Huevos (album)

Huevos
Studio album by Meat Puppets
Released October 1987
Recorded August 1987
Genre Alternative rock
Length 36:25 (original)
58:05 (reissue)
Label SST (150)
Producer Steven Escallier, Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets chronology
Mirage
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The Village VoiceA–[1]

Huevos is the fifth studio album by the Arizona alternative rock band the Meat Puppets. It is said to have a strong ZZ Top influence in terms of style (ZZ Top also have titled some of their albums in Spanish, "Tres Hombres", "Tejas", "Degüello" and "El Loco" for instance). The album is named not only after the Spanish word for eggs, but is also a reference to the Southwestern expression "Huevos", meaning to deliver with chutzpah. Most of the songs were recorded in one take. The cover art is done by guitarist/vocalist Curt Kirkwood.

The 1999 Rykodisc re-release features 5 unreleased bonus tracks (early demos of "Sexy Music", "Paradise", "Fruit", and "Automatic Mojo" and a cover of Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me to Do") as well as live footage from a January 1988 concert at the Variety Arts Center in Los Angeles of "Automatic Mojo".

Track listing

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.

Original album

  1. "Paradise" – 5:00
  2. "Look at the Rain" – 4:20
  3. "Bad Love" – 3:10
  4. "Sexy Music" – 5:28
  5. "Crazy" – 4:45
  6. "Fruit" – 3:30
  7. "Automatic Mojo" – 3:19
  8. "Dry Rain" – 2:55
  9. "I Can't Be Counted On" – 3:58

CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (Jimmy Reed) – 1:29
  2. "Sexy Music" (Demo Version) – 6:40
  3. "Automatic Mojo" (Demo Version) – 3:56
  4. "Paradise" (Demo Version) – 4:06
  5. "Fruit" (Demo Version) – 5:20

References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert (February 23, 1988). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved April 26, 2016.


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