As many
Meat Puppets
fans had realized by 1987's
Mirage
, the trio would change gears and broaden their sound with each successive album. This was never more apparent than on their fourth full-length release. Synthesizers were used to add textures to the tunes, while the drums sounded metronome-perfect, almost as if a drum machine was supplying the patterns. Strangely, although
was the trio's most experimental album, it also turned out to be one of their most psychedelia-based works. The groovy little ditty
"Get on Down"
turned out to be one of the band's first videos aired on
MTV
, while the title track, the melodic
"Leaves,"
the country rocker
"Confusion Fog,"
the unrelenting
"Beauty,"
and the album-closing punk freak-out
"Liquified"
are all standouts. Several previously unreleased demos were included on the 1999
Rykodisc
reissue, as well as a solo
Curt Kirkwood
original,
"Grand Intro."
~ Greg Prato