Meat Puppets II
by Meat Puppets

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets
Year: 1984
Release date: 1984-04-00
Overall rank: 985th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 363 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1984 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (153rd)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (985th)

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Meat Puppets II is ranked as the best album by Meat Puppets.

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This album (985th)
Meat Puppets II
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Meat Puppets II track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 985th | 1980s rank: 153rd | 1984 rank: 19th
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2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 198431/502
2026 dihansseTop 52 Music Albums of 198439/521
2026joathomeTop 42 Music Albums of 198420/423
2026 AAL2014Top 52 Music Albums of 198411/524
2026brent13Top 13 Music Albums of 19849/132
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 54 Music Albums of 198429/542
2026pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s43/10012
2026jonny5244Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s68/1007
2026henrygreen0203Top 100 Greatest Music Albums70/10031
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Greatest Music Albums69/10032
2026saltysurpriseTop 53 Music Albums of 198411/534
2026JohnnyoTop 84 Music Albums of 198433/843
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1984 by Ultimate Record Collection32/46 -
2026LittleM1971Top 91 Music Albums of 198410/915
2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 198432/502
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198433/1003
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198480/1001
2026 sageamagooTop 99 Greatest Music Albums87/9913
2026SkernsTop 100 Music Albums of 198440/1003
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 301-40068/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 317
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,756
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 363 votes)
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75/100
 
03/15/2026 02:32 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,49270/100
 
70/100
 
02/28/2026 17:20 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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01/20/2026 04:13 Norman Bates  Ratings distribution  10,07875/100
 
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01/15/2026 22:26 glebrus  Ratings distribution  19486/100
 
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01/04/2026 10:15 leobaraza  Ratings distribution  889/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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70/100
From 03/01/2025 22:32 | #307830
Un mix de country et de punk assez original. Je retiens surtout les 3 chansons reprises par Nirvana mais l'ensemble reste intéressant.
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70/100
From 10/27/2022 12:09 | #290833
This album did nothing special for me, but it was not bad.
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75/100
From 01/29/2022 08:53 | #280251
75 / 100 , did not hate this.
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75/100
From 01/03/2022 16:57 | #278499
very decent country prog grunge mix
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Rating:  
85/100
From 06/23/2021 02:06 | #270935
The second record from the Meat Puppets (brothers Curt and Kris Kirkwood and drummer Derrick Bostrom) is often the most recognized record from the group, most notably for the three songs Nirvana chose to record on their Unplugged record: Oh Me, Lake of Fire and Plateau. The rest of the tracks here are a mix of hardcore punk, psychedelic instrumental and druggy cowpunk songs.

It is messy, unpolished and definitely not the best place to start for the casual listener. I would recommend their breakthrough record " Too High to Die" or their other 80's albums before this one.

Career Highlight: Lake of Fire
Gems: Oh Me, Plateau, Lost
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Rating:  
90/100
From 07/25/2020 17:54 | #256195
What a fantastic blend of genres. There's flavors of hardcore punk, country, psychedelic rock, alternative rock, all seamlessly melded together. Meat Puppets are super underrated.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 06/16/2018 17:24 | #216882
Pretty awesome! Love his hysteric voice, and there are some real gems here. Combining noise and punk and alt rock. Truly before their time.
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85/100
From 01/18/2018 01:57 | #205921
Generally awesome.
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80/100
From 01/03/2017 02:29 | #181569
Favoritas: Lake Of Fire, Lost, Plateau, Oh Me, Climbing
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95/100
From 08/24/2015 22:23 | #148442
Wonderfully evocative of the Arizona the band grew up in, and insinuating brilliantly the anxious state of Kirkwood's mind. A terrific set of songs, played with passion.
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