Up on the Sun

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. The band performed the album live in its entirety at the request of Animal Collective at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that they curated in May 2011.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.

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

CD reissue

1. "Up on the Sun" – 4:04
2. "Maiden's Milk" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) – 3:20
3. "Away" – 3:27
4. "Animal Kingdom" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) – 1:24
5. "Hot Pink" – 3:27
6. "Swimming Ground" – 3:06
7. "Buckethead" – 2:22
8. "Too Real" – 2:13
9. "Enchanted Pork Fist" – 2:29
10. "Seal Whales" – 2:19
11. "Two Rivers" – 3:21
12. "Creator" – 2:09
13. "Hot Pink (Demo Version 1)" - 3:56
14. "Up on the Sun (Demo Version)" - 4:29
15. "Mother American Marshmallow" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 4:28
16. "Embodiment of Evil" - 1:53
17. "Hot Pink (Demo Version 2)" - 8:35

• Tracks 13-17 are bonus tracks on the Rykodisc reissue.

Recording

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

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

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

Personnel

• Curt Kirkwood - guitar, vocals
• Cris Kirkwood - bass, vocals
• Derrick Bostrom - drums

References