As usual with Ween, quebec's sounds are as various as grabbing 15 tracks from random genres in your favorite music store (amazon.com of course!). For those not familiar with Ween, their talent allows them to be as versatile as accurately mimicing distinct styles such as The Doors, while being able to produce an entire "country" album at the same time. All the while, every Ween cut has that little something you know could have only come from Dean and Gene themselves.

I heard some of these cuts live before the album's release through weenradio.com and when I went to their concert in Pittsburgh, and was on the verge of being slightly disappointed. If you're in the same boat, don't worry. The studio versions of "Transdermal Celebration," "Zoloft," and "Captain" are great. A couple of nice surprises: "Chocolate Town" and "I Don't Want It."

If you're the kind of fan who yells "Dr. Rock!" and "Poopship!" at Ween concerts, you're sure to enjoy the classic Ween sounds of "It's Gonna Be a Long Night" and the "F**ked Jam." I mean, I do.

Buy quebec! Whether it's your first Ween experience or the last you need to complete your collection, you're sure to be impressed by Ween's divergence from the rock mainstream into a realm that's keeping the music world alive today.


Making musical genre-bending look like child's play...   August 9, 2003
 6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I had no idea what to expect from "Quebec". I'd been hearing about it for months, and after the very pop-rockish and suprisingly commercially-accesible "White Pepper", I didn't know where the boys were going to take us now. "Quebec" seems to be along the same vein as "Chocolate and Cheese", a collection of category-defying songs that shouldn't all work together, yet do. Ween's respect for other bands shines thru on many tracks while still reminding us of why a Ween Album is an experience all it's own. "Zoloft" is an absolutely brilliant track, at first seeming like a sugar-coated piece of elevator music, with Gene's voice calmly lulling the listener... but like the Zoloft user, the listener's bliss becomes slightly disturbed by an almost drowned-out voice begging you to be true to your own mind and soul. Ween takes several other dark steps with the lost-at-sea wailings of "Captain" and the introverted city dweller's nightmare that is "So Many People in the Neighborhood", which I would say is one of Ween's best layered and chaotically-fueled songs to date. But the album manages a beautiful balance of moods and rhythms, with songs like "Transdermal Celebration" being certain to become powerful and driving live favorites. Ween has given the faithful fans something truely wonderful to sink their teeth into for years to come.


Gorgeous   November 15, 2003
 6 out of 6 found this review helpful

This, by far, is the mellowest Ween album ever. It lacks the harsh intensity of, say, God Ween Satan, or Pure Guava. But it's beautiful. Listening to this, a bizarre movie, about two guys finding their way in life, Ween the soundtrack to their adventures comes to mind. The opening, rockin' "It's gonna be a long night" clears the palate of bad top 40 that seeps into your brain whenever venturing out into public places, making way for the chilling "Zoloft". "Transdermal Celebration", "Among his Tribe" are instant favorites, and "So many people in the neighborhood" is a good companion on a mix (Cd,Mp3,tape,etc) to "Voodoo lady". "Tried and True", also hauntingly sweet, but make way for "Happy Colored Marbles", this gem should end up in a sick, twisted romantic comedy someday soon. "Captain" slows you down just enough for "Chocolate Town", "I don't want it", and trick your friends at a party with "The F**ked Jam", "Alcan Road" "The Argus" are quite pleasing as well, but the highlight of this album is "If you could save yourself(you could save us all)", it reminds me somehow of Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd, especially the line "I left you a note, but I wrote it in disappearing ink", this could have easily been something off of "Meddle" (somebody else said this first, of course) or the "Final Cut" This isn't your average Ween album, but your girlfriend won't make you shut it off in the car.