http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1977&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rssIf the Meat Puppets were judged solely on the merits of their masterpiece achievement <i>Meat Puppets II</i>, they might be considered the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all time. Released at a time when country was still considered dumb hick music by the legions of underground rock enthusiasts immersed in the D.C. Hardcore scene -- and with Palace Brothers still a long way off -- the record is the <i>Sweetheart of the Rodeo</i> of its generation. Rooted in the weird landscapes of the southwestern desert they came from, the Meat Puppets's fractured country/punk songs offered a never-before encountered number of chops that were, on top of it all, psychedelic as hell. They released great records into the '90s -- ever honing their craft -- but for many of their early fans, their sound became a little over-honed as the looseness and throw-away attitude of their Punk origins gave way to rigid musicianship and a creeping Zappa feel. Still, the Meat Puppets stand as one of the great bands of the 1980s. - Mike McGuirkIndie/Alternativeen720Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:22:43 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1977&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss If the Meat Puppets were judged solely on the merits of their masterpiece achievement <i>Meat Puppets II</i>, they might be considered the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all time. Released at a time when country was still considered dumb hick music by the legions of underground rock enthusiasts immersed in the D.C. Hardcore scene -- and with Palace Brothers still a long way off -- the record is the <i>Sweetheart of the Rodeo</i> of its generation. Rooted in the weird landscapes of the southwestern desert they came from, the Meat Puppets's fractured country/punk songs offered a never-before encountered number of chops that were, on top of it all, psychedelic as hell. They released great records into the '90s -- ever honing their craft -- but for many of their early fans, their sound became a little over-honed as the looseness and throw-away attitude of their Punk origins gave way to rigid musicianship and a creeping Zappa feel. Still, the Meat Puppets stand as one of the great bands of the 1980s. - Mike McGuirk http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1957093&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 25 Jan 1994 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1957093 tra.1957093 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Too High To Die alb.99987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/4/1/3/1813148_170x170.jpg 2009-10-13 00:00:00.0 1994-01-25 00:00:00.0 true Backwater tra.1957093 220000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1957093&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1957093&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212368&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212368 tra.1212368 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Lake Of Fire tra.1212368 117000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212368&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212368&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1957097&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 25 Jan 1994 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1957097 tra.1957097 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Too High To Die alb.99987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/4/1/3/1813148_170x170.jpg 2009-10-13 00:00:00.0 1994-01-25 00:00:00.0 true Comin' Down tra.1957097 206000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1957097&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1957097&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212366&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212366 tra.1212366 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Plateau tra.1212366 142000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212366&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212366&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212481&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss '80s Alternative Tue, 1 Jan 1985 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212481 tra.1212481 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Up On The Sun alb.322862 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/8/3/0/1260383_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1985-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Up On The Sun tra.1212481 244000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212481&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212481&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008777&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 28008777 tra.28008777 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Sewn Together alb.27998680 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/3/2/1652389_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true Sewn Together tra.28008777 187000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008777&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008777&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.364178&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 364178 tra.364178 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Oh, Me tra.364178 182000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.364178&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.364178&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212466&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212466 tra.1212466 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Split Myself In Two tra.1212466 144000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212466&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212466&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212467&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212467 tra.1212467 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Lost tra.1212467 206000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212467&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212467&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008778&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 28008778 tra.28008778 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Sewn Together alb.27998680 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/3/2/1652389_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true Blanket Of Weeds tra.28008778 314000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008778&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008778&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212464&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212464 tra.1212464 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Magic Toy Missing tra.1212464 82000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212464&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212464&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008784&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 28008784 tra.28008784 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Sewn Together alb.27998680 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/3/2/1652389_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true Smoke tra.28008784 196000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008784&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008784&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1957085&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 25 Jan 1994 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1957085 tra.1957085 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Too High To Die alb.99987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/4/1/3/1813148_170x170.jpg 2009-10-13 00:00:00.0 1994-01-25 00:00:00.0 true Violet Eyes tra.1957085 230000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1957085&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1957085&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212472&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212472 tra.1212472 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true I'm A Mindless Idiot tra.1212472 149000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212472&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212472&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008779&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 28008779 tra.28008779 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Sewn Together alb.27998680 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/3/2/1652389_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true I'm Not You tra.28008779 267000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008779&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008779&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212471&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212471 tra.1212471 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true New Gods tra.1212471 132000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212471&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212471&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212367&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 1 Jan 1985 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212367 tra.1212367 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Up On The Sun alb.322862 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/8/3/0/1260383_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1985-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Maiden's Milk tra.1212367 199000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212367&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212367&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212473&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212473 tra.1212473 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true The Whistling Song tra.1212473 177000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212473&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212473&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212470&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212470 tra.1212470 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Climbing tra.1212470 163000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212470&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212470&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212468&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212468 tra.1212468 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Meat Puppets II alb.172218 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/3/0/1260381_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1984-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Aurora Borealis tra.1212468 164000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212468&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212468&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008781&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 28008781 tra.28008781 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Sewn Together alb.27998680 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/3/2/1652389_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true Rotten Shame tra.28008781 319000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008781&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008781&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008785&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 28008785 tra.28008785 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Sewn Together alb.27998680 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/3/2/1652389_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true S.K.A. tra.28008785 227000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008785&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008785&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212482&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 1 Jan 1985 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 1212482 tra.1212482 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Up On The Sun alb.322862 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/8/3/0/1260383_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 1985-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Away tra.1212482 207000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212482&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1212482&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30324059&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 25 Jan 1994 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 30324059 tra.30324059 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Too High To Die alb.99987 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/4/1/3/1813148_170x170.jpg 2009-10-13 00:00:00.0 1994-01-25 00:00:00.0 true Lake Of Fire tra.30324059 190000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30324059&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30324059&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008786&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss Indie/Alternative Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Meat Puppets on Rhapsody Online 28008786 tra.28008786 Meat Puppets art.1977 0.99 Sewn Together alb.27998680 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/3/2/1652389_170x170.jpg 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 2009-05-12 00:00:00.0 true Nursery Rhyme tra.28008786 268000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008786&variant=play&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28008786&variant=data&rws=%2Fmeat-puppets%2Ftop-tracks.rss