Huevos (album)


Huevos is the fifth studio album by the Arizona alternative rock band the Meat Puppets. It is said to have a strong ZZ Top influence in terms of style. The album is named not only after the Spanish word for eggs, but is also a reference to the Southwestern expression "Huevos", meaning to deliver with chutzpah. Most of the songs were recorded in one take. The cover art is done by guitarist/vocalist Curt Kirkwood.
The 1999 Rykodisc re-release features 5 unreleased bonus tracks as well as live footage from a January 1988 concert at the Variety Arts Center in Los Angeles of "Automatic Mojo".

Content

Musical style

In an AllMusic biography of the band, Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the sound of Huevos as "ZZ Top-style hard rock swagger". Matthew Smith Lahrman cataloged the record to be a blues rock effort.

Track listing

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.

Original album

  1. "Paradise" – 5:00
  2. "Look at the Rain" – 4:20
  3. "Bad Love" – 3:10
  4. "Sexy Music" – 5:28
  5. "Crazy" – 4:45
  6. "Fruit" – 3:30
  7. "Automatic Mojo" – 3:19
  8. "Dry Rain" – 2:55
  9. "I Can't Be Counted On" – 3:58

    CD reissue bonus tracks

  11. "Baby What You Want Me to Do" – 1:29
  12. "Sexy Music" – 6:40
  13. "Automatic Mojo" – 3:56
  14. "Paradise" – 4:06
  15. "Fruit" – 5:20