Mirage (Meat Puppets album)

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Mirage
Studio album by Meat Puppets
Released	1987
Recorded	1986-1987
Genre	Alternative
Length	12 at 38:45 (SST edition) 17 at 56:32 (Rykodisc edition)
Label	SST Records
Producer	Steven Escallier, Meat Puppets
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Meat Puppets chronology
Out My Way (EP) (1986) Mirage (1987) Huevos (1987)

Mirage is an album by the Arizona alternative rock band Meat Puppets.

The album was reissued in 1999 by Rykodisc with five additional bonus tracks, including early demos of "The Mighty Zero," "I Am a Machine" and "Liquified" as well as a cover of the Elvis Presley song "Rubberneckin'" and the previously unreleased "Grand Intro." As an added bonus, this album includes an "Enhanced CD" partition for play on home computers. "Mirage" offers the promotional video for "Get On Down." Directed by Robert Tucker and featuring the Pups galavanting around the Valley of The Sun doing whacky dances, this has remained one of their most popular clips.

[edit] Track listing

(All songs written by Curt Kirkwood unless otherwise noted)

[edit] Original album

1. "Mirage" – 3:30
2. "Quit It" – 2:33
3. "Confusion Fog" – 3:47
4. "The Wind and the Rain" – 2:53
5. "The Mighty Zero" – 2:50
6. "Get on Down" – 2:50
7. "Leaves" – 2:33
8. "I Am a Machine" – 4:15
9. "Beauty" – 2:55
10. "A Hundred Miles" – 3:45
11. "Love Our Children Forever" – 3:49
12. "Liquified" – 3:05

[edit] CD Reissue

Tracks 13-17 are bonus tracks on the Rykodisc reissue

1. "Mirage" – 3:30
2. "Quit It" – 2:33
3. "Confusion Fog" – 3:47
4. "The Wind and the Rain" – 2:53
5. "The Mighty Zero" – 2:50
6. "Get on Down" – 2:50
7. "Leaves" – 2:33
8. "I Am a Machine" – 4:15
9. "Beauty" – 2:55
10. "A Hundred Miles" – 3:45
11. "Love Our Children Forever" – 3:49
12. "Liquified" – 3:05
13. "The Mighty Zero II" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 3:40
14. "I Am A Machine II" - 4:05
15. "Liquified II" - 3:39
16. "Rubberneckin’" (Dory Jones/Bunny Warren) - 2:46
17. "Grand Intro" - 2:05

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