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''Meat Puppets II'' is the second album by the Tempe, Arizona band the Meat Puppets . It is completely unlike their self-titled debut album, which was furious noisy Hardcore with unintelligible vocals, which were more nonsensical screams than lyrics. This album's music is much calmer. It covers many genres from country-style rock which is almost bluegrass at times ("Magic Toy Missing", "Climbing", Lost") to slow acoustic songs ("Plateau", "Oh Me") to psychedelic guitar effects ("Aurora Borealis") to hard rock ("Lake of Fire"). Rykodisc reissued the album in 1999 with extra tracks and b-sides, including a cover of the Rolling Stones ' '' Aftermath ''-era track "What To Do." The term " Cowpunk " has been used to describe the blend of punk and country found on this album and elsewhere in the Puppets' catalogue; they are generally credited as being the main pioneers of this style. It is also known for its unique cover art. On the back of the original vinyl, the art is credited to Curt Kirkwood and Neal Holliday. The Meat Puppets' SST labelmates The Minutemen covered "Lost" on the EP '' Tour-Spiel '' and their last studio album, '' 3-Way Tie (For Last) ''. Three of the album's songs were Covered by Nirvana during their "Unplugged" Show For MTV (" Plateau ", " Oh, Me ", and " Lake Of Fire "). TRACK LISTING (All songs written by Curt Kirkwood unless otherwise noted) Original album # "Split Myself in Two" – 2:22 # "Magic Toy Missing" – 1:20 # "Lost" – 3:24 # " Plateau " – 2:22 # "Aurora Borealis" – 2:44 # "We're Here" – 2:40 # "Climbing" – 2:41 # "New Gods" – 2:09 # " Oh, Me " – 2:59 # " Lake Of Fire " – 1:54 # "I'm A Mindless Idiot" – 2:26 # "The Whistling Song" – 2:56 All Written by Meat Puppets. CD Reissue ''Tracks 13-19 are bonus tracks on the Rykodisc reissue.'' # "Split Myself in Two" # "Magic Toy Missing" # "Lost" # "Plateau" # "Aurora Borealis" # "We're Here" # "Climbing" # "New Gods" # "Oh, Me" # " Lake Of Fire " # "I'm A Mindless Idiot" # "The Whistling Song" # "Teenager(s)" ( Meat Puppets ) # "I'm Not Here" # "New Gods" (Outtake) # "Lost" (Outtake) # "What to Do" ( Mick Jagger / Keith Richards ) # "100% of Nothing" # "Aurora Borealis" (Outtake) |
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