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Recorded
  
2006-07

Rise to Your Knees (2007)
  
Sewn Together (2009)

Release date
  
17 July 2007

Label
  
Anodyne Records

Length
  
1:07:30

Artist
  
Meat Puppets

Producer
  
Curt Kirkwood

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Released
  
June 18, 2007 (iTunes and eMusic) July 17, 2007 (Street)

Genres
  
Rock music, Alternative rock

Similar
  
Meat Puppets albums, Alternative rock albums

Rise to Your Knees is the Meat Puppets' eleventh full-length studio album, released on July 17, 2007. Not only was it their first studio release since 2000's Golden Lies, it was also their first to feature the original bassist Cris Kirkwood since his departure after the release of 1995's No Joke!. The album was given a one-month advance release on the iTunes Store and eMusic.

Contents

An earlier version of "Enemy Love Song" was available for download on Curt Kirkwood's official website in 2005 prior to the release of his solo album Snow. It was removed after the album was released. In addition to "Enemy Love Song", "New Leaf" previously appeared on the 2004 compilation album Classic Puppets, this version being recorded by the Golden Lies-era lineup.

Meat puppets fly like the wind


Track listing

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood.

  1. "Fly Like the Wind" - 5:31
  2. "On the Rise" - 4:01
  3. "Radio Moth" - 3:44
  4. "Tiny Kingdom" - 5:04
  5. "Enemy Love Song" - 3:24
  6. "Spit" - 4:20
  7. "Island" - 3:51
  8. "Vultures" - 4:09
  9. "Stone Eyes" - 3:59
  10. "This Song" - 4:22
  11. "New Leaf" - 3:57
  12. "Disappear" - 4:18
  13. "The Ship" - 4:17
  14. "Ice" - 6:11
  15. "Light the Fire" - 6:22

Reception

Based on 14 reviews, Metacritic assigned the album rating of 65, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Personnel

  • Curt Kirkwood - vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Cris Kirkwood - bass guitar, vocals, keyboards, guitjo
  • Ted Marcus - drums
  • Stuart Sullivan - Wurlitzer solo on "Enemy Love Song"
  • Frenchy Smith - hypnosis guitar on "Light the Fire"
  • Songs

    1Fly Like the Wind5:31
    2On the Rise4:01
    3Radio Moth3:44

    References

    Rise to Your Knees Wikipedia