Mirage
Includes five previously unreleased tracks, as well as the promotional video for "Get on Down." Also, an essay by Mark Weingarten and recording notes by Derrick Bostrom.The Meat Puppets at their psychedelic peak. A tightly crafted labor of love that took them more than three months to record, "Mirage" was released in Spring of 1987 to increasing interest from mainstream rock circles. Writing for the Washington Post, Joe Sasfy proclamed it "their finest, as close to a polished artistic arrival as you'd want from a frisky anti-pop band committed to musical spontaneity and adventure." And in the Los Angeles Reader, Chris Morris hailed "Mirage" as "rarified rock impressionism at its heightened best."This editon of "Mirage" has been expanded to include five extra tracks, featuring early demos of "The Mighty Zero," "I am a Machine," and "Liquified," as well as a cover of the Presley movie shlock, "Rubberneckin'," and the previously unheard "Grand Intro."As an added bonus, the albums in this series include an "Enhanced CD" partition for play on home computers. "Mirage" offers the promotional video for "Get On Down." Directed by Robert Tucker and featuring the Pups galavanting around the Valley of The Sun doing whacky dances, this has remained one of their most popular clips.