Ween have released a deluxe edition of their 1994 album, Chocolate and Cheese, with 15 previously unreleased outtakes and demos.
Available today, August 2nd, the 3xLP set features remastered version of the beloved alternative rock band’s fourth album, which served as Ween’s first in a professional recording studio. Order the vinyl here or stream the digital version below.
Ween’s Mickey Melchiondo sifted through the band’s vast collection of outtakes to make up Chocolate and Cheese’s deluxe edition, and decided his favorites with Aaron Freeman. “Keeping with Ween tradition, Aaron and I probably picked all the wrong songs, mixed them, and now here they are,” Melchiondo said in a press release.
He elaborated further in the new album’s liner notes, writing, “When I hear it, I feel like I’m listening to an autobiography of our lives in the early to mid-’90s…If it sounds like we had fun making it, we did. That’s kind of what Ween is all about, though.” In addition to “Junkie Boy,” the deluxe edition includes unreleased tracks like “Junkie Boy,” “Warm Socks,” “Smooth Mover,” “Dirty Money,” and several more.
Ween are celebrating 40 years of the band with a brief tour of the Pacific Northwest in August, and celebrating 30 years of Chocolate and Cheese with a special hometown show at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia. Ween were previously planning on a spring tour, but cancelled it earlier this year so that Melchiondo could focus on his “mental and spiritual wellbeing.” See their 2024 tour dates below, and get tickets for all Ween’s upcoming shows here.
Chocolate and Cheese Artwork:
Chocolate and Cheese Tracklist:
01. “Take Me Away”
02. “Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)”
03. “Freedom Of ’76”
04. “I Can’t Put My Finger On It”
05. “A Tear For Eddie”
06. “Roses Are Free”
07. “Baby Bitch”
08. “Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony?”
09. “Drifter In the Dark”
10. “Voodoo Lady”
11. “Joppa Road”
12. “Candi”
13. “Buenas Tardes Amigo”
14. “The HIV Song”
15. “What Deaner Was Talkin’ About”
16. “Don’t Shit Where You Eat”
17. “Crappy Anniversary Jimmy”
18. “Warm Socks”
19. “Stop, Look, Listen (And Learn)”
20. “Dirty Money”
21. “I Got It”
22. “Belgian Stew”
23. “Voodoo Lady” – Demo
24. “Junkie Boy”
25. “Smooth Mover”
26. “Church Fire”
27. “Take Me Away” – Demo
28. “Sasha”
29. “Roses Are Free” – Demo
30. “Candi” – Demo
31. “I Really Miss You (And I’m All Alone)”
Ween 2024 Tour Dates:
08/02 — Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater
08/03 — Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater
08/04 — Spokane, WA @ Pavilion at Riverfront
08/06 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theater
08/08 — Portland, OR @ Pioneer Courthouse Square
08/09 — Portland, OR @ Pioneer Courthouse Square
08/10 — Eugene, OR @ The Cuthbert Amphitheater
09/27 — Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Music Center