The Rocket's Dandys Rule OK review
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The Rocket
Dandys Rule O.K.
by William Abernathy
June 14, 1995
This album is a monument to producer Tony Lash' turd-polishing genius. In this album he's taken the work of confessed no-talents, The Dandy Warhols, figure out their sounds, and astutely brought their strengths to the fore. Dipping heavily into Velvet Underground and British Invasion pop ouevres, the band's loose playing and creditable songwriting end up working well together, contributing to an eminently enjoyable fluff-pop album. Frontman Courntey Taylor (who has, to date, duccessfully denied his own long-term engagement with Portland glam-rock nightmare The Beauty Stab) does a Lou Reed impersionation in "Lou Weed" that's so vocally close, it's kind of eerie.
To the album's detriment, the Dandies just couldn't resist using up the whole VD, winding up the record with 20 minutes of excess audio baggage. I've issued this critcism before, and as long as bands keep doing it, I'll keep saying it.
Attention all bands: ditch the "Protestant metal ethic on your CDs. There are no data-starved children in India. Even though CD's are 74 minutes long, you don't need to eat up every bit on that platter.
Listeners: when you make it to track 14, either take a massive bong hit to get in sync with the impending space jam or just turn off the player.
Pervert Bonus: Both Taylor and ornamental keyboardist Zia ("Ul-Haq") McCabe are photographed in their full-frontal-altogether inside the record jacket. She's 19, so it's legal.
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