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Where to start with The Meat Puppets?

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? by SurfsUp

Just heard Backwater on the ATP Myspace and liked it. Wikipedia tells me they've done 11 albums, which should I get first?

SurfsUp | 10 May '08, 19:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

II

or Up on the Sun

thewarn | 10 May '08, 19:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

^ ^ ^

stanstubbs | 10 May '08, 19:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Up on the Sun

is classic. The one they did in the early 90s (Too High To Die??) was pretty good too. First band I ever saw when I was 16.

marko23 | 10 May '08, 20:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Cheers guys

I might resurrect this thread in a couple of days to see if the Meat Puppets fans at ATP have anything to add.

SurfsUp | 11 May '08, 00:00 | Send note | Report this | Reply

You don't need to

everyone will say II

-dan- | 11 May '08, 00:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

^ ^ ^

stanstubbs | 11 May '08, 01:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Can't add anything here

thewarn gave the correct answer in the first response.

ElasticMan | 11 May '08, 12:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

II

and go and see them tomorrow night!

twicetwoequalsfour | 11 May '08, 00:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Backwater is on Too High to Die

so you might want to start there. Don't think that album is seen a classic Meat Puppets though.

JohnM | 11 May '08, 11:56 | Send note | Report this | Reply

see: thewarn

J Mascis thinks the first album's brilliant, but it's actually a load of bollocks.

willma | 11 May '08, 15:11 | Send note | Report this | Reply