Classic Puppets

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Classic Puppets
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Compilation album by
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2004
Recorded1981
Genre
Length1:17:08
Label Rykodisc
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).

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Creem (NR) [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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

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