Lollipop (album)

Lollipop is the Meat Puppets' thirteenth full-length studio album. It was released on April 12, 2011, through Megaforce Records.

Lollipop
Studio album by
Meat Puppets
ReleasedApril 12, 2011
Genre
Length46:30
LabelMegaforce
ProducerCurt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets chronology
Sewn Together
(2009)		 Lollipop
(2011)		 Rat Farm
(2013)

Content

Musical style

The A.V. Club opined Lollipop to be "a strong collection of power-pop songs".[1]

Lyrical content

In an AllMusic summary of Lollipop, the lyrics were described as "goofball surrealism" and "alternating tall tales with weed-fueled philosophizing".[2]

Name

Curt Kirkwood remarked in a 2011 interview with AV Club that the decision to name the record Lollipop was brought about by its power-pop sound, further commenting "this counts as, you know, “pop-candy" for us".[1]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork Media link
Slant Magazine

Based on 12 reviews, Metacritic assigned Lollipop a score of 71, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

In 3.5 out-of 5 star review, Mark Deming of AllMusic described Lollipop as "flawed but interesting enough to confirm there's still life left in this band" which would hopefully "document in a more satisfying manner" on the next album.[2]

Slant Magazine gave a mixed 2 and a half-out-of-5 star review of Lollipop, summarizing that the record "sounds a little tired".[4]

Track listing

All songs by Curt Kirkwood.[5]

  1. "Incomplete" – 4:09
  2. "Orange" – 4:11
  3. "Shave It" – 4:18
  4. "Baby Don't" – 3:11
  5. "Hour of the Idiot" – 3:35
  6. "Lantern" – 3:34
  7. "Town" – 3:20
  8. "Damn Thing" – 3:44
  9. "Amazing" – 4:49
  10. "Way That It Are" – 3:28
  11. "Vile" – 4:42
  12. "The Spider and the Spaceship" – 3:29

Personnel

References
  1. Kuntz, Mike (11 August 2011). "Interview: Meat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood". The A.V. Club. AV Club.
  2. Deming, Mark. "Lollipop – Meat Puppets". AllMusic.
  3. "Lollipop by Meat Puppets". Metacritic.
  4. Cataldo, Jesse (17 April 2011). "Review: Meat Puppets, Lollipop". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. Lollipop album jacket. MEGA1566, Megaforce Records, 2011
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