Up on the Sun

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Up on the Sun
Studio album by Meat Puppets
Released	March 1985
Recorded	January 26 - 28 1985
Genre	Alternative\College Rock\Indie
Length	12 at 33:42 (SST edition) 17 at 56:59 (Rykodisc edition)
Label	SST Records
Producer	SPOT
Professional reviews
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Meat Puppets chronology
Meat Puppets II (1983) Up on the Sun (1985) Out My Way (EP) (1986)

Up on the Sun is the third album by the Meat Puppets, released in 1985 by SST Records. In 1999 the album was reissued on Rykodisc with bonus tracks and recording notes.

Whereas their first album was an unrehearsed punk/thrash assault, and their second was a somewhat ragged but splendid country-punk milestone, Up on the Sun sees the band relaxing a little, and even though it maintains quite a raw feel, there are passages of rather startling musicianship (even if the Kirkwoods hadn't gotten around to singing completely in tune yet), and the record is certainly no less surreal than its predecessors. It is sometimes compared with the Grateful Dead, though The Dead were probably never as tongue-in-cheek or strange as this.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Original album 1.2 CD Reissue 2 Recording 3 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

(All songs written by Curt Kirkwood unless otherwise noted)

[edit] Original album

1. "Up on the Sun" - 3:58
2. "Maiden’s Milk" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 3:17
3. "Away" - 3:30
4. "Animal Kingdom" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 1:23
5. "Hot Pink" - 3:22
6. "Swimming Ground" - 3:05
7. "Buckethead" - 2:19
8. "Too Real" - 2:08
9. "Enchanted Porkfist" - 2:48
10. "Seal Whales" - 2:16
11. "Two Rivers" - 3:15
12. "Creator" - 2:09

[edit] CD Reissue

Tracks 13-17 are bonus tracks on the Rykodisc reissue

1. "Up on the Sun" – 3:58
2. "Maiden's Milk" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) – 3:17
3. "Away" – 3:30
4. "Animal Kingdom" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) – 1:23
5. "Hot Pink" – 3:22
6. "Swimming Ground" – 3:05
7. "Buckethead" – 2:19
8. "Too Real" – 2:08
9. "Enchanted Pork Fist" – 2:48
10. "Seal Whales" – 2:16
11. "Two Rivers" – 3:15
12. "Creator" – 2:09
13. "Hot Pink II" - 3:55
14. "Up on the Sun II" - 4:28
15. "Mother American Marsmellow" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 4:28
16. "Embodiment of Evil" - 1:52
17. "Hot Pink III" - 8:37

[edit] Recording

Tracks 13-16 engineered by Darrell de Marco, November 1984 – January 1985.

Track 17 recorded by Cris and Curt Kirkwood, Mary 1983.

Tracks 13-17 remixed by Derrick Bostrom, David Nicolas and Mike Hissong at Living Head Studio, August 1998.

[edit] Personnel

• Curt Kirkwood - Guitar, Vocals
• Cris Kirkwood - Bass, Vocals
• Derrick Bostrom - Drums

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