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Product Description
1) Friends2) I Got to Put The Hammer Down3) King Billy4) Light Me Up5) Slow Down Boy

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4 out of 5 stars

This is the CD where Ween tests the limits of their fan base. July 14, 2007
19 out of 21 found this review helpful

Ween fans are rabid-types. They're/you're/we're usually very devoted and worship at the temple of the Boognish. But, man, this EP is ridiculous. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet, but I know it's some of the catchiest stuff they've ever released. And some of the gayest. We'll just go track-by-track, since there's only Five of them anyway.
The song "Friends" sounds like a tribute to Cher. Like, "Do you believe..." Cher. And it WILL get stuck in your head. Really stuck in your head. I keep playing it. And hating myself for it.
"I Got To Put The Hammer Down" sounds like Peaches. Creep-sex raps, bouncy beats, and creep-sex hooks.
"King Billy" sounds like Mollusk-era weirdness. Definitely the closest to a "traditional" Ween song you're gonna find here. It has a mellow reggae beat and silly vocals. And quirky "brown" Ween noises the initiated will recognize.
"Light Me Up" falls into the more Latin-inspired side of Ween. Think "Buenos Tardes Amigo," "I Can't Put My Finger On It," "Bananas and Blow..." "Light Me Up" feels like the next chapter in the story those songs were telling.
Which brings us to "Slow Down Boy." It sounds like... a Morrissey ballad crossed with "True" by Spandau Ballet. Yeah. They friggin went there.
I wouldn't recommend this CD to you if you've never listened to Ween before. But, if you're a Ween-er, go ahead, buy it. You'll hate yourself for it and love every minute of it. I know I do.

3 out of 5 stars

Friends July 17, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

Anyone interested in buying this 5 track sampler should do so from the ween website or your local record shop. It is priced at $8.00

3 out of 5 stars

A fun appetizer, if you're already a diehard fan. July 31, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

With this EP, Ween present 5 apparent castoffs from a forthcoming album. The main surprise here (other than the title track's eerily authentic take on inane euro-disco) is a complete lack of the prog-rock nods that became increasingly common on the past few albums; instead we get the aforementioned euro-disco track, a Prince-esque new wave synth-rocker ("Got To Put The Hammer Down"), a decidedly brown take on dub-reggae ("King Billy"), the excellent latin-flavored "Light Me Up" (somewhat disappointingly the only real showcase for Deaner's guitar leads), and finally the innuendo-laden White Pepper-esque ballad "Slow Down Boy". At this point it's not really clear whether this means the next album will be dedicated to more Chocolate And Cheese style genre hopping or if they just happened to have a particularly diverse bunch of songs that just didn't fit the "feel" of the rest of the material. Regardless, if you're a fan who's spent the past 4 years dying for some new songs, it's a fun listen; I definitely would heed the previous reviewers' advice about where to purchase it, however.

5 out of 5 stars

A Friend's A Friend Who Knows Whart Being A Friend Is... September 14, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Man, I hope these cats just keep evolving. Everything they put out sounds nothing like what came before it, and this is no different. Just as catchy and irreverent as ever. I can't listen to Friends and not crack up. And it's gonna be in yr head for a long, long time. The Boognish is now, my friends. Trust that it will only take you where you really do want to go.

2 out of 5 stars

eh... August 6, 2007
i've been a ween fan since "pure guava," and i've followed their releases adamently since then. naturally, i was excited for "the friends EP"... until i listened to it. this isn't the ween i know and love.. there's almost no guitar on the album, no bizzare effects, and the overall weirdness is gone. ween has always been about switching things up, but the eurotrash techno beats on the title track are a bit much.

"the friends EP" isn't terrible, but it's not that great. here's hoping that the new record will surpass this.

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