Varshons
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{{Infobox album
| name = Varshons
| type = cover
| artist = The Lemonheads
| cover = Varshons.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 23, 2009
| recorded = 2008
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock, punk rock
| length =
| label = The End
| producer = Gibby Haynes
| prev_title = The Lemonheads
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Varshons II
| next_year = 2019
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1573312|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = The A.V. Club
|rev2score = C+[https://web.archive.org/web/20090703063527/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-lemonheads%2C29793/ The A.V. Club review]
|rev3 = Drowned in Sound
|rev4 = Pitchfork
|rev4score = 4.7/10[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13117-varshons/ Pitchfork Media review]
|rev5 = Planet Sound
|rev5score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web |first=John |last=Earls |title=Review: The Lemonheads/Varshons |url=http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/album-live-reviews/11ab96ee45e8851256d9e0403ddaae72/The+LemonheadsVarshons.aspx |publisher=Teletext |access-date=12 June 2009}}
|rev6 = PopMatters
|rev6score = {{Rating|7|10}}[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/102302-the-lemonheads-varshons PopMatters review]
}}
Varshons is the ninth studio album and is an album of covers by alternative rock band the Lemonheads. On 27 March 2009, it was announced that Varshons would be released in the US on 23 June on The End Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/32879/the-lemonheads-sign-to-the-end-detail-covers-album|title=The Lemonheads sign to The End, detail covers album|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 27, 2009|access-date=October 4, 2022}} It was promoted with a US tour throughout June 2009, and a UK tour in September 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/33329/tours-the-lemonheads|title=The Lemonheads|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 30, 2009|access-date=October 8, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/34797/tours-the-lemonheads-uk-ireland|title=The Lemonheads (UK, Ireland)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=August 13, 2009|access-date=October 10, 2022}} Between January and March 2010, Dando went on a US tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/36352/tours-evan-dando-lemonheads|title=Evan Dando (Lemonheads)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=December 15, 2009|access-date=October 15, 2022}}
Produced by Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes, the album features a variety of tracks from GG Allin, Wire, Leonard Cohen, and Christina Aguilera. Guest performances include vocals from actress Liv Tyler on Leonard Cohen's "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye", and model Kate Moss guests on Arling & Cameron's "Dirty Robot". The Only Ones guitarist John Perry guests on five tracks.
The cover art is by Mark Dagley. The front cover resembles a Spirograph design, while the rear cover is an homage to the back cover of Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.
Online editions of the album feature a bonus track, a cover of Tim Hardin's "How Can We Hang On to a Dream".
Track listing<ref>{{Citation |title=The Lemonheads - Varshons |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/170242-The-Lemonheads-Varshons |language=en |access-date=2022-04-26}}</ref>
| class="wikitable" |
| #
! Title ! Writer ! Original artist ! Time |
|---|
| 1.
| "I Just Can't Take It Anymore" | 3:02 |
| 2.
| "Fragile" | Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis, Colin Newman, Robert Gotobed | Wire | 1:19 |
| 3.
| "Layin' Up with Linda" | GG Allin | GG Allin | 2:17 |
| 4.
| 2:22 |
| 5.
| "The Green Fuz" | 2:48 |
| 6.
| "Yesterlove" | 4:30 |
| 7.
| "Dirty Robot" | Gerry Arling, Richard Cameron | 2:54 |
| 8.
| "Dandelion Seeds" | July | July | 3:31 |
| 9.
| "New Mexico" | FuckEmos | FuckEmos | 3:41 |
| 10.
| "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" | 3:04 |
| 11.
| "Beautiful" | 3:45 |
| 12.
| "How Can We Hang On?" (Online Bonus Track) | 1:56 |
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