Chocolate and Cheese

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Chocolate and Cheese
Studio album by Ween
Released	September 27, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	54:47
Label	Elektra
Producer(s)	Andrew Weiss
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Image:4.5 stars.svg link Q Image:4 stars.svg link
Ween chronology
Pure Guava (1992)	Chocolate and Cheese (1994)	12 Golden Country Greats (1996)

Chocolate and Cheese was Ween's fourth studio album, originally released by Elektra Records in 1994. It was the first Ween album to eschew the four-track recordings of their first three albums and utilize a professional recording studio. However, most of the instruments were still played by Dean and Gene Ween, including their drum machine. The album is dedicated to John Candy, who died while Ween was putting the album together. A Tear for Eddie was dedicated to Eddie Hazel, who died December 23, 1992.

Reportedly, the album was a big hit in Japan, partly due to the plentiful "Australian cleavage" on the album cover.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Take Me Away"
2. "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
3. "Freedom of '76"
4. "I Can't Put My Finger on It"
5. "A Tear for Eddie"
6. "Roses are Free"
7. "Baby Bitch"
8. "Mister Would You Please Help My Pony?"
9. "Drifter in the Dark"
10. "Voodoo Lady"
11. "Joppa Road"
12. "Candi"
13. "Buenos Tardes Amigo"
14. "The H.I.V. Song"
15. "What Deaner Was Talkin' About"
16. "Don't Shit Where You Eat"

[edit] Singles

"Freedom of '76" was released as a single by Flying Nun Records, and featured the tracks "Now I'm Freaking Out" and "Pollo Asado".

"Voodoo Lady" was released as a single on Flying Nun Records (as a 7") and White Records (as a CD), and included the tracks "Buenos Tardes Amigo," "There's a Pig" (CD version only), and "Vallejo" (CD version only).

[edit] Personnel

Dean Ween - Guitar, Vocals
Gene Ween - Vocals
Greg Frey - Engineer
Howie Weinberg - Mastering
Andrew Weiss - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Kirk Miller - Live Sound
Danny Clinch - Photography
John Kuezala - Photography
Reiner Design Consultants - Design
Patricia Frey Stephan
Mean Ween
Claude Coleman
Scott Lowe

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

1994   Chocolate and Cheese         Heatseekers            No. 10

[edit] Singles

1994   Voodoo Lady                  Modern Rock Tracks     No. 32

[edit] Miscellanea

• The song "A Tear for Eddie" is a tribute to the funk/psychedelic guitar pioneer Eddie Hazel.

• The Ween boys say they never got to meet the attractive cover model.

• The song "Voodoo Lady" can be heard in the film Road Trip.

• "Buenas Tardes Amigo" features in the German film Lammbock.

• CKY guitarist (and dedicated Ween fan) Chad Ginsburg appeared in the "Freedom of '76" video as one of the thieves stealing the Liberty Bell.