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Forbidden Places
Studio album by
Meat Puppets
ReleasedJuly 1, 1991
Recorded1990–1991
StudioCapitol Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreAlternative rock
Length37:00
LabelLondon
ProducerPete Anderson
Meat Puppets chronology
No Strings Attached
(1990) 		Forbidden Places
(1991) 		Too High to Die
(1994)
Singles from Forbidden Places
  1. "Sam"
    Released: 1991
  2. "Whirlpool"
    Released: 1991

Forbidden Places is the seventh studio album by American rock band Meat Puppets, released in 1991. It is their first release on London Records.

Music

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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".[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(choice cut)[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA+[4]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[7]

AllMusic's Greg Prato proclaimed Forbidden Places to be "one of [the band's] finest albums", complementing the album's more country-informed tracks as "splendidly" showing off the Meat Puppets' "cowboy roots".[1]

In August 1991, Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune 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".[2]

Track listing

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All songs written by Curt Kirkwood.

  1. "Sam" – 3:05
  2. "Nail It Down" – 3:32
  3. "This Day" – 3:14
  4. "Open Wide" – 3:11
  5. "Another Moon" – 3:39
  6. "That's How It Goes" – 3:24
  7. "Whirlpool" – 3:31
  8. "Popskull" – 3:05
  9. "No Longer Gone" – 3:56
  10. "Forbidden Places" – 2:59
  11. "Six Gallon Pie" – 3:24

Personnel

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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 - percussion on "Another Moon", "Whirlpool" and "No Longer Gone"
  • Tommy Funderbunk - backing vocals on "Nail It Down"
  • Peter Doell - additional backing vocals on "No Longer Gone"

References

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  1. ^ a b c Prato, Greg. "Forbidden Places - Meat Puppets Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  2. ^ a b Kot, Greg (1991-08-01). "Meat Puppets Forbidden Places (London)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011-05-27). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  4. ^ Arnold, Gina (1991-07-19). "Forbidden Places". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Meat Puppets: Forbidden Places". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 9780312245603.
  6. ^ Cromelin, Richard (1991-08-25). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  7. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780679755746.
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