Meat Puppets discography

Meat Puppets discography

Releases
↙Studio albums	12
↙EPs	4
↙Singles	16

The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

Studio albums

Meat Puppets Label: SST (SST 009) Released: 1982 Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with the In a Car EP and 13 extra bonus tracks.

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Meat Puppets II Label: SST (SST 019) Released: 1984 Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 7 bonus tracks.

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Up on the Sun Label: SST (SST 039) Released: 1985 Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 5 bonus tracks.

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Mirage Label: SST (SST 100) Released: 1987 Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 5 bonus tracks.

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Huevos Label: SST (SST 150) Released: 1987 Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 5 bonus tracks.

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Monsters Label: SST (SST 253) Released: 1989 Other information: Reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1999 with 3 bonus tracks.

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Forbidden Places Label: London Records (828 254) Released: July 9, 1991 Other information: Out of print.

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Too High to Die Label: London Records (828 484) Released: January 25, 1994 Other information: -

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No Joke! Label: London Records (828 665) Released: October 3, 1995 Other information: Last release with the original Meat Puppets line-up.

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Golden Lies Label: Atlantic Records (83402-2) Released: September 26, 2000 Other information: -

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Rise to Your Knees Label: Anodyne Records Released: July 17, 2007 Other information: Original bassist Cris Kirkwood's first contribution with the Meat Puppets in 12 years.

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Sewn Together Label: Megaforce Records Released: May 12, 2009 Other information: - Lollipop Label: Megaforce Records Released: April 12, 2011 Other information: -

EPs

In a Car Label: 1981: World Imitations Records 1985: SST (SST 044) Released: 1981 / 1985 Other information: Reissued by Rykodisk in 1999.

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Out My Way Label: SST (SST 049) Released: 1986 Other information: Reissued by Rykodisk in 1999.

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Raw Meat Label: London Records Released: 1994 Other information: Promotional release that only came as a bonus record with the Too High to Die LP.

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You Love Me Label: London Records (PRO 74691-2) Released: 1999 Other information: Promotional EP.

Compilations and Live Recordings

No Strings Attached Label: SST (SST 265) Released: 1990 Other information: Compilation CD from SST Records when the Meat Puppets left them for London Records.

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Live in Montana Label: Rykodisc (RCD 10472) Released: 1999 Other information: Live album of two concerts on 7 and 8 December 1988 in U.S.A.

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Meat Puppets 8 Label: Rykodisc (RBX 00005) Released: 1999 Other information: Boxset containing all 8 of the rereleased Meat Puppets CDs

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Live Label: DCN Digital Club Network (DCN CD 1003) Released: 2002 Other information: Live album by the new Meat Puppets line-up. Recorded in February 2001.

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Classic Puppets Label: Rykodisc (RCD 10648) Released: 2004 Other information: -

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Rare Meat Label: Unofficial Release Released: 2005 Other information: This is a compilation of rare and unreleased material, released on Derrick Bostrom's Meat Puppets blog.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
		US	US Main.	US Mod.
1985	"Swimming Ground"	—	—	—
1987	"Get on Down"	—	—	—
	"I Am a Machine"	—	—	—
	"I Can't Be Counted On"	—	—	—
1989	"Light"	—	—	—
1991	"Sam"	—	—	13
	"Whirlpool"	—	—	—
1994	"Backwater"	47	2	11
	"We Don’t Exist"	—	28	—
	"Tender Cuts"	—	—	—
	"Meat Puppets Promo"	—	—	—
	"Roof with a Hole"	—	—	—
	"Lake of Fire"	—	—	—
1995	"Scum"	—	20	23
1996	"Taste of the Sun"	—	—	—
2000	"Armed and Stupid"	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtrack and Compilation Appearances

• 1981 – Light Bulb (Song "Meat Puppets")
• 1981 – Keats Rides a Harley (Songs "H-Elenore" and "The Losing End")
• 1981 – Amuck (Song "Unpleasant")
• 1983 – The Blasting Concept (Songs "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds" and "Meat Puppets")
• 1983 – Bethel (Song "Soup")
• 1984 – Basic Sampler (Songs "Aroura Borealis" and "Problem Child")
• 1983 – Leather Chaps and Lace Petticoats (Song "Magic Toy Missing")
• 1986 – Lovedolls Superstar (Song "No Values")
• 1986 – The 7 Inch Wonders of the World (In a Car EP)
• 1986 – The Blasting Concept vol. 2 (Song "I Just Want to Make Love to You")
• 1990 – Duck and Cover (Song "Good Golly Miss Molly")
• 1990 – The Edge of Rock (Song "Light")
• 1991 – Stereophonic (Song "That’s How It Goes")
• 1991 – Aural Fixations (Song "Funnel of Love")
• 1994 – Chasers (Song "Sam")
• 1994 – Fast Track to Nowhere (Song "House of Blue Light")
• 1994 – Cream of Cuts (Song "Backwater")
• 1994 – Love and a .45 (Song "Animal")
• 1995 – White Man's Burden (Song "Animal")
• 1995 – Alterno-Daze 90's Natural Selection (Song "Sam")
• 1995 – X Factor (Song "This Day")
• 1995 – Songs in the Key of X (Song "Unexplained")
• 1995 – Our Band Could Be Your Life: A Tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen (Song "The Price of Paradise")
• 1995 – UMPF (Song "Backwater")
• 1996 – A Small Circle of Friends (Song "Not All Right")
• 1996 – Barb Wire (Song "Scum" (Vapourspace remix))
• 1996 – Big Ones of Alternative Rock vol. 1 (Song "Backwater")
• 1997 – Alternative Rock Cafe (Song "Backwater")
• 1999 – Alt.Country Exposed Roots (Song "Lost")
• 1999 – Southern Edge vol. 1 (Song "Sam")
• 2000 – Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (Song "Two Rivers")
• 2004 – Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground (Song "Lake of Fire")

Music videos

short form

Year	Title	Director	Album
1987	Get On Down	Robert Tucker	Mirage
1989	Light	Bill Taylor	Monsters
1994	Backwater		Too High to Die
1994	We Don’t Exist		Too High to Die

long form

• 2003 - Alive in the Nineties
• 2010 - A History Lesson Part 1