ween at their most dialed in and…sophisticated. which is insane to say about an album that has songs like happy colored marbles and the fucked jam but i can say with a completely straight face that i wouldn’t want this album any other way. every single track contributes to this really beautifully dark psychedelic experience and even songs like chocolate town in the context of the album can feel strangely off-putting and like a tiny bandage trying to cover a giant gaping hole of ... read more
the guitar tone they introduced on this album is seriously in the same vein of gorgeous as the one on hejira, i literally can’t get enough of it
this and pharoah sanders’s “karma” are the the only two albums to ever make me consider religion. “spirit of eden” is massively influential to my own taste in ways i’m only realizing now: this was one of the first albums i really understood on an emotional level and it basically kickstarted my motivation to find more music that could captivate me with its sheer beauty and make me feel the same things this album did. this album is a lot more straightforward ... read more