Meat Puppets discography

Meat Puppets discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 12
↙EPs 4
↙Singles 16

The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

Contents

Studio albums

Meat Puppets
Label: SST (SST 009)
Released: 1982
Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with the In a Car EP and 13 extra bonus tracks.
Meat Puppets II
Label: SST (SST 019)
Released: 1984
Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 7 bonus tracks.
Up on the Sun
Label: SST (SST 039)
Released: 1985
Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 5 bonus tracks.
Mirage
Label: SST (SST 100)
Released: 1987
Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 5 bonus tracks.
Huevos
Label: SST (SST 150)
Released: 1987
Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 5 bonus tracks.
Monsters
Label: SST (SST 253)
Released: 1989
Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 3 bonus tracks.
Forbidden Places
Label: London Records (828 254)
Released: July 9, 1991
Other information: Out of print.
Too High to Die
Label: London Records (828 484)
Released: January 25, 1994
Other information: -
No Joke!
Label: London Records (828 665)
Released: October 3, 1995
Other information: Last release with the original Meat Puppets line-up.
Golden Lies
Label: Atlantic Records (83402-2)
Released: September 26, 2000
Other information: -
Rise to Your Knees
Label: Anodyne Records
Released: July 17, 2007
Other information: Original bassist Cris Kirkwood's first contribution with the Meat Puppets in 12 years.
Sewn Together
Label: Megaforce Records
Released: May 12, 2009
Other information: -
Lollipop
Label: Megaforce Records
Released: April 12, 2011
Other information: -

EPs

In a Car
Label: 1981: World Imitations Records
1985: SST (SST 044)
Released: 1981 / 1985
Other information: Reissued by Rykodisk in 1999.
Out My Way
Label: SST (SST 049)
Released: 1986
Other information: Reissued by Rykodisk in 1999.
Raw Meat
Label: London Records
Released: 1994
Other information: Promotional release that only came as a bonus record with the Too High to Die LP.
You Love Me
Label: London Records (PRO 74691-2)
Released: 1999
Other information: Promotional EP.

Compilations and Live Recordings

No Strings Attached
Label: SST (SST 265)
Released: 1990
Other information: Compilation CD from SST Records when the Meat Puppets left them for London Records.
Live in Montana
Label: Rykodisc (RCD 10472)
Released: 1999
Other information: Live album of two concerts on 7 and 8 December 1988 in U.S.A.
Meat Puppets 8
Label: Rykodisc (RBX 00005)
Released: 1999
Other information: Boxset containing all 8 of the rereleased Meat Puppets CDs
Live
Label: DCN Digital Club Network (DCN CD 1003)
Released: 2002
Other information: Live album by the new Meat Puppets line-up. Recorded in February 2001.
Classic Puppets
Label: Rykodisc (RCD 10648)
Released: 2004
Other information: -
Rare Meat
Label: Unofficial Release
Released: 2005
Other information: This is a compilation of rare and unreleased material, released on Derrick Bostrom's Meat Puppets blog.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US US Main. US Mod.
1985 "Swimming Ground" — — —
1987 "Get on Down" — — —
"I Am a Machine" — — —
"I Can't Be Counted On" — — —
1989 "Light" — — —
1991 "Sam" — — 13
"Whirlpool" — — —
1994 "Backwater" 47 2 11
"We Don’t Exist" — 28 —
"Tender Cuts" — — —
"Meat Puppets Promo" — — —
"Roof with a Hole" — — —
"Lake of Fire" — — —
1995 "Scum" — 20 23
1996 "Taste of the Sun" — — —
2000 "Armed and Stupid" — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtrack and Compilation Appearances

Music videos

short form

Year Title Director Album
1987 Get On Down Robert Tucker Mirage
1989 Light Bill Taylor Monsters
1994 Backwater Too High to Die
1994 We Don’t Exist Too High to Die

long form

Meat Puppets
Cris Kirkwood · Curt Kirkwood · Shandon Sahm
Derrick Bostrom · Andrew Duplantis · Kyle Ellison · Ted Marcus
Studio albums
Singles
EPs
In a Car · Out My Way · Raw Meat · You Love Me
Other albums
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