Classic Puppets
| Classic Puppets | ||||
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| Released | February 3, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
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| Length | 1:17:08 | |||
| Label | Rykodisc | |||
| Meat Puppets chronology | ||||
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Classic Puppets is a 2004 compilation CD by American rock band the Meat Puppets.[1][2] It is composed of material from 1981 to 1989 (as well as a previously unreleased track from the Golden Lies period).
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Creem | (NR)[4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
In a three out-of five star review, Sean Westergaard of AllMusic remarked that Classic Puppets "does a decent job" anthologizing the band's output with SST Records, but that the compilation "seems almost like an afterthought" and "comes off as a bit lackluster."[3]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.
- "Foreign Lawns" (Meat Puppets) - 0:38
- "H-Elenore" - 1:38
- "Blue Green God" (Meat Puppets) - 1:22
- "Walking Boss" (Doc Watson) – 2:40
- "Lost" - 3:28
- "Plateau" - 2:23
- "Lake of Fire" - 1:57
- "The Whistling Song" - 2:58
- "Up on the Sun" - 4:03
- "Swimming Ground" - 3:06
- "Enchanted Porkfist" - 2:31
- "Two Rivers" - 3:21
- "Out My Way" - 4:50
- "On the Move" - 3:50
- "Burn the Honky Tonk Down" (Wayne Kemp) - 1:59
- "Confusion Fog" - 3:51
- "Get On Down" - 2:56
- "Look At the Rain" - 4:20
- "Sexy Music" - 5:30
- "Dough Rey Mi" (Woody Guthrie) - 3:40
- "Light" - 4:19
- "Strings On Your Heart" - 3:40
- "Meltdown" - 3:35
- "New Leaf" - 4:20
References
[edit]- ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Meat Puppets". www.trouserpress.com.
- ^ Lee, Stewart (5 October 2023). "Meat Puppets: Classic Puppets" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ a b Westergaard, Sean. "Classic Puppets - Meat Puppets". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "CREEM ONLINE: Meat Puppets — Classic Puppets". September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
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