Lollipop (album)

Lollipop
Studio album by Meat Puppets
Released	April 12, 2011
Genre	Power pop
Length	46:30
Label	Megaforce
Producer	Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets chronology
Sewn Together (2009) Lollipop (2011) Rat Farm (2013)

Lollipop is the Meat Puppets' thirteenth full-length studio album. It was released on April 12, 2011, through Megaforce Records.

Content

Musical style

The A.V. Club opined Lollipop to be "a strong collection of power-pop songs".

Lyrical content

In an AllMusic summary of Lollipop, the lyrics were described as "goofball surrealism" and "alternating tall tales with weed-fueled philosophizing".

Name

Curt Kirkwood remarked in a 2011 interview with AV Club that the decision to name the record Lollipop was brought about by its power-pop sound, further commenting "this counts as, you know, “pop-candy" for us".

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Pitchfork Media	link
Slant Magazine

Based on 12 reviews, Metacritic assigned Lollipop a score of 71, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

In 3.5 out-of 5 star review, Mark Deming of AllMusic described Lollipop as "flawed but interesting enough to confirm there's still life left in this band" which would hopefully "document in a more satisfying manner" on the next album.

Slant Magazine gave a mixed 2 and a half-out-of-5 star review of Lollipop, summarizing that the record "sounds a little tired".

Track listing

All songs by Curt Kirkwood.

1. "Incomplete" – 4:09
2. "Orange" – 4:11
3. "Shave It" – 4:18
4. "Baby Don't" – 3:11
5. "Hour of the Idiot" – 3:35
6. "Lantern" – 3:34
7. "Town" – 3:20
8. "Damn Thing" – 3:44
9. "Amazing" – 4:49
10. "Way That It Are" – 3:28
11. "Vile" – 4:42
12. "The Spider and the Spaceship" – 3:29

Personnel

• Curt Kirkwood – vocals, guitars
• Cris Kirkwood – vocals, bass guitar
• Shandon Sahm – drums