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Review Summary: The voyage to the corner of the globe is a real trip Welcome to the weird, drugged up world of Ween's The Mollusk. The most confident and alluring project the two 'brothers' ever crafted, it's an exploration into the weird, unrestricted imaginations of the band at a time they reached their creative peak. Although I've only heard their other records in passing, this one stood out as an exciting, cohesive expression, embracing one of the coolest concepts that can be expressed through music (the ocean) and experimenting with so many different genres it's astonishing how they pulled off so much with so little.
This is the most exciting Ween have ever been. Ocean Man is the most immediately recognisable song, and easily the most accessible and infectious track the band have come up with. Its surfer rock sound is enunciated with acoustic guitars, pitter-patter percussion and an excellent guitar solo, but the pitched-down vocals embrace the weirdness in a way very few such formulaic songs ever could. The lyrics are bizarre, speaking of underwater creatures, vast expanses of sea and journeys across the ocean floor, acting as the penultimate theme on a record littered with equally weird ideas. Polka Dot Tail evokes psychedelic insanity with weird, isolated keyboards and stomping drums, while The Golden Eel and Buckingham Green are almost Sabbathian, with vast, groaning melodies stretched out over soaring atmospherics, thick riffs and Jethro Tull-aping harmonics.
The songs that feature the randomly shifting vocals (Dancing In The Show Tonight) are amongst the weakest here though, as tranquil, beautifully written songs like Mutilated Lips and It's Gonna Be Alright pull off discombobulating inanity without descending into self parody. And this record in places does get a little too silly, as The Blarney Stone (to name just one) is little more than an Irish shanty, good for novelty and drunken sing-alongs but little else. Comparatively, Pink Eye (On My Leg) is as warped and seemingly randomly constructed as the band have ever been, yet at the same time as smoothly produced as closer She Wanted To Leave, featuring a silky croon unseen elsewhere on the album.
Overall, this album might not be musically as consistent as it could be, but it embraces so many different styles it's very difficult not to see it as a true accomplishment for the band, one that sees them combine their traditional lack of tradition with more conventional styles, and for the most part it works. However, with around five or so songs that fail to hit the mark made by the others, this is a slightly flawed album, and one that ultimately disappoints by failing to reach the same freaky intensity implied by the deep sea creature on the album cover.
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recognizable dude man
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inb4 ars
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"The most confident and alluring project the two 'brothers' ever crafted"
I disagree with this a lot, but it's your opinion so okay... you should probably actually check
some of their other albums before making a statement like that.
Also you don't need to name drop every or even most tracks, it's better if you just summarize
the album and maybe name a couple as examples.
"but it embraces so many different styles it's very difficult not to see it as a true
accomplishment for the band,"
This makes it sound as if Ween doesn't do this ALL of the time on all of their albums. They
do... and this is far from their most diverse. GodWeenSatan and
Chocolate and Cheese contain way more genres than The Mollusk, honestly.
The Jethro Tull comparison for "Buckingham Green" is spot on, since it's parodying
that type of prog. So good job there.
Overall the review is really messy and fails to really embody the sound. No offense... Glad you
enjoy it though. Check Chocolate and Cheese.
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Ween = The Bollock
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ween
more like
weener
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Mal, check Choirs of the Eye (Kayo Dot) if you have the time
good review btw
| | | Album Rating: 3.0
I onlyknow Ocean Man from this, and that one's not that bad.
| | | Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
In the last paragraph, I think you meant 'most' instead of nose. Beyond that, a pretty swell review.
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nice man, you check any of their other albums?
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
"that sentence literally just says 'this album is really really good because it incorporates loads
of different styles', it doesn't say 'none of the bands other albums do this'"
Fair enough dude.
Just so you know12 Golden Country greats isn't diverse really at all. It's just country with
some indie influence.,
but trust me Chocolate and Cheese is more diverse than The Mollusk. It contains alternative rock, takes on 70s rock, soul, psychedelia, country, middle eastern music and whatever the
fuck "Roses Are Free" is. Love "Roses Are Free" though : )
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my friend loves this album so i oughta check this out
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Mal- Now's a good time to discog them since they just released a new album.
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nice review dude, this album is fuckin dope
| | | Album Rating: 4.0
Gotta discog Kayo and Maudlin soon
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dunno why you're getting neg'd, this is hardly a bad review
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Ocean Man from the Spongebob Movie is awesome
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
It's probably due to the fact that you name drop every single song instead of focusing on
overall themes. People don't like track by tracks on here very much.
One a random note: calling Ween "too silly" is like calling a death metal band "too heavy."
| | | Album Rating: 3.0
Ween also did another song for SpongeBob, "Loop De Loop"
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yeah this is hardly a TBT. nothing wrong with citing a few of the songs to reinforce your point. it's not like he started writing and said "welp, here's the album from beginning to end". the album is diverse (apparently) and he gave examples to prove it.
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
It is diverse, but not diverse enough where ever song needs to be mentioned. For instance "The Golden Eel" and "Buckingham Green" are similar enough where there's no reason for both of them being mentioned.
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