Lollipop (album)

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Lollipop
Lollipop Meat Puppets.jpg
Studio album by
Meat Puppets
ReleasedApril 12, 2011
Genre
Length46:30
LabelMegaforce
ProducerCurt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets chronology
Sewn Together
(2009) 		Lollipop
(2011) 		Rat Farm
(2013)

Lollipop is the Meat Puppets' thirteenth full-length studio album. It was released on April 12, 2011, through Megaforce Records.

Content[]

Musical style[]

The A.V. Club opined Lollipop to be "a strong collection of power-pop songs".[1]

Lyrical content[]

In an AllMusic summary of Lollipop, the lyrics were described as "goofball surrealism" and "alternating tall tales with weed-fueled philosophizing".[2]

Name[]

Curt Kirkwood remarked in a 2011 interview with AV Club that the decision to name the record Lollipop was brought about by its power-pop sound, further commenting "this counts as, you know, “pop-candy” for us".[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media6/10 stars link
AllMusic[2]3.5/5 stars

Based on 12 reviews, Metacritic assigned Lollipop a score of 71, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

In 3.5 out-of 5 star review, Mark Deming of AllMusic described Lollipop as "flawed but interesting enough to confirm there's still life left in this band" which would hopefully "document in a more satisfying manner" on the next album.[2]

Track listing[]

All songs by Curt Kirkwood.[4]

  1. "Incomplete" - 4:09
  2. "Orange" - 4:11
  3. "Shave It" - 4:18
  4. "Baby Don't" - 3:11
  5. "Hour of the Idiot" - 3:35
  6. "Lantern" - 3:34
  7. "Town" - 3:20
  8. "Damn Thing" - 3:44
  9. "Amazing" - 4:49
  10. "Way That It Are" - 3:28
  11. "Vile" - 4:42
  12. "The Spider and the Spaceship" - 3:29

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Kuntz, Mike (11 August 2011). "Interview: Meat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood". The A.V. Club. AV Club.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Deming, Mark. "Lollipop - Meat Puppets". AllMusic.
  3. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/lollipop/meat-puppets
  4. ^ Lollipop album jacket. MEGA1566, Megaforce Records, 2011
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