{"product_id":"forbidden_places_35th_anniversary_edition","title":"Forbidden Places - 35th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eForbidden Places (35th Anniversary Edition) is a vinyl reissue of the Meat Puppets' seventh studio album, originally released in July 1991 on London Records as the Arizona trio's major-label debut after years on SST. The reissue, released on June 5, 2026 via Real Gone Music, is pressed on Coke Clear with Yellow Swirl vinyl and includes a printed inner sleeve with lyrics — marking the first time the album has been widely available at retail on vinyl since its original release 35 years ago. Produced by Pete Anderson, best known for his work with Dwight Yoakam, the eleven-track record spanning thirty-seven minutes represented a stylistic crossroads for the band: their signature blend of country, hard rock, psychedelia, and breakneck punk instrumentalism was still very much intact, but the major-label context gave the record a somewhat more polished sheen than their SST output.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with the frenzied \"Sam,\" with Curt Kirkwood's characteristically loose, auctioneer-style vocals, and closes with the jaw-dropping bluegrass-metal instrumental \"Six Gallon Pie.\" In between, tracks like \"No Longer Gone\" carry the desert mysticism of their classic Meat Puppets II and Up on the Sun era, while \"Whirlpool\" showcases Curt Kirkwood's underrated guitar technique, and the title track addresses what OffBeat Magazine described as \"the forbidden places in today's big business, corporate dominated world.\" Critical opinion on the album has always been somewhat divided — Trouser Press argued that producer Anderson over-sanded the band's rowdy charm, and the record was largely overshadowed by the grunge explosion it arrived alongside — but in retrospect it is considered an underappreciated entry in the band's catalog, and Luna Music describes it as displaying \"that offhandedly brilliant charm that won the band so many fans in the first place,\" calling it \"an essential piece of the Puppets' catalog.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album - Coke Clear With Yellow Swirl Vinyl","offer_id":53646749532474,"sku":"38650","price":44.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_7.38.07_PM.jpeg?v=1782344598","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/forbidden_places_35th_anniversary_edition","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}