Mirage

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All Music Guide - Greg Prato
As many Meat Puppets fans had realized by 1987's Mirage, the trio would change gears and broaden their sound with each successive album. This was never more apparent than on their fourth full-length release. Synthesizers were used to add textures to the tunes, while the drums sounded metronome-perfect, almost as if a drum machine was supplying the patterns. Strangely, although Mirage was the trio's most experimental album, it also turned out to be one of their most psychedelia-based works. The groovy little ditty "Get on Down" turned out to be one of the band's first videos aired on MTV, while the title track, the melodic "Leaves," the country rocker "Confusion Fog," the ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Greg Prato
As many Meat Puppets fans had realized by 1987's Mirage, the trio would change gears and broaden their sound with each successive album. This was never more apparent than on their fourth full-length release. Synthesizers were used to add textures to the tunes, while the drums sounded metronome-perfect, almost as if a drum machine was supplying the patterns. Strangely, although Mirage was the trio's most experimental album, it also turned out to be one of their most psychedelia-based works. The groovy little ditty "Get on Down" turned out to be one of the band's first videos aired on MTV, while the title track, the melodic "Leaves," the country rocker "Confusion Fog," the unrelenting "Beauty," and the album-closing punk freak-out "Liquified" are all standouts. Several previously unreleased demos were included on the 1999 Rykodisc reissue, as well as a solo Curt Kirkwood original, "Grand Intro."
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 12/6/2011
  • Label: Mvd Audio
  • UPC: 760137527725
  • Catalog Number: 5277

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Mirage (3:41)
  2. 2 Quit It (2:38)
  3. 3 Confusion Fog (3:53)
  4. 4 The Wind and the Rain (2:58)
  5. 5 The Mighty (3:18)
  6. 6 Get On Down (2:56)
  7. 7 Leaves (2:40)
  8. 8 I Am a Machine (4:24)
  9. 9 Beauty (3:04)
  10. 10 A Hundred Miles (3:36)
  11. 11 Love Our Children Forever (3:58)
  12. 12 Liquified (3:11)
  13. 13 The Mighty Zero (3:40)
  14. 14 I Am a Machine (4:05)
  15. 15 Liquified (3:39)
  16. 16 Rubberneckin' (2:46)
  17. 17 Grand Intro (2:05)
  18. 18 Get On Down
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Meat Puppets Primary Artist
Derrick Bostrom Drums, Vocals
Cris Kirkwood Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Curt Kirkwood Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Technical Credits
Meat Puppets Engineer, Drawing
Steven Escallier Engineer
Stuart Sullivan Mastering
Derrick Bostrom Producer, Liner Notes, Remixing, Cover Art
Cris Kirkwood Composer
Curt Kirkwood Composer, Engineer, Cover Art
Robert Tucker Director, Producer
Steve Chadie Engineer
Joe Sasfy Liner Notes
Marc Weingarten Liner Notes
Ian Gilchrist Producer
Tami Blevins Producer
Mike Hissong Remixing
David Nichols Remixing
Dennis Pelowski Management
Troy Hansbrough Producer
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