Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

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In Dig!, the hilarious and sometimes painful documentary that won the 2004 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, the Dandy Warhols matter-of-factly describe themselves the most well-adjusted band in America. While its true that in contrast to the remarkable chaos that surrounds rivals the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Portland, Oregon group's propensity for onstage nudity and offstage decadence does seem somewhat tame, listening to its fifth album, Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, suggests they are still rock 'n' roll animals at heart: Thrusting through the sexy riffs of "Smoke It;" Reveling in the sheer horniness of ready-for-Vegas single, "All The Money or the Simple Life Honey;" Or simply floating above the ground with a clutch of space-rock jams that flashback to 1995's trippy Dandy's Rule OK? --Aidin Vaziri

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Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

Average customer rating: Some of the best -- and worst -- of the Dandys Amongst the mess, there are a lot of good songs here Well I like it! I've given it time... T.T.H. (or, Trying Too Hard)

Odditorium or Warlords of Mars The Dandy Warhols Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Welcome To The Monkey House Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia The Dandy Warhols Come Down Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective DiG! ASIN: B000AANW46 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Colder Than The Coldest Winter Was Cold
2. Love Is The New Feel Awful
3. Easy
4. All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey
5. The New Country
6. Holding Me Up
7. Did You Make A Song With Otis
8. Everyone Is Totally Insane
9. Smoke It
10. Down Like Disco
11. There Is Only This Time
12. A Loan Tonight

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In Dig!, the hilarious and sometimes painful documentary that won the 2004 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, the Dandy Warhols matter-of-factly describe themselves the most well-adjusted band in America. While its true that in contrast to the remarkable chaos that surrounds rivals the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Portland, Oregon group's propensity for onstage nudity and offstage decadence does seem somewhat tame, listening to its fifth album, Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, suggests they are still rock 'n' roll animals at heart: Thrusting through the sexy riffs of "Smoke It;" Reveling in the sheer horniness of ready-for-Vegas single, "All The Money or the Simple Life Honey;" Or simply floating above the ground with a clutch of space-rock jams that flashback to 1995's trippy Dandy's Rule OK? --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

Some of the best -- and worst -- of the Dandys.......2007-03-08

On their earliest albums, the Dandys demonstrated that they could do two things really well: write insanely catchy, hook-filled, 3-minute rock/pop songs [eg, "As Cool as Kim Deal"], and do very long, atmospheric, repetitive, 10-minute minimalist jams ["Pete International Airport."] A lot of people seem to have first noticed the Dandys with "13 Tales" and "Monkey House," in which they seemed to be consciously making their bid for rock super-stardom by dropping the long songs and focusing on the short pop things.

Here, the Dandys seem to take a step back and a step forward at the same time. They try to take everything they've learned about making music over the last 10 years, and re-apply it to what they did in the beginning: combining short, hook-filled pop with more challenging and difficult soundscapes. The result is mixed, but really interesting. There are songs on this CD that I am totally crazy about and can't stop listening to: "Easy" for example: even though I can't understand a word that he's saying, the groove and the progression of the song are just irresistable. Then there are some OK "hit singles," like "All the Money or the Simple Life Honey." There is some great melancholia -- "Everyone is Totally Insane" and "Holding Me Up" are both great songs that happen to be somewhat grim. And I actually like "Love is the New Feel Awful."

Then there is a lot of stuff that does not do anything for me. I don't listen to "Smoke it" or "The New Country or "Down Like Disco."

Even though every single song on this CD is not a success, there really is some great music here, and I can't wait to hear what the Dandys do next.

Amongst the mess, there are a lot of good songs here .......2006-10-20

The Dandy Warhols' album, Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, is a release where the band throws everything at the wall to see what will stick. Sporting a very over the top production, the band writes songs in a variety of genres and the band clearly wear their influences on their sleeve. Listening to the album as a whole is quite a challenge as you'll dig one song and the next one will come on and you'll be saying, "What is this?" However, if you cut out the fat, most notably several minutes off the two longest tracks, this is a pretty good album. When the band stay in their element on the catchy "Down Like Disco", the rave-up "The New Country", the dreamlike "Everyone Is Totally Insane", or the killer rocker "Smoke It", they shine like the sun. And even though tunes like "Holding Me Up" and "Easy" are a little long, there are enough hooks to keep them interesting. Even the short little ditty, "Did You Make a Song with Otis", is pretty cool. Where the album slips is when they attempt to write a bombastic epic. "Love is the New Feel Awful" starts out as a cool pop song but becomes very repetitive and that goes double for the closer "A Loan Tonight", which drags on for 12 excruciating minutes. Also worth noting is that "There Is Only This Time" sounds way too much like Pink Floyd. All told, the highs clearly outweigh the lows on Odditorium or Warlords of Mars and it's worth checking out.

Well I like it!.......2006-09-23

I put off getting this for so long since I'd read all the whining reviews about long songs and lack of tunes, etc. Come on people! This is a great album! If you've got the first two Dandy albums it's somewhat like a return, only with a whole load of Bohemian-Monkey attitude in the bag! Yeah, some songs are long but it's all about vibe and feel - this hangs together and it works. Except for the last song which is pants. Still - you can't have it all can you!

I've given it time..........2006-08-17

So I've given this album a LONG time to sink in.

I finally came back to it on a few of my recent long car trips when I had some time to really focus on an album.

I have this to say: "Ouch."

I would have been happy with an album 1/2 as good as "Thirteen Tales" or 1/3 as good as "Monkey House," but it was not to be.

I still wouldn't move it from #1 on my list of "Biggest Disappointments of 2005."

T.T.H. (or, Trying Too Hard).......2006-08-07

I've got every reason to like the Dandy Warhols. They're a hometown band, they play catchy pop, and they have interestingly original arrangements and instrumentation. Heck, they even named their CD something that a hardcore Edgar Rice Burroughs reader like me can appreciate.

So what gives? Well, we all know people who ARE funny, and then there are the people who try too hard to be funny. The effort shows, and it's not helpful. My guess is that the Dandy Warhols are trying too hard to be hip. On virtually every track, the effort to be ironic and hip is showing. It starts with the unfunny Bill Kurtis intro and continues through the trip-hopped entirety of the project.

Indulgent and inspired is good. But just plain old indulgent? Bad. But hey, it's not like the whole CD is a wash; "All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey" is a good tune. There's some nice samples one could pluck from here if one was so inclined. And plus, lots of the songs have funny names. So, hometown guy says three stars... though you may not be so charitable.

Average customer rating: Not their best

Odditorium or Warlords of Mars (CD+DVD) The Dandy Warhols Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Dandy Warhols Come Down Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia Welcome To The Monkey House Smoke It DiG! ASIN: B000AOENK4 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Colder Than The Coldest Winter Was Cold
2. Love Is The New Feel Awful
3. Easy
4. All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey
5. The New Country
6. Holding Me Up
7. Did You Make A Song With Otis
8. Everyone Is Totally Insane
9. Smoke It
10. Down Like Disco
11. There Is Only This Time
12. A Loan Tonight

Tracks:

1. Get Off - Live from Spain 2004 (DVD)
2. Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth - Live from Spain 2004 (DVD)
3. Pete International Airport - Live from Spain 2004 (DVD)
4. Rave Up - Live from Spain 2004 (DVD)
5. Smoke It - previously unreleased video (DVD)
6. Plan A - previously unreleased video (DVD)
7. Scientist - previously unreleased video (DVD)

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Not their best.......2006-07-03

If you're looking for your first Dandy's CD, opt for "Dandy Warhols Come Down" instead. This album and their previous effort, "Welcome to the Monkey House" are too Top 40 for my tastes. There was a definite sea change between their first 3, 4-5 star, CDs and these two. "Dandy's Rule, OK", "The Dandy Warhols Come Down" and "13 Tales From Urban Bohemia" are essential. This one and "Monkey House" are for completists or fanatics only.

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Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars The Dandy Warhols Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A7IHXA

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Odditorium or Warlords of Mars The Dandy Warhols Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000A7TFDG Release Date: 2005-09-22

Tracks:

1. Colder Than the Coldest Winter Was Cold
2. Love Is the New Feel Awful
3. Easy
4. All the Money or the Simple Life Honey
5. New Country
6. Holding Me Up
7. Did You Make a Song with Otis
8. Everyone Is Totally Insane
9. Smoke It
10. Down Like Disco
11. There Is Only This Time
12. Loan Tonight
13. 11CC [*]

Album Description

Japanese pressing features the earliest release and 12 total tracks including 'Love Is The New Feel Awful', 'The New Country', 'Smoke It' & 'A Loan Tonight' plus the bonus track '11C'. EMI. 2005.

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Odditorium Or Warlords of Mars ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000AQKJAK Release Date: 2005-09-13

Album Description

The world's a better place when the Dandy's are around! They return with 'Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars' and this Limited Edition contains a DVD! More details TBA. Capitol. 2005.

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