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This article is about the Meat Puppets album. For the Imfact album, see Lollipop (single album). 2011 studio album by Meat Puppets
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)

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

Content

Musical style

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

Lyrical content

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

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".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Pitchfork Media link
Slant Magazine

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

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.

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

Track listing

All songs by Curt Kirkwood.

  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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