℗ 2024 Elektra Entertainment Group.
| Released | June 7, 2024 |
| Duration | 1h 40m 41s |
| Record Label | Rhino/Elektra |
| Genre | Pop (Alternative) |
Chocolate and Cheese (Deluxe Edition)
Ween
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Take Me Away (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
3:00 | |||
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1.2
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Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down / 2024 Remastered)
Ween |
2:52 | |||
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1.3
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Freedom of '76 (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
2:50 | |||
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1.4
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I Can't Put My Finger on It (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
2:47 | |||
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1.5
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A Tear for Eddie (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
4:49 | |||
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1.6
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Roses Are Free (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
4:35 | |||
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1.7
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Baby Bitch (2024 Remastered) EXPLICIT
Ween |
3:03 | |||
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1.8
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Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony? (2024 Remastered) EXPLICIT
Ween |
2:54 | |||
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1.9
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Drifter in the Dark (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
2:31 | |||
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1.10
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Voodoo Lady (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
3:48 | |||
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1.11
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Joppa Road (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
3:02 | |||
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1.12
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Candi (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
4:00 | |||
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1.13
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Buenas Tardes Amigo (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
7:06 | |||
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1.14
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The HIV Song (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
2:09 | |||
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1.15
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What Deaner Was Talkin' About (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
1:59 | |||
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1.16
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Don't Shit Where You Eat (2024 Remastered)
Ween |
3:20 | |||
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2.1
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Crappy Anniversary Jimmy
Ween |
3:35 | |||
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2.2
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Warm Socks
Ween |
2:42 | |||
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2.3
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Stop, Look, Listen (And Learn)
Ween |
3:30 | |||
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2.4
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Dirty Money
Ween |
3:54 | |||
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2.5
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I Got It
Ween |
2:12 | |||
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2.6
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Belgian Stew
Ween |
3:09 | |||
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2.7
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Voodoo Lady (Demo)
Ween |
4:35 | |||
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2.8
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Junkie Boy
Ween |
3:29 | |||
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2.9
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Smooth Mover
Ween |
1:41 | |||
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2.10
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Church Fire
Ween |
1:40 | |||
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2.11
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Take Me Away (Demo)
Ween |
2:30 | |||
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2.12
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Sasha
Ween |
3:01 | |||
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2.13
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Roses Are Free (Demo)
Ween |
3:57 | |||
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2.14
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Candi (Demo)
Ween |
2:33 | |||
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2.15
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I Really Miss You (And I'm All Alone)
Ween |
3:28 |
Since its debut 30 years ago, Ween’s Chocolate and Cheese has become an alternative rock classic and a high water mark for Gene and Dean Ween’s polished songwriting and irreverent humor.
To celebrate the anniversary, Rhino has released Chocolate And Cheese (Deluxe Edition), an expanded set which features a newly remastered version of the original album, plus 15 previously unreleased demos and outtakes.
Anticipation for Chocolate and Cheese was fueled by the success of "Push Th’ Little Daisies” from Ween’s previous album, 1992’s Pure Guava. When it arrived in September 1994, Chocolate and Cheese marked a new chapter for Dean and Gene (Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman) as they transitioned from four-track home recordings to a professional studio. Despite the equipment upgrade, the band remained gloriously weird on songs like “I Can’t Put My Finger On It,” “Voodoo Lady,” and the tribute to Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel, “A Tear For Eddie.”
Melchiondo sifted through hundreds of hours of tapes before he and Freeman chose their favorites to assemble the bonus tracks. Melchiondo jokes, “…keeping with Ween tradition, Aaron and I probably picked all the wrong songs, mixed them, and now here they are.” All of the bonus tracks are previously unreleased, including non-album gems like “Warm Socks,” “Smooth Mover,” and “Dirty Money,” as well as demos for the album tracks “Candi,” “Take Me Away,” “Voodoo Lady,” and “Roses Are Free.”
Renowned audio engineer Bernie Grundman–best known for his esteemed work on classic albums such as Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Steely Dan’s Aja–remastered the album for the Deluxe Edition using the original flat master tapes to optimize audio fidelity. Grundman also mastered the set’s 15 bonus tracks, sourced from cassettes and DAT tapes from the band’s extensive archive.
“When I hear it, I feel like I’m listening to an autobiography of our lives in the early to mid-’90s…If it sounds like we had fun making it, we did. That’s kind of what Ween is all about, though.”
- Mickey Melchiondo
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino/Elektra Studio Masters
Disc 1, Tracks 1-16 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM Disc 1, Tracks 1-16; Disc 2, Tracks 1-15 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source Disc 2, Track 1 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Disc 1, Tracks 1-16 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM Disc 1, Tracks 1-16; Disc 2, Tracks 1-15 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source Disc 2, Track 1 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.29 -0.50 to -0.10 | -14.20 -17.44 to -11.54 | -11.55 -15.00 to -8.60 | 9 7 to 13 | |
| 1.1 | Take Me Away (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -12.05 | -9.2 | 7 |
| 1.2 | Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down / 2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -14.27 | -10.9 | 8 |
| 1.3 | Freedom of '76 (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -13.47 | -11.6 | 8 |
| 1.4 | I Can't Put My Finger on It (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -14.28 | -10.8 | 9 |
| 1.5 | A Tear for Eddie (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -15.10 | -12.6 | 8 |
| 1.6 | Roses Are Free (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -15.13 | -11.9 | 10 |
| 1.7 | Baby Bitch (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -12.77 | -11.0 | 8 |
| 1.8 | Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony? (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -13.34 | -11.1 | 9 |
| 1.9 | Drifter in the Dark (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -17.12 | -14.4 | 13 |
| 1.10 | Voodoo Lady (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -13.52 | -10.8 | 9 |
| 1.11 | Joppa Road (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -16.11 | -13.3 | 11 |
| 1.12 | Candi (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -16.32 | -13.6 | 11 |
| 1.13 | Buenas Tardes Amigo (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -17.44 | -14.6 | 10 |
| 1.14 | The HIV Song (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -14.29 | -11.7 | 10 |
| 1.15 | What Deaner Was Talkin' About (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -14.28 | -11.5 | 9 |
| 1.16 | Don't Shit Where You Eat (2024 Remastered) | -0.10 | -15.76 | -13.8 | 10 |
| 2.1 | Crappy Anniversary Jimmy | -0.50 | -12.92 | -9.2 | 9 |
| 2.2 | Warm Socks | -0.50 | -13.92 | -11.9 | 10 |
| 2.3 | Stop, Look, Listen (And Learn) | -0.50 | -11.54 | -8.6 | 7 |
| 2.4 | Dirty Money | -0.50 | -13.75 | -11.2 | 10 |
| 2.5 | I Got It | -0.50 | -13.36 | -12.4 | 8 |
| 2.6 | Belgian Stew | -0.50 | -12.69 | -10.0 | 9 |
| 2.7 | Voodoo Lady (Demo) | -0.50 | -13.49 | -11.2 | 9 |
| 2.8 | Junkie Boy | -0.50 | -14.43 | -10.9 | 9 |
| 2.9 | Smooth Mover | -0.50 | -12.06 | -9.2 | 8 |
| 2.10 | Church Fire | -0.50 | -17.09 | -13.9 | 12 |
| 2.11 | Take Me Away (Demo) | -0.50 | -12.14 | -9.5 | 7 |
| 2.12 | Sasha | -0.50 | -12.97 | -10.0 | 9 |
| 2.13 | Roses Are Free (Demo) | -0.50 | -13.40 | -10.4 | 9 |
| 2.14 | Candi (Demo) | -0.50 | -17.03 | -15.0 | 12 |
| 2.15 | I Really Miss You (And I'm All Alone) | -0.50 | -14.24 | -11.9 | 9 |