Monsters (Meat Puppets album)

Monsters is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Meat Puppets, released in October 1989. Their last release on SST Records, it was reissued on Rykodisc in 1999 with additional bonus tracks, recording notes by Derrick Bostrom and liner notes by music journalist Mark Kemp. As an added bonus, the reissue includes an "Enhanced CD" partition for play on home computers. Monsters offers the promotional video for "Light". The clip was produced and directed by Bill Taylor and features shots of the Puppets live in concert.

Monsters
Studio album by Meat Puppets
Released	October 1989
Recorded	1987-89
Genre	Alternative rock hard rock[1] heavy metal[2]
Length	46:01 (Original) 59:46 (Reissue)
Label	SST (253)
Producer	Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets chronology
Huevos (1987) Monsters (1989) No Strings Attached (1990)

Content

Musical style

Monsters was described as a "heavy rock attack" by Stephen Thomas Erlewine in an AllMusic biography of the band,[1] while Roaul Hernandez of Austin Chronicle remarked that the record was "metal all the way".[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Chicago Tribune	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
NME	6/10[6]
Robert Christgau	A–[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	6/10[8]

AllMusic's Greg Prato gave a mixed review of Monsters, commenting that while songs were "hindered" by "synth textures" and individual instrument recording, the record had "several highlights" including a "viscious" album opener in "Attacked By Monsters", and the "tough rocker" "The Void".[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Attacked by Monsters"	4:43
2.	"Light"	4:15
3.	"Meltdown"	3:06
4.	"In Love"	3:50
5.	"The Void"	6:32
6.	"Touchdown King"	6:07
7.	"Party Till the World Obeys"	4:20
8.	"Flight of the Fire Weasel"	3:16
9.	"Strings on Your Heart"	5:10
10.	"Like Being Alive"	4:42

CD reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Wish Upon a Storm"	4:27
12.	"Flight of the Fire Weasel, Pt. 1"	4:25
13.	"Flight of the Fire Weasel, Pt. 2"	4:44

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Meat Puppets | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
2. Hernandez, Raoul (9 April 1999). "What is this? - Music". Austin Chronicle. Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
3. Prato, Greg. "Monsters - Meat Puppets". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
4. Kot, Greg (1989-12-21). "Meat Puppets Monsters (SST)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
5. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2006. ISBN 9780857125958.
6. Williams, Simon (18 November 1989). "The Meat Puppets – Monsters". NME.
7. "CG: Meat Puppets". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
8. Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780679755746.