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Tracklist (CD)
| 1 | | Intro | | | | 2 | | Armed And Stupid | | | | 3 | | I Quit | | | | 4 | | Lamp | | | | 5 | | Hercules | | | | 6 | | Batwing | | | | 7 | | Take Off Your Clothes | | |
See more tracks| 8 | | You Love Me | | | | 9 | | Pieces Of Me | | | | 10 | | Push The Button | | | | 11 | | Tarantula | | | | 12 | | Endless Wave | | | | 13 | | Wipeout | | | | 14 | | Fatboy / Fat / Requiem | | |
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Review
The first Meat Puppets studio album in five years isn't a proper Puppets record at all -- at least not for those who think that the band revolves around founders Curt Kirkwood and his drug-addled brother Cris. The good news: The new Cris-less lineup -- guitarist Kyle Ellison, drummer Shandon Sahm and ex-Bob Mould bassist Andrew Duplantis -- doesn't stink, by any means. It does, however, lack the original band's inspired derangement. On Golden Lies, weighty midtempo rock hobbles the Pups' trademark blend of cow-punk, blues and hallucinatory… Read More instrumental rants. "Hercules" is a standard mix of old-school heavy metal and new-school whitey funk, even when enlivened with sweet lyrical absurdities such as "I see a spiderman vigorously jumping/Up and down on a little pink dumpling." The pop plaint "You Love Me" is fine, dreamy stuff, but disappointingly conventional coming from a band renowned for idiosyncrasy. Curt seems to acknowledge his own heavy legacy on "Pieces of Me," moaning, "Once I was something/But I can't remember/Whatever that something should be." (RS 851)
NEVA CHONIN
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