus! So much fun!

Expected bland British fare from the album cover, but couldn’t be happier to be proved way off the mark. Can’t believe I’ve never really heard much of these guys when they sit at a clear intersection between early hard rock and indie - at times the tracks felt like a mix between Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Django Django, which wasn’t a crossover I knew I needed until today. This LP in particular manages to deftly dip its toes into several prominent genres of the time (including some notable shoegaze influence) without dating itself in the process. The back half slumps off with some wandering instrumentals, but even then it’s impossible to deny the strength of the opening gauntlet and most of the tracks on this album. I feel like a broken record here sometimes, but it’s undeniably albums like these that make the project worth the effort.

Surprise gem

A fantastic experience of neo psychedelia with a Britpop sound, despite not being British. Albeit, the first half of this album carries a lot more than the second half. But every song is worth a listen! And the album flows fantastically.

Lovely lovely modern shoegaze style psychedelia with song bangers thrown in the middle and a a good balance flow throughout its length. A record’s record. It’s meant to be enjoyed as a whole.

I had "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" on a mix CD from back in the day. It's always fun to hear the context of what was always a random lone song that I liked and liked to share on other mix CDs. The more I listened to this, the more I liked it, and it always makes me happy when that happens. This is the sort of music I enjoyed in the '90s (even if I forget that at times), and I quite enjoyed it today. Such a cool sound!

Enjoyed this one, and will probably listen again and explore more of there music

It is fitting that this album popped up just as I am experiencing possibly the worst fever of my life, because The Dandy Warhols Come Down feels like a fever dream. The music drifts between woozy, reverb-soaked soundscapes and sharp bursts of psych-pop energy. It’s a swirl of hazy guitar riffs, hypnotic grooves, and vocals that float in and out of focus, like you’re slipping between consciousness and delirium. To be honest, I hadn’t thought of this album in a while, but a long time ago, a teenaged me overheard "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" at a local indie record store, and I remember feeling almost hypnotized. I picked up the CD without even hearing another note. When I finally played it, it was like nothing else in my then-modest music collection. The Dandy Warhols have an uncanny ability to mix catchy, sun-drenched melodies with layers of fuzz and distortion, creating something both accessible and otherworldly. Their blend of psychedelic rock, alternative pop, and ironic detachment makes this album a unique and unforgettable listen. The album opens with the sprawling, 7-minute "Be-In," a bold and unusual move that sets the tone for the band's refusal to play by typical alt-rock conventions. It’s a slow-building, psychedelic haze that feels less like an intro and more like an invitation to get lost in their world. Then there’s the aforementioned "Junkie," a punchy and sardonic hit with its infectious chorus and playful critique of drug culture. On the lighter side, "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" offers a sunny, feel-good escape, with its jangly guitars and carefree vibe, embodying the band’s more accessible pop sensibilities. The quirky "Minnesoter" showcases their offbeat humour and knack for blending catchy hooks with psychedelic textures, while "Hard On For Jesus" blends irreverent lyrics with a driving beat and spacey instrumentation. As the album winds down, the Dandy Warhols once again throw convention out the window, closing with two tracks—“Pete International Airport” and “The Creep Out”—that stretch over 14 minutes combined. Both songs drift into spacey, instrumental territory, a fittingly hypnotic end to an album designed to take you somewhere strange and unexpected. From start to finish, the band plays by their own rulebook, and it’s this sense of unpredictability that keeps Come Down feeling fresh, even decades later. Did/Do I own this release? Yes. Does this release belong on the list? It’s unique, enjoyable, and has stood the test of time—so why not? Would this release make my personal list? As mentioned, I hadn’t thought of this album in a while, but it does tick many of my boxes. Will I be listening to it again? For sure, frequently.

"Dig!" is one of my favorite music documentaries, carting the parallel journeys of the Dandy Warhols and the Briamn Jonestown Massacre. it's a great and compelling story of the music industry in the 1990s and the comparisons between the two bands (once friends, later enemies) make for fascinating viewing, full of drama, violence, drugs, ambition, mental illness and self-destruction. While the Brian Jonestown Massacre's willful embrace of the rock'n'roll myth, all sex and drugs and destruction, left a trail of self-sabotage, missed opportunities, ex-band members and failure, it looks like they were ultimately the more artistically successful. There are a lot of subsequent bands subsequent that were clearly influenced by their 60s inflected drone rock (personally, I quite like Wooden Shjips), although Anton Newcombe's continuing behaviour issues become less and less charming as the years pass. Artistic endeavor doesn't give you a pass to act like an arsehole. The Dandy Warhols are a different case. They were willing to make the compromises to sign to a major label and reach for the brass ring. They were a bit out of step with American "indie" music at the time; they had an air of louche glamour and decadence. Interestingly, Pitchfork cite this album on their list of "Best Britpop albums that aren't British". And I can see the reasoning; enthralled by the first British Invasion (more Stones than Beatles in this case), the cocaine strut, the naked ambition and embrace of all the rock star lifestyle. Were they arrogant? Were they drug-addled (even if not embracing the full-time junkie depravity of BJM)? Were they naive about how the industry works? Well, yes, they were all those things. But they released a couple of major label albums (best summarized on their retrospective compilation), had some hits in Europe and other markets (they were pretty big in Australia due to lots of play on Triple J radio), toured in a tour bus, played a bunch of festivals, did a lot of drugs, and basically fell into every music industry trap that Steve Albini warned us about. So, mission accomplished! What's the album like to listen to, though? Well, there are a handful of decent songs (Last Junkie on Earth, Boys Better), but really nothing special. And sooooo much filler. All the songs are a minute too long, and there are a few tracks that need to be cut entirely (Pete International Airport, immediately springs to mind). What was going on in the 90s that albums needed to be more than an hour long? The Dandys obsession with sixties rock should have told them that an album really shouldn't exceed 40 minutes. The record desperately needs 20-25 minutes edited out. I don't mind a bit of drone in my rock, but when the drone is all there is (and the Dandy's drones ain't that great), then they're just wasting time. I feel that this album is mostly posture; all talk and no trousers. It was sort of cool at the time, but the years haven't been kind. This album is pretty inessential. But go watch "Dig!" That really is essential viewing about how bands work.

never been in to the dandys like i probably should. I mean i know anton newcombe can be a prick but he was right about them selling out. Dandy's rule ok was a genuinely good album but this one is a classic example of all the jagged edges being smoothed and the grime cleaned off leaving some sanitised bland airplay worthy muzak that has none of what the original band had. at least its not some more folk nonce or neil fucking young.

Cet album ne vaut pas 5. Trop de titres pas si fous, et ce n'est pas possible de terminer un album par deux instrumentaux sans grand intérêt pour un total de 16 minutes, surtout "Pete international airport". Par contre, parce qu'il y a "Be-In", "Boys Better", "Not if you were the last junkie on Earth", "Good morning", "Boys better", "Cool as Kim Deal", parce qu'il n'y a pas (scandale !) 13 tales dans le liste des albums, parce que l'Elysée Montmartre, parce que Dig !, parce que les Dandy Warhols, ce sera 5.

Love this Britpop by way of PDX sound. The synth gives them a unique vibe that's really fun.

Turns out I own three (3!) Dandy Warhols albums: our current task here, the one with the Vodafone ad and the one with the Veronica Mars song. Given the slovenly state of their mp3 tags I assume they were given to me by a well-meaning friend and never listened to. Well: this one is the worst by some distance. A couple of good pop tunes, each with a cool arch-sarcastic affect although quite conventional in reality, a career strategy that only seems to work for Yanks somehow (the old irony gap?). Too long with too many guitar effect layers that go nowhere, but fun in places. Go watch "Dig!" if you haven't; highly amusing even if you care nothing for the bands featured within. The indie Spinal Tap as cinéma vérité.

britpop from portland, oregon

I live in Portland so I suppose I should like this. I don’t know how much of this band I’ve actually heard, but the first track isn’t ringing any bells. This has elements of other 90s Portland bands that I do know, like Heatmiser, but more Neil Gust, with little to no Elliott Smith. Thankfully they sound nothing like Everclear. I probably would’ve loved this if I’d heard it closer to when it came out. It’s a little samey for me on first listen. I don’t mind it, though. It’s fine.

The heroin song was ubiquitous in its era; hated it then, hate it now. Spent the rest of this swinging between thinking it was actually pretty good and finding the whole attitude incredibly irritating. The dullard sobriquet "Minnesoter" nearly pushed it into 2 star territory.

Expensive, competent and lacklustre, listenable but rarely engaging, and twenty minutes too long, this is music designed to be lifted in 20-second chunks for young-adult TV shows that makes me wonder about the motives of critics behind this list - an argument might be made to treat this as fashion history, but to include it for its quality would be deranged. The passé-heroin song is their deserved hit, irritatingly effective and then-modish. Apart from that, the slower songs are marginally more appealing, which I had not expected. The final droning march has little going on though; one listen was sufficient.

Wasn’t expecting to like it, had only previously heard “bohemian like you”. Enjoyed every song. While there was nothing that I felt was amazing, Will definitely listen to it again

Surprised how much I enjoyed this. I only already knew the one "hit"

Way better than their name sounds (I hate their name so much), but this is a bit of fun. The second half dragged massively for me but enjoyed overall

An oasis of indie-rock goodness that emerged within a desert of cookie-cutter pop punk, Britpop, nu-metal, and grunge knock-offs in 1997.

Love this. Really hits the spot.

I didn't like their major hit, thus I lost my interest in exploring their music further. I was so wrong. This album is amazing!

Daaaaaaaaaaamn this is good. I haven't liked a lot of the new-to-me 90s and later rock I've heard on the list so far, but I loved this. Every song was so damn good. Definitely keeping this one on my phone and forcing other people to listen to it!

Whole album is a masterpiece !!!

solid album!!! this came on a day where the suns out and this perfectly encapsulated that feeling of seeing the sun for the first time in a long time :)

Somehow I missed this in '97. One my favorite discoveries so far. Another reviewer mentioned that they knew they would love this just moments into the opening track, I had the exact same experience. Dirty, droney, psychedelia. (The Dandy Warhols > The Brian Jonestown Massacre)

I had never really heard these guys before listening to this album. I love how this seems like one cohesive piece.

Otroligt bra. Whipping tree och Pete international airport var tyvärr dåliga men resten är kanon! Första låten är en jävla smäll, även orange.

9/10 super fun album lots of amazing songs throughout; my favorite of which is probably orange

Love this!

Surprisingly good?

Neo psychedelica that stood the test of time? I'm in

Somehow, I came away from Dig! finding the Dandy Warhols more insufferable than the Brian Jonestown Massacre, which, if you’ve seen that film, is no small feat, but I can’t really put my finger on why that is - aside from maybe thinking that BJM is a more interesting band. Putting that aside, this is a decent record, a good blend of fuzzed out psych and power pop, though it starts to feel repetitive towards the end.

…The Dandy Warhols Come Down I was quite into the Dandy Warhols, I really liked this album and the two after it, but I can’t have thought about them in about 20 years. It’s kind of interesting for 1997, although they sound very American and you can hear a bit of alt rock/grunge to it, and it definitely has some Britpopness to it, but it actually feels more like a lot of indie from around 2000 onwards. They are pretty good at creating a droning, Sonic Youth type groove with layered sounds, as on Be-In, Boys Better, Good Morning and The Creep Out, but they can also write some very catchy melodies - Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth and Everyday Should be a Holiday are great bits of pop music. Cool as Kim Deal is good, and Minnersoter and Hard On for Jesus are decent as well. But I suppose the issue is that the songs in between those two types, while not bad, either are probably not catchy enough or quite atmospheric or interesting enough, so it feels uneven and does drag in places, eg Orange, I Love You, Whipping Tree, Green and Pete International Airport. It’s also another bloaty CD album at 66 mins. Overall though it's an enjoyable enough listen with some good songs and a fair amount of filler. I would happily listen again, but I doubt I’d reach for it that frequently, making it a standard issue 3. 🥫🥫🥫 Playlist submission: Everyday Should be a Holiday

I remember when this came out and it had some catchy tunes but to me they don’t hold up to repeat listens

Never really fully got the hype around these guys. It's solid enough power pop but doesn't blow me away or anything. I don't think it's terribly notable.

I've heard an album by this band before (the one after this, the one with the big hit on it) and I'm a bit surprised this one made it in over that as that one was more successful and gets more plaudits. This is American Britpop, and this is the only American band I've heard that goes for this kind of sound. They obviously took a lot of inspiration from bands like Spiritualized and The Verve, because it sounds exactly like them. I'm ambivalent, like The Verve and Spiritualised when they're good they're good but many of the songs are more drawn out than they need to be, and the album ends up being far too long as a result.

This has always been a band for me that pops up here and there on playlists or whatever, but I've never taken the time to learn anything about them. I found myself liking many of these songs, even when I didn't want to - almost sounds like a metaphor for drugs, one of the recurring themes throughout the album. I like the bent towards psychedelic rock, but done in their own way. On the other hand, there is something rubbing me the wrong way about this band that's hard to put my finger on - maybe a sense that they're making a joke I don't quite understand.

DEFINITELY BIASED HERE. This band turned up the drone-pop on this album and I LOVE IT. Zia turned 50 years old this week, which makes it sound like I know a lot about this band and I kind of do but I swear I only know that by accident. Anyway, back to the allcaps adoration. THE BE-IN SLOW-BURN ROCKS AND NOT IF YOU WERE THE LAST JUNKIE ON EARTH POPS AND BOYS BETTER JAMS AND YES THERE'S NOT A TON OF SONIC VARIETY HERE BUT COOL AS KIM DEAL IS PUNCHY AND THE DRONEY STUFF STILL SHOWS DIRECTION SO GLAD THIS ALBUM MADE THE LIST. "GREEN" IS A LOWKEY SLOWBURNER THAT BUILDS SUCH A MOSSY AMBIENCE, IT MAKES SENSE THIS BAND IS FROM PDX.

Qué discazo. Confieso que no conocía a los Dandy Warhols, pero fueron una sorpresa desde los primeros segundos. Genial disco de rock, temas variadísimos y cuando la cosa tiene que ponerse intensa y psicodélica, no le dudan ni tantito. Los dos tracks finales son un viaje. Gran añadido a la lista.

I previously only knew this band as the writers of the theme song for Veronica Mars, a banger. Thought I was gonna hate it, had to delete my angry first comments as I listened. I love the reverb, brother. Songs, they’re good. It’s like a great middle ground of shoegaze and alt rock. I think I’m back to back 5s today. The I love you and don’t do heroin songs really sold it for me. I listened to it like 4 times today and it’s better every time go team reverb.

Pretty good. Pretty fun. Like mbv, but not as noisy. 5/5

Really solid album. Mantra-style grunge rock, but it’s groovy. Sounds a bit like Nirvana, with a new twist.

RATT Classic

I was not particularly looking forward to this, something about the name of the band, and them including their name in the album title (it irks me, like a fourth wall break that I don't like or something) really put me off. I was expecting something... very different. I thought to myself "it'd be funny if it was actually not what i'm expecting and I also really enjoyed it" - nailed it on both! It was so good, I followed M.I.A's Arular with this for the second half of my trip home and it was spectacular vibes for driving into golden hour then the sunset as I crossed barren plains, the hills, and saw the city sparkling in the distance. Incredible guitar presence, vocals are quiet and mostly hard to catch what's being sung at all, but that didn't detract. I really enjoyed this album.

quite dandy indeed

I’m not sure if I was just in a really good mood when I listened to this but I really liked it. The guitars are mixed well

Killer album.

This is the 99th album I’m rating. I don’t know what this is. Adding to my Playlist - Be-In, Boys Better, Minnesoter, Orange, I Love You, Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth, Every Day Should Be a Holiday, Good Morning, Whipping Tree, Green, Cool As Kim Deal, Hard On For Jesus, Pete International Airport, and The Creep Out. Not Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. All in all I liked 14/14 songs. Very good album all in all.

I’ve heard of the Dandy Warhols before, but I couldn’t tell you a single thing about them. I listened to a fair amount of radio alternative rock in the late nineties, but there are so many artists that I’ve never been exposed to. I’ve really enjoyed getting to listen to a lot of these rock albums from the nineties that I didn’t get exposed to at the time, so I’m hoping this album joins the ranks of Suede and The Afghan Whigs! I’m happy to say that I really enjoyed this album. The overall sound was really unique, and I loved how they infused shoegaze and psychedelic sounds into alternative rock. This album was incredibly strong from start to finish, bolstered by some great guitar playing, solid keyboard riffs, and strong songwriting. This album sounded British to me, and I was shocked to see that the band is actually from Portland, Oregon. There were some songs that I didn’t enjoy as much as the rest of the album (“Orange,” “I Love You,” and “Whipping Tree”), but while those songs weren’t my particular taste, I thought they were still good, and they didn’t detract from my enjoyment of the album. “Be-In” really snagged my attention from the start. I loved the distortion and fuzzy guitar sounds, and there was a lazy vibe to the sound that matched the lyrics really well. The segue into “Boys Better” was fantastic, and this second song was just as strong as the first. My favorite track on the album was “Every Day Should Be A Holiday.” The guitar effects were outstanding, the keyboard playing and electronic effects added a beautiful depth, and they rhythms were incredibly groovy and fun. I really enjoyed the last two instrumental tracks as well. For an album over an hour long, this really flew by. When I’m done with this project, I definitely want to check out more albums by The Dandy Warhols.

Way baggier and way, way better than I expected. Every Day Should Be a Holiday is supreme pop. I'm sure Tony Wilson was proud

fuck yeah.

Mr Come Down, so pleased to see you again. I could write so much about this album, and the band. It was nothing short of revelatory when I first heard it, aged 17. It was the antidote to both tedious Britpop and increasingly middle-of-the-road American rock, existing somewhere in a swirling bongwater ether of the Velvet Underground and Rolling Stones, but also taking in influences from shoegaze and stoner rock, with a snide, cool, and nihilistic attitude. Come Down was at once deeply uncool and the coolest thing I'd ever heard, and I just couldn't understand why more people didn't like them. I saw them live a lot. I got the t-shirt. I wrote an essay about them at university. I got a tattoo. I was obsessed. I still think it hangs together as an album, and it needs to be listened to as loud as possible. "Be In" builds layer upon layer, "Boys Better" smacks you with one of the short, sharp catchy pop songs that the Dandys do really fucking well, then the pace slows and it gets into this soporific sludge, in the best possible way, before hitting the double-whammy of "Junkie" and "Holiday," and then "Good Morning" is a come down from that burst of energy and a return to the more stoned fug of the first half. It's by far their best album and I wish they'd continued on this track and not tried to go all electronic. So yeah, five stars, always and forever.

I liked them. Will listen to more.

Familiar with the Dandy Warhols and these songs didn’t disappoint. Tracks bled together a bit but overall this type of music is my bread and butter lately. 4.5/5

Really enjoyed this.

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down is such a weird, wacky and wonderful album. I initially came into this album thinking that it was just going to be a standard alt-rock album (which i still would have been fine with) but as it went on, it started introducing more and more crazy elements that really added to this album's individuality. The vocals were great here to ranging from regular alt-rock vocals to a much more quiet vocal style which i would have found many reasons to criticize if the album didn't handle these vocals so well but it ended up doing just that. Many of these aspects made this 66 minute long album more than worth my time. Best Song: Hard On For Jesus Worst Song: Pete International Airport

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I got Welcome to the Monkey House one Christmas, so the Dandy Warhols sound have a weird winter/Christmas association for me. So, I find it fitting that this is the album the day after Christmas. Plus, Hard On for Jesus! I love Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth and all the other songs too. The Creep Out is an awesome final song on the album.

Like if shoegaze, psychedelic, and garage rock had a three-parented baby with a Siamese twin who can play the hell out of a keyboard. Upbeat songs with hints of punk are split up with slowcore-esque songs to prevent plateauing. Somehow pulled off closing the album with back-to-back instrumentals. 14 songs and zero skips. Favorite Song: Cool As Kim Deal

I really enjoyed this, it was more adventurous than I expected

For some reason I thought The Dandy Warhols were something completely different. I guess I should’ve known better after having watched Dig! but it didn’t register. Expected boring Britpop and got cool PNW shoegazey vibes!? I need to dig into their discography more!

Subversive to the point of not being able to trust the pop aligned songs like Good Morning, something about that acoustic strumming feels like it's about to belt you at any moment. The Creep Out could well be the best album closer of all time. Fuck it's great. Especially when you realise it's just been him fucking around on a vocoder the entire time. Sounds like where Cousin Tony's yot the feel for Stratoblaster.

This is one of those albums that grabs you immediately. Not the best album on this list, but it rounds up to 5. The instrumentation is definitely what puts this over the top for me. Favorite track: "Every Day Should Be A Holiday."

Just by the name and album artwork, I had assumed this was going to be the aural equivalent of a shitpost, but I was pleasantly surprised by this psychedelic record! The Dandy Warhols generate a hazy atmosphere and trip which is neatly capped off with the final two tracks (“Pete International Airport” and “The Creep Out”). The band plays a grimy form of rock that occasionally reminded me of desert rock/metal, which would make sense seeing as drugs play a central role in these forms of rock. This record deserves a 5/5!

Band name and album cover made me expect some self-absorbed post punk nonsense. The Wikipedia article makes them sound like a garage rock band and also mentions them sounding like brit pop. None of this seemed particularly appealing. Turns out, all of it that was inaccurate and they're rather somewhere in between 70's space rock like Hawkwind and 00's post-rock. That's definitely more up my alley and they're pretty good within this particular niche. As is it sometimes goes, the singles (at least "Not If You Were.." and "Every Day Should..") are the obvious worst tracks on the album - boring, accessible, dime-a-dozen pop rock. But whenever they're doing their own thing instead of trying to please the studio's misguided desire for mass appeal, these guys are pretty awesome.

Pretty surprised how much i enjoyed this... has the clear alt. rock vibe but it is pretty interesting in that it has some pretty straightforward songs but also delves into sonic landscapes that are engaging (maybe Pete's Airport is a bit of a lowlight). I found myself liking it more and more on subsequent listens... it is varied enough that it stays fun and engaging for the whole album.

I love this album. It was pivotal in my musical development, and even though it feels more trite now, in 2024, I still think it is a great achievement for alternative rock with strong vibes and catchy hooks.

Day 12 - June 13, 2024 Normally I hate shoegaze with a burning passion, but I did enjoy this album. This was a surreal listening experience. This album is how you do experimental. 5/5

Mange som sammenligner dette med britpop, men for min del er det i mye større grad alt/psych. Jeg har lenge vært red for at det kommer ingen femmeralbum, men dette er akkurat over grensa.

I really like The Dandy Warhols' schtick - sometimes poppy, sometimes psych-cinematic, sometimes goofy, and this album is a great showcase of all of that, but c'mon - including this rather than "Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia" is a joke. Not only does "Thirteen Tales" have their global hit on it, but the three track opening of "Godless" -> "Mohammed" -> "Nietzche" is just _so damn good_. Probably my favorite three track run from any genre! Anyway, back to "Come Down", it's still great. "Boys Better" is an absolute tune, and "Not If You Were The Last Junkie" is fun. The non single tracks are mostly great too. Fave tracks - as well as the aforementioned, on this play through I really liked the psych outro provided by "Pete International Airport" leading into "The Creep Out".

This was a fun 90s alt/indie rock album. There was nothing super memorable about it but it passed an hour pretty pleasantly and was a nice palate cleanser after listening to an album about killing yourself all day yesterday (also wanted to add that the combos of metal, industrial, and synth on downward spiral were awesome). Reminded me a lot of mainstream sonic youth stuff and I love you was the only standout for me but all of the songs were at least decent. However, I listened to it again today and a lot more of it really stuck to me and was enjoyable to the point where I might give it a 5. Gained a lot more appreciation of like the first three track and a couple more throughout. And it passes the weed test.

La duración de más de una hora que en un principio me parecía un problema al escuchar el álbum por primera vez, ha terminado sin ser un problema. Una hora y seis minutos de psicodelia rock, de irónicas y sátiras letras que, aun así consiguen hablar de temas interesantes como soledad, amor adolescente, las drogas, simbolismo queer, crítica social y referencias religiosas. Las melodías psicodélicas, que en algún momento me han recordado a Tame Impala crean una atmósfera musical muy agradable que en conjunto con la batería y voz del vocalista hacen que el álbum sea muy fácil de escuchar. Uno de sus puntos fuertes para mí ha sido la pista que abre el álbum “Be-In”, más de 7 minutos de duración que se me han pasado demasiado rápido. Considero que es un álbum que a pesar de tener casi 30 años, suena actual tanto a nivel musical como lírico. Canciones como la mencionada anteriormente o “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” suenan muy actuales en ambos aspectos. “Every Day Should Be A Holiday” es una de las canciones que a nivel sonoro me ha parecido más fresca y actual; también en la letra y la importancia de dar espacio al ocio, el descanso y la desconexión en relación al yrabajo. Sin duda este álbum ha superado mis expectativas.

I really liked it. 90's grunge + 80's Madchester vibes. 8/10.

Was pretty fun Will I listen to again: 57%

like a chill alt album from the late 90's. vocals don't really stand out very blended with the instruments. maybe some radiohead vibes.

I actually really like this. It doesn't necessarily seem like something that'd be on this list, but it's got that perfect mix of alt-rock, psych, shoegaze and Yo La Tengo that's right up my personal alley.

En el documental Dig!, que narra las peripecias de The Dandy Warhols y The Brian Jonestown Massacre (BJM) durante su apogeo, ambos grupos, de sonido muy similar, son comparados con respecto a sus actitudes. Mientras que BJM enarbolan la actitud puramente hedonista y autodestructiva del rock and roll, The Dandy Warhols son más inteligentes. Firmaron con una gran compañía, centrándose en adaptar su sonido para que fuera más apto para el gran público. Este álbum es la culminación de ese proceso, tras haber rechazado Capitol Records su álbum anterior. El resultado es un álbum casi pop-rock, muy melódico y fácil de escuchar, pero que mantiene la esencia shoegaze psicodélica que caracteriza a este grupo, con ese sonido tan único pero que no se hace aburrido. Una especie de rock sesentero etéreo pero enérgico, que sigue sonando actual a día de hoy. De hecho, me recuerda a muchos grupos actuales de neo-psicodelia, como Wooden Shjips. Lo único que no me gusta de este álbum (y del grupo) es el nombre; por lo demás, lo tiene casi todo. Un sonido innovador, divertido y que se mantiene vigente. No puedo menos que darle buena nota.

An enjoyable listen. The slow intro and outro really set the stage and while I found I lost interest a little in the middle of the album, the good songs more than made up for it.

Nostalgia tinted plodding fun.

This album made me think heavily of Oasis and The Stone Roses

Strangely enough they have their own sound. Last couple of songs are real atmosphere drivers. I do miss the “bohemian like you” up tempo bangers though

Borderline 3-4 as it goes on a bit but feeling generous. Lots of fun for the most part. They're better at the catchy snappy tracks than the long drony ones.

This is a solid collection of melodic psychedelia that varies from the trippy "Orange" to the dirge-like "Whipping Tree" and the four-on-the-floor disco thrum of "Every Day Should Be a Holiday." These lads and lady do a good job synthesizing inspiration from power pop, British Invasion and indie rock.

A bit surprised the Warhols made the list. They're not British! Definitely in my top ten list of greatest band names ever. And Courtney Taylor-Taylor is probably on my top ten list of most pompous artist names ever. (Not sure I have a list for that but seems like Courtney would be a good place to start...) This is as drone as drone can get while still being pop music. And as pop as pop music can get while still being drone. If that makes sense. I don't think anyone pulls that off better than this bunch. It could be taken as a criticism that nearly all of their songs seem "almost fleshed out ideas but not quite" but I think that's the actual appeal of their output. It's more of a vibe than anything. Bonus being all the great electric organ on this played by Zia...who joined the band just to join a band and figured out how to play an instrument after the fact. Which is a great story.

really a 3.5 but i could see myself warming up to it with more listens

I like them. When they hit, it is really good. When they miss, it is still okay.

I was underwhelmed by this band at first but as the album went on I started to really fall in love with it. It also gets psychedelic at parts which was a very pleasant surprise. I’d say psychedelic rock is probably one of my all time favorite genres, so this album was actually interesting. It definitely had song that took me out of it cause they were either alittle too slow or just way too depressing (orange). But most importantly this album made me really want to look into more material, similar to how I felt after hearing Garbage by Garbage for the first time. I’m now going to spend the next several hours looking into both of those bands extensively, I suggest you should do the same.

The Warhols move on from the garage rock sound of their first offering to something more atmospheric and distinctly neo-psychedelic and more removed from the then all-conquering grunge scene. What distinguishes them from others in that and related scenes like shoegaze is that they can effortlessly combine atmosphere with solid structure and harmony - in other words, Courtney Taylor-Taylor can write songs. You have to love a lyric like, “…never thought you’d get addicted just to be cooler in an obvious way/I could say, shouldn’t you have got a couple piercings and decided maybe that you were gay”… from Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth.

I was certain to hate this, but I really enjoyed it!

Hey, I didn't knew it, but now that I took time to listen to them... The Dandy Warhols are a really great formation! This album has an overall great and enveloping vibe that just drift you away from start to finish. I can't explain it, I just really felt the music all the way.

Such a good album! Great alt rock band and one of their best! Solid album

This was pretty fun. A little flat mix, but still a coool sound

8/10… indie / psychedelic rock

I was not expecting this album to be this good.