Out My Way
1986 EP by Meat Puppets
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Out My Way is the second EP by the American band Meat Puppets, released in 1986 by SST Records.[3][4] The EP was reissued in 1999 by Rykodisc, with additional bonus tracks.
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | March 1986 | |||
| Studio | Chaton (Phoenix, AZ) | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 25:49 (original) 54:12 (reissue) | |||
| Label | SST[1] | |||
| Producer | Meat Puppets, Steven Escallier[2] | |||
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The album features a more hard rock-oriented compared to the band's previous releases. Critics and listeners say that the sound is similar to the southern/hard rock stylings of ZZ Top.
Background
The cover art is by Curt Kirkwood.[5] The EP was recorded and released while Curt was recovering from a broken finger.[6]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[8] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [9] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10[10] |
AllMusic wrote that "the EP showed that the Puppets were moving on from their early punk sound to a more traditional rock direction."[7] Robert Christgau called the EP "a departure, toward a less spacy, more bottomy hardcore-gone-folkloric."[8] Trouser Press praised "an utterly crazed raveup of 'Good Golly Miss Molly,'” writing that it "merely caps off a diverse collection of occasionally funky, occasionally psychedelic, occasionally countryfied rock tunes."[11]
Track listing
All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.
Original album
- "She's Hot" (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood) – 4:05
- "Out My Way" – 4:47
- "Other Kinds of Love" (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood) – 4:22
- "Not Swimming Ground" (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood) – 4:07
- "Mountain Line" – 4:20
- "Good Golly Miss Molly" (Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 4:08
CD reissue bonus tracks
- "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 3:55
- "On the Move" – 3:50
- "Burn the Honky Tonk Down" (Wayne Kemp) – 1:59
- "Boyhood Home" – 3:17
- "Backwards Drums" – 4:20
- "Everything Is Green" – 8:39
- "Other Kinds of Love" (Demo Version) – 0:52