Title:
Meat Puppets II
Description:
Meat Puppets II is the second album by the Phoenix, Arizona, band the Meat Puppets, released in 1984 by SST Records.
In addition to hardcore and punk rock, the group’s second album encompasses a wide assortment of styles including country rock, ballads, and psychedelia.
In a retrospective review for Pitchfork in 2024, staff writer Matthew Blackwell awarded Meat Puppets II a score of 9.0 out of 10, calling it ”a sun-baked, country-fried, acid-addled cowpunk album that could have come from nowhere else but the Arizona desert.”
Three of the album’s songs were covered by Nirvana as part of their 1993 legendary performance for MTV Unplugged, which was later released as the Nirvana album MTV Unplugged In New York. Curt Kirkwood and Cris Kirkwood of Meat Puppets joined Nirvana onstage for renditions of ”Plateau”, ”Oh, Me”, and ”Lake of Fire”.
The album was number 94 on Pitchfork’s ”Best Albums of the 1980s.” Slant Magazine listed the album at number 91 on its list of ”Best Albums of the 1980s.”
In addition to hardcore and punk rock, the group’s second album encompasses a wide assortment of styles including country rock, ballads, and psychedelia.
In a retrospective review for Pitchfork in 2024, staff writer Matthew Blackwell awarded Meat Puppets II a score of 9.0 out of 10, calling it ”a sun-baked, country-fried, acid-addled cowpunk album that could have come from nowhere else but the Arizona desert.”
Three of the album’s songs were covered by Nirvana as part of their 1993 legendary performance for MTV Unplugged, which was later released as the Nirvana album MTV Unplugged In New York. Curt Kirkwood and Cris Kirkwood of Meat Puppets joined Nirvana onstage for renditions of ”Plateau”, ”Oh, Me”, and ”Lake of Fire”.
The album was number 94 on Pitchfork’s ”Best Albums of the 1980s.” Slant Magazine listed the album at number 91 on its list of ”Best Albums of the 1980s.”
Band or Artist:
Meat Puppets
Release Year:
1984
Country:
United States
Format:
12”
Speed:
33 1/3 rpm
Genre:
Alternative
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Subgenre:
1980’s
Producer:
Spot
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AllMusic Rating:
5
Album Type:
Album
Number of Discs:
1
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:36:34
Packaging:
Vinyl Sleeve
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-02-17
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:36:34
