''Mirage'' is the fourth studio album by the
Arizona alternative rock band
Meat Puppets.
The album was reissued in 1999 by
Rykodisc with five additional bonus tracks, including early demos of "The Mighty Zero," "I Am a Machine" and "Liquified" as well as a cover of the
Elvis Presley song "
Rubberneckin'" and the previously unreleased "Grand Intro." As an added bonus, this album includes an "Enhanced CD" partition for play on home computers. ''Mirage'' offers the promotional video for "Get On Down."
Drummer
Derrick Bostrom
Derrick Edwin Bostrom (born June 23, 1960) is an American musician. He is a founding member and current drummer of the band Meat Puppets.
Although Meat Puppets singer/guitarist Curt Kirkwood wrote the majority of the songs for the band, Bostrom ...
has referred to the album as their "
psychedelic
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epic".
Music
Chuck Eddy called the music of ''Mirage'' "a sideways brand of
cactus-country rock", similar to the Meat Puppets' two preceding albums.
"Liquified" has been described as
"metal-ish" and compared to the band's early work, whereas "Confusion Fog" invited comparisons to the album ''
Meat Puppets II''.
Reception
Chuck Eddy wrote in a June 1987 edition of ''
SPIN Magazine'' that ''Mirage'' was "catchier and more intricate" than ''Meat Puppets II'' and ''
Up on the Sun
''Up on the Sun'' is the third album by the Meat Puppets, released in 1985 by SST Records. The album features a cleaner and more technical sound with a more psychedelic rock feel, in contrast to the sloppy punk approach of their first album (19 ...
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Track listing
All songs written by
Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.
Original album
# "Mirage" – 3:40
# "Quit It" – 2:36
# "Confusion Fog" – 3:49
# "The Wind and the Rain" – 2:57
# "The Mighty Zero" (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood) – 3:18
# "Get on Down" – 2:55
# "Leaves" – 2:38
# "I Am a Machine" – 4:21
# "Beauty" – 3:02
# "A Hundred Miles" – 3:34
# "Love Our Children Forever" – 3:56
# "Liquified" – 3:11
CD reissue bonus tracks
#
"The Mighty Zero" (Demo Version) (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood) - 3:40
# "I Am a Machine" (Demo Version) - 4:05
# "Liquified" (Demo Version) - 3:39
# "Rubberneckin’" (Dory Jones, Bunny Warren) - 2:46
# "Grand Intro" - 2:03
Personnel
;Meat Puppets
*Curt Kirkwood - guitar, vocals, artwork, sleeve drawings
*Cris Kirkwood - bass, vocals
*Derrick Bostrom - drums, cover artwork
References
Meat Puppets albums
1987 albums
SST Records albums
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