Lollipop (album)

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

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
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