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12 Golden Country Greats
Country · 1996 · 9 tracks

12 Golden Country Greats

Ween

July 16, 1996 · Plain Recordings

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12 Golden Country Greats is perhaps the greatest musical prank ever committed to tape, primarily because it is performed with such staggering competence.

By hiring the A-list of Nashville session musicians, often referred to as The Shit Creek Boys, Ween created a record that sounds more like a classic country album than almost anything released in the mid-90s.

The juxtaposition is the point: hearing world-class fiddle and pedal steel players backing lyrics about scraping mucus off brains or telling a lover to piss up a rope creates a unique form of cognitive dissonance that is both hilarious and strangely moving.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
I’m Holding You
4:03
02
Japanese Cowboy
3:02
04
I Don’t Wanna Leave You on the Farm
2:45
05
Pretty Girl
2:36
06
Powder Blue
3:14
07
Mister Richard Smoker
2:42
08
Help Me Scrape the Mucus Off My Brain
2:46
09
You Were the Fool
4:27
10
Fluffy
3:32
Moments Worth Listening For
The moment the Jordanaires-style backing vocals swell during the most offensive lines of Piss Up a Rope.
The genuine, heartbreaking beauty of the pedal steel solo on I Don't Wanna Leave You on the Farm.
The slow, agonizing crawl of Fluffy that closes the album with a surreal, repetitive canine tribute.
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