''Forbidden Places'' is the seventh studio
album
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by American rock band
Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his brother Cris Kirkwood (bass guitar/vocals), and Derrick Bostrom (drums). The Kirkwood brothe ...
, released in 1991. It is their first release on
London Records
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Music
Opening with what Greg Prato described as "razor-sharp rock" on "Sam", ''Forbidden Places'' explored several styles including blues on "Nail it Down" and country on "Six Gallon Pie" and "That's How It Goes".
Reception
AllMusic
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's Greg Prato proclaimed ''Forbidden Places'' to be "one of
he band'sfinest albums", complementing the album's more country-informed tracks as "splendidly" showing off the Meat Puppets' "cowboy roots".
In August 1991, Greg Kot of the ''
Chicago Tribune
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'' praised ''Forbidden Places'', awarding it three and a half-of-four stars and writing that the band's "casual brilliance becomes more dazzling with each play".
Track listing
All songs written by
Curt Kirkwood
Curtis Matthew Kirkwood (born January 10, 1959) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist, singer and primary songwriter for alternative rock group Meat Puppets, and for playing with Nirvana on MTV Unplugged in New York.
Biography
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# "Sam" – 3:05
# "Nail It Down" – 3:32
# "This Day" – 3:14
# "Open Wide" – 3:11
# "Another Moon" – 3:39
# "That's How It Goes" – 3:24
# "Whirlpool" – 3:31
# "Popskull" – 3:05
# "No Longer Gone" – 3:56
# "Forbidden Places" – 2:59
# "Six Gallon Pie" – 3:24
Personnel
;Meat Puppets
*Curt Kirkwood - guitar, vocals, cover
*Cris Kirkwood - bass, backing vocals, illustration
*Derrick Bostrom - drums, percussion
with:
*Skip Edwards - organ on "Nail It Down" and "Another Moon", piano on "That's How It Goes"
*
Alex Acuña
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- percussion on "Another Moon", "Whirlpool" and "No Longer Gone"
*Tommy Funderburk - backing vocals on "Nail It Down"
*Peter Doell - additional backing vocals on "No Longer Gone"
References
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Meat Puppets albums
1991 albums
Albums produced by Pete Anderson
London Records albums