GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
GodWeenSatan: The Oneness is the debut album by American rock band Ween, released on November 16, 1990, by Twin/Tone Records. The album introduces several key themes for the group, including their eclecticism, gonzo sense of humor, and their demon god/mascot, the Boognish. Restless Records reissued the album on September 11, 2001, jokingly referring to it as the "25th anniversary edition" despite the album only being eleven years old at the time. The reissue featured digitally remastered sound, new packaging, and the inclusion of three bonus tracks, "Bumblebee Part 2", "Stacey", and "Hippy Smell", integrated into  the original album's playlist. The album contains several tracks that are long time staples of Ween's live performances, such as "You Fucked Up", "Fat Lenny", "Marble Tulip Juicy Tree", and "L.M.L.Y.P." The band performed the album in its entirety on September 14, 2001. The performance was subsequently released on the live album "GodWeenSatan Live" in 2016. Critical reception. David Browne, writing for "Entertainment Weekly", praised the album's silliness and frequently ranting nature, writing: "As it veers uncontrollably from the stupid to the unlistenable, "God Ween Satan" becomes the energizing sound of two street-corner nutjobs railing as  best they can against the entire world. Equal opportunity for clever morons to punish the masses with the aid of modern recording equipment — it’s truly a wonderful thing." Andrew Perry of "Select" wrote that Ween derived their "sonic dementia" from post-hardcore, but that the band's stylistic range was much wider, including parodies of bubblegum pop and lovers rock. He concluded that the "anarchic" album was "unrealistically varied and never boring. You won't have heard the like of this before". In a retrospective review, "Pitchfork"s Matt LeMay wrote: "Unafraid to say 'fuck' for no apparent reason, unafraid  to rock out on cheesy metal riffs, and unafraid to pick to pieces just about every variety of music, Ween managed to capture the essence of their sound on their debut as well, if not better than, on any later album." "Uncut" describe the album as containing pastiches of "anything on the rock planet", with Ween offending and delighting the listener "in equal measure". Heather Phares of AllMusic described "GodWeenSatan" as "almost as eclectic and inspired" as Ween's subsequent albums, with a palpable sense of fun that makes it "more than just a promising debut". Less favourable was Robert  Christgau in "The Village Voice", who quipped of "L.M.L.Y.P" that Ween "went on about pussy for nine minutes (good idea) in a Princey blues-minstrel drawl (bad one)". Track listing. All tracks written by Ween except "L.M.L.Y.P.," which contains a partial cover of "Shockadelica" and elements of "Alphabet St." (Prince). Towards the end of "Birthday Boy", "Echoes" by Pink Floyd begins to play, due to Ween recording on cassettes which already contained material.