Lollipop (album)


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".

Lyrical content

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

Name

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".

Reception

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

Track listing

All songs by Curt Kirkwood.
  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