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Track Listings
| 1. PHD |
| 2. Wild, Sweet And Cool |
| 3. Roll It Up |
| 4. Over The Line |
| 5. Name Of The Game |
| 6. The Winner |
| 7. Ready For Action |
| 8. Ten Miles Back |
| 9. Murder |
| 10. Blowout |
| 11. Tough Guy |
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Initially, the sophomore album from California beat-shifters the Crystal Method sounds like the same psychedelic beats and psychotic samples that made their 1997 debut, Vegas, such a riot and established them as the only stateside dance act with real spunk. While Tweekend does apply similar grooves and siren sounds, repeated plays prove that the duo of Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan have learned how to melt the mind in addition to rocking the house. With guest spots by Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello and Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland, Tweekend is both subversive and dance-friendly. In "Murder," Weiland sings over a woozy blend of crunching riffs, wah-wah guitars, Moog moos, and mysterious strings for a kind of twisted BT-like pop poetry. "PHD," "Wild, Sweet and Cool," and the organ-grinding "Roll It Up" are classic beats-and-bliss Crystal Method. But "Name of the Game" is straight-up rock and rage, while "Ten Miles Back" and "Blowout" are surreal drives into a nocturnal desert. Tweekend is so dense and delirious, it's hard to find your way out. But you may not want to return from this lost (T)weekend. --Ken Micallef
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Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track; 'you Know It's Hard (John Cramer and Stephane K Remix)'
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By brucie boy
Format:Audio CD
Anytime I'm getting ready for a hot, sweaty session of raunchy good fun in the love shack I pop in this CD!! Crank up "Wild, Sweet and Cool" while you're getting busy and neighbours be damned !! There's gonna be a whole lotta noise !! Does this scene sound familiar to any other TCM music fans out there?
By 420chillin
Format:Audio CD
I must admit, after picking up this CD I felt dissapointed after Vegas. PHD and Name of the Game were the only two songs to really jump out at me. Since rediscovering this album, I've found that it's a great piece of work, which really should never be compared to Vegas, as both carry a fundamentally different sound. Tracks such as PHD, Roll It Up, The Winner, Ready For Action, Blowout, and Tough Guy (Best song BY FAR) are highlights on this recording with only one significant downfall: Track 4, Murder.
Definitely good as an electronica album, or for fans of altered states.
Format:Audio CD
The Crystal Method's debut album, Vegas, is widely hailed as a classic, and appropriately so. The gritty and hip yet epic CD redefined what the "American techno" sound was, and made quite a name for the Method. Tweekend is their follow-up.
It's no Vegas, but as another reviewer here aptly put, "Did you really want it to be?" Tweekend is all attitude, something the opening track PHD makes sure you're VERY aware of from the get-go. The Method seems to have developed a love affair with the electric guitar and bass during their time since Vegas, and they wail throughout this entire album. Tweekend seems to follow a louder, stronger, harder doctrine, only really slowing down during Over The Line and Ten Miles Back (and even then, just barely). Fans of Vegas need not worry, however. Despite the massive changes to their sound during the first half of the CD, the second half drops into a more "classic" and electronic sounding style akin to Vegas. Never sounds like Vegas, mind you, but it sounds a bit more familiar to those looking for it.
Hip, aggressive and in-your-face, Tweekend is the kind of album that gives neighbors serious headaches. Tracks like The Winner, Roll It Up and Blowout scream to be driven (quickly) to, and would be very at home in a BMW, Audi, or Mitsubishi commercial. Ready For Action and Name Of The Game pump enough adrenaline into your speakers to make you want to start doing push-ups or shadow-box in your living room. Tweekend is Vegas' evil little brother, the one who wants amps that go to 11 on a volume scale of 1 to 10, and the one who has no problem throwing a major big beat party, with or without you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The CD That Doesn't Stop Giving
This CD is by far my favorite CD to go running to and I really enjoy it. This CD has The Name of The Game, And Murder featuring Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots. Read more
Published on May 8 2004 by "depressedunholyone"
1.0 out of 5 stars
Tweek-END
This is by far the worst Crystal Method CD of all time.
It is uninspired, unintelligent, and over all an hour of time that you'll want back. In short, it sucks... Read more
It is uninspired, unintelligent, and over all an hour of time that you'll want back. In short, it sucks... Read more
Published on April 19 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not that bad
This is Crystal Methods's second album "Tweekend" it took them almost 5 years to come up with a follower to the great "Vegas", unfortunately this isn't as good... Read more
Published on April 12 2004 by Josephll
3.0 out of 5 stars
"Calling all FREAKS!"
"Tweekend", the long awaited follow-up to the Crystal Method's successful debut "Vegas", failed to capture the same success as it's predecessor, but is still... Read more
Published on Jan 26 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
Come on, (explicit)! You's a Man a Minute Ago!
After successfully showing their international audience how technotronic music and themes from The Dark Crystal could energize dancefloors (and N2O - The Playstation videogame... Read more
Published on Jan 16 2004 by TorridlyBoredShopper
5.0 out of 5 stars
Different than Vegas but just as good
At first listen, this CD doesn't draw you in like Vegas does. However, "Name Of the Game" is by far their greatest song to date and is a blueprint for the rest of... Read more
Published on Nov 8 2003
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nowhere near the quality of Vegas
I wanted this CD to be Vegas II, but it isn't. Every group wants to grow and they did. Just more towards techno and less towards what made them great. Read more
Published on Oct 26 2003 by kc-scout
4.0 out of 5 stars
What's with the cursing?
This is an excellent album - I like every song on it, and if you hear the songs, you'll likely agree. I really recommend buying this album if you haven't already. Read more
Published on July 18 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
New School Crystal Method Sound
The Crystal Method has changed directions with this album. They sound a little bit less club/house but they still have that Techno/Electronic/Trance/Dance sound.
Published on Jun 15 2003 by NOFX/AFI 1988
4.0 out of 5 stars
Crystal Meth od.
Great cd. The beats just keep coming on this one. Though I think "Vegas" is a bit better overall, "Tweekend" contains their best song. "Name of the game" rocks your socks off. Read more
Published on Jun 2 2003 by H3@+h
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