''Dyslexicon'' is the second and final album by the

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band Dandelion, released in 1995. The band promoted the album by touring with

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; they also played the 1995

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festival. Its first single, "Weird-Out", reached No. 14 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Critical reception

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'' determined that "the band rages through every cliche in the modern- rock lexicon yet manages to make each one as invigorating as a cold shower in a heat wave." ''

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'' wrote: "Despite the extra instrumentation ... ''Dyslexicon'' is bland, and an anticlimactic false ending provides a poetic inkling of the sputtering fade-out soon in store for this over-hyped band." The ''

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'' stated: "Cut through the trippy fuzz that gives this album such a homogeneous throwback acid-rock feel, and you're into some seriously hard-core rock 'n' roll." ''

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'' concluded that "there is an intriguingly ever-present babble of raw noise just beneath the surface of ''Dyslexicon'', but the vague cliches of the song titles—'Super Cool', 'Weird-Out', 'Whatever'—bespeak a group directionless and muddled."

Track listing

All tracks by Dandelion #"Pass the Stone" – 2:45 #"Weird-Out" – 3:41 #"Trailer Park Girl" – 3:16 #"What a Drag" – 3:03 #"Super Cool" – 4:31 #"Retard" – 2:30 #"False Alarm" – 2:00 #"Tapped" – 5:17 #"Whatever" – 1:47 #"Snow Job" – 4:16 #"Viva Kneval" – 3:44 #"Melon from Heaven" – 4:51 Two promotional singles from the album were released, "Weird-Out" and "Trailer Park Girl." Both of these singles feature at least one or two remixes.

References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Dandelion (American band) albums Ruffhouse Records albums