In 1999, Ned Raggett, writing for the website Freaky Trigger, named Pure Guava the 53rd best album of the '90s, hailing it as 'the greatest 'major label debut after an indie career' record of the decade. And to be perfectly honest, I don't hear one of those here.' Legacy He went on to disparagingly call them 'the kind of rec-room gigglefritzes who enjoy a good nigger joke when they're sure their audience is sophisticated enough to enjoy it. Reception Professional ratings Review scoresĪllMusic editor Heather Phares called the album 'more polished and concise' than their previous albums The Pod and GodWeenSatan: The Oneness and stated that 'Considering Elektra released it, it's just as uncompromising as their previous work, but it hints at just how much further they could go with their music.' Bill Wyman in Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+, noting that it was, 'Very, very weird, but I can't stop playing Ween’s Pure Guava.' Robert Christgau was more negative in his Village Voice consumer guide, finding that the band wrote their 'fucked-up' songs 'without thinking (and how)'. The song 'Poop Ship Destroyer' would become a live staple for the band, although the live performances traditionally bear little resemblance to the album version and are instead played as a protracted improvised jam, either to punish or reward an audience. Lemons, who worked at the dealership owned by Dean Ween's father.

The song 'Big Jilm' was inspired by a car dealer named James A. Many of the songs on this album come from at least two tapes that the band made for friends, including ones titled Springtape and The Caprice Classic Tape, as stated by Dean Ween on JJJ radio in 1993. The song was also released as a single on August Records in 1993, including both the album and radio edit versions of the song (the latter replacing the word 'shit' with a sample of Prince squealing from ' Alphabet St.'), as well as the tracks 'Ode to Rene', 'I Smoke Some Grass (Really Really High)' and 'Mango Woman' 'Puerto Rican Power' replaces 'I Smoke Some Grass' on some editions. The album features one of Ween's most well-known songs, ' Push th' Little Daisies'. Pure Guava is the third studio album and major label debut by American rock band Ween, released on Novemby Elektra Records.

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