THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “This 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Ween’s 1994 landmark Chocolate And Cheese finds the original album recut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman, alongside a special bonus disc curated by Dean and Gene Ween that includes 15 previously unreleased demos of classic and soon-to-be classic tracks from their archives.
A brilliant fusion of gonzo pop, Chocolate and Cheese is arguably Ween’s finest moment. It was certainly an album of firsts: Their first for a major label, their first to be recorded in a professional studio, their first to feature a live drummer instead of a machine. Propelled by singles like I Can’t Put My Finger On It, Voodoo Lady and Freedom of ’76 — along with future classics like Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down), Baby Bitch and Roses Are Free — the album proved once and for all that along with their twisted sense of humor and wide musical vocabulary, Deaner and Gener are impressive songwriters. Over the course of the LP, Ween explore virtually every permutation of pop, rock, soul, and funk in their own unique (and very brown) way.”
