Chocolate Chip Cookies is an album by Canadian folk rock band Leslie Spit Treeo, released in 1996. It is subtitled "A Rock & Roll Adventure".
The band intended to make "the mother of all concept albums." It contains a cover of Bob Snider's "Ancient Eyes". The band promoted the album by embarking on a full tour of Canada.
Release A double album, Chocolate Chip Cookies was originally released in a unique paper bag package similar to a cookie bag, with labelling that resembled the design of a Chips Ahoy! bag. Several weeks after the album's release, Nabisco threatened the band with a copyright infringement lawsuit, and in response, the band recalled all unsold copies of the album, held a bonfire in Toronto's High Park to burn the cookie bag packages, and rereleased the album in a conventional jewel case.
Critical reception
The Times Colonist stated: "Those seeking Mellon Collie-type angst in their sprawling, double disc epics will take solace in 'Average Joe's rallying chorus cry of 'Life sucks!' and ballad 'Book of Rejection's assertion that 'self- esteem may be over-rated/You're going nowhere without some hatred."
AllMusic wrote that "the whole, interspersed with Chipmunks-speed spoken-word snippets that more or less advance (or confuse) the narrative, is worthy of Frank Zappa's wry genius in its combination of self-mockery and pinpoint satire."
Track listing
Disc One Warning Overture/Second Nebulous Bad Omen Happily Ever After Again Average Joe Falling Down Again Book of Rejection The Single Can't Stop Talking Bus to Nowhere Chocolate Chip Cookies Too You Hell or Heaven Bystander Mole Moth to a Flame All Is Not Lost Stuck in the Middle of a Song Outro/Disappear
Disc Two
Oh Canada Still Talking Roly Poly Soup Line All on Myself Ancient Eyes Pirates Lonely Only How Much Is That Doggie It's a Dog's Life Warthogs Can Fly People Moderation A Way In The Single (Dance Remix) So Close Yet So Far UFO Cathy Sheila Serendipity Hold Strong
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