No Joke!

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No Joke!
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Studio album by
Meat Puppets
ReleasedOctober 3, 1995
Recorded1995
StudioPhase Four Studio, Phoenix, Arizona, Westlake Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length54:51
LabelLondon
ProducerMeat Puppets, Paul Leary
Meat Puppets chronology
Too High to Die
(1994) 		No Joke!
(1995) 		Live in Montana
(1999)
Singles from No Joke!
  1. "Scum"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Taste of the Sun"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars[2]
The Austin Chronicle2/5 stars[4]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(neither)[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[6]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars[3]

No Joke! is the ninth studio album by the Meat Puppets. The album was released on October 3, 1995, by London Records. It was the follow-up to the band's album Too High to Die and was the last Meat Puppets album with bassist Cris Kirkwood (until his reunion on 2007's Rise to Your Knees) and drummer Derrick Bostrom (until 2019's Dusty Notes). A video was filmed for the song "Scum", directed by Dave Markey.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Scum"3:53
2."Nothing"6:27
3."Head"4:17
4."Taste of the Sun"3:58
5."Vampires"4:35
6."Predator"4:31
7."Poison Arrow"3:12
8."Eyeball"4:04
9."For Free"4:29
10."Cobbler"3:25
11."Inflatable"3:28
12."Sweet Ammonia"4:17
13."Chemical Garden"4:15

Personnel[]

Meat Puppets
Technical

Chart performance[]

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1995 The Billboard 200 183

References[]

  1. ^ Shipley, Al (26 Sep 2000). "Meat Puppets - Golden Lies". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: No Joke! - Meat Puppets". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  3. ^ Flaum, Eric (November 2, 1995). "Review: Meat Puppets - No Joke". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  4. ^ Hernandez, Raoul (November 2, 1995). "Review: MEAT PUPPETS - No Joke (London)". Nick Barbaro. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Meat Puppets". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan. p. 202. ISBN 9780312245603.
  6. ^ "Music Review: 'No Joke!'". Entertainment Weekly. 1995-09-15. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
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