Up on the Sun is the third album

Album

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 by 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...

, released in 1985 by SST Records

SST Records

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. In 1999 the album was reissued on Rykodisc

Rykodisc

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 with bonus tracks and recording notes. The band performed the album live in its entirety at the request of Animal Collective

Animal Collective

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 at the All Tomorrow's Parties

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 festival that they curated in May 2011.

Original album

1. "Up on the Sun" - 3:58
2. "Maiden’s Milk" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 3:17
3. "Away" - 3:30
4. "Animal Kingdom" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 1:23
5. "Hot Pink" - 3:22
6. "Swimming Ground" - 3:05
7. "Buckethead" - 2:19
8. "Too Real" - 2:08
9. "Enchanted Porkfist" - 2:48
10. "Seal Whales" - 2:16
11. "Two Rivers" - 3:15
12. "Creator" - 2:09

CD reissue

1. "Up on the Sun" – 4:04
2. "Maiden's Milk" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) – 3:20
3. "Away" – 3:27
4. "Animal Kingdom" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) – 1:24
5. "Hot Pink" – 3:27
6. "Swimming Ground" – 3:06
7. "Buckethead" – 2:22
8. "Too Real" – 2:13
9. "Enchanted Pork Fist" – 2:29
10. "Seal Whales" – 2:19
11. "Two Rivers" – 3:21
12. "Creator" – 2:09
13. "Hot Pink (Demo Version 1)" - 3:56
14. "Up on the Sun (Demo Version)" - 4:29
15. "Mother American Marshmallow" (Curt Kirkwood/Cris Kirkwood) - 4:28
16. "Embodiment of Evil" - 1:53
17. "Hot Pink (Demo Version 2)" - 8:35

• Tracks 13-17 are bonus tracks on the Rykodisc reissue.

Recording

Tracks 13-16 engineered by Darrell de Marco, November 1984 – January 1985.

Track 17 recorded by Cris and Curt Kirkwood, May 1983.

Tracks 13-17 remixed by Derrick Bostrom, David Nichols and Mike Hissong at Living Head Studio, August 1998.

Personnel

• Curt Kirkwood
  Curt Kirkwood
  Curtis Matthew Kirkwood is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, but currently resides in Austin, Texas....
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Cris Kirkwood
  Cris Kirkwood
  Christopher "Cris" Kirkwood is an American musician who is the bassist and a founding member of the Meat Puppets, an alternative punk rock band.-Biography:...
  
   - bass, vocals
• Derrick Bostrom
  Derrick Bostrom
  Derrick Bostrom is an American musician. He was the original drummer of the band Meat Puppets, which he founded together with the Kirkwood brothers, Cris and Curt, in 1980....
  
  - drums