Shinola, Vol. 1

This article is about the Ween album. For other uses, see Shinola (disambiguation).

Shinola, Vol. 1
Compilation album by Ween
Released	19 July 2005
Recorded	1990–2005
Length	47:34
Label	Chocodog [1]
Producer	Andrew Weiss
Ween chronology
Live in Chicago (2004) Shinola, Vol. 1 (2005) The Friends EP (2007)
Singles from Shinola, Vol. 1
"Monique the Freak" Released: 2005 "Gabrielle" Released: 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	7.6/10 [3]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[4]

Shinola, Vol. 1 is a compilation album by the American rock band Ween. ^[5] Released by Chocodog on July 19, 2005, Shinola is a collection of remastered outtakes dating back to 1990.

The album gets its title from the colloquial phrase "You don't know shit from Shinola". ^{[6] [7]}

Track Origins

• "Tastes Good on th' Bun" is an outtake from The Pod , appearing on The Stallion Tape. ^[8]
• "Boys Club" was the first Ween song recorded with Glenn McClelland, who joined the group in 1996. ^[9]
• "I Fell In Love Today" appears on The Caesar Demos digital album of Quebec outtakes, ^[10] recorded between 2001–2003. It had never been performed live until September 9th, 2023.
• "Big Fat Fuck" was released on the 1999 Craters of the Sac digital album.
• "Gabrielle" appears on the Chocolate and Cheese Sessions bootleg. ^[11]
• "Did You See Me" appears on The Mollusk Sessions tape streamed on the band's MySpace page. ^[12]
• "How High Can You Fly?" was released on the 1999 Craters of the Sac digital album.
• "Transitions" has no confirmed origin but is theorized by fans to be a Mollusk outtake. ^{[13] [14]}
• "Israel" is not found on any circulating demo tapes, and no discussion or writing on it by the band or otherwise has linked it to any specific era, it could be possible that the track was recorded specifically for the album.
• "The Rift" appears on the Chocolate and Cheese (1992 Taster Demos) tape. ^[15]
• "Monique The Freak" was released on the 1999 Craters of the Sac digital album.
• "Someday" appears on The Caesar Demos digital album of Quebec outtakes, ^[10] recorded between 2001 and 2003.

Craters of the Sac differences

"Big Fat Fuck," "How High Can You Fly?," & "Monique The Freak" are all changed compared to their Craters of the Sac releases. "How High Can You Fly" is 54 seconds longer, and "Big Fat Fuck" and "Monique the Freak" were significantly cut down for Shinola, with the former having 4:12 cut and the latter having 4:28.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ween.

Shinola, Vol. 1

No.	Title	Originally recorded	Length
1.	"Tastes Good on th' Bun"	Jan–Oct 1990	3:26
2.	"Boys Club"	1996	3:06
3.	"I Fell in Love Today"	2001–2003	4:09
4.	"Big Fat Fuck"	1998–1999	2:55
5.	"Gabrielle"	1994	3:29
6.	"Did You See Me?"	1996	5:11
7.	"How High Can You Fly"	1998–1999	2:39
8.	"Transitions"	Unknown	3:45
9.	"Israel"	Unknown	3:40
10.	"The Rift"	1992	5:41
11.	"Monique the Freak"	1998–1999	5:48
12.	"Someday"	2001–2003	3:45
Total length:			47:34

Personnel

1.Tastes Good On The Bun

Dean Ween – Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals

Gene Ween – Lead Vocals, Drum Machine

2.Boys Club

Dean Ween – Guitar, Backing Vocals

Gene Ween – Lead Vocals, Drum Machine

Andrew Weiss – Bass, Backing Vocals

Glenn McClelland – Organ, Backing Vocals

3.I Fell In Love Today

Dean Ween – Guitar

Gene Ween – Lead Vocals

Josh Freese – Drums, percussion

Dave Dreiwitz – Bass

Glenn McClelland – Synthesizers

4.Big Fat Fuck

Dean Ween – Guitar

Gene Ween – Lead Vocals, Drum Machine

Dave Dreiwitz – Bass

Glenn McClelland – Synthesizers

5.Gabrielle

Dean Ween – Guitar, Backing Vocals, Synthesizers

Gene Ween – Lead Vocals

Claude Coleman Jr. – Drums, Percussion

Andrew Weiss – Bass

6.Did You See Me?

Dean Ween – Lead Guitar, Drum Machine, Bass

Gene Ween – Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Glenn McClelland – Synthesizers

7.How High Can You Fly

Dean Ween – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

Gene Ween – Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Claude Coleman Jr. – Drums, Percussion

Dave Dreiwitz – Bass, Backing Vocals

Glenn McClelland – Synthesizers

8.Transitions

Dean Ween – Guitar, Drum Machine

Gene Ween – Vocals

Andrew Weiss – Bass

Glenn McClelland – Synthesizers

9.Israel

Dean Ween – Guitar, Drum Machine

Gene Ween – Vocals, sound effects

Claude Coleman Jr. – Drums, Percussion

Dave Dreiwitz – Bass

Glenn McClelland – Synthesizers

10.The Rift

Dean Ween – Guitar, Drum Machine, Bass

Gene Ween – Vocals

11.Monique The Freak

Dean Ween – Guitar, Backing Vocals

Gene Ween – Vocals

Claude Coleman Jr. – Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals

Dave Dreiwitz – Bass, Backing Vocals

Glenn McClelland – Synthesizers, Vocoder, Backing Vocals

12.Someday

Dean Ween – Guitar, Backing Vocals

Gene Ween – Lead Vocals

Josh Freese – Drums, Percussion

Claude Coleman Jr. – Drum Machine, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Andrew Weiss – Backing Vocals, Sound Effects

Dave Dreiwitz – Bass, Backing Vocals

Glenn McClelland – Synthesizers, Backing Vocals

• Produced/mixed by Andrew Weiss and Ween.
• Written and performed by Dean and Gene Ween.
• Art direction, design by Aaron Tanner.
• Mastered by Emily Lazar.

References

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6. Moerder, Adam (September 21, 2005). "ROCK EXPERIMENTAL: Ween: Shinola, Vol. 1 CHOCODOG • 2005 7.6". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016. Dean and Gene issue an odds-and-sods collection of previously unreleased archival material
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