Cheech and Chong (album)

{{Infobox album | name = Cheech And Chong | type = studio | artist = [[Cheech & Chong]] | cover = Cheech and Chong (album).jpg | alt = | released = August 1971<ref name="RS #99">{{cite magazine |last1=("...four-month old first album..." from an issue published December 14, 1971) [[Ben Fong-Torres|Fong-Torres, Ben]] |date=January 6, 1972 |title=Cruisin' at Holy Cross with Cheech and Chong |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=99 |pages=8 }}</ref> | recorded = 1971 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Comedy]] | length = 37:56 | label = [[Ode Records|Ode]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] | producer = [[Lou Adler]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Big Bambu]] | next_year = 1972 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r236460|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}

'''''Cheech And Chong''''' is the 1971 debut album of [[Cheech & Chong]], produced by [[Lou Adler]]. It features "Dave", one of their most famous routines. The album peaked at No. 28 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LP's & Tape]] chart the week of March 4, 1972.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | title = Top LPs, 1955–1972 | year = 1973 | publisher = Record Research | page = 127 | url = https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/127/mode/2up | access-date = October 21, 2025}}</ref> The album was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album|Best Comedy Recording]] at the [[14th Grammy Awards]], but lost to [[Lily Tomlin|Lily Tomlin's]] ''[[This Is a Recording (Lily Tomlin album)|This Is a Recording]]''.

At Christmas that year, a single was released with "Dave" on the B-side and with "[[Santa Claus and His Old Lady]]" (a sketch not available on any of the duo's LPs, but it does appear on a Dr Demento compilation) on the A-side. The single peaked at No. 38.

The album cover art is by [[Paul Gruwell]].

== Track listing == All tracks by [[Cheech Marin]] and [[Tommy Chong]], except where noted. {{tracklist | headline = Side 1 (UNO) | title1 = Blind Melon Chitlin{{'-}} | length1 = 4:22 | title2 = Wink Dinkerson | length2 = 2:58 | title3 = Acapulco Gold Filters | length3 = 2:50 | title4 = Vietnam | length4 = 3:07 | title5 = Trippin' In Court | length5 = 5:56 }} {{tracklist | headline = Side 2 (YE) | title6 = Dave | length6 = 1:25 | title7 = Emergency Ward | length7 = 3:34 | title8 = Welcome to Mexico | length8 = 2:48 | title9 = The Pope: Live at the Vatican | length9 = 1:55 | title10 = Cruisin' With Pedro De Pacas | length10 = 3:56 | title11 = Waiting for Dave | length11 = 5:05 }}

== Production == * Produced by [[Lou Adler]] * Recorded & engineered by Norman Kinney

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[[Category:1971 albums]] [[Category:Cheech & Chong albums]] [[Category:Ode Records albums]] [[Category:Warner Records albums]] [[Category:Warner Music Group albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Lou Adler]] [[Category:1970s comedy albums]]