Up on the Sun [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Meat Puppets | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 16, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B00000I9KV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,428 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sun-baked goodness, September 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Up on the Sun (Audio CD)

Listened to this'n driving from El Paso to Phoenix to see The Flaming Lips back in '89. Plays like an endless stretch of scrubby desert. My ex-wife began her ship into evil psychosis because I wouldn't take this tape out of the player. She hit me with a sandwich and tried to get out of the car. It's that good!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, July 11, 2001

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Bruce (Whippany, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Up on the Sun (Audio CD)

How many albums can you think of that you like EVERY song on ? For me, the Beatles' "Abbey Road " and "Murmur" by REM come to mind. After listening to "Up on the Sun" by the Meat Puppets for the past 6 months, it has just hit me that this is a perfect album; I love every song on it.

The songs are fast, simple, fun, and really catchy. This record sounds like it is was recorded live in the studio during a session where the band had a lot of fun; it sounds real, not fake. The music is not as deep as the music on the Meat Puppets' album which came before this one (Meat Puppets II) but that's OK, it's a different album (by the way, Meat Puppets II is great and nearly perfect). Most of the songs focus on electric guitar but there are also songs where the bass rules the guitar (Maiden's Milk, Hot Pink). I have never heard bass like this before; it's amazing.

For anyone who likes alternative music, this is a must have.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best album of the eighties, December 13, 2002

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Noisoid (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Up on the Sun (Audio CD)

This record is certainly on par as one of the best albums of the eighties along w/ Zen Arcade, Double Nickels, also on SST. This is a psychedelic masterpiece...probably as good as Cream Disreali Gears was when it came out.