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Out My Way

Out My Way is an EP by American alternative rock band Meat Puppets, released in 1986 by SST Records.[7][8] It features a more hard rock-oriented sound than on previous releases, leading some critics to say that the sound is similar to the southern/hard rock stylings of ZZ Top. The EP was reissued in 1999 by Rykodisc, with additional bonus tracks.

Out My Way
EP by
Meat Puppets
Released1986
RecordedMarch 1986
GenreAlternative rock
Length25:49 (original)
54:12 (reissue)
LabelSST[1]
ProducerMeat Puppets, Steven Escallier[2]
Meat Puppets chronology
Up on the Sun
(1985) 		Out My Way
(1986) 		Mirage
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauB+[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[6]

Production

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The cover art is by Curt Kirkwood.[9] The EP was issued while Curt recovered from a broken finger.[10]

Critical reception

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AllMusic wrote that "the EP showed that the Puppets were moving on from their early punk sound to a more traditional rock direction."[3] Robert Christgau called the EP "a departure, toward a less spacy, more bottomy hardcore-gone-folkloric."[4] Trouser Press praised "an utterly crazed raveup of 'Good Golly Miss Molly,'” writing that it "merely caps off a diverse collection of occasionally funky, occasionally psychedelic, occasionally countryfied rock tunes."[11]

Track listing

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All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.

Original album

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  1. "She's Hot" (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood) – 4:05
  2. "Out My Way" – 4:47
  3. "Other Kinds of Love" (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood) – 4:22
  4. "Not Swimming Ground" (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood) – 4:07
  5. "Mountain Line" – 4:20
  6. "Good Golly Miss Molly" (Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 4:08

CD reissue bonus tracks

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  2. "Good Golly Miss Molly" (Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 2:50
  3. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 3:55
  4. "On the Move" – 3:50
  5. "Burn the Honky Tonk Down" (Wayne Kemp) – 1:59
  6. "Boyhood Home" – 3:17
  7. "Backwards Drums" – 4:20
  8. "Everything is Green" – 8:39
  9. "Other Kinds of Love" (Demo Version) – 0:52

References

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  1. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 741.
  2. ^ Smith-Lahrman, Matthew (October 30, 2014). The Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets II to No Joke!. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810884137 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "Out My Way - Meat Puppets | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ a b "Robert Christgau: CG: Meat Puppets". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 465.
  6. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 247.
  7. ^ "Meat Puppets | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ "PUPPETS IN ORBIT". Los Angeles Times. June 1, 1986.
  9. ^ Harrington, Richard (February 2, 2001). "Meet the New Meat Puppets" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  10. ^ "MEAT PUPPETS biography". The Great Rock Bible.
  11. ^ "Meat Puppets". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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