Forbidden Places
by Meat Puppets
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Meat Puppets bestography
Forbidden Places is ranked 8th best out of 20 albums by Meat Puppets on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Meat Puppets is Meat Puppets II which is ranked number 1009 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,730.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Forbidden Places track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Forbidden Places rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mrfloosak | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 62 Music Albums of the 1990s | 18/62 | 15 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 69 Music Albums of 1991 | 41/69 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 48/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | AlienCinema | Top 83 Music Albums of 1991 | 65/83 | 1 |
| 2025 | henrygreen0203 | All Their Albums - Consistent Artists with Small Discographies | 22/98 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 99 Music Albums of 1991 | 64/99 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 48/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 61 | |||
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Forbidden Places ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/01/2026 04:25 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 17:50 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/19/2025 22:01 | Skerns | 5,181 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
Forum mentions
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Forbidden Places is Meat Puppets' seventh album and their debut on major label London Records.
Meat Puppets' independent releases suffered from a low production budget so it's interesting to see the group finally sounding better in the studio, though their next album would finally give them the sound they needed to break into the mainstream.
Many songs aren't too memorable but they are arranged in a more pop friendly format, even with a heavy guitar edge (see Another Moon). That's How It Goes is nice, but doesn't work. This Day is the most pop-oriented track but the blistering Sam takes the prize in the end. Forbidden Places is a decent and overlooked Meat Puppets record.
Career Highlight: Sam
Gems: This Day, Another Moon
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