Rise to Your Knees is the Meat Puppets

Meat Puppets

The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood , his brother Cris Kirkwood , and Derrick Bostrom . The Kirkwood brothers met Bostrom while attending Brophy Prep High School in Phoenix...

' eleventh full-length studio album, which was released on July 17, 2007. Not only was it their first studio release since 2000's Golden Lies

Golden Lies

Golden Lies is a 2000 album by the Meat Puppets. After the You Love Me EP, in 1999, this was the second release from the second line-up of the Meat Puppets.-Track listing:All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted....

, it was also their first to feature the original bassist Cris Kirkwood

Cris Kirkwood

Christopher "Cris" Kirkwood is an American musician who is the bassist and a founding member of the Meat Puppets, an alternative punk rock band.-Biography:...

 since his departure after the release of 1995's No Joke!

No Joke!

No Joke! is the ninth album by the Meat Puppets, released in 1995 , 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 and drummer Derrick Bostrom .- Track listing...

. The album was given a one month advance release on the iTunes Music Store and eMusic

EMusic

eMusic is an online music and audiobook store that operates by subscription. It is headquartered in New York City with an office in London and owned by Dimensional Associates. As of September 2008 eMusic has over 400,000 subscribers....

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An earlier version of "Enemy Love Song" was available for download on Curt Kirkwood's official website in 2005 prior to the release of his solo album Snow. It was removed after the album was released. In addition to "Enemy Love Song", "New Leaf" previously appeared on the 2004 compilation album Classic Puppets

Classic Puppets

Classic Puppets is a 2004 compilation CD by the Meat Puppets.-Track listing:All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted.# "Foreign Lawns" - 0:38# "H-Elenore" - 1:38# "Blue Green God" - 1:22...

, this version being recorded by the Golden Lies

Golden Lies

Golden Lies is a 2000 album by the Meat Puppets. After the You Love Me EP, in 1999, this was the second release from the second line-up of the Meat Puppets.-Track listing:All songs written by Curt Kirkwood, unless otherwise noted....

-era lineup.

Track listing

All songs written by Curt Kirkwood

Curt Kirkwood

Curtis Matthew Kirkwood is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, but currently resides in Austin, Texas....

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1. "Fly Like the Wind" - 5:31
2. "On the Rise" - 4:01
3. "Radio Moth" - 3:44
4. "Tiny Kingdom" - 5:04
5. "Enemy Love Song" - 3:24
6. "Spit" - 4:20
7. "Island" - 3:51
8. "Vultures" - 4:09
9. "Stone Eyes" - 3:59
10. "This Song" - 4:22
11. "New Leaf" - 3:57
12. "Disappear" - 4:18
13. "The Ship" - 4:17
14. "Ice" - 6:11
15. "Light the Fire" - 6:22

Personnel

• Curt Kirkwood
  Curt Kirkwood
  Curtis Matthew Kirkwood is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, but currently resides in Austin, Texas....
  
   – Vocals, Guitars, Keys
• Cris Kirkwood
  Cris Kirkwood
  Christopher "Cris" Kirkwood is an American musician who is the bassist and a founding member of the Meat Puppets, an alternative punk rock band.-Biography:...
  
   – Bass, Vocals, Keys, Guit-Jo
• Ted Marcus
  Ted Marcus
  Ted Marcus is an American drummer formerly of the Meat Puppets. Marcus replaced original drummer Derrick Bostrom, for the band's 2006 reunion. He was present on their 2007 reunion album Rise to Your Knees and its follow-up Sewn Together...
  
   – Drums
• Stuart Sullivan - Wurlitzer
  Wurlitzer
  The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes....
  
  solo on "Enemy Love Song"
• Frenchy Smith - Hypnosis Guitar on "Light The Fire"