Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia

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Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
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Studio album by The Dandy Warhols
Released August 1, 2000
Recorded December, 1998 – March, 1999, Portland, Oregon
Genre
Length 56:07
Label Capitol
Producer
The Dandy Warhols chronology
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
(1997)...The Dandy Warhols Come Down1997		 Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
(2000)		 Welcome to the Monkey House
(2003)Welcome to the Monkey House2003
Singles from Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
  1. "Get Off"
    Released: May, 2000
  2. "Bohemian Like You"
    Released: August, 2000
  3. "Godless"
    Released: July 17, 2001
  4. "Horse Pills"
    Released: 2001 (Australia only)
  5. "Bohemian Like You"
    Released: October, 2001 (re-release)
  6. "Get Off"
    Released: 2002 (re-release)

Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia is the third studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on 1 August 2000, through record label Capitol. It is considered their breakthrough album, largely owing to the song "Bohemian Like You" being featured in a notable Vodafone advertisement.[1]

Background

Recording of the album commenced in December 1998 and concluded in March 1999.[2] On the making of the album, frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor said that "we felt like we needed to make the last classic rock album. A record that would be, sonically, shaped somewhere in-between All Things Must Pass and Workingman's Dead."[3]

Release

A special edition of the album, titled Seven Tales for Urban Australia, was released at the band's Australian tour, containing a bonus disc of seven extra tracks.

By 2003 the album had sold over 200,000 copies in the UK alone.[4]

In 2013, a remastered version of the album called the 13th Anniversary Edition was released, featuring a bonus disc of previously unreleased material.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 80/100[6]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[7]
Alternative Press 4/5 stars[8]
The A.V. Club favorable[9]
Robert Christgau (2-star Honorable Mention)[10]
Entertainment Weekly B[11]
Mojo unfavorable[12]
NME 7/10[13]
Rolling Stone 6/10 stars[6]
Spin 4/5 stars[6]
Q 4/5 stars[6]

The album was well received by critics.

AllMusic called it a "bakers' dozen of their most focused and cohesive songs".[7] The A.V. Club called it "an 800-pound gorilla of winning, eclectic rock 'n' roll", writing "[it] may be the most joyous, instantly likable rock record you'll hear this year."[9] The Phoenix New Times wrote, "Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia is astonishing in its maturity and vision, coming from a band that is so young and so purposefully aimless."[14] The Portland Mercury wrote, "while previous efforts have been somewhat schizophrenic in their ping-ponging between over-the-top atmosphere and dumbass pop, The Dandy Warhols' third record brings everything together in one tight package."[15] Alternative Press called it "a scattershot bagful of wild rides and demented ditties and an album of maniacal depth and vision."[8]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except as noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Godless"     5:20
2. "Mohammed"     5:20
3. "Nietzsche"     5:40
4. "Country Leaver"     3:22
5. "Solid"     3:08
6. "Horse Pills"     3:24
7. "Get Off"     3:11
8. "Sleep"     5:57
9. "Cool Scene"     4:07
10. "Bohemian Like You"     3:31
11. "Shakin'"     3:56
12. "Big Indian"     3:34
13. "The Gospel"   Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström 5:35

Personnel

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The Dandy Warhols
Additional personnel
  • Phil Baker – double bass ("Country Leaver", "Sleep")
  • Meg Bobbitt – additional vocals ("Shakin'", "The Gospel")
  • Vince DiFiore – trumpet ("Mohammed")
  • Erik Gavriluk – organ ("Bohemian Like You")
  • Joe Kaczmarek – organ ("Cool Scene")
  • Eric Matthews – trumpet ("Godless", "Cool Scene")
  • Anton Newcombe – guitar ("Get Off")
  • Troy Stewart – slide guitar
  • D.J. Swamp – scratching ("Shakin'")
Production
  • Steven Birch – album sleeve design and layout
  • Tchad Blake – mixing ("Boys Better")
  • Erik Gavriluk – mixing ("Hells Bells")
  • Tony Lash – recording ("Boys Better")
  • George Marino – mastering (Sterling Sound)
  • Alan Narmore – sleeve artwork (production art)
  • Rakin – sleeve photography
  • Dave Sardy – mixing (tracks 1–8, 10, 12–13), production (tracks 7, 10)
  • Clark Stiles – engineering (post-production), mixing (tracks 9, 11, "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth (Heroin Is So Passe) (Live)"), sequencing and additional recording ("Boys Better")
  • Gregg Williams – production (tracks 1–6, 8–9, 11–13)

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Gold 100,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

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External links

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