Mirage, Meat Puppets, Music CD

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Mirage


1	Mirage 3:30
2	Quit It 2:33
3	Confusion Fog 3:47
4	The Wind and the Rain 2:53
5	The Mighty Zero 2:50
6	Get on Down 2:50
7	Leaves 2:33
8	I Am a Machine 4:15
9	Beauty 2:55
10	A Hundred Miles 3:45
11	Love Our Children Forever 3:49
12	Liquified 3:05
13	The Mighty Zero previously unreleased 3:40
14	I Am a Machine previously unreleased 4:05
15	Liquified previously unreleased 3:39
16	Rubberneckin' previously unreleased 2:46
17	Grand Intro previously unreleased 4:35

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Editorial Reviews

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." Greg Prato, All Music Guide

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Mirage


1	Mirage 3:30
2	Quit It 2:33
3	Confusion Fog 3:47
4	The Wind and the Rain 2:53
5	The Mighty Zero 2:50
6	Get on Down 2:50
7	Leaves 2:33
8	I Am a Machine 4:15
9	Beauty 2:55
10	A Hundred Miles 3:45
11	Love Our Children Forever 3:49
12	Liquified 3:05
13	The Mighty Zero previously unreleased 3:40
14	I Am a Machine previously unreleased 4:05
15	Liquified previously unreleased 3:39
16	Rubberneckin' previously unreleased 2:46
17	Grand Intro previously unreleased 4:35

All Music Guide

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." Greg Prato

Product Details

Format: CD
Original Release: 1987
Release Date: 04/27/1999
Label: RYKODISC
Catalog No.: 10473
UPC: 014431047329
Sales Rank: 73,466

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Meat Puppets		Primary Artist
Derrick Bostrom		Drums
Cris Kirkwood		Bass, Vocals
Curt Kirkwood		Guitar, Vocals

Technical Credits
Meat Puppets		Producer
Steven Escallier		Producer, Engineer
Derrick Bostrom		Artwork
Curt Kirkwood		Artwork