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'{{about|an album|the spice|white pepper}} {{Infobox album | name = White Pepper | type = [[Album]] | artist = [[Ween]] | cover = Ween-WhitePepper.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = May 2, 2000 | recorded = 1999–2000 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Alternative rock]] * [[psychedelic pop]] |}} | length = 39:28 (Regular version)<br/>41:56 (Japanese version) | label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] | producer = {{flatlist| * Christopher Shaw * Ween |}} | prev_title = [[Craters of the Sac]] | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = [[Live in Toronto Canada]] | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{Singles | name = White Pepper | type = Studio | single1 = [[Even If You Don't]] | single1date = 2000 | single2 = Stay Forever | single2date = 2000 }} }} {{Album ratings |MC = 66/100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/white-pepper/ween |title=Reviews for White Pepper by Ween |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=July 14, 2015}}</ref> |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/white-pepper-mw0000051935 |title=White Pepper – Ween |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=July 14, 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> |rev2 = ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4551580.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119072717/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4551580.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |title=Ween, 'White Pepper' |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=July 2, 2000 |accessdate=June 26, 2017 |last=DeRogatis |first=Jim |authorlink=Jim DeRogatis |url-access=subscription }}</ref> |rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |rev3score = B<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://ew.com/article/2000/06/02/white-pepper/ |title=White Pepper |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=June 2, 2000 |accessdate=June 26, 2017 |last=Walters |first=Barry}}</ref> |rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' |rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,219789,00.html |title=Childish prodigies |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 12, 2000 |accessdate=June 26, 2017 |last=Cox |first=Tom}}</ref> |rev5 = ''[[Melody Maker]]'' |rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Ween: White Pepper |work=[[Melody Maker]] |date=May 9, 2000 |page=52}}</ref> |rev6 = ''[[NME]]'' |rev6score = 5/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000608125647.html |title=Ween – White Pepper |work=[[NME]] |date=June 8, 2000 |accessdate=June 26, 2017 |last=Ward |first=Christian |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816154835/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000608125647.html |archivedate=August 16, 2000}}</ref> |rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' |rev7score = 8.0/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8604-white-pepper/ |title=Ween: White Pepper |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=April 30, 2000 |accessdate=July 14, 2015 |last=LeMay |first=Matt}}</ref> |rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ween/albums/album/96017/review/5943308/white_pepper |title=Ween: White Pepper |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 11, 2000 |accessdate=July 14, 2015 |last=McLeod |first=Kembrew |authorlink=Kembrew McLeod |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001031743/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ween/albums/album/96017/review/5943308/white_pepper |archivedate=October 1, 2007}}</ref> |rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' |rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Ween |last=Sarig |first=Roni |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=864–65}}</ref> |rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' |rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Ween: White Pepper |work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=39 |date=August 2000 |page=86}}</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> '''''White Pepper''''' is the seventh studio album by the American rock band [[Ween]], and the last album they would release on [[Elektra Records]]. It was released on May 2, 2000. ''White Pepper'' is one of Ween's most polished albums. Songs such as "[[Even If You Don't]]" feature powerful, radio-friendly production and musicianship. Ween's bizarre sense of humour is still intact (such as on the [[Steely Dan]] send-up "Pandy Fackler") and their hard rock roots still show as seen on "Stroker Ace" and "The Grobe", but for the most part, Ween play the album much more subdued than usual, using [[pop music|pop]] (especially [[Beatles]]-based pop) and [[AM radio]] staples for its inspiration. The title is said to be a tip of the hat to The Beatles, combining ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|Sgt. Pepper's]]'' and ''[[The Beatles (album)|The White Album]]'' into one name, and the cover to [[Edward Weston]]'s ''[[Pepper No. 30]]''.<ref name=pitchfork/> The band helped promote the album by performing "Exactly Where I'm At" on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''. The track "Even If You Don't" was made into a music video and directed by [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] of ''[[South Park]]'' fame. According to [[Dean Ween]] (Mickey Melchiondo), he and [[Gene Ween]] (Aaron Freeman) are good friends of Parker and Stone, and Freeman has even referred to them (Parker and Stone) as kindred spirits.<ref>[http://liveforlivemusic.com/features/watch-weens-even-if-you-dont-music-video-directed-by-the-creators-of-south-park/ "Watch Ween's 'Even If You Don't' Music Video Directed By The Creators Of South Park"]. ''Live For Live Music''. Retrieved 2016-4-16</ref> ==Track listing== All songs written by Ween. Published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Ver Music/Browndog Music, BMI. {{tracklist | title1 = Exactly Where I'm At | length1 = 4:31 | title2 = Flutes of Chi | length2 = 3:30 | title3 = [[Even If You Don't]] | length3 = 3:25 | title4 = Bananas and Blow | length4 = 3:34 | title5 = Stroker Ace | length5 = 2:08 | title6 = Ice Castles | length6 = 2:05 | title7 = Back to Basom | length7 = 3:46 | title8 = The Grobe | length8 = 3:32 | title9 = Pandy Fackler | length9 = 3:57 | title10 = Stay Forever | length10 = 3:32 | title11 = Falling Out | length11 = 2:28 | title12 = She's Your Baby | length12 = 3:00 | total_length = 39:35 }} {{Track listing | collapsed = yes | headline = Japan Bonus track | total_length = 41:56 | title13 = Who Dat? | length13 = 2:21 }} ==Singles== * "Even If You Don't" was released as a single on Mushroom Records with the B-side "Cornbread Red". * "Stay Forever" was released as a single on Mushroom Records with "The Grobe" and "Who Dat?". "Who Dat?" was also included in the Japanese version of the album.<ref>[http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/36.aspx ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526070034/http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/36.aspx |date=May 26, 2008 }}</ref> * "Pandy Fackler" refers to one of the demo tapes used in the recording of ''[[The Pod]]''. ==Personnel== * [[Dean Ween]] * [[Gene Ween]] * [[Dave Dreiwitz]] * [[Claude Coleman]] * [[Glenn McClelland]] * Stu Basore * [[Jane Scarpantoni]] * Chris Shaw * Russel Simins * [[Vaneese Thomas]] * Angela Clemons * Mark McDonald * [[Greg Frey]] * Pat Frey * Danny Madorsky ==Personnel== * Chris Shaw - Producer, Engineer, Mixer * Danny Madorsky - Assistant Engineer * Phil Painson - Assistant Engineer * Damian Shannon - Assistant Engineer * Kirk Miller - Live Sound Engineer * Ween - Producer * Howie Weinberg - Mastering * Gregory Burke - Art direction * Danny Clinch - Photography ==Charts== ===Album=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Chart ! Peak<br />position |- | U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] | style="text-align:center;"| 121 |- | [[Top Heatseekers|''Heatseekers'']] | style="text-align:center;"| 2 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Ween}} [[Category:2000 albums]] [[Category:Ween albums]] [[Category:Elektra Records albums]]'