Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
Their third album, the first with Brent DeBoer, UK 32 and Gold.
The Dandy Warhols, 2000
Wikipedia gives June 12, 2000 for release in the album article and August 1, 2000 in the discography. Taylor-Taylor and Holmstrom wrote "The Gospel" together; the rest are Taylor-Taylor's. Zia McCabe's analog synth stands in for bass guitar, per Stereogum, and guests include Anton Newcombe on guitar on "Get Off", D.J. Swamp scratching on "Shakin'", Eric Matthews and Vince DiFiore on trumpet, and Troy Stewart on slide guitar. Singles were "Get Off" (May 2000), "Bohemian Like You", "Godless" (July 17, 2001) and, in Australia only, "Horse Pills". A 13th Anniversary Edition in 2013 added a bonus disc.
Metacritic scored it 80. The A.V. Club's Keith Phipps said it may be the most joyous, instantly likable rock record you'll hear this year, AllMusic's Heather Phares gave 4 of 5, Stereogum's Tom Breihan in 2020 called it a quietly brilliant piece of rumpled majesty and glammy insouciance, and Treble's Jeff Terich called it the band's best album. Taylor-Taylor told PopMatters he keeps writing the same 11 songs over and over but the production keeps making them new.
Track listing
- Godless5:20
- Mohammed5:20
- Nietzsche5:40
- Country Leaver3:22
- Solid3:08
- Horse Pills3:24
- Get Off3:10
- Sleep5:58
- Cool Scene4:08
- Bohemian Like You3:30
- Shakin'3:56
- Big Indian3:34
- The Gospel5:35
More from The Dandy Warhols
Dandys Rule OK (1995), ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997), Welcome To The Monkey House (2003), Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars (2005), ... Earth To The Dandy Warhols ... (2008), The Dandy Warhols Are Sound (2009), This Machine (2012), Distortland (2016), Why You So Crazy (2019), The Black Album (2021), Rockmaker (2024), It's A Fast Drivin Friday With The Dandy Warhols 30 Seconds (2025), Pin Ups (2026)
Sources
- Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia, Wikipedia
- The Dandy Warhols, Ink19 (2000-11)
- Dandy Warhols, Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia, Stereogum (2020-07-31)