Lollipop (album)
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| Released | April 12, 2011 | |||
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| Length | 46:30 | |||
| Label | Megaforce | |||
| Producer | Curt Kirkwood | |||
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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".[1]
Lyrical content
In an AllMusic summary of Lollipop, the lyrics were described as "goofball surrealism" and "alternating tall tales with weed-fueled philosophizing".[2]
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".[1]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | link |
| Slant Magazine | |
Based on 12 reviews, Metacritic assigned Lollipop a score of 71, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
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.[2]
Slant Magazine gave a mixed 2 and a half-out-of-5 star review of Lollipop, summarizing that the record "sounds a little tired".[4]
