Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets Ii
Label ©  Rykodisc
Release Year  1984
Length  48:03
Genre  Country-Punk
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  M-0074
Bitrate  256 Kbps
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Split Myself In Two  
       2:24  
      2.  
      		 Magic Toy Missing  
       1:22  
      3.  
      		 Lost  
       3:26  
      4.  
      		 Plateau  
       2:22  
      5.  
      		 Aurora Borealis  
       2:44  
      6.  
      		 We're Here  
       2:43  
      7.  
      		 Climbing  
       2:43  
      8.  
      		 New Gods  
       2:12  
      9.  
      		 Oh, Me  
       3:02  
      10.  
      		 Lake Of Fire  
       1:57  
      11.  
      		 I'm A Mindless Idiot  
       2:30  
      12.  
      		 The Whistling Song  
       2:57  
      13.  
      		 Teenager(S)  
       3:36  
      14.  
      		 I'm Not Here  
       1:55  
      15.  
      		 New Gods  
       2:14  
      16.  
      		 Lost  
       3:03  
      17.  
      		 What To Do  
       2:35  
      18.  
      		 100% Of Nothing  
       1:50  
      19.  
      		 Aurora Borealis  
       2:28  
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      The seminal Phoenix trio's self-titled debut is one of the greatest hard-core punk records ever made--but it pissed the punk kids off. Whether it was the Meat Puppets' long hair (in '81!) or their set-opener "The King and I" it was hard to say. Yet they were reviled. Still, they broadened their horizons, mixing up their weird full-on frantic hardcore style with some Tex-Mex, some bluegrass, and a little desert sun. The result? The cultural icon Meat Puppets II, a landmark album that resonates with the acid trails and heat-driven madness of southwest America. (As a whole generation of musicians, from Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis to Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and downwards, can attest.) Curt Kirkwood's dislocated guitar style veers between hillbilly, heavy metal, psychedelic, and the Oak Ridge Boys. His brother's bass sound is endearingly fallible. A wonderful, eccentric record (with seven bonus tracks!). --Everett True
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