Rat Farm

Rat Farm
Studio album by Meat Puppets
Released April 16, 2013
Recorded 2012-2013
Genre Alternative rock
Length 45:53
Label Megaforce Records
Meat Puppets chronology
Lollipop
(2011)		 Rat Farm
(2013)

Rat Farm is the fourteenth full-length studio album by the Meat Puppets. It was released on April 16, 2013, through Megaforce Records.[1]

Curt Kirkwood, the band's singer/guitarist and primary songwriter, described the album as "real blown-out folk music".[2] He elaborated: "I tried to write stuff that would stand on its own — just the chords and the melodies, and play it kind of straight... I think that was the guiding boundary that I gave myself. It was one of those things where a lot of times, in the past especially, [bassist Cris Kirkwood] would go, ‘Well, that’s all there is? Let’s put a prog rock part in the middle.’ But I tried to hold it off as much as I could."[1]

Reception

As of June 2013, based on 17 reviews, Rat Farm has a score of 74 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3] This is the highest score of their albums released since 2000.[4] The Independent described the album as "dizzying psychedelic country in finest Meat Puppets tradition, full of slightly off-centre harmonies in Grateful Dead manner, and plenty of Kirkwood's swirling, trippy guitar."[5] Allmusic said: "The tracks on their 14th outing are the closest they've come in a long time to the colorful, no-frills brand of twangy alt-rock and informal punk (with hints of Americana, country, folk, and prog) that they instilled on their SST records."[6] The Austin Chronicle said that Curt Kirkwood "continues penning some of the strongest, sweetest, and compellingly twisted material of his already storied songwriting career," and that "[t]here's enough distorted weirdness, easygoing melodies, and guitar both hard and jangly to demonstrate why the Meat Puppets influenced both Nirvana and R.E.M."[7]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Rat Farm"   3:54
2. "One More Drop"   3:46
3. "Down"   3:25
4. "Leave Your Head Alone"   4:20
5. "Again"   3:25
6. "You Don’t Know"   4:13
7. "Waiting"   3:14
8. "Time and Money"   3:51
9. "Sometimes Blue"   3:48
10. "Original One"   4:12
11. "River Rose"   3:22
12. "Sweet"   4:22
Total length:
 45:53

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Kyle McGovern, Feb. 8, 2013, Spin. Meat Puppets 'Play it Straight' on 14th Studio Album 'Rat Farm'. retrieved Feb. 19, 2013
  2. ↑ The Meat Puppets Create 'Real Blown-Out Folk Music' on 'Rat Farm' - Album Premiere, John Blistein, Rolling Stone, April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Rat Farm Reviews". Metacritic. 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  4. ↑ "Meat Puppets Profile". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  5. ↑ Andy Gill (2013-04-12). "Album review: Meat Puppets, Rat Farm (Megaforce) - Reviews - Music". The Independent. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  6. ↑ Lymangrover, Jason (2013-04-16). "Rat Farm - Meat Puppets : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  7. ↑ "Review: Meat Puppets - Music". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
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