Out My Way | ||||
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Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | March 1986 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 25:49 (original) 54:12 (reissue) | |||
Label | SST [1] | |||
Producer | Meat Puppets, Steven Escallier [2] | |||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | B+ [4] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10 [6] |
Out My Way is an EP by the alternative rock band the Meat Puppets, released in 1986. [7] [8] It features a more hard rock-oriented sound than on previous releases, leading some critics to say that the sound is similar to the southern/hard rock stylings of ZZ Top. The EP was reissued in 1999 by Rykodisc, with additional bonus tracks.
The cover art is by Curt Kirkwood. [9] The EP was issued while Curt recovered from a broken finger. [10]
AllMusic wrote that "the EP showed that the Puppets were moving on from their early punk sound to a more traditional rock direction." [3] Robert Christgau called the EP "a departure, toward a less spacy, more bottomy hardcore-gone-folkloric." [4] Trouser Press praised "an utterly crazed raveup of 'Good Golly Miss Molly,'” writing that it "merely caps off a diverse collection of occasionally funky, occasionally psychedelic, occasionally countryfied rock tunes." [11]
All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.
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