Up on the Sun

Tienda This is the album where most fans agree that Curt, Cris, and Derrick came into their own as a totally original artistic force, where the intricate wordplay of Curt's heat-driven visions is finally matched by the tricky rhythmic exchanges and turbulent, trippy melodicism emanating from the instruments. When listening to songs such as the whistle-led "Maiden's Milk," the outrageously Talking Heads-funky "Away," or the giddy, rollicking "Seal Whales," it becomes almost impossible to believe that only three instruments could create such a delicate, textured record. It truly seemed that this Phoenix trio had managed to capture the sound of the desert on vinyl--the sense of echoing loneliness, the cactus prickliness, the vast open spaces. This reissue (originally released in 1985) includes five bonus eight-track demos. --Everett True From the Label Includes five previously unreleased tracks, plus a live video of "Swimming Ground" originally prepared for French TV. Also, an essay by Scott Schinder and recording notes by Derrick Bostrom. The high watermark of their early years, "Up on the Sun" remains as most Meat Puppets fans' all-time favorite. Recorded in just three days back in early 1985, the album recieved universal praise. In the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Mikal Gilmore described it as the "most articulate version yet of what is proving to be one of the more intriguing private musical languages in American pop." Richard Grabel effused thusly in New Musical Express: "Uplifting, delicate, inspiring, intricate, personal, important -- 'Up on the Sun' is all these things." For this edition, the album has been expanded to include five additional tracks, including very different demo versions of "Hot Pink," "Up on the Sun," and "Maiden's Milk," plus the previously unreleased "Embodiment of Evil." Also included is the original extended instrumental of "Hot Pink." As an added bonus, the albums in this series include an "Enhanced CD" partition for play on home computers. "Up on the Sun" offers a lucky find, a complete live video of the Meat Puppets performing "Swimming Ground" at Hollywood's Music Machine club in January of 1986. Originally produced for French television by I/O Productions, this video offers a rare glimpse of the band at the peak of their early career.

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