Golden Lies

Meat Puppets | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B00004Y6Q2
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,532 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Meat Puppets Golden Lies, December 11, 2000

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will mccord (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Golden Lies (Audio CD)

I have read reviews that are negative about this CD because Bostrum and brother Kirkwood are no longer in the band, reviews that claim it is not the 'real' Meat Puppets. I have been a fan of the Puppets since the the mid 80's and I have got to tell you, this is 'real'. I haven't been this impressed with a new release from the Puppets since Monsters. As I listen, I find myself smiling with amusement and enthusiasm at the direction this album takes the Meat Puppets. It is different, but all so familiar. Just goes to show that the person steering this band in all it's different creative directions all along was Curt Kirkwood. Do yourself a favor and buy it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MP Version 2.0-A version worth keeping, September 28, 2000

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Lee Schiller (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golden Lies (Audio CD)

Sometimes the misery and healing that comes with five years of personal struggle can rejuvenate. Other times it can send one onto a downward path to despair and self destructiveness. In the case of the resurrected Meat Puppets, it has done the former. Curt Kirkwood's songs look to the past and the future for their inspiration but never lose sight of the road once traveled. Tarantula resembles the song structure of Huevos with its fretboard work, and Push The Button harkens to the earlier threesome. But the must listen to songs on this recording are the revealing and beautiful Endless Wave and the dark and lovely Pieces of Me. Unfortunately, the single Armed And Stupid may be the worst track here with its dull radio ready hooks resembling Scum from No Joke. But there are enough reasons to recommend this release to long time fans and introduce this band to the uninitiated.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Curt Kirkwood still knows how to rock, April 8, 2002

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This review is from: Golden Lies (Audio CD)

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!