Meat Puppets II is the second album by the Phoenix, Arizona, band the Meat Puppets, released in 1984. It is a departure from their self-titled debut album, which consisted largely of noisy hardcore with unintelligible vocals. It covers many genres from country-style rock ("Magic Toy Missing," "Climbing," and "Lost") to slow acoustic songs ("Plateau" and "Oh, Me") to psychedelic guitar effects ("Aurora Borealis" and "We’re Here").
The cover art is by Curt Kirkwood and Neal Holliday.[5]
Rykodisc reissued the album in 1999 with extra tracks and B-sides, including a cover of the Rolling Stones's Aftermath-era track "What To Do."
The Meat Puppets' SST labelmates Minutemen covered "Lost" on the live EP Tour-Spiel and their last studio album, 3-Way Tie (For Last). Three of the album's songs were covered by Nirvana (as the Kirkwood brothers joined them onstage) during their "Unplugged" show for MTV ("Plateau", "Oh, Me", and "Lake of Fire").
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