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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.

Tweekend
Studio album by The Crystal Method
Released	July 31, 2001
Recorded	1999–2000
Studio	The Bomb Shelter, Glendale, California
Genre	Big beat electronic trip hop electronic rock
Length	68:53
Label	Outpost Geffen
Producer	The 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
"Blowout" Released: July 2, 2001 "Name of the Game" Released: August 14, 2001 "Murder" Released: November 26, 2001 "Wild, Sweet & Cool" Released: December 5, 2002

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	62/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press	[1]
The Austin Chronicle	[3]
Blender	[1]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[4]
E! Online	B[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[6]
Q	[1]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]
Spin	5/10[1]

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

Track listing

[10][11]

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

Personnel

• Track 2 and 5: guitars by Tom Morello.
• Track 4: vocals by Scott Weiland, guitars by Doug Grean.
• Track 5: scratching by DJ Swamp.
• Track 5 and 7: vocals by Ryan "Ryu" Maginn.
• Track 8: vocals by Julie Gallios.

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?

In popular culture

• "Name of the Game" was featured in various media, including feature films, television shows, video games, and commercials.
• "Roll It Up" has been used in Nissan and Adidas ads, an episode of Dark Angel, Zoolander and the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard. It was also one of the main themes of the original Xbox game Mad Dash Racing, in the intro of the Jacksonville Chicago matchup on the NFL on CBS week 17 January 6, 2002.
• "The Winner" was featured in the video games FreQuency and NBA Live 2002, the series finale episode of Dark Angel "Freak Nation", and as the theme song for the former Cedar Point roller coaster Wicked Twister.
• "Wild, Sweet Cool" was used in various promo spots for the 2002 winter Olympics.
• Selected tracks from this album were used in the Columbo episode Columbo Likes The Nightlife (2003).

Notes

На других языках

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- [en] Tweekend

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[es] Tweekend

Tweekend es el segundo álbum del dúo estadounidense The Crystal Method, lanzado en 2001. El álbum incluía el exitoso sencillo principal "Name of the Game", que ha aparecido en muchas películas, programas de televisión y anuncios. Los otros dos singles del álbum fueron "Murder" (también conocido como "You Know It's Hard") y "Wild, Sweet and Cool". El título del álbum se deriva de la desaparición masiva de la costa oeste de escena rave en la década de 1990 y 2000.

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[ru] Tweekend

Tweekend — второй студийный альбом американского электронного дуэта The Crystal Method, вышедший в 2001 году. Среди синглов, вышедших с альбома, был «Name of the Game» — один из основных хитов группы, который использовался во многих фильмах, телесериалах и рекламе. Несмотря на популярность этой песни, The Crystal Method практически никогда не исполняют её на концертах. Другими двумя синглами с альбома стали «Murder» (также известный как «You Know It’s Hard») и «Wild, Sweet and Cool».

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