''No Strings Attached'' is a 1990
compilation album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...
of
Meat Puppets songs released by their ex-record label
SST Records. It was released after the band left SST Records to join London Records. The compilation includes songs from their first album ''
Meat Puppets'' (1982) through to their 1989 album ''
Monsters
A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...
''. The Meat Puppets had no involvement in this release.
Track listing
All songs written by
Curt Kirkwood
Curtis Matthew "Curt" Kirkwood (born January 10, 1959) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist, singer and primary songwriter for alternative rock group Meat Puppets.
Biography
Curt Kirkwood formed the Meat Puppets along with hi ...
, unless otherwise noted.
#"Big House" (Meat Puppets) - 1:04
#"In a Car" (Meat Puppets) - 1:19
#"Tumblin' Tumbleweeds" (
Bob Nolan) - 2:02
#"Reward" (Curt Kirkwood, Derrick Bostrom) - 1:08
#"The Whistling Song" - 2:56
#"New Gods" - 2:10
#"Lost" - 3:25
#"
Lake of Fire" - 1:55
#"Split Myself in Two" - 2:22
#"Up on the Sun" - 4:01
#"Swimming Ground" - 3:04
#"Maiden's Milk" (Curt Kirkwood,
Cris Kirkwood) - 3:16
#"Bucket Head" - 2:20
#"Out My Way" (Meat Puppets) - 4:49
#"Confusion Fog" - 3:48
#"I Am a Machine" - 4:21
#"Quit It" - 2:35
#"Beauty" - 2:59
#"Look at the Rain" - 4:19
#"I Can't Be Counted On" (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood) - 3:58
#"Automatic Mojo" (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood) - 3:20
#"Meltdown" - 3:06
#"Like Being Alive" - 4:42
#"Attacked by Monsters" - 4:41
Song origins
*Tracks 1 and 2 are from the ''
In a Car'' EP.
*Tracks 3 and 4 are from ''
Meat Puppets''.
*Tracks 5-9 are from ''
Meat Puppets II
''Meat Puppets II'' is the second album by the Phoenix, Arizona band the Meat Puppets, released in 1984. It is a departure from their self-titled debut album, which consisted largely of noisy hardcore with unintelligible vocals. It covers many gen ...
''.
*Tracks 10-13 are from ''
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 ...
''.
*Track 14 is from the ''
Out My Way
''Out My Way'' is an EP by the alternative rock band the Meat Puppets, released in 1986. It features a more hard rock-oriented sound than on previous releases, leading some critics to say that the sound is similar to the southern/hard rock styl ...
'' EP.
*Tracks 15-18 are from ''
Mirage
A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French ''(se) mirer'', from the Latin ''mirari'', meanin ...
''.
*Tracks 19-21 are from ''
Huevos ''Huevo'' is the Spanish-language translation of the word "egg", but can also be used as a Spanish slang term for "testicle".
''Huevo''(s) may also refer to:
Food
* '' Chorizo con huevos'', a popular Mexican dish consisting of fried chorizo with s ...
''.
*Tracks 22-24 are from ''
Monsters
A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...
''.
References
External links
*
Allmusic No Strings Attached Overviewbr>
1990 Entertainment Weekly Review
Meat Puppets albums
1990 compilation albums
SST Records compilation albums
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