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- Artist: Meat Puppets
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- Release Date: 1987
- Total Time: 36:25
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
Recorded and released just a few months after the experimental Mirage, 1987's Huevos was a return to the Meat Puppets' earlier, more straight-ahead direction. The band (guitarist/singer Curt Kirkwood in particular) had always voiced their admiration of ZZ Top, and Huevos contained Billy Gibbons & Co.'s influence more than any other Puppets release. But don't be misled -- it wasn't a ripoff, the trio simply incorporated ZZ's sound into their energetic, unpredictable rock. It also didn't hurt that Huevos contained the band's best set of songs since 1985's classic Up on the Sun, comprised almost entirely of heavy rockers ("Paradise," "Look at the Rain," "Crazy," "Fruit," "Automatic Mojo," "Dry Rain," etc.). Another major improvement of Huevos over Mirage was that Derrick Bostrom's drums no longer sounded metronome-perfect and robotic, giving the performances a much livelier edge. The bonus tracks included on the '99 Ryko reissue included several demos of Huevos tunes, including a lengthier and much more laid-back version of "Sexy Music," as well as a medley of "I Can't Be Counted On" and Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me to Do." ~ Greg Prato, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Look at the Rain | Curt Kirkwood | Meat Puppets | (5:00) |
| Fruit | Curt Kirkwood | Meat Puppets | (4:20) |
| Dry Rain | Curt Kirkwood | Meat Puppets | (3:10) |
| Paradise | Curt Kirkwood | Meat Puppets | (5:28) |
| Bad Love | Curt Kirkwood | Meat Puppets | (4:45) |
| Crazy | Curt Kirkwood | Meat Puppets | (3:30) |
| Automatic Mojo | Meat Puppets | (3:19) | |
| I Can't Be Counted On | Curt Kirkwood | Meat Puppets | (2:55) |
| Sexy Music | Curt Kirkwood | Meat Puppets | (3:58) |
| Medley: Baby What You Want Me to Do/I Can't Be Counted on/Sexy Music | Curt Kirkwood | Meat Puppets |
