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Too High to Die

The eighth album, which went gold and reached 62 on the Billboard 200.
Meat Puppets, 1994

Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers produced it with the band; Dave Jerden and Stuart Sullivan mixed and Greg Calbi mastered it. The title parodies the Ramones' Too Tough to Die (1984), and the limited edition added the 10-inch Raw Meat EP. Singles were "Backwater", "We Don't Exist", "Roof with a Hole" and "Lake of Fire". It reached 62 on the Billboard 200 and 1 on Heatseekers, and was certified gold on October 6, 1994. The video for "We Don't Exist" was nominated at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Metal/Hard Rock Video, which went to White Zombie.

AllMusic and Rolling Stone gave 4 of 5, the Los Angeles Times 3 of 5 and Entertainment Weekly a B-minus; CD Review's Ian Christe called it a mellow maturation of the quirky poetry of the early SST records. Guitar World ranked it 44th of 50 iconic albums of 1994.

Track listing

  1. Violet Eyes3:51
  2. Never to Be Found4:46
  3. We Don't Exist3:44
  4. Severed Goddess Hand2:59
  5. Flaming Heart4:49
  6. Shine3:50
  7. Station2:22
  8. Roof with a Hole3:34
  9. Backwater3:42
  10. Things4:06
  11. Why?4:20
  12. Evil Love3:07
  13. Comin' Down6:56

More from Meat Puppets

Meat Puppets (1982), Meat Puppets II (1984), Up On The Sun (1985), Mirage (1987), Huevos (1987), Monsters (1989), Forbidden Places (1991), No Joke! (1995), Golden Lies (2000), Rise To Your Knees (2007), Sewn Together (2009), Lollipop (2011), Rat Farm (2013), Dusty Notes (2019), Camp Songs (2023)

Sources

  1. Too High to Die, Wikipedia
  2. Meat Puppets, Wikipedia