Forbidden Places
| Forbidden Places | ||||
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| Released | July 1, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1990–1991 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 37:00 | |||
| Label | London | |||
| Producer | Pete Anderson | |||
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Forbidden Places is the seventh studio album by American rock band Meat Puppets, released in 1991. It is their first release on London Records.
Music
[edit]Opening with what Greg Prato described as "razor-sharp rock" on "Sam", Forbidden Places explored several styles including blues on "Nail it Down" and country on "Six Gallon Pie" and "That's How It Goes".[1]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [2] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A+[4] |
| Los Angeles Times | [6] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[7] |
AllMusic's Greg Prato proclaimed Forbidden Places to be "one of [the band's] finest albums", complementing the album's more country-informed tracks as "splendidly" showing off the Meat Puppets' "cowboy roots".[1]
In August 1991, Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune praised Forbidden Places, awarding it three and a half-of-four stars and writing that the band's "casual brilliance becomes more dazzling with each play".[2]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Curt Kirkwood.
- "Sam" – 3:05
- "Nail It Down" – 3:32
- "This Day" – 3:14
- "Open Wide" – 3:11
- "Another Moon" – 3:39
- "That's How It Goes" – 3:24
- "Whirlpool" – 3:31
- "Popskull" – 3:05
- "No Longer Gone" – 3:56
- "Forbidden Places" – 2:59
- "Six Gallon Pie" – 3:24
Personnel
[edit]- Meat Puppets
- Curt Kirkwood - guitar, vocals, cover
- Cris Kirkwood - bass, backing vocals, illustration
- Derrick Bostrom - drums, percussion
with:
- Skip Edwards - organ on "Nail It Down" and "Another Moon", piano on "That's How It Goes"
- Alex Acuña - percussion on "Another Moon", "Whirlpool" and "No Longer Gone"
- Tommy Funderbunk - backing vocals on "Nail It Down"
- Peter Doell - additional backing vocals on "No Longer Gone"
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Prato, Greg. "Forbidden Places - Meat Puppets Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
- ^ a b Kot, Greg (1991-08-01). "Meat Puppets Forbidden Places (London)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011-05-27). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ Arnold, Gina (1991-07-19). "Forbidden Places". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Meat Puppets: Forbidden Places". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 9780312245603.
- ^ Cromelin, Richard (1991-08-25). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780679755746.
