Tweekend
Studio album by
the Crystal Method
ReleasedJuly 31, 2001
Recorded1999–2000
StudioThe Bomb Shelter, Glendale, California
Genre
Length68:53
Label
ProducerThe Crystal Method
The Crystal Method chronology
Vegas
(1997)		 Tweekend
(2001)		 Community Service
(2002)
The Crystal Method studio album chronology
Vegas
(1997)		 Tweekend
(2001)		 Legion of Boom
(2004)
Singles from Tweekend
  1. "Blowout"
    Released: July 2, 2001
  2. "Name of the Game"
    Released: August 14, 2001
  3. "Murder"
    Released: November 26, 2001
  4. "Wild, Sweet & Cool"
    Released: December 5, 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic62/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press[1]
The Austin Chronicle[3]
Blender[1]
Drowned in Sound8/10[4]
E! OnlineB[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[6]
Q[1]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Spin5/10[1]

Tweekend is the second studio album by American electronic music duo the Crystal Method, released on July 31, 2001, by Outpost Recordings and Geffen Records. The album title is derived from the demise of the West Coast rave scene in the late 1990s and 2000s.

The album features the single "Name of the Game", which has been featured in many films, television series and commercials. The other two singles from the album were "Murder" and "Wild, Sweet and Cool".

Commercial performance

Tweekend debuted at number 32 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, Crystal Method's highest position on that chart in their history. It also debuted at number 6 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 9,603 copies in its first week.[9]

Track listing

[10]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."PHD"Ken Jordan, Scott Kirkland6:27
2."Wild, Sweet and Cool"Jordan, Kirkland, Tom Morello3:54
3."Roll It Up"Jordan, Scott Weiland6:02
4."Murder (You Know It's Hard)"Jordan, Kirkland, Weiland4:40
5."Name of the Game"Jordan, Kirkland, Morello4:15
6."The Winner"Jordan, Kirkland5:11
7."Ready for Action"Jordan, Kirkland5:01
8."Ten Miles Back"Jonathan Gallivan, Jordan, Kirkland, Byron Wong7:00
9."Over the Line"Jon Brion, Jordan, Kirkland6:54
10."Blowout"Jordan, Kirkland7:57
11."Tough Guy"Jordan, Kirkland11:32
Total length:68:53

N.B.: Track 11 Contains a hidden track with a remix of "Name of the Game", after one minute of silence from Tough Guy.

Personnel

Note: Alternate versions of this album have "Murder" and "Over the Line" switched around.

The album was packaged with a bonus disc for the Australian/New Zealand tour with the track listing

  1. "Busy Child (Überzone Mix)"
  2. "Name of the Game (Hybrid Blackout in LA Mix)"
  3. "Name of the Game (Eric Kupper's Deep Dub Mix)"
  4. "You Know It's Hard (John Creamer & Stephane K Mix)"
  5. "You Know It's Hard (Dub Pistols Dub Mix)"
  6. "You Know It's Hard (Koma and Bones Mix)"

Cover art

The cover is a direct homage to the album art of the Supertramp album Crisis? What Crisis?

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ The Austin Chronicle review
  4. ↑ Frankowski, Andy. "The Crystal Method – Tweekend". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on August 19, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  5. ↑ "The Crystal Method – Tweekend". E! Online. Archived from the original on August 6, 2001. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Entertainment Weekly review". Archived from the original on May 25, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "The Crystal Method". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 203. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ↑ "Crystal Method makes surprise Top 10 debut". Archived from the original on January 11, 2002. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  10. ↑ All Music. "The Crystal Method – Tweekend". All Music. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
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