Classic Puppets
Compilation album by
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2004
Recorded1981
Genre
Length1:17:08
LabelRykodisc
Meat Puppets chronology
Live
(2002)
Classic Puppets
(2004)
Rise to Your Knees
(2007)

Classic Puppets is a 2004 compilation CD by American rock band the Meat Puppets.[1][2] It is composed of material from 1981 to 1989 (as well as a previously unreleased track from the Golden Lies period).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Creem(NR)[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

In a three out-of five star review, Sean Westergaard of AllMusic remarked that Classic Puppets "does a decent job" anthologizing the band's output with SST Records, but that the compilation "seems almost like an afterthought" and "comes off as a bit lackluster."[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Foreign Lawns" (Meat Puppets) - 0:38
  2. "H-Elenore" - 1:38
  3. "Blue Green God" (Meat Puppets) - 1:22
  4. "Walking Boss" (Doc Watson) – 2:40
  5. "Lost" - 3:28
  6. "Plateau" - 2:23
  7. "Lake of Fire" - 1:57
  8. "The Whistling Song" - 2:58
  9. "Up on the Sun" - 4:03
  10. "Swimming Ground" - 3:06
  11. "Enchanted Porkfist" - 2:31
  12. "Two Rivers" - 3:21
  13. "Out My Way" - 4:50
  14. "On the Move" - 3:50
  15. "Burn the Honky Tonk Down" (Wayne Kemp) - 1:59
  16. "Confusion Fog" - 3:51
  17. "Get On Down" - 2:56
  18. "Look At the Rain" - 4:20
  19. "Sexy Music" - 5:30
  20. "Dough Rey Mi" (Woody Guthrie) - 3:40
  21. "Light" - 4:19
  22. "Strings On Your Heart" - 3:40
  23. "Meltdown" - 3:35
  24. "New Leaf" - 4:20

References

  1. "TrouserPress.com :: Meat Puppets". www.trouserpress.com.
  2. Lee, Stewart (5 October 2023). "Meat Puppets: Classic Puppets" via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  3. 1 2 Westergaard, Sean. "Classic Puppets - Meat Puppets". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. "CREEM ONLINE: Meat Puppets — Classic Puppets". September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
  5. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 via Google Books.


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