Tweekend

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Tweekend
TheCrystalMethod-Tweekend.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 31, 2001
Recorded1999–2000
StudioThe Bomb Shelter, Glendale, California
Genre
Length68:53
Label
Producer The Crystal Method
The Crystal Method chronology
Vegas
(1997)
Tweekend
(2001)
Community Service
(2002)
The Crystal Method studio album chronology
Vegas
(1997)
Tweekend
(2001)
Legion of Boom
(2004)
No.TitleMusicLength
1."PHD"Ken Jordan, Scott Kirkland6:27
2."Wild, Sweet and Cool"Jordan, Kirkland, Tom Morello 3:54
3."Roll It Up"Jordan, Kirkland6:02
4."Murder (You Know It's Hard)"Jordan, Kirkland, Weiland4:40
5."Name of the Game"Jordan, Kirkland, Morello4:15
6."The Winner"Jordan, Kirkland5:11
7."Ready for Action"Jordan, Kirkland5:01
8."Ten Miles Back"Jonathan Gallivan, Jordan, Kirkland, Byron Wong7:00
9."Over the Line"Jon Brion, Jordan, Kirkland6:54
10."Blowout"Jordan, Kirkland7:57
11."Tough Guy"Jordan, Kirkland11:32
Total length:68:53

N.B.: Track 11 Contains a hidden track with a remix of "Name of the Game", after one minute of silence from Tough Guy.

Personnel

Note: Alternate versions of this album have "Murder" and "Over the Line" switched around.

The album was packaged with a bonus disc for the Australian/New Zealand tour with the track listing

  1. "Busy Child (Überzone Mix)"
  2. "Name of the Game (Hybrid Blackout in LA Mix)"
  3. "Name of the Game (Eric Kupper's Deep Dub Mix)"
  4. "You Know It's Hard (John Creamer & Stephane K Mix)"
  5. "You Know It's Hard (Dub Pistols Dub Mix)"
  6. "You Know It's Hard (Koma and Bones Mix)"

Cover art

The cover is a direct homage to the album art of the Supertramp album Crisis? What Crisis?

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. Allmusic review
  3. The Austin Chronicle review
  4. Frankowski, Andy. "The Crystal Method – Tweekend". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on August 19, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  5. "The Crystal Method – Tweekend". E! Online. Archived from the original on August 6, 2001. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  6. "Entertainment Weekly review". Archived from the original on May 25, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  7. "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "The Crystal Method". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  203. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  9. "Crystal Method makes surprise Top 10 debut". Archived from the original on January 11, 2002. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  10. All Music. "The Crystal Method – Tweekend". All Music. Retrieved June 8, 2016.

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