Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II (Vinyl)
A year and a half separated the Meat Puppets' first and second albums, and that time made all the difference in the world; sounding uncertain and fidgety on their debut, they had clearly found their groove, and 1984's 'Meat Puppets II' was not just a quantum leap over their earlier recordings, it defined the parameters of their sonic landscape and is still justly regarded as their finest work.
The Meat Puppets' earliest material found them trying to reconcile their obvious love of country and psychedelic rock while bashing away at hardcore tempos, but on 'Meat Puppets II' they relaxed a bit and learned to let each song follow its own lead, and the jolly irony was that as they became more comfortable with their eclecticism, they also created a more unified approach that flattered the instrumental skills of guitarist Curt Kirkwood, bassist Cris Kirkwood, and drummer Derrick Bostrom, as well as the group's songwriting.
It would take Kurt Cobain's endorsement of the album almost ten years after the fact to alert the mainstream to the importance of 'Meat Puppets II' (Nirvana covered three songs from the LP in their MTV Unplugged concert), but the album's playful trippiness was a welcome blow against the hegemony of the nascent indie rock scene, and decades later its energetic charm and resinous insights remain a delight.
Tracklist:
A1 Split Myself In Two
A2 Magic Toy Missing
A3 Lost
A4 Plateau
A5 Aurora Borealis
A6 We're Here
B1 Climbing
B2 New Gods
B3 Oh, Me
B4 Lake Of Fire
B5 I'm A Mindless Idiot
B6 The Whistling Song
A year and a half separated the Meat Puppets' first and second albums, and that time made all the difference in the world; sounding uncertain and fidgety on their debut, they had clearly found their groove, and 1984's 'Meat Puppets II' was not just a quantum leap over their earlier recordings, it defined the parameters of their sonic landscape and is still justly regarded as their finest work.
The Meat Puppets' earliest material found them trying to reconcile their obvious love of country and psychedelic rock while bashing away at hardcore tempos, but on 'Meat Puppets II' they relaxed a bit and learned to let each song follow its own lead, and the jolly irony was that as they became more comfortable with their eclecticism, they also created a more unified approach that flattered the instrumental skills of guitarist Curt Kirkwood, bassist Cris Kirkwood, and drummer Derrick Bostrom, as well as the group's songwriting.
It would take Kurt Cobain's endorsement of the album almost ten years after the fact to alert the mainstream to the importance of 'Meat Puppets II' (Nirvana covered three songs from the LP in their MTV Unplugged concert), but the album's playful trippiness was a welcome blow against the hegemony of the nascent indie rock scene, and decades later its energetic charm and resinous insights remain a delight.
Tracklist:
A1 Split Myself In Two
A2 Magic Toy Missing
A3 Lost
A4 Plateau
A5 Aurora Borealis
A6 We're Here
B1 Climbing
B2 New Gods
B3 Oh, Me
B4 Lake Of Fire
B5 I'm A Mindless Idiot
B6 The Whistling Song
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