Huevos is an album by the Arizona

Arizona

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 alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band the Meat Puppets

Meat Puppets

The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood , his brother Cris Kirkwood , and Derrick Bostrom . The Kirkwood brothers met Bostrom while attending Brophy Prep High School in Phoenix...

. It is said to have a strong ZZ Top

ZZ Top

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 influence in terms of style (ZZ Top also have titled some of their albums in Spanish, "Tres Hombres", "Tejas", "Degüello" and "El Loco" for instance); in a Musician magazine interview Curt Kirkwood

Curt Kirkwood

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 claimed that a fan letter he had received from ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons

Billy Gibbons

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 inspired a songwriting spree that resulted in many of Huevos' tracks. The album is named not only after the Spanish word for eggs, but is also a reference to the Southwestern expression "Huevos", meaning to deliver with chutzpah

Chutzpah

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. Most of the songs were recorded in one take. The cover art is done by guitarist/vocalist Curt Kirkwood

Curt Kirkwood

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.

The 1999 Rykodisc

Rykodisc

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 re-release features 5 unreleased bonus tracks (early demos of "Sexy Music", "Paradise", "Fruit", and "Automatic Mojo" and a cover of Jimmy Reed

Jimmy Reed

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's "Baby What Do You Want Me to Do") as well as live footage from a January 1988 concert at the Variety Arts Center in Los Angeles of "Automatic Mojo".

Original album

1. "Paradise" - 5:00
2. "Look at the Rain" - 4:20
3. "Bad Love" - 3:10
4. "Sexy Music" - 5:28
5. "Crazy" - 4:45
6. "Fruit" - 3:30
7. "Automatic Mojo" - 3:19
8. "Dry Rain" - 2:55
9. "I Can't Be Counted On" - 3:58

CD Reissue

1. "Paradise" - 4:36
2. "Look at the Rain" - 4:22
3. "Bad Love" - 3:13
4. "Sexy Music" - 5:28
5. "Crazy" - 4:44
6. "Fruit" - 3:31
7. "Automatic Mojo" - 3:23
8. "Dry Rain" - 2:55
9. "I Can’t Be Counted On" - 4:01
10. "Baby What You Want Me to Be" (Jimmy Reed
    Jimmy Reed
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    ) - 1:29
11. "Sexy Music (Demo Version)" - 6:40
12. "Automatic Mojo (Demo Version)" - 3:56
13. "Paradise (Demo Version)" - 4:06
14. "Fruit (Demo Version)" - 5:20

• Tracks 10-14 are bonus tracks on the Rykodisc reissue.