Up on the Sun

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Up on the Sun
Studio album by Meat Puppets
Released	March 1985
Recorded	January 26 - 28 1985
Genre	Alternative\College Rock\Indie
Length	12 at 33:42 (SST edition) 17 at 56:59 (Rykodisc edition)
Label	SST Records
Producer(s)	SPOT
Professional reviews
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Meat Puppets chronology
Meat Puppets II (1983)	Up on the Sun (1985)	Out My Way (EP) (1986)

Up on the Sun is the third album by the Meat Puppets, released in 1985 by SST Records. In 1999 the album was reissued on Rykodisc with bonus tracks and recording notes.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Original album 1.2 CD Reissue 2 Recording 3 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

(All songs written by Curt Kirkwood unless otherwise noted)

[edit] Original album

1. "Up on the Sun" - 3:58
2. "Maiden’s Milk" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 3:17
3. "Away" - 3:30
4. "Animal Kingdom" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 1:23
5. "Hot Pink" - 3:22
6. "Swimming Ground" - 3:05
7. "Buckethead" - 2:19
8. "Too Real" - 2:08
9. "Enchanted Porkfist" - 2:48
10. "Seal Whales" - 2:16
11. "Two Rivers" - 3:15
12. "Creator" - 2:09

[edit] CD Reissue

Tracks 13-17 are bonus tracks on the Rykodisc reissue

1. "Up on the Sun" – 3:58
2. "Maiden's Milk" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) – 3:17
3. "Away" – 3:30
4. "Animal Kingdom" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) – 1:23
5. "Hot Pink" – 3:22
6. "Swimming Ground" – 3:05
7. "Buckethead" – 2:19
8. "Too Real" – 2:08
9. "Enchanted Pork Fist" – 2:48
10. "Seal Whales" – 2:16
11. "Two Rivers" – 3:15
12. "Creator" – 2:09
13. "Hot Pink II" - 3:55
14. "Up on the Sun II" - 4:28
15. "Mother American Marsmellow" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 4:28
16. "Embodiment of Evil" - 1:52
17. "Hot Pink III" - 8:37

[edit] Recording

Tracks 13-16 engineered by Darrell de Marco, November 1984 – January 1985.

Track 17 recorded by Cris and Curt Kirkwood, Mary 1983.

Tracks 13-17 remixed by Derrick Bostrom, David Nicolas and Mike Hissong at Living Head Studio, August 1998.

[edit] Personnel

• Curt Kirkwood - Guitar, Vocals
• Cris Kirkwood - Bass, Vocals
• Derrick Bostrom - Drums

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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