Golden Lies

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Five years after the release of No Joke!, the Meat Puppets return with Golden Lies and a new Austin-based cast under the direction of guitarist and singer Curt Kirkwood. The five years have been dreadful by most accounts, with bassist-cofounder (and Curt's brother) Cris devastated by acute, prolonged heroin addiction and the death by overdose of his wife--a story too detailed and sordid to deliver here. So Curt's back with additional guitarist Kyle Ellison, bassist Andrew Duplantis, and drummer Shandon Sahm, and the band is as steeped in desert-scorched psychedelia as they were in their early-'90s London Records days. And though it's hard to chart growth with a band that started their career with the brilliance of Meat Puppets II, Kirkwood shows not only the warpy ambition he crowned fans with in the mid-1980s but also a knack for using the studio as instrumental in creating a depth befitting the band that many have cited as one of American punk's greats. Kirkwood's laconic, deadpan voice matches wits with his and Ellison's thicker, artfully compressed, guitar attack. There are rave-ups ("Take Off Your Clothes"), deep-listening background dynamics, and even a very odd mottle of pop and choked-vocal guitar buzz on "Push the Button." Easily as good as any of the London-era Meat Puppets material, Golden Lies sounds like the dawn of a new meaty era. --Andrew Bartlett --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Average customer rating:

fits well in puppets catalog

Curt Kirkwood's Later Day Meat Puppets We're Great Too

Curt Kirkwood still knows how to rock

disappointing

The endless wave that crashes over me.

Golden Lies
Meat Puppets
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004Y6Q2
Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

Intro
Armed And Stupid
I Quit
Lamp
Hercules
Batwing
Take Off Your Clothes
You Love Me
Pieces Of Me
Push The Button
Tarantula
Endless Wave
Wipeout
Fatboy/Fat/Requiem

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Five years after the release of No Joke!, the Meat Puppets return with Golden Lies and a new Austin-based cast under the direction of guitarist and singer Curt Kirkwood. The five years have been dreadful by most accounts, with bassist-cofounder (and Curt's brother) Cris devastated by acute, prolonged heroin addiction and the death by overdose of his wife--a story too detailed and sordid to deliver here. So Curt's back with additional guitarist Kyle Ellison, bassist Andrew Duplantis, and drummer Shandon Sahm, and the band is as steeped in desert-scorched psychedelia as they were in their early-'90s London Records days. And though it's hard to chart growth with a band that started their career with the brilliance of Meat Puppets II, Kirkwood shows not only the warpy ambition he crowned fans with in the mid-1980s but also a knack for using the studio as instrumental in creating a depth befitting the band that many have cited as one of American punk's greats. Kirkwood's laconic, deadpan voice matches wits with his and Ellison's thicker, artfully compressed, guitar attack. There are rave-ups ("Take Off Your Clothes"), deep-listening background dynamics, and even a very odd mottle of pop and choked-vocal guitar buzz on "Push the Button." Easily as good as any of the London-era Meat Puppets material, Golden Lies sounds like the dawn of a new meaty era. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

fits well in puppets catalog.......2006-01-19

I can understand how people might have been disappointed with this when it came out, but in retrospect, it sounds pretty much like the other post-sst puppets records and it's just as good. IMO several of the songs are better than anything on 'too high to die'.

Curt Kirkwood's Later Day Meat Puppets We're Great Too.......2003-04-17

The album is adventurous and different from any other Meat Puppets album. But you could pretty much say the same thing about any Meat Puppets album. I was saddened as much as anyone that the original Meat Puppets lineup had to disintegrate. But Curt Kirkwood creates amazing music no matter who he's playing with and this album does not disappoint. It takes new directions, but does so well.

Curt Kirkwood still knows how to rock.......2002-04-08

For me, this is the Meat Puppet's best effort since leaving SST, slightly edging out Too High To Die. Endless Wave is every bit as good as Backwater, and would deserve to have reached the same success. If you are into the Meat Puppets last couple of albums, I can't see how you wouldn't get into this one. The new band is excellent and should be accepted on their own terms. The lyrics feature the same style of absurdities and anomalies mixed with existential pondering which has been commonplace to the band since they began using real words. Don't be stubborn! Believe in the Lies!

disappointing.......2001-12-26

i know about the predictament that chris is in and i know that the band is only called the Meat Puppets because they owe more records under the name Meat Puppets but if you choose to call your band the Meat Puppets i am automatically going to compare your band to that band. Curt makes good songs but there is something missing. All of the songs half-suck. maybe if they called their band the ... i would have judged this album differently. i have to say that this album is better than forbidden places, though. i gave this album three stars for trying to be a normal Meat Puppets album. it is not a total departure from the usual Meat Puppets' punk music for fans of the Grateful Dead mission statement but it is half of one.

The endless wave that crashes over me........2001-07-13

I'm really tired of hearing all the old-school Mup's fans dragging this album through the mud. Oh sure, it's different. Even 'slickly produced', if you had to. But... is 'different' a big surprise coming from Curt Kirkwood? I mean, the guy changes musical directions like Pete Townshend changes his mind. But, he almost never fails to bring a wonderful record to back up whatever his latest vision may be... and "Golden Lies" is no exception. Lots of other reviewers have hit the nail directly on the head concerning the individual tracks and overall sound, so I shant dwell on that too much. I can tell you this, though... it's an acquired taste. The record will not jump right out at you with it's indolent beauty all at once. Give it a few weeks.

Tracks:

String Quartet No. 7 In A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 7 In A Minor, Op. 16: II. Andante cantabile
String Quartet No. 7 In A Minor, Op. 16: III. Allegro scherzando
String Quartet No. 7 In A Minor, Op. 16: IV. Finale: Allegro, ma non troppo
Cypresses: 1. I know That In Your Sweet Glances
Cypresses: 2. Death Regins In Many A Human Breast
Cypresses: 3. In The Power Of Your Sweet Glances
Cypresses: 4. Oh! Our Love Will Never Blossom To A Happy End
Cypresses: 5. Here I Look For Your Dear Letter
Cypresses: 6. Oh, Golden Lovely Rose
Cypresses: 7. Now About The House I Wander
Cypresses: 8. Here In The Depths Of The Forest
Cypresses: 9. Oh, Dear Soul, Only One
Cypresses: 10. There Stands An Ancient Crag
Cypresses: 11. Stillness Lies In Nature's Realm
Cypresses: 12. You Ask Why My Songs

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