Arcade's ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down review
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Arcade
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
by Djordje Nikolic
February 6, 1998
When one tries to write about the Dandy Warhols, one definitely has to start with their, to put it mildly, silly name that certainly prevents people from taking them seriously -- even if they wanted to.
However, one can in no way deny the potential that emanates from this record.
If you have heard the single "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth," forget everything about it and give the album a chance. It is impossible not to wonder what the people at Capitol were thinking when they decided to make this the first single of the record since it is the worst, weakest song on the entire album. "Last Junkie" is nothing more than a bad anti-heroin cliché song.
On a more positive note, The Dandy Warhols Come Down is an intriguing psychedelic album that successfully creates an interesting melange of obvious '60s influences and a modern '90s sound. The album comes off strong, especially in the chemical jump-start of "Be-In," and the positive charge of "Minnesoter" that echoes in your mind for quite a while.
Nonetheless, The Dandy Warhols Come Down cannot be completely sustained on the basis of two songs. Most of the material sounds too much like a down-scaled version of Jesus and Mary Chain, and the album quite often forgets that it was intended to be a pop record and wanders aimlessly into strange territories.
Rating: three fingers
Wrap-up: Apart from the first disastrous single, the album has some energy and certainly hints that the Dandy Warhols can deliver some quality sound and that more should be expected from them in the future.
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