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The mere fact they've been able to come together to make an album as solid and coherent as Rise to Your Knees is little short of miraculous, but it pales in comparison to the Meat Puppets best music and suggests that they still have a ways to go before they're fully back in fighting shape.
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BlenderCurt Kirkwood has written a gorgeous album that channels his brother's world-weary relief. [Aug 2007, p.116]
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Rise is a welcome, if uneven, return.
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The years, however, have worn on the Meat Puppets. Their unrestrained gusto has been replaced with a slower, methodical purging.
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Under The RadarRise won't grab you like those classic Puppets records do. But upon several listens, the album offers definite pleasures, as well as a couple surefire tunes that stand with the band's bes. [Summer 2007, p.91]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 7
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Mixed: 2 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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FineTunedAug 13, 2007Better than it ought to be. The Puppets are back and this is only the start.
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DipsyP.Aug 12, 2007
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MKAug 11, 2007their best for a long time. nice to hear the puppets returning to good form.