The Meat Puppets are one of a kind! But I'd have a hard time picking between this one, Mirage and Huevos. That was them at the height of their creatvie powers I think. When Monster came out, I was really disappointed in the change to full out guitars. But I kept with them, and really liked the uptempo Forbidden Places also. Lots of people say Too High To Die is their best. But I always plunked my dollars down for more Meat. (I never owned the stuff earlier than Up on the Sun, and didn't want to.) Otherwise I own 'em all. Every now and then I'll have a Meat Festival on my turntables and I generally can find something I like from every single one of the albums. I even realize that I only dissed that Monsters record because I missed those droning harmonies. Now I can just enjoy the speed metal psychedelic madness of full on Curt Kirkwood playing guitar god.
If I had time, I'd give a listen to some of the other albums I haven't heard in a long time. I played the first couple of songs from Mirage this afternoon, and they sounded pretty great. Not sure if they were Up on the Sun great, but pretty great nonetheless.
The Meat Puppets are one of a kind! But I'd have a hard time picking between this one, Mirage and Huevos. That was them at the height of their creatvie powers I think. When Monster came out, I was really disappointed in the change to full out guitars. But I kept with them, and really liked the uptempo Forbidden Places also. Lots of people say Too High To Die is their best. But I always plunked my dollars down for more Meat. (I never owned the stuff earlier than Up on the Sun, and didn't want to.) Otherwise I own 'em all. Every now and then I'll have a Meat Festival on my turntables and I generally can find something I like from every single one of the albums. I even realize that I only dissed that Monsters record because I missed those droning harmonies. Now I can just enjoy the speed metal psychedelic madness of full on Curt Kirkwood playing guitar god.
If I had time, I'd give a listen to some of the other albums I haven't heard in a long time. I played the first couple of songs from Mirage this afternoon, and they sounded pretty great. Not sure if they were Up on the Sun great, but pretty great nonetheless.