Paintin' the Town Brown: Ween Live 1990–1998

Paintin' the Town Brown is the first live album by American rock band Ween, released by Elektra Records on June 22, 1999.

Paintin' the Town Brown
Live album by Ween
Released	June 22, 1999
Recorded	1990-1998
Genre	Rock
Length	2:06:56
Label	Elektra
Producer	Greg Frey, Kirk Miller, Ween
Ween chronology
The Mollusk (1997) ''Paintin' the Town Brown'' (1999) Craters of the Sac (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	7.8/10 [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Paintin' the Town Brown serves as a live retrospective for the group, a 2-CD set containing songs from Ween's very first live shows (which were simply Dean, Gene, and a DAT deck) to Ween's tour in support of The Mollusk (though no songs from that particular album are featured).

This album was initially meant to be the first release on Ween's own record label Chocodog, but Elektra took the project away from the group and released it themselves. This would serve as part of the basis for Ween's departure from Elektra.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ween.

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mushroom Festival in Hell"	2:48
2.	"Japanese Cowboy"	4:21
3.	"Mountain Dew"	5:20
4.	"Bumblebee"	1:23
5.	"Voodoo Lady"	6:48
6.	"Ode to Rene"	2:24
7.	"Mister Richard Smoker"	3:08
8.	"Doctor Rock"	3:10
9.	"I Can't Put My Finger on It"	8:48
10.	"Cover It with Gas and Set It on Fire"	1:20
11.	"Awesome Sound"	7:54
12.	"Tender Situation"	4:33
13.	"Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony?"	3:56
14.	"I Saw Gener Cryin' in His Sleep"	2:15
15.	"Marble Tulip Juicy Tree"	5:36
16.	"She Fucks Me"	3:53
Total length:		1:07:17

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Poop Ship Destroyer"	26:07
2.	"Vallejo"	30:48
3.	"Puffy Cloud"	3:04
Total length:		59:39

Personnel

• Dean Ween - guitar, vocals, liner notes
• Gene Ween - guitar, vocals
• Danny Parks - guitar
• Dave Dreiwitz - bass
• Matt Kohut - bass
• Andrew Weiss - bass
• Stuart Basore - pedal steel
• Hank Singer - fiddle, percussion
• Bobby Ogdin - percussion, piano, keyboard
• Pidah Kloos - mixing
• Kirk Miller - producer, compilation, mixing
• Greg Frey - producer, compilation, editing
• Ween - producer, compilation
• Gregory Burke - design

Charts

Album

1999 Paintin' The Town Brown: Ween Live 1990-1998 Heatseekers No. 37

References

1. Ankeny, Jason. "Paintin' the Town Brown: Ween Live 90-98 – Ween". AllMusic. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
2. Josephes, Jason. "Ween - Paintin' the Town Brown". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 26, 2001. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
3. Sarig, Roni (2004). "Ween". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 864–65. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.