Earth To the Dandy Warhols (2 LPS)

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Product Description
Now acting as masters of their own destiny, The Dandy Warhols are back and ushering
in a rockin return to form with Earth to the Dandy Warhols, the band s debut on their
newly minted label, Beat The World Records. The album is quintessential Dandys, pulling
together the diverse sounds and influences that have always characterized their music,
and full of the same dry vigor that s made them world famous.
From the Some Girls-era Rolling Stones-meets-Talking Heads Welcome to the Third
World, to the campy Mis Amigos, to the psychedelic rock of Beast of Saints, Earth
to the Dandy Warhols is pleasure ride that allows you to fully enjoy the trip while still
keeping you on your toes. The band reached out to their friends, too, inviting Dire Strait s
Mark Knopfler and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell to join in on the rollicking
Love Song. Earth to the Dandy Warhols serves as a stunning platform into a new era
of the Dandy Warhols career and places the band firmly in the ranks of rock s elite class.
The Dandy Warhols first album, Dandys Rule OK? came out in 1995 on Tim Kerr records.
Soon thereafter, Capitol records signed the band to a long-term deal, releasing The
Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997), 13 Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000), Welcome To The Monkey House (2003) and Odditorium
or Warlords of Mars (2005). Over the course of their career, the band have collaborated with the likes of Nick Rhodes (Duran
Duran) and David LaChappelle (who directed the Dandy s video for their hit Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth ), as well as
supported major artist arena tours, from Tom Petty and David Bowie, to summer treks in Europe with the Rolling Stones.

Album Description
US 2 LP pressing. US version of the 2008 album from Portland, Oregon's favorite sons (and daughter). Earth To The Dandy Warhols delivers to those diehards - and a whole new era of Dandy-ites, a nostalgic fistful of the sounds, images and charged feelings that first turned us on to them - the sex, the swagger and the innate knack for stunning hits. Not to mention myriad new avenues of sonic wonder. This record perfectly surmises the Warhols career to date and is surely going to blow your mind. Highlights include the opening track 'The World The People Together', which the band gave away as a free download on their website, and `Love Song' which features guest appearances from Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Mike Campbell. 13 tracks.

Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Repeated plays reveal the album's secrets. Honest and natural. August 21, 2008
16 out of 19 found this review helpful

The Oregon quartet have finally found their way to their psychedelic spiritual home.
Dumped by their label after 2005's almost unlistenable Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, the Dandy Warhols have wisely refocused and have mostly ditched the doodling and childish shouting.
For their first independent album, they have fashioned a back to the future space-age scenario which can sound overcooked and out of date ("Mission Control").
The first track "The World The People Together (Come On)", is far from the tuneless dirge you'll initially suspect, "Welcome To The Third World" takes you on a naughty funk odyssey, while they've somehow managed to rope in the usually elusive ex-Dire Straits mainman, Mark Knopfler on "Love Song".
As on their previous albums, the songs consistently flow into one another, but this heavily-crafted sequencing is also the band's undoing, since the lack of variation eventually becomes wearing.
This is by far the band's least accessible album to date - not necessarily be a bad thing, depending on your tolerance levels - and although perseverance is rewarded in large patches, the final third somehow feels like an elaborate in-joke.
The first time listener may be horrified. Taylor-Taylor's production is swaddled in layers of guitar, indecipherable lyrics and Zia McCabe's unsympathetic keyboard.
Repeated plays reveal the album's secrets.
It is not catchy, for sure, but this is The Dandy Warhols at their most natural and honest.
The presence of Mark Knopfler and Heartbreakers' ace guitarist Mike Campbell shows the band still exert pulling power and, even at their messiest, the Portland Oregon-based outfit can still deliver, while remorseless metal piledriver Talk Radio would put many heavy rockers to shame.
All is not wholly well: the final third of the album is clogged with stodge but there's enough here to keep them going.
Pick of the album:"World the People Together (Come On)", "Welcome to the Third World", and "Mis Amigos".

3 out of 5 stars

Val-Yum Yum August 20, 2008
6 out of 10 found this review helpful

I like Valerie Yum (an ode to Valium?), but the rest of the CD is very average stuff. I was hoping for a total rebound from Odditorium, but unfortunately the Dandys are heading in the wrong direction. What happened to the cool stuff you could play over and over again??? This sounds like a mish-mash of songs that wouldn't make it on their earlier CD's except for Odditorium...If you are new to the Dandy Warhols then buy Dandy's Rule, OK? or Come Down, I hate to say it but I guess they may never be that good again!

4 out of 5 stars

Another Dandys Gem August 21, 2008
6 out of 10 found this review helpful

From the very first notes of "The World Come On," I knew that the mediocre critical response to this new Dandy Warhols album was dead wrong. I've been hooked on the Dandys since "The Dandy Warhols Come Down." I love the way they build songs on amazing grooves, sometimes hard-rocking, sometimes slow and hypnotic, sometimes both. Taylor-Taylor is an extraordinary vocalist and mimic, sounding alternately like Lou Reed, Ric Ocasek, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, or anyone else, however he sees fit. And the others are absolutely rock-solid in their ability to add support and muscle to Taylor-Taylor's creations.

Their last album, "Odditorium," was a truly bizarre mess. At first, I found it very off-putting, but it grew on me over time, mostly because of the Dandy Warhols' impeccable sense of rhythm and harmonies. "Earth to the Dandy Warhols" is another ecclectic weird-out, jumping from genre to genre, the only real connection between the songs being the unique flavor of the Dandy's sound and the layered, dense production.

I can really see why someone new to the Dandy Warhols would have a hard time "getting" this cd or liking it very much. I'm not sure I would quite understand what it was all about if I hadn't spent so much time with their other albums. For newcomers, I strongly suggest checking out their previous cds before jumping into this one. "The Dandy Warhols Come Down," "Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia," and "Welcome to the Monkey House" are all more consistent than this album. But once you've checked those out, I'm sure you'll find plenty to love on "Earth to the Dandy Warhols" as well (even if you find yourself skipping the final song, "Musee D'Nougat" more often than not).

After spending some serious headphone time with this, I'd say it feels like a cross between "Odditorium" and "Monkey House." It's got the sprawling, loose feel of "Odditorium," but it's sleek and punctuated by electronics like "Welcome to the Monkey House." Like all Dandy Warhols albums, though, it's decadent, chock-full of grooves, and gorgeous.

5 out of 5 stars

imawarhol August 20, 2008
3 out of 16 found this review helpful

The Dandy Warhols are probably the best junkie/hippie band around! Their music is so original it should have its own genre. I own all previous albums and nothing gets better than them!

People should listen to them a lot more often! If you need some good road trip music or something to dance to - this is the band for you. I blare their music in the car and everyone wants to know who I'm listening to. They are grreat.

Buy this CD along with the rest! If you're looking for something good to listen to - this is it!

Other Recommendations: The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Velvet Underground.

4 out of 5 stars

They've still got it! August 22, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful

I knew I loved the Dandy Warhols more than any other band when I first listened to the Black Album. The moment the music started I was dancing around my room, positive that I would never tire of listening the whole CD through. And the moment I popped in Earth to the Dandy Warhols, I had the same feeling.

The Dandy Warhols have developed a style so unique, so them, that they have polished it to a glistening shine. Oddly enough, some of the tracks were strangely reminiscent of old songs; upon first listening, I thought "Talk Radio" was going to be "Green" from Dandy Warhols Come Down. However, as quickly as I was to think that, the song did a total turn and became something new completely on its own.

Being as it's the first album the band has produced with their own label, I would say look out for more amazing stuff. I'm pretty happy that the drawn-out and cacophonous tracks from Odditorium or Warlords of Mars have been replaced with average-length, tightly composed songs.

I plan on listening to this CD nonstop for the next week or so. And I plan on bopping around my room to it as well, since that's why I'm so fond of the Dandy Warhols.

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