The fundamental problem with Ween's last few albums is that they've made the unfortunate transition from making really fucked up, lo-fi, wacky songs and records ("the pod", "pure guava", "god ween satan") to just being a "normal" band with "slightly quirky" touches and unconventional lyrics. Ween were always a novelty act, but a damned good one - but now they're trying to be normal. Whereas they'd rip a "let me lick your pussy" or "baby bitch" with no thought before, their recent records only get as daring as "bananas and blow", and spend about half their time doing really "normal" songs with normal themes and normal lyrics. Add to that a sort of AOR studio production sheen complete with proficient session musicians, and they've thrown out everything that made us like them to begin with. androo