Meat Puppets II

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Meat Puppets II
Studio album by Meat Puppets
Released	1983
Genre	Alternative rock, Psychedelic, Indie
Length	12 at 30:30 (SST edition) 19 at 48:07 (Rykodisc edition)
Label	SST
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link Magnet (Favorable) (p. 102) NME (8/10) April 17, 1999 (p. 37) Rolling Stone April 26, 1984 Spin (Favorable) April 1999 (p. 165)
Meat Puppets chronology
Meat Puppets (1982)	Meat Puppets II (1983)	Up on the Sun (1985)

Meat Puppets II is the second album by the Tempe, Arizona band the Meat Puppets. It is completely unlike their self-titled debut album, which was furious noisy hardcore with unintelligible vocals, which were more nonsensical screams than lyrics. This album's music is much calmer. It covers many genres from country-style rock which is almost bluegrass at times ("Magic Toy Missing", "Climbing", Lost") to slow acoustic songs ("Plateau", "Oh Me") to psychedelic guitar effects ("Aurora Borealis") to hard rock ("Lake of Fire"). Rykodisc reissued the album in 1999 with extra tracks and b-sides, including a cover of the Rolling Stones' Aftermath-era track "What To Do."

The term "cowpunk" has been used to describe the blend of punk and country found on this album and elsewhere in the Puppets' catalogue; they are generally credited as being the main pioneers of this style.^{[citation needed]}

It is also known for its unique cover art. On the back of the original vinyl, the art is credited to Curt Kirkwood and Neal Holliday.^{[citation needed]}

Three of the album's songs were covered by Nirvana during their "Unplugged" show for MTV ("Plateau", "Oh, Me", and "Lake of Fire").

[edit] Track listing

(All songs written by Curt Kirkwood unless otherwise noted)

[edit] Original album

1. "Split Myself in Two" – 2:22
2. "Magic Toy Missing" – 1:20
3. "Lost" – 3:24
4. "Plateau" – 2:22
5. "Aurora Borealis" – 2:44
6. "We're Here" – 2:40
7. "Climbing" – 2:41
8. "New Gods" – 2:09
9. "Oh, Me" – 2:59
10. "Lake of Fire" – 1:54
11. "I'm A Mindless Idiot" – 2:26
12. "The Whistling Song" – 2:56

[edit] 1999 CD Reissue

Tracks 13-19 are bonus tracks.

1. "Split Myself in Two"
2. "Magic Toy Missing"
3. "Lost"
4. "Plateau"
5. "Aurora Borealis"
6. "We're Here"
7. "Climbing"
8. "New Gods"
9. "Oh, Me"
10. "Lake of Fire"
11. "I'm A Mindless Idiot"
12. "The Whistling Song"
13. "Teenager(s)"
14. "I'm Not Here"
15. "New Gods" (Outtake)
16. "Lost" (Outtake)
17. "What To Do" (Rolling Stones Cover)
18. "100% of Nothing"
19. "Aurora Borealis" (Outtake)

Meat Puppets
Curt Kirkwood | Cris Kirkwood | Derrick Bostrom
Kyle Ellison | Andrew Duplantis | Shandon Sahm | Ted Marcus
Meat Puppets discography
Studio albums: Meat Puppets | Meat Puppets II | Up on the Sun | Mirage | Huevos | Monsters | Forbidden Places | Too High to Die | No Joke! | Golden Lies | Rise to Your Knees Singles: Swimming Ground | I Am a Machine | I Can't Be Counted On |Sam | Whirlpool | Backwater | We Dont Exist | Tender Cuts | Meat Puppets Promo | Roof with a Hole | Lake of Fire | Cream of Cuts | Scum | Taste of the Sun | Armed and Stupid EPs: In A Car | Out My Way | Raw Meat | You Love Me Live and compilation albums: No Strings Attached | Live in Montana | Live | Classic Puppets
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