Reviews (page 6 of 7)
These guys are all over the place. One aspect that remains consistent is that the vocals are subpar. Thankfully…strangely thankfully…there are a lot of instrumental parts to the album. I definitely recognized Lake Of Fire. Digging more, I had no idea that Nirvana’s Unplugged album covers three of these songs (even though Kurt Cobain straight up says it). After making that connection, I can hear the influence on Nirvana. I turned the album off just past the end of the original track list. I made it through. There’s barely enough interesting material to pull this above the JBZ.
I've tried to listen t9 this album several times, and it always starts out str9ng but by the end I've just zoned out and lost interest.
Getting a singer that can actually sing would be a great help.
Imagine someone who couldn't read music or play an instrument had to make a group of musicians play like a band they had no knowledge of. Today's attempt is The Violent Femmes. And they didn't succeed.
Heard it before. I do really love the songs that Nirvana covered at their Unplugged concert. Not too sure if the rest really caught my attention but I guess it was ok 2/5
The wobbly vocals are so bad it distracted away from potentially good musicianship
The Nirvana versions of Lake of Fire and Plateau are so different than the album versions. This sounded nothing like what I expected based on my limited exposure to the band in the 90s.
Plateau and Lake of Fire are good but I prefer the live Nirvana versions better. I also am not sure if those 2 songs would have stood out to me if I wasn't familiar with the Nirvana version. Would this album even be on the list if it weren't for Kurt Cobain?
Not my vibe. Too mediocre in execution although I like the quirky nature of these guys.
Pretty fun, super interesting. Don't hear a lot of country-punk. Too bad they have the worst lead singer in the world.
I appreciate their indie impulse to push the boundaries, but intention doesn’t make it great. I find their more recent output much more musically compelling.
2.7
I quite liked the songs that Nirvana covered, I quite liked the instrumental tracks. The rest was meh!
Country psicodélico, not big fan
This has its moments but it is at best average.
Am I a meat man, or am I a meat puppet? If I'm a meat man then I'm a meat puppet of a meat man.
I mean it’s probably good for some people. I just can’t get over the vocals. Instrumentals do sound great. 2/5
On first seeing that this was today's choice I was a little alarmed that the 80s are being represented by punk albums that really don't sum up the period for those of us that were there, but as I progressed further I realised that the band had breached out stylistically from their debut and there were country and psychedelic aspects to the work. They still didn't play too well but were more tuneful than Black Flag and did have a lasting underground career. I still could live without it though......
The singer only has a vague concept of notes.
Це щось більш в моєму стилі. Ні, насправді не подобається. Пропускаю.
I enjoyed this album more than I remembered, I prefer the live unplugged versions performed with Nirvana but there are some great moments throughout this album that make it enjoyable
Get's some stars for the variety of styles ,but that's about it.
I was looking forward to this and the songwriting is great, but the execution, omg. I got more and more upset about the tone deaf vocalist, like why? Also, slow down sometimes. If it was not for Kurt no one would've cared about these guys--he showed that the songs could be good. I can't listen to this again except maybe to cover the songs.
1984 Second studio album. Largely consisted of noise-filled hardcore punk with unintelligible vocals. While there are hardcore and punk rock-influenced songs, II encompasses a wide assortment of styles including country rock, ballads, and psychedelia. Considered to be their best album. Has a few songs that Nirvana performed on MTV unplugged.
Used to listen to this and it’s like a good few years ago, now I have no ear for it whatsoever. From a nostalgia point of view it’s fine, but it’s just not pleasant anymore. The scuzzy, low fi, hardcore attitude goes countrified and acoustic has its place and earns the stars, but the sloppy vocals and sound don’t. 2.5 star for the nostalgia.
Bit bland
Previously unknown. A little disjointed but some of it worked.
Never heard of this band before. Didn’t enjoy listening to this.
Meh.
Weiß nicht. Klingt irgendwie alt und hooked mich nicht
Good alternative from native US band MPs
The best track is an instrumental, which says a lot about the vocals on this. Interesting ideas in some of the songs could have really used another member with vision to hone these in or at least a producer that was... nevermind, self produced. Explains quite a bit about this. This is exactly the kind of mid tier crap music critics will try to convince you is whatever buzzwords might convince some reader they should try harder to "get it". I dont care that Kurt Cobain loved them so Im not going to pretend its better than what it is.
Another case where the vocals ruin what could’ve been a solid 3 or 4 instrumentally
An interesting take on country-punk to begin with, but this quickly lost momentum and began to grate in a vocal sense. Not for me.
Didn't see the point of this, to be honest.
besides the nirvana songs, I didn't enjoy this
This lead singer is straight ass. No consistency at all, and you can hear his voice break at times. Most of the songs aren’t good, and two of their actual good songs, Nirvana did better.
britpop oblige Wholly inoffensive instrumental pieces – I dig
That was confusing at best.
Not really my thing but some of the songs were OK. 2.5/5
долбёжка в уши
Always wanted to like this band because I thought their name was cool, but they just don't do it for me.
- [ ] Never heard of album or band. It’s very clearly indie/alt/whiny however you want to describe it. I’m losing patience for these albums. However I don’t hate split myself in two. Really good songwriting. Cool guitar. Not whiny. Really cool guitar on magic toy missing. Nothing else to this one. Country vibes to lost. Good guitar again. Not very catchy. Singers voice kind of sucks? But the lyrics are good. Vocals are better on plateau. This song is good. Nice guitar riff on it. Fun song I’d say. Maybe have heard plateau? I like this one. I like the guitar again on aurora borealis. I don’t feel like it’s missing something even tho there’s no lyrics which is a good sign. Again I kind of hate the singers voice on we’re here but it’s well written. Back to western with climbing. Ok song. Really good guitar solo on new gods. I just don’t think this guy is a very good singer unfortunately. Because again it’s good production/background music on oh, me but the vocals just don’t cut it. Just an awesome guitar. Again I feel like I’ve heard lake of fire? The bad vocals actually work a lot better on this one. Lake of fire is pretty forgettable. Nothing about it made me stop and think. I like mindless idiot. The musical only songs have been good. Whistling song is more of the same for this album. Cool guitar and drums with some sub par vocals over the top but well written. Again I like teenagers. More guitar less singing. Awesome guitar/drums again on I’m not here. I’m loving the all music songs. Looks like that’s it for the regular album. Overall fine, JAA. The best song involved no singing which is generally half of a good song. 2.3/5 stars.
This album was kind of horrible, at least Nirvana made it better. The vocals were so off tune and the instrumentation was not very diverse. Overall, not a good album, but I would recommend this to punk fans looking for some interesting vocals.
To be honest I didn't like this album, it's definitely different from all of the other albums we got. I don't like whoever is singing and I just don't like how it sounds. Overall I'd give it a 2.
Pretty awful vocals, saved from a 1 star rating by the instrumental tracks.
High 2. Not a fan of vocals or melodies, but instrumental songs were good
the order of the songs or the album itself didnt really make sense to me
I like a lot of these songs but man the vocals suck. Nothing groundbreaking but listenable as long as the singing isn't getting too whiny (which is way too often). Best songs are the instrumentals. Yeah.
Pre Listen: Title sounds like an album Bender from Futurama would listen to. I've never heard of them, but the cover art is pretty. No expectations. Notable Tracks: Split Myself in Two - Fastest intro song to date that's instantly made me feel as though I'll either absolutely hate this album, or really love it. The distortion effects are bodacious. Aurora Borealis - At this time of year! At this time of day! In this part of the country! Localized entirely within your album?! I like it. Teenager (s) - Least favorite track on the album. My eyes almost rolled clean out of my head. "Guys, being a teenager is so hormonal and depressing!" someone sure got bullied growing up, I just know it. Skipped after 1m 40s. Post Listen: The vocalist cannot fucking sing holy shit. Frustrating as fuck. I think I would've given this album higher, but the vocalist is so amazingly awful, it bumps it down to almost a 1. I've heard some bad, some meh, and some intentionally bad vocals on this project, but this might be the first one where I think he's actually trying and sucks this bad. I've heard children crying on airplanes that sound better. To be fair the instrumentation is also inconsistent. Some songs I really did like, others sounded generic or boring. The psyche rock leaning songs were best, the folk leaning songs were never quite bad, but not good either. Despite that, a purely instrumental song was so, so much better than *anything* including the vocalist. For both issues with this album, many, many such cases, and more to come I'm sure. If it weren't for the fact that this album was composed by more than just the vocalist, and leaving a 1 because of him alone would leave a bad taste in my mouth, I have to leave a 2/5.
Bored. Stop boring me. I liked Plateau the most I guess.
The songs seem good, but the vocalist’s choice to sing poorly was too much for me. Very annoying.
this kinda 80s rock is just not interesting to me at all.
The out of tune singing is really hard to overlook. I do appreciate that they tried to mix things up stylistically across the album (although within each song there is often a TON of repetition) but some of these notes have me wincing.
Best een vette cover, het eerste wat ik las ging over een super hardcore band dus ik zette me schrap. Maar dat is deze muziek in elk geval niet. Echt totaal niet zelfs, luister bijvoorbeeld eens naar Climbing, wat een soort country nummer is(?). Blijkbaar was hun eerste album wel hardcore, maar dan niet Paul Elstak hardcore(krijgen we daar ooit iets van? ) maar de hard metal hardcore. Het is weer een lekker afwisselend album, met vreemde country nummers, heerlijke instrumentals en saaie indiepoprock. Opzich wel fijn dat alles word uitgeprobeerd, maar ik blijf hier toch altijd het All You Can Eat buffet idee van krijgen - er is werkelijk van alles, maar toch is een hoop niet zo geweldig uitgewerkt. Beetje jack of all trades, master of none. Tuurlijk; ik mag niet klagen, het alternatief was blijkbaar een volledig hardcore album en dan heb ik toch liever dat ik eens in de 8 nummers rechtop ga zitten omdat het goed klinkt dan dat ik bijna een uur lang zit weggedoken vanwege boze muziek van boze mensen. Maar toch he. Het valt me ook weer op dat hier de instrumentale nummers mn favoriet zijn. De zanger is namelijk, zoals zo ontzettend vaak op deze lijst, niet zo best. Zeikerig, nasaal en verveeld klinkt ie. Oftewel; gelukkig is er niet zoveel waar hij prominent aanwezig is! Maar dit album duurt bijna 50 minuten. Niet belachelijk lang ofzo, maar wel veel te lang voor de kwaliteit van de muziek. En al helemaal voor de kwaliteit van de zanger. Jezus wat een slechte week is dit, dit word ook gewoon weer 2 sterren. Luister maar eens naar What to do... Das gewoon echt heel slecht. Dit zou niet moeten worden uitgebracht op een professioneel label, laat staan in een lijst van 1001 albums die je absoluut moet luisteren voor je doodgaat!? Mijn god, ik hoor betere zang en muziek op een gemiddelde karaoke avond. FAVO: Arora Borealis, Im a mindless idiot
Yucky
Nothing special. Country indie. Proto grunge. Occasional glimpses of hardcore. Based on that, you'd think it would be a fun, cool listen, but I was kind of bored. It's not a long album but I thought it was nearly over when I was halfway through. Most alternative music from the 80s is very similar, and none of it is particularly impressive or interesting to me. It does seem ahead of it's time, however, could have definitely been a 1990 release. Country music seems to be an american thing that you have to be exposed to at a young age in order to normalise it and enjoy it. I was not raised on it and I find anything vaguely Country-esque to be asinine, unwanted, and performative, with their cowboy twang and their yodelly inflections that magically vanish when they speak. Therefore, to me, a very average 80s alt album is only diminished by the presence of Country influences. Aside from that, this album is okay, it's nothing special and I was mostly bored. None of the songs warrant my attention, they're very half formed, meandering, uninteresting, filler. Omg can this album just hurry up and be over already, how is this 47 minute album 2 hours long, and why are none of the tracks worth the effort. Everyone's like ohh but Cobain loved them, they must be good, yeah Cobain loved heroin too so what? It's okay in places, but not essential by any means.
05/21 Meh
Eriskummallinen kombo jotain kantria/folkkia ja hardcorea ja jotain muuta siltä väliltä. Ei oikein lähteny omaan makuun.
Not bad but a bit forgettable
Listened 10 May 2026 Interesting vocals
idk what the connection (if any) to Ween here is, but Meat Puppets give off that same vibe. i’ve heard a couple of these songs mainly from the Nirvana covers which i prefer but that’s mainly because i grew up with those. this album is just alright
Bad album
Such an obnoxious voice
Wyobrażam sobie świat w którym komuś się to podoba
Too country for me
I really wanted to like this because of its ties to Nirvana Unplugged. And while I find the Meat Puppets tunes on that album to be the best of the bunch, the original versions here aren't as strong. The rest of this album is just okay as well. Glad I finally listened to it, but sadly it didn't hit the spot.
i feel like i should like this more than i did
The vocalist sounds like a cross between lou.Reed and jonathan richmond except that he can't sing
mid
6/10 - I couldn't really get into this. But I think there's something really special here that I might come back to. It has a lot of personality Fav Tracks: lol the nirvana covers Heard before? ---–- ❌ Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? --–-- ❌ Will Listen Again? -- ✅
Scruffy desert punk and psychedelic country built on loose guitars, dry basslines, loping drums, and slurred, offhand vocals drifts with strange, sun-bleached looseness. Listening feels like wandering through a dusty landscape where songs blur together in a hazy, half-focused daze. The result is distinctive and through its slack delivery feels unfocused.
long
The vocals are off
Vocals were god awful and the album didn't have much flow or direction, which sucks because the rest of the band were pretty good and deserved better
Not sure what genre this is meant to be. Wacky
It for me
Even at 48 minutes, it’s too long. I started checking halfway through for when I’d finally reach the last track
2-3 chillig aber vllt bisschen langweilig
Did not care for this. Horrible vocals.
Some of the songs on this album (mostly the instrument tracks) were very good. They were dynamic and melodious. But then almost half the tracks were absolutely terrible. Unlistenable.
wasn’t really digging the songs on this album. just felt so random.
Colección de temas entre el country-rock, psicodelia y rock acústico experimental que suena poco cohesionado y, de nuevo, con una voz cantante que me pone de los nervios. Menos mal que la mitad de los temas son instrumentales. De nuevo, por sacarle algo positivo, hay que agradecer la parte experimental, cosa que no pasa cuando cantan. Lo he escuchado tres veces mientras viajaba, por si acaso, pero ni aún así. Hay maneras y maneras de no ser mainstream.
I like the psychedelic aspects and the instrumentals, particularly on aurora borealis and teenager(s), but good god the vocals left more than a little something to be desired. Reminiscent of dive bar karaoke with a friend who's absolutely sloshed.
Si pero no jajaj
Too noisy. Not my vibe
What a shame. The music was decent, and the lyrics were unique and sometimes clever, but the singing was awful. Keep the Meat—I prefer the sound of regular puppets (i.e., the instrumental tracks).
This was kind of a weird one
Just felt like noise.
If the rest of the album lived up to that first track, I’d be tempted to give this five stars cuz I was definitely laughing AT that thing. “Thing,” not song. What the hell even is this hahaha
El primer tema no me gusto, pense que se me venia un disco duro. Pero despues a medida que fueron pasando los temas los re pude disfrutar (al principio). Me parece raro como se pasa de un tema medio country a otro medio picado. como que no disfruto escucharlo como disco. Esta bien que no le estoy prestando atencion a la letra, pero bueno. tampoco me gusto tanto su voz en los temas que canta bajo
I was expecting more from a band called Meat puppets. All pretty bland and forgettable
Not the sound for me. Preferred the instrumentals Split Myself, Aurora, and Mindless Idiot.
I could sing better than this
I don’t think this is bad necessarily but I’m pretty sure even fans of the album would acknowledge it’s on the list because of the Nirvana connection
Eh whatever. It was nice to hear the original Lake of Fire if I hadn't already heard it before. Weird listen and lyrics.
2/5
Lazy.
If it stayed as painfully average as it did for the first 60% maybe I’d have a half decent review but the falloff at the back end makes me even wonder why it’s on here
Initially, I thought the youthful sound of the album was quite refreshing, with short songs that had great momentum. However, this sound quickly fell apart from some nice guitar riffs, especially with that vocalist that I'm not the biggest fan of. I loved their work with the MTV Nirvana album, but I'm not a big fan of this.
I was not looking forward to listening to this, especially after reading this - "It is a departure from their self-titled debut album, which consisted largely of noisy hardcore with unintelligible vocals." But I guess since it was a departure from that, it's a blessing. Not as bad as I had expected, but still not a 5. I really have an issue with the lead's voice, it's too whiney to be able to just listen to the songs.
Uneven unconvincing
Not an album I recall listening to before, so probably needs another go (so much music, so little time). However it didn't really grab me and not salvaged by the Nirvana covers in the MTV session.
I really wanted to like this, but it seemed kind of all over the place
4/10, not my style
5/10
This wouldn't be on the list if it wasnt covered by Nirvana on their unplugged performance. The best tracks are the instrumental ones
This is a hard album to rate, because I think I would have enjoyed this quite a bit if it weren't for the horrendously tuneless vocals (I'd venture to say the singer's a bit tone deaf). The guitar is great and the country-twang instrumentation is ear-catching. This blend of punk and country is unique even to this day; I can't think of another band who does music like this. It's all dragged down by the vocals though, the awfulness of which can't be overstated. The vocals work a little bit better on a song like "Lake of Fire" where he just partially screams instead of attempting to carry a melody. This would have been a great band if they'd had a capable singer. I really wavered between 2 and 3 stars for this reason, but truthfully I wouldn't come back to this album.
rock troppo hard rock, sono troppo vecchia per queste cose
Još nisam imala album koji ovako naglo preokrene nakon prve pjesme. Kontam aha ovo će biti dosadna imitacija punka, onda postane dosadni indie country, i onda nazad na dosadnu imitaciju punka. Čudno iskustvo slušanja.
good instrumentals but like whateverrr man
Some really good instrumentals on the album, but I didn't really like the vocals much. Lake of Fire and Plateau were two stand outs, but that might just because I like those tracks from Nirvana's Unplugged performance on MTV.
This album is definitely different. The songs to me were sort of all over the place. It had a jam band vibe, but the songs were all super short. The only song I recognized was "Lake of Fire", and that's only because Nirvana covered it during their Unplugged session on MTV. Very odd and eclectic. Not really my thing.
Lake of Fire and other Nirvana Unplugged-adjacent songs aside, there's not a lot here that I feel I can recommend.
Ok, so this was all over the place for me. I had heard of Meat Puppets due to their later song "Backwater" which was a huge hit when I was in college. Other than that, I didn't know anything about this group. The instrumental "Aurora Borealis" is cool and gives Grateful Dead vibes - I played it twice and added it to my "Just Chillin'" playlist immediately! "Climbing " was less eagerly received - awful vocals and just sloppy. "Oh, Me" has some shaky vocals as well... and the more I listen, I believe I understand why I liked the instrumental track so much...Honestly, of the singer wasn't so bad, I'd have enjoyed "Oh, Me" (and likely many others) a lot more. Oh boy. "Lake of Fire" just cane on. I had no idea this was by Meat Puppets. I knew this song but always laughed at it because of the shitty vocals. I just can't take it seriously. Blessedly, "I'm a Mindless Idiot" is another instrumental, and - surprise, surprise- another's awesome jam! "The Whistling Son" begins with more awful "singing" but thank goodness he can at least whistle well. Another reviewer wrote that "The lead singer can't sing for shit." Indeed. Because of this - and despite how otherwise cool and edgy this album is, and how ahead of its time it is for 1984 - I'm ranking it 2 stars.
While I can recognize the musical talent, something about the voice sounding kinda apathetic didn't really do it for me. Probably would not listen again.
I dislike the singing. The songs without vocals are tolerable.
didn’t really get this one, only one or two songs i gelled with otherwise this felt like a discombobulated strung together album
Not for me. Just sounds like noise
First impression, this album kind of chaotic, but after a few thorough listen theres part that are chaotic and theres also part that are quiet relaxing actually. I would say some people maybe could get overwhelm when listening to this cause of the fast and all over the place type of mixing on the instrument that not many people are used to. i also noticed that some of the track kinda sound like a mix of country and rock song which for me are quiet unique ( just found out it was a cowpunk album and thats just make so much sense for the country-ish fells to it ) really enjoy the instrument after i get used to it after listening for a few time A few songs on this project also have a follow up instrumental track which i really liked, plus the song does transition pretty smoothly making it sound like one song that have an intrumental break at the end. For the vocal, tbh i think it was decent. For me, the vocals one some tracks are okay but theres also some that really sounded goofy to me ( maybe thats just my preference or the vocalist are just too try-harding idk). Overall, this was just such an unique experience, but i think i wont be visiting this project that much(maybe some track but not most of it) cause its just out of my cup of tea. Overall rating (6/10) mainly cause not my cup of tea, but still somewhat exciting to listen for the first time.
It's ok, good to hear the original of Plateau. Can hear the Nirvana in there, but I prefer Nirvana.
This album just consisted of a bunch of random songs based off what they were feeling that day. It was all over the place. However, a chunk of the songs didn’t sound too bad. This is a solid two of I’ve ever heard one.
Oof, that was a rough opening track. None of this album stood out to me but it was a-okay background noise!
it was fine. not really my thing
Strong electric guitar, high energy. Vocals were weak.
Yee haw? Little hardcore, lotta twang. Interesting.
Jesus Christ this is all over the place
Idk. 2.5/5
The vocals killed what was, to me, a rather mediocre experience to begin with.
Can’t remember this at all and it was only yesterday
Cool for them that they were influential, but I didn't hear anything I liked
Pretty average and not good vocals at all. Couple of the instrumental tracks were good
Meh, I listened to previews of most of these tracks so I didn't hear the entire album but I've heard enough of it to form a 2 star opinion. I recognized a few songs that were covered by Nirvana.
5/10
Not a fan carthatic and chaotic
Mostly pretty boring for me. Not really up my alley.
At least it was short
I couldn't tell you what the first song was about. It was an 8-minute song crammed into 2 and a half. Things did get better from there, but not by much
With a name like Meat Puppets I was expecting something a bit heavier.
Not my thing
Meh
Well, it kind of sucks. It sounds like some grungy kids decide to kind of do grunge, and kind of do country. There are a couple good songs on this album, but those are pretty much the songs that Nirvana covered.
4 star music that should be downgraded to a 3 because of the voice but is downgraded to a 2 because of the voice
Somewhat interesting, as I heard some of the influences for Nirvana, but I do not think I will be revisiting this one soon. The instrumental tracks caught my ear a bit, but other than that it feels more like an experimental project rather than a real band with a real album. All in all, I am sad to say I did not like it!
Very punky. Hectic sounds. Maybe could listen when ordering the house. Did not like it much, just a few songs.
I understand the importance of using some of their punk dissonant noise, but I was not very into it, mostly for the vocals. Guitar and drums are probably the best part of the album, but not enough to make it a top.
It was ok. I liked the variety but it wasn’t anything special.
Not my favourite.
Kinda drifted with this one, instrumentally there were some nice moments but not too big a fan of the voice
This album to me feels loose, intense, chaotic and all over the place. The instrumentation is very good and tight. I don't like the signing, I find it very whiny at times and very hard to get used to. I prefer the lower register singing as I feel it suits the music better than the high register. I enjoyed the blend of hardcore/punk with country/hillbilly... what an odd album. Nirvana covered three of their songs on MTV Unplugged live, Plateau, Oh Me and Lake of fire. I tend to very much prefer these covers rather than the original ones. Overall I ended up enjoying the instrumental tracks the most. My favourite songs are Aurora Borealis, We’re Here, Teenager(s).. but it’s not something I’d ever re-listen.
IDK man. Who knows what this album wanted to be. Why did it have to start loud and then mostly become vibey instrumentals.
Lyrics I can barely hear combined with thin, dissonant scoring = not my thing
Didn't do much for me.
I liked when the southern charm came out but there was too much MOR alt stuff for me to truly enjoy this
Tough to listen to. I get where they influenced bands that came later, with the obvious Nirvana link. But the music just isn’t well produced
É um disco interessante e bom, completamente arruinado pelos vocais porcos. Uma verdadeira pena, porque eu gostei bastante do trabalho instrumental da banda. Algumas faixas possuem uma progressão semelhante à uma fusão de country com punk, algo bem intrigante de se ouvir. Mas os vocais arruinam boa parte dessas canções, eu simplesmente achei intolerável a forma com que o vocalista entrega suas partes. Eu consigo até ver porque alguém daria 5 estrelas pra esse álbum e o declararia como um dos favoritos da lista. As partes boas são ótimas, sendo essas as instrumentais, como mencionei. E é aquilo, o vocalista é basicamente um gosto adquirido, é fácil imaginar alguém que adora este estilo vocal. Eu não sou essa pessoa, uma pena! Não quero falar mais desse disco, pra mim foi uma grande decepção e potencial perdido. É louvável o apreço da banda pela mescla de diferentes gêneros e pela experimentação, isso não vou negar, e por isso eles merecem uma alavancadazinha na nota, e também pela qualidade das composições. 2/5
Not moved one way or the other tbh. Probably genre defining but didn’t care much.
Cowpunk, can’t sing
I didn't mind it. I got some mild Nirvana vibes from it. Not something I'll listen to again.
This is ok as filler music for a psych rock playlist, but that's about it. Nothing really clicked with me.
The whiplash I felt! I saw the first genre listed on Wikipedia was cowpunk. The first song certainly was punk, and when the country and bluegrass sound came through, I truly understood what the cowpunk genre meant. Meat Puppets II straddled themselves between genres well. When one song was more punk, the next picked up the country vibe. I found myself impressed how they effortlessly merged two genres that aren't ever combined. But other than that, the vocals were fine and the lyrics flat. I would've thought the other aspects of such an unusual album would be, well, not so poor, but here we are.
Wasn’t for me. Didn’t like the vocals, and a lot of the songs lacked substance. I will say that there were a lot of interesting sounds throughout the album. It definitely wasn’t a boring listen. I think it has its place on the list, but I just didn’t groove with this one.
Magic Toy Missing was pretty cool. Then the album sucked again.
Instrumentals were good, otherwise not great.
Music good, vocals bad
I don’t get it.
5/10
Indie Rock before that really was a thing. But that's not a compliment, as it didn't forsee everything that's great about the genre, but rather focuses on the bland and uninspired aspects. Musicianship is above average, but the two bis S aren't there, at all: Songs and Singing. Thus, it's a rather dull affair. 2/5
Nope.
Mid. I did not like the leads voice at all.
Well that was god damn weird. Schizo genre post punk? This album doesn't feel like it came out in 1984 and would better fit in the 90s. It also must have been Kurt Cobain's favorite album as the only songs I recognized on here were covered during Nirvana's unplugged sessions, which is why I am giving it the ranking I did.
we’re all just meat puppets aren’t we
Not really sure what this was. Very strange experience.
kinda only significant for the song that nirvana covered
This is nothing special. A few good guitar songs, but the vocals are so off-putting, I can't give this more than a 2. Disco is more relevant to music than whatever this is. 2/5
Surprising. Not what I expected. There were moments that I really enjoyed, and then others that I didn't. Cool to hear how it influenced Jeff Tweedy.
Better than I expected. But still not what I would classify as good. It did have a solid country rock vibe. Probably liked it better than I should because I had just listened to Captain Beefheart.
It sometimes sounded like the singer was performing a different song to the rest of the band. I generally preferred what the band were playing.
Not very good.
Las instrumentales eran lo mejor del album
Ok
The vocals are atrocious, and the playing is often sloppy. Thank God for the instrumentals, they're the best songs musically anyway.
Interesting to hear this album after listening to Nirvana's Unplugged album, as so many iconic songs from that performance come from this album. Still- I wouldnt say I really enjoyed it. The Meat Puppets definitely have a unoqie sound- a mix of punk, alternative, and psychedelic rock. There were good songs that were catchy enough, but were a little too rough (especially the vocals). Overall- probably 2.5/5, not quite a 3
Welp, I was hoping that this album would show me Meat Puppets was more than just "Backwater" and "Lake of Fire". But...it just was not my favorite.
Insupportable sur la longueur, envie d'un anévrisme
Quite an interesting but strange album. Thought it was ok,but don't think I'll be checking anything else out by them
Meh. 2 Stars
Remarkably forgettable.
Weird to hear traces of country in rock. Found it a bit too sloppy, and I didn’t quite like the vocals. An interesting mix, but not for me.
Do not recommend playing if you're trying to have a relaxing bath.
Music ok but vocals awful
Liked the instrumental only tracks but that’s about it
Oh, Me //
Thoughts on this album: “Man, this really sounds a lot like Nirvana.” Then I realized Nirvana covered several songs from this album on their MTV Unplugged performance. Honestly, I think Nirvana’s versions are better. Overall, the songs were generally okay. “Lake of Fire” and “Plateau” stood out, probably because of their recognition through Nirvana. However, I just couldn’t get past the vocals enough to fully enjoy the album. A somewhat strong 2 stars.
grunge, alternative
Instrumentals are great but can’t stand his voice
Not a fan of punk, screaming metal
It's ok...
I expected more based on the awesome album cover + name combo
This album had no idea what it wanted to be. So many genres and it does almost none of them well. Any halfway good instrumentals were overshadowed by how awful the singer is. The best songs were the ones where he didn’t open his mouth.
This album was trying to do several different things at once and I dont think it was successful at much. I wanted to like it, but it didn't leave an impression on me.
unfortunately i did not dig this at all. two flops in a row. sad!
Meh The singer is quite monotone Some cool guitar riffs and drums here amd there but overall quite average
Sorry, this is rubbish, despite the Nirvana covers. The "singer" is anything but, the drums are amateur level, and the guitar work is just above average.
p515. 1983. 2 stars. Some good songs and guitar playing let down by truly dreadful singing.
Feels a little Beck-like, especially the singers voice, Southern California easy listening.
lihanuket. quirky.. huumehörhökulttuurista syntyneet.. originaalia originaalia.. jos joskus jonkun on täytynyt leikata lettinsä niin tässä on muutama kandidaattia kuulkaas.. kuulkaas minuu.. envittu tiiä.emt.. mitä tähän nyt sanoisi taas kerran semmosta alikypseytettyä musiikkia ja saatana ei vaikuta kovin tärkeältä pläntiltä musiikkihistoriasta.. kuuntelinko taas vajaa tunnin musiikkia josta en oikeen tykkää ja lisäksi kukaan muu ei tiedä näistä ja ei kovin tärkeä ollut millään tasolla.. njojaa ei se nyt huonoin asia koskaan . ei se nynyt huono ole.. repsekti respektiä.. reseptiö.. daaaaaaggggggggggggggggggggg magic toy msisign
can’t really go wrong w this kinda psychedelic rock shit, i like the diversity in this album tbh but its nothing special, i enjoyed oh,me and lake of fire those banged, some of this album is lowkey giving radiohead, why are there songs named the same thing
A love letter to ADHD.
Maso
2 estrelas :-(
eh
This was alright. Instrumentation and instrumental tracks i liked, but the singing and songwriting fell flat. Somewhere between 2 and 3 stars for me, was pretty grating at times.
You know... not a fan.
First 30 second I was out but I persevered and turn out it was good in parts.
This would hit different if I didn't hear Kurt Cobain perform these songs better
This varies from bland to mildly annoying. The singer has a rather irritating voice. Musically, it has some decent parts, but as a whole, it didn’t work at all for me.
Tyckte jag kändes igen namnet. Trodde först vi redan lyssnat på bandet på denna resa. Men hittade inte i historien. Men när plateau kom kände jag igen Nirvana. De gjorde tre covers och gjorde det mycket bättre. Detta var inte en rolig upplevelse. Sången är fruktansvärd. Och musiken är oinspirerande. Ville mest att det skulle ta slut.
Får för mig att det skulle låta åt det här hållet (fast ännu sämre) om jag själv skulle ge mig på en sångkarriär. Usel sång som tyvärr förstör hela skivan, även fast det rent instrumentellt är hyfsat bra (blir väldigt tydligt på Aurora borealis).
Yeah it tracks that Kurt Cobain liked these guys. I liked the instrumental songs enough but that’s pretty much it
Not good. There were a couple songs that were okay but apparently they’re bonus tracks. I’m all for bad singers but Curt and I seem to share a range. Also the guitarist seems to be trying to find the right note and tune mid recording.
The vocals are wavering and out of tune at times. It doesn't help that the bare-bones production often highlights the flaws and occasionally sloppy playing. The country-inflected numbers stick to predictable chords and are largely forgettable. On such a short album, the numerous instrumentals (such as "Aurora Borealis") seem like lost opportunities. The frenetic singing on faster-paced tracks like "Split Myself in Two" and "New Gods" unfortunately reduce the vocal melody to a blur. However, the perfectly-paced "Plateau" pulls everything together and is the highlight of the album; the fleshed-out arrangement really does the song justice.
I don’t like the mix on this the vocals were unintelligible
This actually sounded kind of fun at times. 2.5
1.5. Vocals not my thing.
O indie antes de existir o termo!
I’m gonna be straight up. For the most part, I didn’t really like this album. It felt a little too janky and messy most of the time, and didn’t really bring joy to my ear flaps. There were definitely occasions where this changed, and it was generally when it started getting a little rockabilly. Overall, I’m honestly not sure why this is considered an essential listen. It certainly isn’t as far as I’m concerned, but if you disagree then I’d love to hear why.
They received the two because there were a couple of songs without them trying to sing. They can’t sing!!
Well that was different, and what an opening track! I mean, why did they bother? Thankfully after that they did actually make an attempt at playing music, and he proved he could sing if he wanted. Have never appreciated this type of guitar work, and only Velet Underground have ever made tracks where it sounded correct. It did improve massively after the opener (not difficult), but not enough for me. 2
Lo-fi, as expected from the SST label in the 1980's. Meat Puppets were on my radar, but never in my collection. I was too busy listening to their label mates Screaming Trees. That said this wasn't too bad, but you can hear their influence in many bands that followed them. It's a 2.4, just not enough to get it to the other side for a 3 star.
like an angry sock monkey. catchy beats but nigh incomprehensible lyrics or vibes. Would not recommend. 2 stars at best.
Singing badly as a stylistic choice is bold, wrong, but bold. if it wasn't for that I may have liked it - it's a bit of a different sound and there's certainly something interesting about it. I just wish the singer wasn't in it
Short-ish, although it didn't feel that way. I really enjoyed the Stones cover, and think this summed up this album well. I was expecting something much more punk, but this was mostly slacker / stoner indie rock fare. Not one I am likely to revisit, save possibly the aforementioned cover.
The singer is the worst part of this band.
I was disappointed with this album, it felt disjointed throughout and never really caught a groove. Maybe that’s their goal being grungy punk vibes?
Bruh
The Meat Puppets songs were my least favorite ones on the MTV Unplugged album. I liked Aurora Borealis though. Lake of Fire was not great. Overall not much going on on this album. High 2.
4/10 - idk I wasn’t paying that much attention. Also I listened to this album like a week ago and idk what I was writing. I think one of the songs was just yelling
Eh, well, best song is the nirvana cover
The best songs were the ones without vocals. The singing was horrendous. I had to go outside and listen there to make sure my neighbors did not think I was hurting my cat. It should be a 1 star, but the music itself wasn't too bad. It was pretty good, actually, just completely ruined by the singing.
Enjoy the psychedelic parts of this but way too up and down for me
Nothing memorable for me here although I appreciate it for what it is
Someone shoulda told him to stop singing.
Not a fan. It had its moments musically but this guy’s voice is too grating. I will not be returning to this.
I was trying to put my finger on where I’d heard of the Meat Puppets before and it all fell into place after hearing Lake Of Fire which Nirvana covered (I didn’t recognize Plateau or Oh, Me). They’re not really my cuppa tea. I’m giving them a 2, but it’s on the higher side because I quite enjoyed I’m A Mindless Idiot.
Going from punk to bluegrass in the opening of this album was certainly a choice. Kind of represented just how all over the place this album felt. Oh, Me felt like the best song on the album, but that was about it for me. Don't have it in me to give this a 3. 2 stars.
Nirvana cover was better
A few great tracks, more than a few not great tracks
nirvana covered a couple of their songs and tbh i liked nirvanas covers better.
OK.
First listen. Nah.
Very short, very okay to listen to once and then never remember it again
Only liked Aurora Borealis and Aura Borealis
Ikke lige mig
I had higher expectations for this, but I just didn't like it. Lot of Nirvana mentions, well no. Their demos even sound better
2/5. Not great. Too jarring and disjoint.
Oh yeah, it’s those songs I don’t really like from MTV unplugged. This has an interesting DIY, punk, garage-band feel to it, with the weird bluegrass and country influences. But it’s not that enjoyable for me to listen to.
Felt like this was trying to do hundred things, most of them poorly. Didn’t enjoy the vocals, too chaotic
Cowpunk schijnt dit te heten. Country en punk, het klinkt niet als een gelukkige combinatie en dat is het dan ook niet. Er wordt af en toe nog wel aardig op de gitaar gepingeld, maar de lijzige zang en het afgeraffelde spel van de anderen vernaggelen de boel.
Zonder KC (Kurt Cobain) hadden we vermoedelijk nooit van CK (Curt Kirkwood) gehoord. En ook niet van zijn Meat Puppets. De muziek is toch bij het grote publiek bekend geworden dankzij de Nirvana MTV Unplugged sessie. Daar laat KC zien hoe goed de liedjes van CK kunnen zijn, als je de vocalen tenminste niet verkracht als een Joni in haar slechtste dagen. CK klinkt namelijk op dit origineel als een dronken KC, die teveel heroine heeft gespoten samen met Courtney en daarna nog verkouden is geworden. Zo tarten nummers als Climbing en Oh Me op dit album alle logica, wetten en met name trommelvliezen. Bizar zo vals, zelfs Joni heeft hier moeite mee. En ik dus ook. Terwijl de nummers an sich schitterend zijn. Mooie gitaarliedjes, die nergens te standaard zijn, maar ook iets schurends hebben (en dan niet door de stem). Proto-grunge, grunge avant la lettre. Cowpunk omschrijft wiki het. Weer een genre ontdekt. Check. Ik heb de versie van KC 5 sterren gegeven. En die ga ik nu even opzetten. Want de OG van CK is me maar 2 sterren waard, verdiend door de nummers waarop hij niet zingt.
Kind of a meh album. Instruments were pretty cool but not a fan of the singer. I knew I recognized Plateau and Lake of Fire but it turns out its because Nirvana made them popular
Didn't care for this one.
Another dreadful waste of space on the list, with an extra star earned for a nice instrumental moment or two.
My expectations were low for a band called meat puppets. Their instrumentals were fun and unexpected. All was more country than expected. The singing was awful. 2* Highlights: magic toy missing (because it involved 0 singing)
This was a bit of a weird and unexpected listen. The songwriting and music is all over the place from Meat Puppets. From initial vibes it is a bit of a turnoff, but once the album gets going its clear there is something more to it. Meat Puppets are somehow able to blend a weird synergy of raucous noise and lyrics into something competent. The vocals are a mess both in terms of style and lyrics, but sometimes they work. Overall it kinda feels like the best version of when one of your wasted stoner friends starts messing around on a guitar and every now and then something decent comes out of it. I can understand how this wouldn't be someone's cup of tea, but for 29 minutes I was mildly intrigued. My only prior awareness of Meat Puppets was Kurt's reference on the Nirvana unplugged album. After now hearing the source material I have a new respect for those tracks both in the way of Nirvana's performance and the Meat Puppets originals. It's clearly highlights how Meat Puppets assembled some decent music that with a little fine tuning and a different approach could have been something really special. A little hard to put a rating to this one because I'm a little torn on how I feel about it. On the one hand its pretty annoying, but on the other hand its also kinda fun. 2.23 stars
Man this album sucked. Terrible singing though the instrumentals were fine. 5/10.
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Nothing stands out here other than Lake of Fire 1001 album worthy: No - 13/27
Very interesting. Just last week I had Nirvana’s MTV’s Unplugged album, which features three Meat Puppets’ songs. Without Nirvana, no one has even heard of these guys. There’s a reason for that. I’ll give them credit for some decent ideas that were executed poorly.
Rubbish
Try hard
Album was annoying. Listened to it at work, and it made my day longer. I can see a lot of newer whiny stuff that may draw inspiration from this, but a lot of those newer bands can sing better.
2.75
Meh
# 373 : An album which makes you reconsider whether there are as many as 1,001 albums you must listen to before you die.
It was pretty chaotic, but not the good kind of chaos. I didn't enjoy it
Only one song really hooked me the whole time. "Lake of Fire" was great but the rest was okay.
lo apruebo levemente porque noto la influencia sobre Kurt Cobain pero: por qué desafina asi!!!!! cantá bien, la reconchadetumadre
Kuulemisen arvoinen soundi, eikä Neil Youngin ystävillä pitäisi olla laulusta suurempaa valittamista. Biisit eivät kuitenkaan yllä siihen tasoon, mitä miellyttävän haparoiva esitys vaatii.
Just terrible.
Blandet landhandel af country psyk rock, ikke lige min kop te
trash but fun trash
Muppets.
I like the music but not the vocals
Don't like his voice. Some instrumental tracks have a nice sound though.
The singers voice is too whiny and high pitched, I love punk so I had high hopes for this album.
How to ruin some otherwise decent music with some terrible vocals 101. It's no surprise then that the instrumental-heavy second half is better than the first half.
Okay nothing special imo 4/10
#366. So we're going to listen to the Meat Puppets. It's not the album with Backwater on it, which is the only song by them anyone likes, but it is the one with that Lake of Fire song that Nirvana covered at their MTV Unplugged concert. I always thought that cover sounded bad, but let me tell you what, the original sounded way worse somehow. Geez, wtf? I get the feeling when listening to a lot of Nirvana's music that Kirk O'Bane is trying to sound intentionally bad sometimes, and now I see that he's just trying to sound like his favorite band, the Meat Puppets, who were just accidentally bad. 2/5: shit
Favourite song - Aurora borealis
Never heard of this group. Casual research reveals that they never charted in the UK or toured. I’m sure some hip UK DJ may have championed them at some point but never to my attention. Having listened to them it’s pure Americana rock which I doubt could be made by any non US bands. I expected Nivana type grunge but more like yee haw hillbilly on speed. Some good guitar but heavily spoilt by warbling lead singer. 2/5 26/9/24
Decent with some random yelling. Had never heard of them.
Good as long as they aren't singing
Why interesting?
This is testing me. Songs are short, nothing grabs on me, the vocals annoy me and it feels all over the place. Maybe it’s just too raw for me to get it. AND this is my second listen of Meat Puppets II, I liked it even less now. Somebody is pulling a cruel prank right now. 2 stars.
Bah, this could have been interesting with the sort of punk, sort of bluegrass vibe, and some of it was. But the awful, awful vocals. Why? And then even the instrumentals seemed kind of lackluster to me. Disappointing.
Instrumentals are ok, rest of the album is not for me 2/5
A bit of a rough listen. First song sounds like Emo Philips going berserk. At least it’s fairly short and the instrumental to vocal ratio is pretty generous. End of Plateau is cool and there’s the odd nice Canyonero riff and Turkey In The Straw solo here and there.
2.5
There are some good songs (Lake of Fire) and some good instrumentals, but overall just waiting for it to be over and fairly unengaging.