Editorial Reviews The high watermark of their early years, "Up on the Sun" remains as most Meat Puppets fans' all-time favorite. Recorded in just three days back in early 1985, the album recieved universal praise. In the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Mikal Gilmore described it as the "most articulate version yet of what is...
Up on the Sun
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This is the album where most fans agree that Curt, Cris, and Derrick came into their own as a totally original artistic force, where the intricate wordplay of Curt's heat-driven visions is finally matched by the tricky rhythmic exchanges and turbulent, trippy melodicism emanating from the instruments. When listening to songs such as the whistle-led "Maiden's Milk," the outrageously Talking Heads-funky "Away," or the giddy, rollicking "Seal Whales," it becomes almost impossible to believe that only three instruments could create such a delicate, textured record. It truly seemed that this Phoenix trio had managed to capture the sound of the desert on vinyl--the sense of echoing loneliness, the cactus prickliness, the vast open spaces. This reissue (originally released in 1985) includes five bonus eight-track demos. --Everett True
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Includes five previously unreleased tracks, plus a live video of "Swimming Ground" originally prepared for French TV. Also, an essay by Scott Schinder and recording notes by Derrick Bostrom.