Shinola, Vol. 1

2005 compilation album by Ween

Shinola, Vol. 1 is a compilation album by the American rock band Ween.^[4] 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".^[5][6]

Track Origins

• "Tastes Good on th' Bun" is an outtake from The Pod, appearing on The Stallion Tape.^[7]
• "Boys Club" was the first Ween song recorded with Glenn Mcclelland, who joined the group in 1996.^[8]
• "I Fell In Love Today" appears on The Caesar Demos digital album of Quebec outtakes,^[9] recorded between 2001-2003. It had never been performed live until August of 2024.
• "Big Fat Fuck" was released on the 1999 Craters of the Sac digital album.
• "Gabrielle" appears on the Chocolate and Cheese Sessions bootleg.^[10]
• "Did You See Me" appears on The Mollusk Sessions tape streamed on the band's MySpace page.^[11]
• "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.^[12][13]
• "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.^[14]
• "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,^[9] recorded between 2001-2003.

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.

Personnel

• 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. Shteamer, Hank (November 14, 2012). "COUNTING DOWN: Ween Albums From Worst To Best". Retrieved December 18, 2016.
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13. "Ween Rarities & Oddities - RYM/Sonemic". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
14. Ween (1992-04-20), Chocolate and Cheese (1992 Taster Demos), retrieved 2023-04-26