No Joke!

No Joke!
Studio album by Meat Puppets
Released	October 3, 1995
Recorded	1995 at Phase Four Studio, Phoenix, Arizona, Westlake Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	54:51
Label	London
Producer	Meat Puppets, Paul Leary
Meat Puppets chronology
Raw Meat (1994) No Joke! (1995) Live in Montana (1999)
Singles from No Joke!
"Scum" Released: 1995 "Taste of the Sun" Released: 1996

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
The Austin Chronicle	[3]

No Joke! is the ninth album by the Meat Puppets, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music), and their third album for London Records. It was the follow-up to the band's highly successful release Too High to Die, and was the last Meat Puppets release with bassist Cris Kirkwood (until his reunion on 2007's Rise to Your Knees) and drummer Derrick Bostrom (to date).

Track listing

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Scum" – 3:53
2. "Nothing" – 6:27
3. "Head" – 4:17
4. "Taste of the Sun" – 3:58
5. "Vampires" – 4:35
6. "Predator" – 4:31
7. "Poison Arrow" – 3:12
8. "Eyeball" – 4:04
9. "For Free" – 4:29
10. "Cobbler" (Cris Kirkwood) - 3:25
11. "Inflatable" (Cris Kirkwood) - 3:28
12. "Sweet Ammonia" - 4:17
13. "Chemical Garden" - 4:15

Personnel

• Derrick Bostrom - drums, paintings
• Cris Kirkwood - bass, vocals, illustrations
• Curt Kirkwood - guitar, vocals, paintings
• Paul Leary - producer

Chart performance

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1995	The Billboard 200	183

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: No Joke! - Meat Puppets". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
2. Flaum, Eric (November 2, 1995). "Review: Meat Puppets - No Joke". Jann Wenner. Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
3. Hernandez, Raoul (November 2, 1995). "Review: MEAT PUPPETS - No Joke (London)". Nick Barbaro. Retrieved 4 August 2009.