Dandy Warhols - Welcome To The Monkey House (2003) [ALAC]

Dandy Warhols - Welcome To The Monkey House (2003) [ALAC]



Welcome to the Monkey House is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on May 5, 2003, through Capitol Records. The album features a shift in sound towards '80s-inspired synthpop, as it was produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran.

The album is partly named after Kurt Vonnegut's short story of the same name.[1] The album cover painting is by Ron English, and is a prime example of his signature mash-up style – the visual pun of a banana half-exposed by a zipper down its peel cannily melds two of the most famous classic rock album cover designs, both by one of English's acknowledged major influences, Andy Warhol: The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers and The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground & Nico.

The album was originally mixed by Grammy Award-winning soul music engineer Russell Elevado, but Capitol Records, the band's label at the time, were unhappy with releasing it, and instead released a more polished, synthpop-influenced mix by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran.

In 2009, Dandy Warhols guitarist Peter Holmström claimed it "was not the version I wanted released". The Elevado mix was released as The Dandy Warhols Are Sound on the band's own Beat the World record label in 2009.

1. "Welcome to the Monkey House" 1:04
2. "We Used to Be Friends" 3:20
3. "Plan A" 4:01
4. "Wonderful You" 4:37
5. "Scientist" 3:13
6. "I Am Over It" 3:50
7. "The Dandy Warhols Love Almost Everyone" 1:54
8. "Insincere" 3:49
9. "You Were the Last High" 4:46
10. "Heavenly" 3:36
11. "I Am Sound" 4:00
12. "Rock Bottom" 2:53
13. "(You Come In) Burned" 7:24