...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

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.

Rally nice vibe and soundscape. Works best as a moodsetter while driving or doing something else.

4 because I enjoyed it. It was great music to work to. Not sure I love it all, but saved a few songs!!

Loved this. I always liked the Dandys but I never really dug in. This is a brilliant album. Hits all the right notes for me.

How’d this band get so underrated? Great jams. Maybe a little repetitive?

Ameríska tíundarokkið verður ekki mikið betra en þetta. Jú nokkur lög eru svolítið löng og drónkennd, enda þótti rétt að fullnýta allt plássið á geisladiskum, en hljóðheimurinn stendur algerlega fyrir sínu og bangerarnir eru mjög góðir, sérstaklega Last junkie on Earth sem er næstum of brútal.

Das Album The Dandy Warhols Come Down wurde 1997 veröffentlicht und in mehreren Studios in den USA aufgenommen, darunter die Studio 13 Recording Studios in Portland, Oregon. Die Band stammt aus den Vereinigten Staaten und bewegt sich stilistisch im Bereich Alternative Rock, mit Einflüssen aus Psychedelic Rock und Shoegaze. Zu den bekanntesten Stücken des Albums zählen „Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth“, „Every Day Should Be a Holiday“ und „Boys Better“, die durch eingängige Melodien und eine charakteristische Mischung aus Gitarrensounds und entspannter Rhythmik auffallen. Die Produktion ist insgesamt offen arrangiert, mit einer Vorliebe für Effekte und schwebende Klangflächen. Insgesamt vermittelt das Album eine klare Vorstellung davon, wie sich die Band Mitte der 1990er positionierte: als Teil einer Szene, die zwischen Indie-Attitüde und Pop-Appeal changierte. Die Stücke sind stilistisch konsistent, auch wenn manche Passagen redundant wirken. Wer sich für den damaligen US-Underground interessiert, findet hier ein zeittypisches Beispiel.

not what I was expecting - 3.5 rounded up

This was a lot better than I expected. I really expected some generic '90s alt-rock bullshit but it's got more of a dreamy space rock lean, very good for what it is. But the end is a drag, it's just bad droning stoner bullshit. Like the last few songs. What comes before is truly great pop rock/shoegaze songwriting. It's good!

4.2 Ooo I really enjoyed that. Shoegazy, light britpop, with a bit of robot rock thrown in there. Shades of the beta band, pixies, blur, qotsa, without sounding like they were ripping anyone off. Surprised Ive never come across them before. A nice new one to explore.

Really surprised by this one. Thought that this would be one of many but it really stood out for me. Had even chill rock cuts. Really worked for me. (4.0/5.0)

Crazy, fun and relaxed

Like earlier one better

Vibey chill, good easy listening

I'd totally forgotten that I used to listen to this a lot. It remains a pleasure (an only slightly guilty one). I know this album is pretty lightweight but there's something about the shoegazy rock that I really like and find very soothing. I used to listen to it a lot before exams at uni to help stay calm (along with BRMC). Plus I find the lyrics so cool: Taylor-Taylor must have been so proud of himself when he thought of the phrase "I never thought you'd be a junky because heroin is so passé". Who wouldn't want a girl as cool as Kim Deal? And there's a part of me that would still rather be cool than smart or loved. I also really like "every day should be a holiday", it's one of those sentiments that dares to throw away all accepted wisdom and just say maybe we can live for pleasure and forget about pain and the protestant work ethic, reminds me of "do they owe us a living?" (of course they fucking do) by Crass and when Guy Debord painted "ne travaille jamais" on a wall in Paris.

This is… slightly uneasy. For the band that gave us Bohemian Like You this is not what I expected

Why is this on here....? There is better DW material that could've been included like Distortland or Monkey House or even Urban Bohemia. Still pretty good. Don't forget to check out the Dig Documenatary!

What a wonderful surprise this album was. This was the first in the project I had never listened to. Such a solid album.

listened to it at least twice, I liked the song about heroin

I liked this one a lot; this kind of neo-psychedelia sound is right up my alley. I was half-drifting asleep while listening to it, and I think that only added to my enjoyment.

Noisy and Meandering I'm surprised I've never heard this band before today - they are very much up my alley.

Some good songs on there

Very 90's college radio Indie. I'm sure I played them back in the day. Decent album the whole way through. Deserves to be in a regular listen rotation for sure.

Lovely chill album for an afternoon. Really enjoyed it. Fabulous guitar on Black Queen.

I've been a fan of the Dandy Warhols for some time, and this is probably the best album to choose for them on this list. It's not necessarily their best - I still prefer 13 Tales... - but it showcases their weird, slacker-cum-hipster vibes the best for people who are new to them. It's distorted, drawn out, and definitely an album that expects you to zone in and out with it as it goes - I can appreciate that's not to everyone's tastes, but it definitely is mine.

I had a lot of fun listening to this album. It sounds like the good old days of 90's Britpop. I'll give it 4 stars.

I love bohemian like you, but it's not in this. Good vibes, enjoyed the sound, but the slow songs were kind of a drag 4* Highlights: every day should be a holiday

Enjoyed this more than I expected

Pretty sure everyone wants a girl as cool as Kim Deal. Not quite got the tunes that 13 Tales does, and some of them drag a bit (Be-In doesn’t even start until 2 minutes in), but still holds up pretty well. Probably a good stoner album, I wouldn’t know.

I need to revisit this one cause it's good stuff

Really like The Dandy Warhols. Never went this far back in their catalogue, but I had heard two of these songs and they are great. Rest of the album is pretty solid as well.

This was really really good, will listen to again.

Good, a little too bloated, but I’d probably come back to this.

> The Beatles

I’ve had this in my collection since it came out. I go hot and cold on the record. Sometimes I think it’s amazing sometimes I find it a bit draggy.

i fucking love the dandy warhols and not if you were the last junkie on earth is my favourite song of theirs

Love the vocals and wall-of-sound. Definitely sets a mood.

Great band name, great album!

Remember when records could sound lush and full but they didn't hurt your ears? The mid 90s remembers.

More shoegazy than I expected from knowing just the singles. I enjoyed it, but it could have been shorter. It still just about gets a 4, but would have been better if it was a tight 45 minutes rather than just over an hour.

i wasn’t sure what to expect other than the possibility of the Veronica mars song being on this album. i didn’t hate it, it sounded like stuff i’ve heard before, i actually really quite liked it, the song Good Morning. it woke something up in my brain. like, it set off all kinds of electricity in my brain and i fucking loved it. if they had all been like that; it would have been an easy 5. but i couldn’t quite give it that.

"The Dandy Warhols Come Down" has the distinction of being (as far as I can tell), the oldest album to have ever been removed from this list. Most releases past 2000 have been safe from revisions since the first edition of book. It's a shame because it's actually a pretty great album. I would struggle to think of any reason why it particularly needs to be on this list but I can also think of a lot of better ones to remove. Fortunately it's still in the generator. I'm surprised how much I enjoyed this one. The first person who ever told me about The Dandy Warhols described them as an emo band and I'm afraid I've been dismissing them ever since. Art rock would be a better description with elements of Sonic Youth, Nirvana, 90s indie rock and classic rock. The singles are all incredibly catchy and there's not a bad track on here. I'm sorry that I've been sleeping on this one so long. It's a great find.

Artistic range from peppy to stand

Well here's a surprise, and in a nice way - I liked this one! Never really listened to them before, and this ... was good. Will come back again!

I actually dug this. Not sure how I escaped the nineties having never listened to this. They’re like a mix of Blur and My Bloody Valentine.

I like the Dandy Warhols, but this is not one of my favorite albums of theirs.

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.

Somehow, I missed this when it was new. It's very much of its time, but that was kinda my time, so I dig it. And mixed in with that are tabs amounts of Neal Young, which is also up my alley. And psychedelia! And Galaxie 500-ish sounds! So where was I in '97?

This will be a short review because my head is a bit mushed today. I think I’ve heard the Dandy Warhols before, and I think I really liked them. Today’s album is really good too. It’s a bit trippy, but is fun rock music on the lighter side. It was good to have on while working.

I like it!

I thoroughly enjoyed this. The first track, "Be-In" is the absolute definition of how you should start an album. One thing I noticed early on that I appreciate is that they don't rush to get to the chorus and take their time and build each song. There are moments that I could take or leave, especially the track "Pete international Airport." However, the infectious grooves and catchy guitar won me over. 4.5.

I used to think of this band as middle-of-the-road alt-rock, especially since their hits gave off that vibe. Back when this was released, I didn’t fully appreciate the neo-psychedelia sound. But revisiting it now, the deeper cuts really stand out. It was a pleasant surprise, so I’m bumping my rating up from a 3 to a 4.

Top to bottom a pretty strong album of indie/alternative. DW had a definitive sound which risks getting repetitive but instead keeps a flow across tracks. Super listenable straight through.

I thought this band was so cool in 97. Some great tracks on this like Boys Better, Junkie, and Holiday. I don't remember the spacey instrumentals but over all this lives up to my memories of it.

I had this CD in high school/college and I played it a lot. And the reason I played it a lot is because it's really good. It's been a few years since I listened to it all the way through, which is a shame. Is it a 5 star? No, not quite, but it's pretty close.

When I heard the first song, I immediately thought this was Britpop and I had an instant pavlovian response of giving this 1 star. However, once I got past the first song (which was pretty bad), the rest of the album fucking rocked. This really does sound like the American version of Britpop, but in a good way. There are plenty of weird songs on here (like I Love You, wtf was that about), but then they crawl it back with absolute bangers like Last Junkie On Earth, which was both funny and interesting. Nothing really blew me away here, but I definitely enjoyed this one and there's plenty of songs I'll be coming back to.

Not much to say, a pleasant listen and a pleasant surprise, was not expecting a band with such a shit name to make such decent music Didn't adore many of the tracks but they were all alright to good Barely scrapes into a 4 7/10 Fav tracks - Be-in, Orange, I Love You, Good Morning

Heard of them but somehow missed this Portland band in the mid to late 90’s.

Forgot about these guys until now, has held up well, really enjoyed it.

Super pleasant surprise

some solid late 90s rock music that is totally bogged down by impressively long and vacant noise tracks. there is some pretty decent stuff on here that is not quite memorable, but will be overshadowed in my mind by having to listen to long stretches of shoegaze noise. if the noise had been trimmed a little bit to cut the length of the album down, this would've gone up a bit more in my esteem.

Never really given the dandy warhols a chance and now I have no idea why. Loved this and right in my wheelhouse. Came close to 5 but flagged a little bit mid album

The instrumental parts at the beginning and end are pretty boring, but the rest is quite good. 4 stars or B-.

The Danny Warhol‘s hit it big for three reasons. The first was the introduction of social media, particularly Napster allowing them a way to get their music out there when normally they would’ve just been stuck in small club circuits. The second was the notorious movie Dig following the careers of the Dandy Warhals and the Brian Jonestown Massacre in the early days looking at the contradictions of their success and failures. And the third: the music is just really good. I forgot how good this album is. I don’t remember hearing of The Dandy Warhols until at least late 1990s. This early work is an excellent example of the development of Indie rock in the United States. He songs for me we’re Better Boys and Every Day Should Be a Holiday. I need to pull the CD out and listen to it more often. It slaps!

Like these guys a lot more than expected. Excellent 80s vibe.

A very good DW album, not too keen on the britpop influences and probably like the two albums after this one a bit more.

I figured this would be awful, based on the one big hit that is my only reference for the Dandy Warhols. But it turns out that this was actually right up my street and I didn't hate it in the slightest. Definitely the pop-end of Shoegaze, but it was experimental enough to keep my interest from start to finish. I can't bring myself to award the full five stars, so four stars it is.

Heavy turn of the millennium nostalgia vibes for me on this. Probably makes me like it more than I would otherwise. Nice record to blast first thing in the morning.

Oh yes. A thousand times yes.

this bangs, unexpectedly

I wish bohemian like you was on this album 😢. Still rlly good tho I like it.

I really enjoyed this one. Not sure how they escaped my attention till now, will definitely be looking through their work.

Van de nummers die ik ken, vind ik Dandy Warhols altijd maar een beetje ongeinteresseerd over komen. Met een licht zeurderige zanger. Alsof het hem zelf ook geen reet interesseert of je naar zijn muziek luistert of niet, hij doet toch wel wat hij zelf wil. Gelukkig brengt het eerste nummer wel gelijk al wat grungerock. Met een lekkere vibe erin, groove. Het orgeltje geeft het ook wel een apart effect, hopelijk wordt dat niet te snel irritant. Ik hoor verder wat guns n roses invloeden, britpop. Doordat het af en toe wat repeterend is (en de akkoorden ook niet altijd even ingewikkeld zijn) heeft het ook wel wat weg van elektronische muziek. Ik bedoel niet dat elektronische muziek altijd simpel is, maar zet hier een bepaalde beat onder en het vloeit moeiteloos over. Ze brengen wel een aardig eigen geluid. Ik was vooraf wat skeptisch, maar het valt me alleszins mee. Ik heb me er prima mee vermaakt, dus ik geef lekker 4 sterretjes.

This would be easy to dismiss as meh guitar pop but it way better rgab that. Songwriting, production and invention are pretty outstanding. Take a 4 you gorgeous bastard.

Very 90s. 5 stars if you're looking for 90s. I certainly enjoyed it more as it went on; which does correlate to amount of whiskey consumed. But correlation does not equal causation & Pete International Airport was killer so 4 stars

Enjoyed this a lot. Although not a big fan of shoegaze, this had a bunch of other things mixed into it, which was good. "I Love You," however, could have been cut. WAY too repetitive and drone-y. The instrumental at the end, "The Creep Out" was sufficiently creepy. Thought it was effective. Lots of good stuff here, really enjoyed it. I had heard of the DW, but had never listened to them. May have to change. Top tracks: "Boys Better," "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth," "The Creep-Out"

A bit derivative, but fun to listen to. Cool to see that they opened for Bowie on his Reality tour. Favorite tracks: Be-In, Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth, Every Day Should Be a Holiday.

One of my all time favorites to come out of the mini mod scene in the 90s. A little filler but mostly killer. Great for a nice drive.

Already heard. Atmospheric, sometimes funny, edgy punkish-pop/rock

Solid alt rock. I liked the steady tempo build they had going on. I don't think I'd what to see them live, but a good album to play at home alone.

C'est drôle, j'ai la même impression de cet album que celui d'hier, je vais donc pas me faire chier: J’ai été vraiment surpris d’aimer ça, considérant que ça sonne borderline comme du rock alternatif générique qui jouerait sur le CHOM 97.7 MONTREAL SPIRIT OF ROCK

This is an album in two modes. In its first mode, it's superb 90's power pop. Incredibly hooky with an infectious, driving energy. It's really as Pitchfork put it: it's one of the best Britpop albums I've heard, and it isn't even British. Seriously, it ranks right up there with the best stuff I've heard from blur, Oasis, and at least some of the dozen random Britpop acts this list has given up. All it's missing is a snotty, Cockney accent—though I imagine some people are pretty thankful it's nowhere to be found. In its other mode, it's space rock. Now, I haven't heard very much space rock. There's the stuff in Pink Floyd's early catalog that could be called such, and that's really about it. So, getting to hear a 90's take on this genre... Gosh, I'm floating. It's such a good sonic soundscape. I can just picture being at the helm of a spaceship, lazily drifting among the stars through the cosmos. Seriously, any song on this album, not just the space rock half, could have been on a GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Awesome Mix, as far as I'm concerned. If I hadda pick one mode I liked better... I believe I'd pick the space rock mode? Largely 'coz it's stuff I haven't heard before. As good as the power pop stuff is, I honestly couldn't shake the feeling that it all sounded like some other band I'd heard before, and I could never exactly place my finger on it. On top of that—and I might be speaking more about my preference for album length than I am CD bloat—I'm not sure if this really needed to be 66 minutes. Somewhere in the middle, I kept spacing out (no pun intended). Now, normally I'd chalk that sort of thing up to my attention span and not dock the album any points, but I'unno. This is one of those rare times I wanna be kind to an album, but combined with the remark about feeling like I'd heard some of this stuff before from others... Yeah. O course, it's still ultimately a 4 out of 5, and a heavy recommendation from me. The space rock stuff and the power pop I didn't space out on are too good to give it anything less, I figure. Like, it wasn't terribly consistent, but on the whole I'd still say I had a great time coming down with the Dandy Warhols. From where or what, I'm not sure, but, hey, it's the climb and all that...

I dig this one, even if its just a bit of generic 90s alt rock. 3.5 bumped up to 4.

I’m at a 3.5 that I’ll bump up to a 4. It’s a solid album. It’s certainly worth being on the list. It’s just not a great album experience, or at least one that’s not as cohesive as it could’ve been. This album has two distinct issues for me – they’re not big issues, but they’re enough to really mess with the flow of the album. The first involves the pacing – some of these tracks wander on a bit too long in their instrumentals, and they sort of dissipate the vocal moments in favor of letting the instrumentals shine. It’s not a bad approach, but it makes the album run much longer than it needs to. This is 66 minutes that could’ve been trimmed down. The other issue is simply finding a more proper balance between vocal presence and the instrumentals themselves – there are really good tracks here, but some of them have the vocals get drowned out by the instrumentals so much that the vocals don’t have any presence on them, or at least, not as much as they should. When this album finds the right balance between the two (see: I Love You & Whipping Tree), it hits really well and completely nails what it’s going for. It just doesn’t strike on it as much as I’d like. Regardless, I still thought this was pretty good – there’s a few tracks that aren’t as captivating as others, but this is just a really good blend of a lot of 90s stuff – sort of a “Pearl Jam meets indie rock” with a bit of Britpop influence as well. It’s a strong album, but it’s dragged down by its track length, its pacing, and arguably its track order – closing out on 15 minutes of instrumentals without one big encore payoff is a little too bold for my tastes. There’s a few tracks that feel too similar, too close to one another. Either way, I liked it. It’s a 3.5 that I’ll bump up to a 4 because I enjoyed it enough.

Didn’t know what to expect and was very happy. Great album. 8/10

Atmospheric, sometimes funny, edgy punkish-pop/rock

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would!

Moody, doomy, compelling.

it fit my mood

It's really tame, but I can live with it.

I kinda liked it but got kinda tiresome at the end. Minnesoter was my favorite. Maybe 3.7

I liked this album but I grew a bit tired at the end. Minnesoter and Not if you were the last junkie on earth were my favorite

An artifact of its time, but it's good memories and positive vibes. I'd listen to this again.

This has really surprised me. The only two DW songs I knew were the very overplayed Vodafone advert one, and the excelled We Used To Be Friends. Had low expectations but this is pretty ace. Sounds quite ahead of its time. Sort of merges that UK sounding pysch with garage rock. Some remind me of a proto Django Django. I’m now amazed these arent/werent bigger but then saw they have over 1.5million active monthly listeners so theyre obviously doing something right!

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth was cracking - love the drums. Keeps on moving. Decent album overall.

Thought I only knew 1 Dandy Warhols tune, I was wrong! Knew a couple on this album too. Thought it was mostly very good. Probably pretty similar to what I would've expected, but not wrong with that. Pretty hipster and artsy. Highlights: Boys better Not if you were the last junkie on earth Everyday should be a holiday

After one listening I feel way much cooler. If it wasn’t for the weird instrumentals, this album would be a 5 but you know…

I really loved this album. I had maybe heard of this band before, but I had definitely never listened to them. The guitar sounds are incredible. With some listens it could honestly be a five for me, but it’ll have to settle for a four for now.

Perhaps an underrated album. This band is certainly polarizing, but I did enjoy it for the most part. 3.5/5

Was expecting Bohemian Like You but was still entertained, they do have something unique to offer in the wash of British bands on this list.

Alternative rock indie. Tranquilo sonoro.

Nice

Where was I that I missed this aural explosion? I’ve definitely heard of The Dandy Warhols before, but I had no clue that they rocked so hard. The joy of this list.

Enjoyed this - atypical of 1997 with interesting lyrics

New favourite Dandy Warhols album

Very cool, laid-back rock album!

Flippant, smart-arsed, sarcastic, swaggering jangly guitar pop that tries unsuccessfully to hide some rather nice musicianship. Mr S loves the guitar work.

Pretty creative and unique 90s Britpop/indie rock. They go out of there way to try and create their own sound and it works.

Decent sound. Would like to listen some more

Interesting psychedelia.

a real a-side/b-side album be-in boys better not if you were the last junkie on earth every day should be a holiday good morning the creep out

Good stuff

4/5

Yeah! This is how a perfect modern stoner rock album should be made!

Meget cool album!

Super fed plade, som lige rammer en lyd jeg godt kan lyde, guitar støj i massere af lag og så bare derudaf.

An angsty slice of indy rock

The Dandy Warhols are still not passe, imo.

8/10.

I really liked the shoegazey songs and the one where they sing a lot I don't care for but they were not annoying to listen to

That was decent!

I enjoyed this album, and I'd listen to it again. It was great to listen to while working, and again while making dinner and cleaning up. The kids didn't object to it. I actually really like the instrumental tracks. It's a good groove, especially in the background. It's never going to achieve sing-along status.

A bit psychedelic, a bit darker here but powerful on other tracks. I enjoyed it after all these years never really getting into these guys.

Nice!

I had never heard of the Dandy Warhols but I like them!

Very well put together, sounds good!

I really like this album. Going in, I didn't really know the Dandy Warhols that much. I was debating between a 4 and 5, but those last two instrumentals were useless to me, so 4 it is. Liked songs added: - Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth - Good Morning - Cool As Kim Deal

Kinda vacillates between lazy alt rock and more energetic power pop but it struck a chord with me. No bad tracks and good catchy hooks throughout. Standout is "Every Day Should Be A Holiday". Other good tracks are "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" as well as "Boys Better".

Brilliantly sloppy. I love the Dandy's and love even more how little they care about being serious. This is a crazy mixed up album of Mercury Rev style drone slapping up against pure pop songs.

B teir. The songs were catchy and the production was good, but it is NOT a good album to listen to while you’re driving. I was falling asleep the songs get monotonous and hypnotic with all the repetitions. Could have crashed. Not good.

Fan va bra, lite lattjo brittiskt som jehova själv

Wow - this album just got removed from the list and that's a damn shame cus this is fun. A few tracks were a bit same-y, but I'm really glad to have listened to this.

This is a cool record. The Dandy Warhols were one of the first indie bands I got into. I almost feel like they were ahead of their time, because they never really got that big. I used to listen to this album and Thirteen Tales when I would snowboard. I really love the psychedelic elements on this album. It's got all the weirdness and strange sounds that you would ever want. It also has really cool mono sounding guitar riffs, which I really enjoy.

Late-90's indie rock, a bit grunge and laid-back, pretty cool. I knew and liked a few of the tracks on this before listening as part of the project, but most of the other tracks hold up as well. A couple of duds, but the intro and outro instrumental tracks, Be-In and The Creep Out are very listenable. One of the best albums so far.

Enjoyed

I've always enjoyed what I've heard of The Dandy Warhols but never really dug into them and found this album quite enjoyable. Psychedelic power shoegaze pop? Faves from this session: Boys Better, Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth and the last two tracks which are the come down of the album. bah dum tiss!

Loved this album, what a treat. Felt like these guys were at every festival I went to in high school but never actually listened to them.

Never heard them before, but I liked it a lot.

Liked it, mor than I thought.

First two songs I loved, the rest was pretty good

Alternative rock indie. Tranquilo sonoro.

I'm always partial to these guys - can't really pick a favourite. And the doco Dig is fantastic

Lovely stuff. Nice wee slice of late 90's indie rock

This is a band I know by name only. Opening track is great! I’m looking forward to this journey. I would have probably hated this album in the 90’s but I love it now. “The creep out” is a great song. This is a great album.

it's all a little samey, but in the comfortable way that it sounds like a complete album to listen to rather than "the songs all sound the same" if that makes sense. the music is exactly as shoegazey as i want my rock before it goes overboard and i just want it to be post rock instrumentals. it perfectly blends a lot of different ideas and ends up unique. it's very good.

Lost my notes! Some of the best alt rock for it's time, except for the fact that OK Computer came out the same year. Hard act to follow.

This is what a Radiohead album would sound like if they actually made good music. Great 90's Brit-rock album.

I’ve long liked their sound and listening to this album was a treat!

I prefer Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia, but I like the Dandy Warhols a lot, so this was a great listen for me today. I love their whole indie, smartass slacker vibe. Good tunes.

The band is great and creative, but the album itself is not that amazing, still decent

Admittedly, this is a really fun album and I felt great after it was finished. Strong Loaded-era Velvet Underground influence here too

I like the vibe.

A crescendo decrescendo album which is great in the middle but I found starts and finishes disappointingly. They are a band that had been one of my top listened to on Spotify in recent years and so this flavours my rating which is generous for how I found the album as a whole

I love me some Dandy Warhols! This is not their best album, but it's got some great tracks (mixed with a few bland ones too!). On the whole I still really enjoyed their sound and I love that this album shows the potential of where their music was headed for. Fave track: Everyday should be a holiday

Good zone out album

A lot of the same type of music but surprisingly didn't get boring. Lovely background music, great to vibe to.

Wow, really enjoyed this! I remember having a few of their singles downloaded on my iPod when I was a teenager, but never listened to any of their albums. I got tired of hearing Bohemian Like You absolutely everywhere, so I think I kinda wrote them off. Was fully expecting this to be a 3 star max. But I've really been missing out! Sure they wear their influences on their sleeves and it runs a bit too long. But there's very little on here I disliked. It's almost like they picked up where the Pixies left off (I like to pretend that they quit after Kim Deal Left), with a healthy dose of shoegaze and Stereolab. I feel like Zach Braff is probably obsessed with this band. That album cover though - hideous. The 2nd half drags a bit, but I could see myself bumping this up to 5 stars with repeated listens.

Alternative rock indie. Tranquilo sonoro.

i quite liked this, more so the end half. i almost skipped it without listening because the band name is …… not appealing. there’s me judging a book by its cover. solid instrumentals , many made me feel like i was in my own late 90s 2000’s movie about my life flipping inside out or life flippin me inside out who knows. the rain sticks?! are u kidding , when was the last time you heard a rain stick in a song. was painting to it. would paint again. downloaded 3,4,6,9,10,11&14. send me to mars orange and the creep out

Very pleasant album, rather calm and easy going. No studs or duds, but every song is slightly above average, at least when compared to usual output of this list. I would be very keen to listen to this record again, this time more carefully, and see if I get a bit more out of that. Until then it's a really solid 4.

Never heard, vibing, mix of ambient and structured

Really good! Enjoyed the more hypnotic trancey tracks to the pop ones.

I really like the Dandy Warhols. Wiki got it right with 'Space Rock' but 'Shoegaze'? I never thought of them like that. The heady days before 'that advert' weirdly propelled them to the mainstream for a brief moment. This was the first album I discovered, due to hearing 'Not if You Were The Last Junkie on Earth', which made me go out and buy this! I remember thinking at the time 'Every Day Should be a Holiday' sounded uncannily like 'Spinning' by Loop, which is no bad thing, it certainly cemented their psychedelic credentials. As for the monster which is 'Good Morning', its such a downer in a good way. Are they cool as Ms Deal? Yeah baby! A low 4

BL: Know nothing of this band except the namesake artist it stems from, so it will be interesting to see what I think of them. AL: A very nice psych-rock album. Lots of rhythms to get into and slowly nod along to, the second half of the album is definitely better than the first half. FT: "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" 4/5

Fairly pleasant listen

2/21/24. This is up my alley: beautifully weird. A lot of random sounds but creative landscapes, also enjoyed the vocals.

I quite enjoyed this one

Be-in geeft al een Nice intro, goede opbouw van instrumentatie Psych rock

This felt like it was right in my wheelhouse, 90s alternative with driving guitars and great vocals. Started off slowly but built as it went along, I was almost sad when it finished. Standout songs are "Be-In" "Minnesoter", and "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth", but don't sleep on the instrumental "The Creep Out". And I just want a girl as cool as Kim Deal...

4-5

Loved the first half, they lost me a bit in the 2nd half. It’s hard to come to terms with the fact that I love “shoegaze” rock

I really, really enjoyed this for the most part. Especially the beginning of the album...it hits the perfect 90s sound that I cannot get enough of. However, the middle of the album then really leans way, way too hard into the lo-fi sound that becomes very hit or miss to me. Then the ending recaptures that feel I really like from the beginning. The drop off is too stark to get the perfect 5 for me, but many tracks from this will happily end up in my rotation

Biting, satirical, nihilist indie pop, at risk of biting the hand that feeds them, The Dandy Warhols want to be cool but not too cool you know? Mood is everything here and they pull it off alongside some entertaining tunes and engaging riffs.

So very 90s rock. Thought it was pretty tame, nothing crazy; enjoyable. 7/10.

A very late 90s sound of rock/punk with emerging Electronica. I'll go a 3.8 on this one.

I was expecting some kind of grungey bullshit, but this was really good. Much more polished, energetic and interesting than expected. Will listen again. 4 stars.

Ok so this is a very 90s thing and it wasnt bad but for some reason it just feels so so.

Me ha sorprendido gratamente, es bastante más contundente de lo que esperaba.

- First half had incredible vibes - Grungy but with lighter guitar - Gets weird (in a good way) towards the end

Overstays its welcome by maybe 3 songs but I really dig this. I’ve also been meaning to watch Dig! for like 20 years.

Never really listened to them when they were new and it's nice to revisit. Very 90's/early 2000's. Sweet spot.

Really enjoyed this

This is more than I listened to them in the entire decade of the 90s! Good sound; not what I remember.

December 10, 2023 Great album, especially in it's time amongst the plethora of grunge/alt-rock clone of clones. Lot of all-timers on this one.

I liked this one a good bit, but I can’t see why it’s so essential that it belongs on this list.

Pretty good album from a band I had heard of, but never listened to.

Pleasantly surprised by how good this album is. The Dandy Warhols were never on my radar and I’d never have listened to them on my own accord. This is why I love this project!

Ooh, these boys threw it all in, didn’t they? This is so good. It's like some of the best Britpop, but made by a group of Americans! So much to enjoy here. Rich, layered arrangements with a strong pop sensibility. Really diverse uses of guitar, jangly and psychedelic, but also surprisingly muscular and dissonant at times. I definitely plan to come back and spend more time with this one. Fave Songs: Good Morning, Whipping Tree, Hard On for Jesus, Pete International Airport, Be-In, Green, Orange, Boys Better

This album sits at the crossroads of neo-psychedelia, shoegaze, Britpop, and college rock. What's interesting is that this is an American band. They completely had me thinking they were a British band by their sound and mix of genres (despite the college rock tinges throughout). Their musical lineage seems to circumvent grunge altogether which is notable for the time. Overall, this was an enjoyable album that featured melodic repetition and slow building songs that still had a pop sensibility.

Ok, absolutely loved the sound here. Everything great about 90s/00s alternative (Spoon, Beck, Eels came to mind throughout) but with their own style. Loved the music, not totally keen on some of the subject material. Much was cleverly written, some mildly offensive. But wow, the music! 3.5 stars leanining to 4

I liked this album, particularly last junkie on earth. I think they have a really good sound and is worth listening to again another time.

Impressions: So this is shoegaze. Interestingly fun. Favorite tracks: Minnesoter, Orange, Good Morning, Rating: 4/5

Went on a bit long (could have done without the last two tracks entirely for me) but otherwise this was a very fun blast through a lot of different alt-rock styles

Enjoyed this much more than I thought I would based on the hipstery name. Especially loved the darker slower grungier tracks like Orange

Pretty chill

Rock alternativo.

Toch 2 nummers dat ik herkende. De rest van het album was ook wel oké

HL: "I Love You", "Junkie", "Good Morning", "Hard On For Jesus" Fine & dandy

I enjoyed this album - I have a soft spot for this type of sound, so I think it will definitely get a few more listens at the very least.

More of this.

When I first saw this album (which I had never heard) on this list instead of 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia, the somewhat higher rated and the one I know from back to front, I ask myself why? Then I put on the opening tracks...nice atmospheric intro maybe a little long, sweet guitar figure, nice sweet toe-tapping rhythm, big crunchy bass and suddenly I'm out of my chair and dancing. Great start better that the start to 13 tales (Godless). As for the rest, pretty consistent album that kept me entertained from start to finish. 4 stars (for the record I would probably give 13 tales 4.5)

Space rock and shoegaze have their own unique and irresistible charm. This album managed to bridge the 2 decade long gap between the two, creating it's own charm in the process.

One admits to a soft spot for the DWs, thanks to the cheeky humor (“heroin is so passe” and “Hard-On for Jesus” and “Cool as Kim Deal”), droning melancholia, and slacker-stoner vibe. All of these elements still sound good here, translating into fairly rich layerings, intermittent just-dark-enough shadings, and the occasional passage that rocks properly. There are just enough arty flourishes – including but not limited to the feedback-y sonic haziness – to keep it interesting, such as the broody-moody closers – the instrumental “Pete International Airport” (another great title!) and “The Creep Out;” the boys knew how to get weird, or least druggily contemplative (though the abrupt cut between the two tracks is unnecessarily juddering). There is, one must note, a non-life-changing undertone to the whole affair, a not-quite-compelling essence, that may be cause and/or effect of their not taking themselves too seriously, a generally laudable attribute of rock records, particularly from the ‘90s. And speaking of, like every other list-making record from that overindulgent era, this one can be credibly called too long (though space for those closers does add depth). Highly rated though on the always important metric of enjoyability. And their anti-grunge stance looks smarter with each passing year.

There's nothing terribly special here but it works, well. Basic power chord progression but with great fuzz/effects and production. I don't understand about 80% but I don't care.

I've actually listened to the Dandys a bit before. Young me was huge into "Veronica Mars" and their excellent "We Used to Be Friends" served as the theme, causing me to dig into their "Welcome to The Monkey House". I never dug too far into their past catalogue, admittedly. This is definitely more of a drugged-out, stoner version of Blur and Oasis, capturing more of the feeling of being high on record than Oasis did. At times it lags, but it always manages to come back up: peaks and valleys, if you will. My bias seeps in a bit, but I enjoyed the drugged psych pop it was. Call it a 3.5. Favorite tracks: "Minnesoter", "Not If You Were The Last Junkie on Earth", "Cool as Kim Deal"

Much better than expected.

Fantastic. Mizerable but fantastic, good to sit and be moody to

I really got a lot out of this, these guys sounded awesome and had such a distinct and full sound. A real flashback to 1997.

Surprisingly a quite good and enjoyable rock album

Brilliant in places, some filler stops it getting a 5

7/10. Quite good, but started to drag on the back half.

Solid album that flows well.

Surprisingly good.

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this. Know very little about this band and this is not something I normally would have listened to.

I've never heard of this band before. They have a very interesting sound, kind of reminds me of some psychedelic rock. I really don't dislike it, although it isn't my normal style for sure. It uses some repetitive aspects to the songwriting, but I don't think that's a mistake, it does add to the effect the songs seem to have, it kind of assists in the groove. I really like the use of the synth in a few of the songs. I'm struggling to think of whether this would be something I would just be willing to listen to again, or buy, mostly because it really just isn't my normal style. Due to the songs being catchy enough though, I think I can classify this as an album I would buy.

Klinkt lekkerder dan ik me herinner. Goed album, laatste twee tracks niet.

this album is carried by a handful of bangers

Just fine.

Oh man, I owned this record in 97 and remember liking it. But I haven’t heard it in probably 25 years. Let’s see how it’s aged for me… The good parts are really good. The whole record is a spacey wall of sound, and when it works, it works pretty well. Parts of it are way longer than they really need to be, and some songs really drag. I think I would love this record if it was edited down, but as it is, it almost reaches four stars, but not quite there. 7.8/10

sounds like fun a band to see live. 3.5

Meh

Too drone-ny for me. I need some variance in my songs. Give me a guitar riff, a bridge, a tempo change. Just felt very samesy within each song. Not bad but too one dimensional. 2.5 out of 5.

echt leuke nummers, maar ook echt doodoo nummers

It was ok? Hard for it to come out of the background for me and it was fine in that setting, but I’m sure I will have forgotten about it tomorrow. Nothing really stood out, an ok 90s vibe I suppose.

Weird, but good weird

It's okay, but really just didn't grab me with anything. Too shoe-gazey for my taste.

Me gustó la actitud rebelde y despreocupada que transmite el álbum, lleno de canciones psicodelicas pero con un filtro popero que los asemeja a bandas como The Verve, con letras sobre el consumo de drogas y otros tópicos Dandys.

An enjoyable if somewhat unforgettable bit of late nineties jangly alt rock

There were some bright spots, but most of it was same-tempo satisfactory.

Good first half slower second. Low 3

it's ok

The Dandy Warhols are probably best known for their infuriatingly ubiquitous ear worm of a hit Bohemian Like You, but fortunately this album from 1997 is a different kettle of fish. Much more towards the psychedelic stoner rock end of the spectrum than I was expecting, I enjoyed it rather a lot. Top marks also for the song Cool as Kim Deal which I can relate too. I’m something of a Johnny come lately Pixies fan since starting listening to this list and it’s nice to hear that the Dandies are too.

Favorite Track: Minnesoter

3.45

A lot of this had a dream-like sound that was okay to have playing in the background. There were some moments where things moved away from this to be more high energy - those moments caught my ear. Unfortunately, those parts didn't stick around for too long.

this had some bops on it

Alt

Electronica / alt rock

I had to listen to this whole thing and Bohemian Like You isn't even on it.

2.5

While this started out with a lot of promise (Be-In was suprisingly great), the record quickly becomes pretty samey. I also don't understand how Last Junkie was the biggest hit here, I found it to be pretty generic radio rock. Too much filler here, the album could be 20 minutes shorter and it would have the same effect. Not terrible, but I do prefer Thirteen Taes from Urban Bohemia.

É um álbum legal. Tem umas sacadas bem interessantes de alt rock. CVJ Kira.

médio

Начало вроде бы понравилось, но дальше как-то не зашло, аранжировка показалась какой-то пустоватой. Возможно, переслушаю и поменяю мнение.

good stuff

Parts of it were enjoyable but a full album was too much.

I liked some of this.

This is … interesting. I almost like it.

Pretty good but a little long. I’m interested.

I hated [bohemian like you] when it was big, because it was the music for a Vodafone advert. This meant it was overplayed to death and subsequently I never listened to the band. Luckily that song isn't here.... ----- So this barely moved me at first through it's bloated runtime. Apart from one track [Not if you were the last junkie] the majority is slow, dream rock/pop that is content to float into the background. I gave some tracks a second spin and a few more stood out (Avoiding the last two ambient tracks) . Probably helps I grabbed my ukelele and had a jam along to [Green] and [Be-in]. I actually warmed to it the second time through. 2.5-3.

Ugh 66 mins, but starts ok. A general dreamy sludgey rock sound that I like. Hits a big dull patch around track 4. Picks up again though. Another too long 90s album. 3.5 rounded down Heard before? Some Owned: No, 98/372 (26%) Will I get: No

I mean it's alright!

Coffee-shop hip, which isn't real praise. I found it ok but bland and the last two tracks confused and angered me.

Nett zum warm werden für das Krach am Bach am Wochenende. Ansonsten nicht das ganz große Kino.

The Dandy Warhols just sounded effortlessly cool, especially the singles from this album. Unfortunately’Boys’, ‘..Last Junkie’ and ‘Every day should be a holiday’ are the standouts, with the rest of yhe album good but never quite reaching the same level. ‘I love you’ borders on annoying, but unfortunately this album sums up the Dandy Warhols for me, so much potential but not quite able to deliver consistently enough to be great.

Look, I'm not going to claim this is in anyway groundbreaking or innovative. And it definitely runs out of steam before the end. But I have a simple brain that hears the many, many hooks and gets them firmly embedded in there and so ends up humming Boys Better all day. If this record managed to maintain the same level throughout, it'd be on for a 4, but it really tails off, so: 3/5

Spannend aber zwenig carchy zum 4 warhols inde drucke Sorry dandy

Honestly I thought these guys were a one hit wonder. Only ever heard of Bohemian Like You before so was quite surprised this popped up. It was an alright album, nothing particularly special about it. It almost lost a star at the end, The Creep Out goes on for a bloody eternity. Top Track - Every Day Should Be A Holiday

Erg leuk! Paar nummers kende ik al.

I remember buying this album when I was in Okinawa. I thought I was going to be amazed by it but I listened and I think I liked a few a songs. I didn’t really listen too often after that. Today I listened and those same songs are good and the rest is just kind of okay. I wasn’t interested in it at all. Reading the wiki on the album I think the lead singer thought he deserved the fame. Having not been signed earlier because of grunge but other bands were signed that weren’t grunge at the time so that just strikes me as odd. But he got signed and had a fairly long career because I just listened to a covers record they just released. I listened based on name recognition. It wasn’t bad. Just like this it was mid.

Alterna pop shoegazey at points. I didn't mind it. 3/5.

5번 트랙은 멘헤라가 썼나

🤘🏻🫯🍌🎧🎸

i like them

Pretty good album, but it kinda fizzles out towards the end. I'd probably check out more of their stuff. Favorite Track - Be-in Least Favorite Track - Pete International Airport ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Veronica Mars theme song NOT on this album

I liked a few of the songs here but most of this album kinda bounced off of me. I was busy so I know it’s not the fairest rating as I couldn’t just sit and listen like I normally do.

Swag!

Nothing as good as ‘Bohemian Like You’ on this album. Some decent songs towards the middle, but few of the songs are really memorable. Like Not if you were the Last Junkie on Earth and the melody of Good Morning (if not the vocal).

Was alright

3.5

The music is fine. Dandy, even. 3.5*, but rounding down because I heard little reason to return for a second listen.

наче й добре, проте загалом нудненько. В мене сьодні недосип, і оце слухати зрання було... цікавим досвідом. Слоуд-реверб, стоунер-роцк, це вже є ці ваші шугейзи?

Extremely average. Just, fine.

3.5

Another in the long list of music i see as good but really does nothing for me personally. It has song that I can see others being very into its everything i dislike about alot of other artists. Its vapor. Like it has this obscured quality to it. Just like those last few sentences. Its hard to put a finger on it but its just not worth it. The songwriting is behind a wall of sort of interesting sound but only sort of. I could see a song inside these tracks but its hiding. There are lots of songs that dont move in any interesting way either. Those last 2 tracks are the epitome of the uninteresting and repetitive nature im talking about. Its one single musical idea that isnt bad per say but its overdone to the extreme. 8 minutes of even the best ideas payed ad nauseum will always end up bad in the end. And no vocals at all or some garbled incomprehensible voices are hell for me. Ive been very negative this whole time. But I dont hate it. Im just frustrated that there is so much of this lauded and popular music that I can see the appeal and still feel zero for it. I was OK with the length and not looking for it to end but I wasn't loving my time either. All in all im ok with this but just wish I could see the vision. But I dont.

On the one hand, it’s a bit try-hard, but on the other hand that effort did pay off with some decent tunes, so fair play to the Dandy Warhols.

Another wide epic album that sounds like feelings but stayed with me no further than the final reverb tail. Not bad, but not amazing.

Music of this type all sounds very similar to me. Having said that, this was better than most. Would like to give it a high 3.

Everything about this album just screamed 90s. There were a couple of highlights that helped it stand out against all the other 90s rock albums, but overall, pretty average and a little too long for my liking.

It was alright, a solid 7/10

Another surprising inclusion. I would have categorized this as a “before they were famous” album, but somehow 3 tracks from this hit the top 40 in the UK. Three! Despite being American, they didn’t gain notoriety in the US until “Bohemian Like You” from Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia, which is far more high-energy than most of the tracks on either album. Honestly I’d rate their debut album higher than this one. It’s a lot more hooky and less dated-sounding.

This is interesting. The album gets better as it goes on. Starts out sort of trite and poppy, but then develops a dark and rich vibe — with interesting lyrics. A real mix. I want yo listen to it again, but for now it’s a 3.

Seria um 3.5

Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it. Some of it was just weird.