Sewn Together

Curt Kirkwood commented in an interview that the album was put together over a short period of time, comparing its production to the group's earlier albums. He said, "In the '80s, we used to just crap this stuff out. Those SST records cost, like, five grand apiece, if that much, and those are the records that made people like us. Now, if I can get away with it, I'll make a record as cheap as I can and put as little work as I can into it, which is what we did with this one. I don't like putting a lot of time into it. We cut a track, and if we've played it halfway right, we're done with it".{{cite web |author=alex101 |date=March 27, 2009 |title=Meat Puppets announce new album, tour |publisher=Punknews.org |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/32868 |accessdate=March 31, 2009}}

Sewn Together was recorded at drummer Ted Marcus' apartment and at The Saltmine Studios in Mesa, Arizona, United States.{{cite web |last1=Deming |first1=Mark |title=Sewn Together - Meat Puppets |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sewn-together-mw0000816109 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=3 February 2020}}

Courtney Devores of Charlotte Observer delineated the sound of Sewn Together as "warm, psychedelic folk-rock".{{cite news |last1=Devores |first1=Courtney |title=Back cooking through tragedy, drugs, jail |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article9029462.html |accessdate=3 February 2020 |work=Charlotte |agency=Charlotte Observer |date=27 November 2009}}

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| rev1score = 6.1/10{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13035-sewn-together/|title=Meat Puppets: Sewn Together|website=Pitchfork}}

| rev2 = Q

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}} Aug. 2009, pg. 109

| rev3 = Spin

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2009/04/meat-puppets-sewn-together-megaforce/|title=Meat Puppets, 'Sewn Together' (Megaforce)|date=April 16, 2009|website=Spin}}

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On review aggregation site Metacritic, Sewn Together has a 71 (out of 100) favorable rating based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/sewn-together/meat-puppets|title=Sewn Together by Meat Puppets|via=www.metacritic.com}}

The Boston Globe said: {{cquote|"At its best, Arizona's Meat Puppets makes you think there are no boundaries between punk, country, and pop. The appropriately named "Sewn Together" finds 50-year-old Curt Kirkwood and his 48-year-old brother Cris Kirkwood crafting mongrel music as fine as anything in the band's catalog. ... The group's signatures are all here: the loping honky-tonk rhythms, the piercing punk wordplay, and the psychedelic glint that makes even the mellowest passages sound a little nervous."{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2009/05/11/puppets_put_it_all_together/|title=Puppets put it all 'Together'|newspaper=Boston.com |via=The Boston Globe}}}}

1. "Sewn Together" - 3:07
2. "Blanket of Weeds" - 5:14
3. "I'm Not You" - 4:27
4. "Sapphire" - 4:00
5. "Rotten Shame" - 5:19
6. "Go to Your Head" - 3:44
7. "Clone" - 4:37
8. "Smoke" - 3:16
9. "S.K.A." - 3:47
10. "Nursery Rhyme" - 4:28
11. "The Monkey and the Snake" - 3:09
12. "Love Mountain" - 3:44

• Curt Kirkwood - vocals, guitars, mandolin
• Cris Kirkwood - bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals
• Ted Marcus - drums; organ on "Love Mountain"

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