Forbidden Meat
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{{Infobox album
| name = Forbidden Meat
| type = Album
| artist = Sloppy Meateaters
| cover = Sloppy Meateaters-Forbidden Meat.png
| alt =
| released = January 1, 2001
| recorded = Winter 2000/2001
| venue =
| studio = Ledbelly Studios (Canton, Georgia)
| genre = Punk rock
| length = 49:40
| label = Orange Peal Records
| producer = Sloppy Meateaters • The Robfather (exec.)
| prev_title = Shameless Self-Promotion
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Conditioned by the Laugh Track
| next_year = 2005
}}
Forbidden Meat is the second studio album by the American punk band Sloppy Meateaters. It was released by Orange Peal Records in 2001.{{Cite web |date=2001-06-27 |title=Sloppy Meateaters: Forbidden Meat, PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/sloppymeateaters-forbidden-2496069373.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}
Background
Forbidden Meat is the second album by the Sloppy Meateaters.{{Cite web |title=Sloppy Meateaters |url=https://www.interpunk.com/band.cfm?BandID=1212& |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.interpunk.com}}
Reception
PopMatters criticized the album's lack of originality, writing that it sounded similar to "other over-played “punk” groups on MTV", and described Chambers' voice as "whiny", but concluded that "you could do worse than Forbidden Meat." Alex Henderson of AllMusic gave the album a positive retrospective review, writing that "is funnier, more clever, and more memorable than what much of the competition had to offer in 2001."{{cite web|title=Sloppy Meateaters – Forbidden Meat|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/forbidden-meat-mw0000004201|publisher=All Music|accessdate=1 August 2023}}
The album was commercially successful in the United States and Japan.
Track listing
- Play the Game
- Impossible
- Lonely Day
- Fat Chicks
- Suddenly Forget
- One Dream At A Time
- Up Against Me
- The Elevens
- Give Me Something
- Love Myself Better Than You
- Things Are Gonna Change
- Fresh Air
- Talkin About Jesus
- Who's Counting
- So Long
Personnel
- Josh Chambers – vocals, guitar
- Kevin Highfield – drums
- John Elwell – bass, backing vocals
Production
- Produced by Sloppy Meateaters and Matt Washburn
- Executive Produced by Rob "The Robfather" Trisler
- Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Matt Washburn at Ledbelly Studio
- Mastered by John Cuniberti at The Plant Studios
- Art Direction, Design, and Illustrations by David Smith
- Photography by SME Photography