Q Magazines Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia review (4 stars out of 5)
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Q Magazine
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
by Dave Henderson
August 2000
Third album from Oregon quartet reaches new epoch of glam-fuelled tunefulness.
From their 1995 indie debut and its obvious debt to The Velvet Underground and T Rex to their daft name and strange stage antics - including partial nudity - The Dandy Warhols' songwriting skills have often been overlooked. While their previous albums have always had great songs, with this latest set they've managed to place them in the right order, creating a truly impressive journey that calls on Kevin Ayers, The Rolling Stones and US grunge as well as their original influences. Perhaps jokingly the band have declared this their stab at a "classic rock" album in the style of All Things Must Pass or Workingman's Dead. They may not have achieved quite that grandiose a level but, in the same way that Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips made their intentions clear with their last albums, this sets out The Dandy Warhols' stall magnificently.
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