Pure Guava
album by Ween
Pure Guava is the third studio album and major label debut by American rock band Ween, released on November 10, 1992, by Elektra Records. The record contains the US radio hit "Push th' Little Daisies".
Background
The album features one of Ween's best-known songs, "Push th' Little Daisies." The song was also released as a single on August Records in 1993, including both the album and radio edit versions of the song (the latter replacing the word "shit" with a sample of Prince squealing from "Alphabet St."), as well as the tracks "Ode to Rene", "I Smoke Some Grass (Really Really High)" and "Mango Woman"; "Puerto Rican Power" replaces "I Smoke Some Grass" on some editions.
In a 1993 interview with Australia's Triple J, Dean Ween said many of the album's songs come from at least two tapes the band made for friends, including Springstuff and The Caprice Classic Tape.
The song "Big Jilm" was inspired by a car dealer named James A. Lemons who worked at the dealership Dean Ween's father owned.
The song "Poop Ship Destroyer" became a live staple for the band, although the live performances usually bear little resemblance to the album version and are instead played as a protracted jam.
Touring
The band toured throughout the United States in late 1992 and 1993 to support the album. One of these shows was in the band's hometown of New Hope, Pennsylvania. In October 1993, they did an 11 show tour of Australia, a country where "Push th' Little Daisies" became an unexpected radio hit.
Reception
AllMusic editor Heather Phares called the album "more polished and concise" than their previous albums The Pod and GodWeenSatan: The Oneness and wrote, "Considering Elektra released it, it's just as uncompromising as their previous work, but it hints at just how much further they could go with their music." Bill Wyman in Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+, noting that it was "Very, very weird, but I can't stop playing [it]".
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