Monsters (Meat Puppets album)


Monsters is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Meat Puppets, released in October 1989. Their last release on SST Records, it was reissued on Rykodisc in 1999 with additional bonus tracks, recording notes by Derrick Bostrom and liner notes by music journalist Mark Kemp. As an added bonus, the reissue includes an "Enhanced CD" partition for play on home computers. Monsters offers the promotional video for "Light". The clip was produced and directed by Bill Taylor and features shots of the Puppets live in concert.

Content

Musical style

Monsters was described as a "heavy rock attack" by Stephen Thomas Erlewine in an AllMusic biography of the band, while Roaul Hernandez of Austin Chronicle remarked that the record was "metal all the way".

Reception

AllMusic's Greg Prato gave a mixed review of Monsters, commenting that while songs were "hindered" by "synth textures" and individual instrument recording, the record had "several highlights" including a "viscious" album opener in "Attacked By Monsters", and the "tough rocker" "The Void".

Track listing

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood.