Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
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Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia is the third album by American alternative rock
band The Dandy Warhols
. It was released on 1 August 2000 on Capital Records. It is considered their breakthrough album, after the song "Bohemian Like You
" was featured in a popular Vodafone
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said, "We felt like we needed to make the last classic rock album, a record that would be – sonically – shaped somewhere in between All Things Must Pass
and Workingman's Dead
."
A special edition released for the band's Australian tour contained 7 extra tracks:
called it "an 800-pound gorilla of winning, eclectic rock 'n' roll", writing "[it] may be the most joyous, instantly likable rock record you'll hear this year." Alternative Press gave it four stars out of five and called it "a scattershot bagful of wild rides and demented ditties and an album of maniacal depth and vision."
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. The band was founded by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström, with keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford later joining. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by...
. It was released on 1 August 2000 on Capital Records. It is considered their breakthrough album, after the song "Bohemian Like You
Bohemian Like You
"Bohemian Like You" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released in 2000 as a single from the band's third studio album Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia. On its original release, it failed to even reach the Top 40 in the UK, peaking at number 42...
" was featured in a popular Vodafone
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Background
On the making of the album, frontman Courtney Taylor-TaylorCourtney Taylor-Taylor
Courtney Taylor-Taylor is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. The vast majority of the band's songs are written by Taylor-Taylor, including hits "We Used to Be Friends" and...
said, "We felt like we needed to make the last classic rock album, a record that would be – sonically – shaped somewhere in between All Things Must Pass
All Things Must Pass
All Things Must Pass is a triple album by George Harrison, recorded and released in 1970. The original vinyl release featured two LPs of rock songs as well as Apple Jam, a third LP of informal jams...
and Workingman's Dead
Workingman's Dead
Workingman's Dead is the fourth studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded in February 1970 and originally released on June 14, 1970....
."
Track listing
Seven Tales for Urban AustraliaA special edition released for the band's Australian tour contained 7 extra tracks:
Reception
The album was well-received critically. Allmusic gave it four out of five stars, calling it a "bakers' dozen of their most focused and cohesive songs". The A.V. ClubThe A.V. Club
The A.V. Club is an entertainment newspaper and website published by The Onion. Its features include reviews of new films, music, television, books, games and DVDs, as well as interviews and other regular offerings examining both new and classic media and other elements of pop culture. Unlike its...
called it "an 800-pound gorilla of winning, eclectic rock 'n' roll", writing "[it] may be the most joyous, instantly likable rock record you'll hear this year." Alternative Press gave it four stars out of five and called it "a scattershot bagful of wild rides and demented ditties and an album of maniacal depth and vision."
Personnel
- Courtney Taylor-Taylor – vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Zia McCabeZia McCabeZia McCabe is a percussionist, bass guitarist, and keyboard player. She is a member of American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. She graduated from Battle Ground High School in Battle Ground, Washington in 1992. In 1995, with hardly any prior musical experience, Zia joined The Dandy Warhols...
– keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Peter Holmström – guitar
- Brent De BoerBrent De BoerBrent "Fathead" DeBoer is an American singer and drummer, known for being the drummer of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. He replaced founding member Eric Hedford in 1998 and is a cousin of Warhols' frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor. He graduated from Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego,...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals - Troy Stewart – slide guitarSlide guitarSlide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...
- Eric Matthews – trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
on "Godless" and "Cool Scene" - Vince DiFioreVince DiFioreVince DiFiore has been a member of the band Cake since 1991, and plays trumpet, keyboard, and auxiliary percussion. Born to parents Vincent Robert DiFiore Sr...
– trumpet on "Mohammed" - Anton NewcombeAnton NewcombeAnton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:...
– strings and guitars on "Get Off" - Phil Baker – upright bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
on "Country Leaver" and "Sleep" - Joe Kaczmarek – organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
on "Cool Scene" - Erik GavrilukErik GavrilukErik Gavriluk is a record producer, musician, and software engineer.He was a founding employee of DreamWorks SKG and a lead designer on the Cairo Operating System project at Microsoft...
– organ on "Bohemian Like You" - D.J. Swamp – scratching on "Shakin'"
- Meg Bobbitt – vocals on "Shakin'" and "The Gospel"
External links
- Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia at The Dandy Warhols' official website