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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | November 1981 | |||
| Studio | Unicorn Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
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| Length | 21:29 | |||
| Label | SST (009) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B[3] |
| The Wire | (Favorable)[4] |
Meat Puppets is the debut studio album by American rock band the Meat Puppets, released in 1982 through SST Records.
The 1999 Rykodisc reissue features the entire In a Car EP as well as 13 other bonus tracks, many of them studio jams or outtakes, and a video clip of the band performing "Walking Boss" live. The booklet also has liner notes by Gregg Turkington and recording notes by drummer Derrick Bostrom.
In the 2012 book, Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets by Greg Prato, an entire chapter is dedicated to Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil explaining why Meat Puppets is one of his favorite all-time albums.[5]
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (September 10, 2018). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
...Meat Puppets' self-titled debut—a bristly fusion of hardcore thrash and Beefheart weirdness...
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Robert Christgau review
- ^ The Wire review
- ^ "Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets". Amazon. Retrieved February 19, 2013.