GodWeenSatan: The Oneness

• Artist: Ween
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1990
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Contains explicit content
• Genre: Rock

Review

Dean and Gene Ween were barely out of their teens when they recorded GodWeenSatan: The Oneness, and it shows: it's juvenile in the best sense of the word, mixing their sprawling sense of humor with punk, heavy metal, and a surprising amount of pop literacy. At a whopping 23 tracks long, the album features a lot of noodling and lots of whacked-out pop, including "Nan," a dweeby tale of unrequited love, and the jazzy "Never Squeal," which shows off Ween's musical prowess and versatility. GodWeenSatan: The Oneness also introduces many of the song styles the band included on their later releases, such as the prog-rock-inspired ballad "Squelch the Little Weasel," the Prince homage "L.M.L.Y.P.," the playful, helium-laced pop of "Don't Laugh" and the funky, soulful "Nicole." "El Camino"'s pseudo-flamenco, "Birthday Boy"'s surprising vulnerability, and the rambling, silly stoner-folk of "Puffycloud" also set the tone for Ween's future work. Though they'd released plenty of cassettes on their own by the time of GodWeenSatan: The Oneness' release, Ween still sounds like they're trying ideas on for size. Song snippets like "Cold & Wet," "Fat Lenny," and "I Gots a Weasel" are fun but less successful than some of the band's more developed songs or their more crazed outbursts, such as "You Fucked Up," "Wayne's Pet Youngin'," and "Papa Zit." Stomping rockers like "Old Queen Cole," the sparse weirdness of "I'm in the Mood to Move" and the gospel parody "Up on the Hill" -- which introduces Ween's inspiration, the Boognish -- make GodWeenSatan almost as eclectic and inspired as the albums that followed it. However, the fun Dean and Gene Ween had creating GodWeenSatan: The Oneness is palpable, making it more than just a promising debut. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
You Fucked Up (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(1:37)
Tick	Ween	Ween	(1:53)
I'm in the Mood to Move (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(1:16)
I Gots a Weasel (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(1:22)
Fat Lenny	Ween	Ween	(2:07)
Cold and Wet	Ween	Ween	(1:12)
Bumblebee (Lyrics)	Dean Ween	Ween	(1:19)
Don't Laugh (I Love You)	Ween	Ween	(2:49)
Never Squeal (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(2:25)
Up on the Hill (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(1:56)
Wayne's Pet Youngin' (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(1:41)
Nicole	Ween	Ween	(9:20)
Common Bitch (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(1:46)
El Camino	Ween	Ween	(2:17)
Old Queen Cole (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(1:34)
Nan (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(2:55)
Licking the Palm for Guava (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(1:07)
Mushroom Festival in Hell (Lyrics)	Dean Ween	Ween	(2:35)
L.M.L.Y.P.	Prince, Ween	Ween	(8:48)
Papa Zit (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(1:15)
Old Man Thunder (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(:23)
Birthday Boy (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(3:31)
Blackjack	Ween	Ween	(4:36)
Squelch the Weasel (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(3:11)
Marble Tulip Juicy Tree (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(5:24)
Puffy Cloud (Lyrics)	Ween	Ween	(2:40)

Credits

Greg Frey (Engineer), Gene Ween (Vocals), Andrew Weiss (Mixing), Andrew Weiss (Producer), Greg Frey (Recording Technician), Ween (Arranger), Theo VanRock (Mixing), Dean Ween (Vocals), Dean Ween (Guitar)

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