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Rock
Release Date: 01/25/1994
Although
the Meat Puppets' previous album, 1991's
Forbidden Places, was one of the Arizona trio's finest, the band wasn't completely happy with the album's sound, courtesy of longtime
Dwight Yoakam producer
Pete Anderson. So on their second album for
London Records, 1994's
Too High To Die, the trio hooked up with
Butthole Surfer Paul Leary to put them back on track. Not only did they succeed, but they scored a big radio hit with the melodic rocker
"Backwater," and the release became their first to be certified gold. The electrified album opener
"Violet Eyes" kicks things off, and immediately thereafter, the trio takes you on a wild musical rollercoaster ride. Hard rock (
"We Don't Exist," "Station," an unlisted remake of
"Lake of Fire"), blues rock (
"Roof With a Hole"), ballads (
"Shine," "Why?"), country (
"Comin' Down"), and demented pop/rock (
"Never to Be Found," "Severed Goddess Hand," "Flaming Heart," "Things") help make up perhaps the band's most musically varied album.
~Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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