Classic Puppets

Classic Puppets is a 2004 compilation CD by American rock band the Meat Puppets. It is composed of material from 1981 to 1989 (as well as a previously unreleased track from the Golden Lies period).

Classic Puppets
Compilation album by Meat Puppets
Released	February 3, 2004
Recorded	1981
Genre	Alternative rock cowpunk hard rock post-punk psychedelic rock
Length	1:17:08
Label	Rykodisc
Meat Puppets chronology
Live (2002) Classic Puppets (2004) Rise to Your Knees (2007)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Creem	(NR)
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

In a three out-of five star review, Sean Westergaard of AllMusic remarked that Classic Puppets "does a decent job" anthologizing the band's output with SST Records, but that the compilation "seems almost like an afterthought" and "comes off as a bit lackluster."

Track listing

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Foreign Lawns" (Meat Puppets) - 0:38
2. "H-Elenore" - 1:38
3. "Blue Green God" (Meat Puppets) - 1:22
4. "Walking Boss" (Doc Watson) – 2:40
5. "Lost" - 3:28
6. "Plateau" - 2:23
7. "Lake of Fire" - 1:57
8. "The Whistling Song" - 2:58
9. "Up on the Sun" - 4:03
10. "Swimming Ground" - 3:06
11. "Enchanted Porkfist" - 2:31
12. "Two Rivers" - 3:21
13. "Out My Way" - 4:50
14. "On the Move" - 3:50
15. "Burn the Honky Tonk Down" (Wayne Kemp) - 1:59
16. "Confusion Fog" - 3:51
17. "Get On Down" - 2:56
18. "Look At the Rain" - 4:20
19. "Sexy Music" - 5:30
20. "Dough Rey Mi" (Woody Guthrie) - 3:40
21. "Light" - 4:19
22. "Strings On Your Heart" - 3:40
23. "Meltdown" - 3:35
24. "New Leaf" - 4:20