The Dandy Warhols - The Dandy Warhols Come Down

Pretty Good CD

While lacking the musical depth and lyrical expansiveness of 13 Tales, it's still a darn good listen... January 12, 2008

overall a very good CD

This album is a must-listen for anyone who has listen to the Dandy Warhols or this type of music. The songs "Not if you were the last junkie on earth" and "every day should be a holiday" were great music videos and just flat out great rock songs with a more upbeat tempo, while "Green" and "Orange" are great slower songs with very cool melodies. Most of the rest of the songs are pretty sweet as well, all very catchy and with a lot of "hooks" on each song. "Be-In", "Boys Better", "Good Morning", and "Minnesoter" are all very steady rock songs in their own respective right, as each one has its own great uniqueness. The is a very good album and I'd recommend it to anyone. The only reason I gave it a 4 was because the last 2 songs sounded like they were just experimenting with different sounds but had no lyrics at all, which got kinda boring to listen to, but the first 12 songs except for "whipping tree" make getting this album definetly worth it. January 29, 2007

may be addictive

I came to this band late in life, but now can't get enough. This album lacks some of the catchy pop feel of Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia, so is not as immediately accessible. It's also a little more self-indulgent, in my view. That said, I listen to it constantly. Its inaccessiblity renders it more interesting than lots of more hooky works. I actually considered crossing the pond to attend the 8/23 Islington (London) show, but it was sold out before I could get myself in gear to make a reservation. I'm not a jet-setter, but this album clinched it for me. Much as I love Thirteen Tales and Monkey House, they didn't make me gung ho to go to London. November 3, 2006

The Pose Is Real And So Is The Music!

The Dandy Warhols are the type of band that are exactly as their image represents them to be. So basically, if the name "the Dandy Warhols" sounds like the coolest, cleverest name for a band ever, you will love their music. You'll probably also crack up at their antic-riddled articles and interviews and marvel at how people who are so talented can manage to be as sexy as Courtney, Pete, and Zia. If you don't get the name, well, you're probably just as relieved that the band is pretty obscure in the US of A. Their second album--first major label release--represents both the best and worst of what the Dandy Warhols are capable of. While, personally, I think this album has more individual standouts than the later, more renowned "Thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemia", the latter has a larger number of good, even rock songs and coheres better as an album.

1. Be-in--The title is taken from those drug sessions hippies used to have in the sixties. This is a very long song with a long intro. It's pretty trippy, not surprisingly, and is about drugs. I've always imagined that this song would be a good theme song for a TV show about kids in some type of weird boarding school.

2. Boys Better--One of the hits off the album. Very catchy and powerful. Definitely wakes the listener up after "Be-in".

3. Minnesoter--A brassy, sassy number that reminded some critics of Oasis. It has a raunchy sound to it and raunchy lyrics as well--although I have no idea what the song is actually about and am not one hundred percent certain what `finding one's way to Minnesoter' is a metaphor for. Do I want to know?

4. Orange--A slow, hazy song with less texture than "Be-in". Not one of the better songs on the album.

5. I Love You--Another trippy song yet Courtney Taylor drone becomes almost hypnotic as he numbly repeats over and over again "I love you, I love you, I love you". Apparently this song is also used as the background music for a Pontiac car commercial.

6. Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth--The BEST song on the album! Basically a tongue-in-cheek poke-in-the-eye to the heroin chic culture. Yet there's something oddly poignant about the eye-rolling way in which Courtney Taylor insists, "Heroin is so passé" over the guitar-strumming. The Dandy Warhols didn't do another song this strong until "Bohemian Like You". The video for this song is well-worth checking out--come to think of it, all the Dandy Warhols' videos are. The scene is a psychotic game show in which junkie contestants compete for prizes such as car crashes and tombstones, including dancing syringes.

7. Everyday Should Be a Holiday--Another fast-paced track with a really good dance beat. Apparently it was included in the soundtrack for "There's Something About Mary". Don't miss the slipped-in self-reference, "Super cool, the Dandies rule, okay!"

8. Good Morning--A slow, haunting song. The lyrics, which describe a "good morning" seem to be contradicted by the eerie music which seems somewhat depressing. A quiet gem on the album.

9. Whipping Tree--Another, quiet song. Courtney Taylor kind of mumbles in this one and it strikes me as kind of bland, although I'm sure many people can empathize with the lyrics.

10. Green--Similar to "Whipping Tree" only with more emotion. "I only believe what I want to believe... yes it's because I'm greener than green." Clearly about inexperience of whatever variety.

11. Cool as Kim Deal--A very sunny, cool-sounding song extolling the virtues of ultimate rock chick, Kim Deal.

12. Hard On for Jesus--Definitely play this at your local Church picnic. You owe yourself and your pastor that much.

13&14. "Pete International Airport" and "The Creep Out"--these last two songs are probably the worst on the album and together make up fourteen minutes. They just consist of weird, spacy music and muted vocals. I can assume that "Pete International Airport" is some sort of reference to guitarist Peter Holstrom, but other than that, they both lack focus and I usually skip over them.

Half of the songs on this album showcase the Dandy Warhols' ability to make brilliant, satirical rock anthems like "Minnesoter", "Boys Better", and "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth", while the other half can be classified as slow, trippy drug songs. These slower, murkier tracks aren't necessarily bad as a rule--"Be-in" and "Good Morning" are quality, but others, like "Orange", "The Creep Out", etc., just seem to be long drawn-out layers of music with no substance. In conclusion, the Dandy Warhols should be commended for being a band that has the guts to be edgy, funny, and produce quality music that isn't categorically dark, even if they occasionally miss their mark.
July 3, 2006

This album has it all too....

I only write reviews about the best of the things I find on amazon.com but to say that '13 tales of ubran bohemia' is the only awesome album put out by the Dandy's is in short blasphemy. While 13 is the apex so far this album is everything so many artists never achieve even for one song. The poppy hit is 'not if you were the last junkie on earth' but not the albums best song (I'll let you decide which is). I'll admit I'm a Portlander but this is too good to miss. October 27, 2005

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