Pure Guava is the third studio album and major label debut by American rock band Ween, released on November 10, 1992, by Elektra Records.
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.
[2] The song "Big Jilm" was inspired by a car dealer named James A. Lemons, who worked at the dealership owned by Dean Ween's father.
[14] 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.
[18] He noted the presence of "psychotically ill-tuned guitars, drum machines at their fartiest, sage advice not to 'caress the weasel,' ballads that ignored rhythm and reason, a five-minute power-electronics suite, a few dubious sing-a-longs centered around offensive accents, and, of course, a ride on the 'Poop Ship Destroyer.