Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia

Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
Studio album by The Dandy Warhols
Released August 1, 2000
Recorded December 1998 – March 1999 in Portland, Oregon, United States
Genre
Length 56:07
Label Capitol
Producer
The Dandy Warhols chronology
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
(1997)		 Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
(2000)		 Welcome to the Monkey House
(2003)
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.[2]

Background

Recording of the album commenced in December 1998 and concluded in March 1999.[3] 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."[4]

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.[5]

In 2013, a remastered version of the album called the 13th Anniversary Edition was released, featuring a bonus disc of previously unreleased material.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press4/5[8]
Chicago Sun-Times[9]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[10]
Entertainment WeeklyB[11]
NME7/10[12]
Q[13]
Rolling Stone[14]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[15]
USA Today[16]

Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia was well-received by critics and holds a score of 80 out of 100 on the review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7] Keith Phipps of The A.V. Club called the album "an 800-pound gorilla of winning, eclectic rock 'n' roll" and wrote that it "may be the most joyous, instantly likable rock record you'll hear this year."[17] Heather Phares of AllMusic called it a "bakers' dozen of their most focused and cohesive songs".[1] Alternative Press called it "a scattershot bagful of wild rides and demented ditties and an album of maniacal depth and vision."[8]

The Phoenix New Times's Brian Baker 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."[18] 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."[19] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave the album a two-star honorable rating and remarked: "Dandies have feelings too—no, strike that, tunes too."[20]

Track listing

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

No. TitleWriter(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

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)[21] Gold 100,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 3 Phares, Heather. "Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia – The Dandy Warhols". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ Hamilton, Hannah. "The Dandy Aesthetic". hotpress.com. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  3. ↑ Basham, David. "The Dandy Warhols: Bohemian Rhapsody". mtv.com. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Welcoming (Back) The Dandy Warhols". slabtown.net. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Melt Down in the Monkey House". Rock Sound. May 2003. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ Gothman, Sean (April 11, 2013). "'Thirteen Tales' 13th Anniversary Edition « The Dandy Warhols | The Official Site".
  7. 1 2 "Reviews for Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia by Dandy Warhols". Metacritic. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  8. 1 2 "The Dandy Warhols: Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia". Alternative Press (146): 86. September 2000.
  9. ↑ DeRogatis, Jim (July 30, 2000). "The Dandy Warhols: Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia". Chicago Sun-Times.
  10. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
  11. ↑ Morgan, Laura (August 4, 2000). "Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia". NME. June 9, 2000. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  13. ↑ Henderson, Dave (August 2000). "The Dandy Warhols: Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia". Q (167): 97.
  14. ↑ Chonin, Neva (August 1, 2000). "Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  15. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 208. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  16. ↑ Gundersen, Edna (August 1, 2000). "The Dandy Warhols: Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia". USA Today.
  17. ↑ Phipps, Keith (August 1, 2000). "The Dandy Warhols: Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  18. ↑ Baker, Brian (August 10, 2000). "The Dandy Warhols: Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia". Phoenix New Times.
  19. ↑ Rich, Jamie S. (July 27, 2000). "Cooler in an Obvious Way: The Warhols Restart the Clock for Another 15". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  20. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Dandy Warhols: Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  21. ↑ "British album certifications – Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search

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