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Primus - 'Antipop' OOP ORG DBL Vinyl LP RECORD SEALED sorry, USA bidders only!!!
VINYL : MINT
COVER : STILL SEALED
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> Album FeaturesUPC: 606949041410Artist: PrimusFormat: DBL LP Vinyl Records 33 rpmRelease Year: 1999Record Label: Interscope Records - Prawn SongGenre: Rock
Track Listing
Album Notes
Guests Include: Tom Morello, Stewart Copeland, Jerry Cantrell, James Hetfield and Tom Waits...
Recorded at Rancho Relaxo, except track 2, 3, 4, 8 and 11 recorded at The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. Mixed at The Plant, Sausalito, except track 2 mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA. Ler's guitar solo on track 6 recorded at F-Studios, Berkeley, Ca.
Brain uses Zildjian Cymbals & Sticks and DW Drums.
Mastered at A&M Mastering Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Art & Illustration for Cheeba Productions. Art Direction & Layout for Prawn Song Design.
Editorial Reviews
Primus is known throughout as a very weird, unclassifiable band with the best bassist in the history of slapping and finger-picking. I’m not going to argue, because that is 100% correct. They’re one of the few bands I really think has lived up to their fullest potential, and with the amount of talent that the three band members have, that could not have been an east feat. Many people think that Primus’s magnum opus is Frizzle Fry or even Sailing the Seas of Cheese. Not without reason, of course, they are both amazing albums featuring some of Primus’s best and most well-known songs. I, however, think this is their best. Without a doubt the most overlooked album in the Primus discography, it has a darker and heavier feel to it, while still maintaining the sense of humor that fans of the band have come to know and love. If there’s one trend in all the Primus albums (besides the inhuman bass lines), it’s that all of them are just fun to listen to, and The Antipop, their most recent release, is no different.
Featuring a plethora of guest producers, such as James Hetfeild of Metallica and Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, this is by far the best production job Primus has ever had on a studio album, and it might be one of the best I’ve ever heard. It sounds so clean and intense you’d think that the band is playing right in front of you. This album, while maintaining the funkiness and bounciness of past Primus releases, adds on a bit more seriousness than fans may be used to. It’s not very easy to take seriously with Les Claypool’s cartoon character vocals, but for the most part we still get the tongue-in-cheek delivery that we’re used to. They just got a little bit heavier, which is always a good thing.
They have as much groove as ever, most notably the main riff of Greet the Sacred Cow that just makes you want to jump side to side like an idiot, but you don’t care because it’s just so awesome. There are a few songs with a bit of an ominous, almost creepy feeling to them, such as Dirty Drowning Man, the title track, and the most serious song on the album, Eclectic Electric. They get a bit ridiculous with the song Ballad of Bodacious, which is sort of a funk-country-hard rock thing about a mighty bull named Bodacious, but it’s cool, because it’s a track based off pure fun. The only weak track on the album is Coattails of a Dead Man, because it does not show any of the high-points of the band. It’s like one of the weird little interludes that they like to throw in sometimes just stretched out for five minutes, with Les’s less than impressive vocals thrown in. I let it slide, though, because if they wanted this track to be taken seriously they would’ve made it an actual Primus song.
Les gives us some of the best riffs he’s ever written in The Antipop (Greet the Sacred Cow and Power Mad), but that’s about it. No mind-blowing bass solos and very few guitar solos from Larry. There’s little technicality in this album, but that doesn’t really matter to me, because it’s all fun and catchy as hell. Not to say that Les doesn’t still blow most bassists out of the water on this album, it’s just less than you would expect for a Primus album. If you want the crazy basswork, look at Lacquer Head and The Final Voyage of the Liquid Sky. While not as technically impressive as some of the other work Les has done, there is not a single bassline on this album that is mediocre in the least. It’s all catchy, bouncy and it’s all definitely Primus. The drumming on this album, like their previous release “The Brown Album”, is done by Bryan “Brain” Mantia, and while I prefer Tim “Herb” Alexander, I can’t say that Brain doesn’t get the job done just as well.
All in all, I’d consider this to be Primus’s most enjoyable album. If you want a fun listen that you’ll remember for a while, look no further. Maybe you won’t consider it a classic as I have, but you will no doubt be entertained by it, as long as you can get used to Les’s unorthodox vocals. Fans of the band will see this as the darker, funk-metal side of Primus while still sticking to their roots to create an album that everyone will enjoy. Now I know why Primus hasn’t made a new album in twelve years, I just don’t see them topping this one.
Double Lp, comes in single-fold jacket. Includes insert with lyrics and notes.
shipped in protective custom-made 'U-Line' corrugated cardboard LP mailer
sorry, USA bidders only
| Primus discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Video albums | 7 |
| Music videos | 16 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Singles | 21 |
This is a discography for the Americanrock band Primus. For individual songs, see the category listing.
Studio albums[edit]
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | AUS [2] | BEL | CAN [3] | FIN [4] | GER [5] | NLD [6] | NZ [7] | SWI [8] | UK [9] | |||||
| Fla. [10] | Wal. [11] | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | Frizzle Fry
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991 | Sailing the Seas of Cheese
| 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | US: Platinum[12] | |
| 1993 | Pork Soda
| 7 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | 45 | — | 56 | US: Platinum[12] | |
| 1995 | Tales from the Punchbowl
| 8 | 8 | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | 101 | US: Gold[12] CAN: Gold[13] | |
| 1997 | Brown Album
| 21 | 34 | — | — | — | 14 | 99 | — | — | — | 180 | ||
| 1999 | Antipop
| 44 | 33 | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | Green Naugahyde
| 15 | — | 84 | 95 | 27 | 21 | 100 | 62 | — | 74 | 115 | ||
| 2014 | Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble
| 17 | — | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | The Desaturating Seven
| 26 | 97 | 105 | 136 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| '—' denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums[edit]
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Suck on This
|
Extended plays[edit]
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | AUS [2] | NLD [6] | JPN | |||
| 1992 | Miscellaneous Debris
| — | 69 | — | — | |
| 1998 | Rhinoplasty
| 106 | 81 | 97 | ? | |
| 2003 | Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
| 44 | — | — | — | US: Platinum[12] |
| 2010 | June 2010 Rehearsal
| — | — | — | — | |
| '—' denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Compilation albums[edit]
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US [1] | ||
| 2006 | They Can't All Be Zingers
| 105 |
Video albums[edit]
| Year | Album details | Certifications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Cheesy Home Video
| |
| 1998 | Horrible Swill: A Tawdry Look at Primus on the Road in 1998
| |
Videoplasty
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| 2003 | Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
| US: Platinum[12] |
| 2004 | Hallucino-Genetics: Live 2004
| US: Gold[12] CAN: Gold[13] |
| 2006 | Blame It on the Fish: An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour de Fromage
|
Singles[edit]
Primus Discography Rare Vinyl
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Airplay | US Alt. [14] | US Main. [15] | AUS [2] | |||
| 1990 | 'John the Fisherman' | — | — | — | — | Frizzle Fry |
| 'Too Many Puppies' | — | — | — | — | ||
| 'Mr. Knowitall' | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver' | — | 23 | — | — | Sailing the Seas of Cheese |
| 'Tommy the Cat' | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992 | 'Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers' | — | — | — | — | |
| 'Making Plans for Nigel' | — | 30 | — | — | Miscellaneous Debris | |
| 1993 | 'My Name Is Mud' | — | 9 | — | — | Pork Soda |
| 'DMV' | — | — | — | — | ||
| 'Mr. Krinkle' | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | 'Wynona's Big Brown Beaver' | 62 | 12 | 23 | 80 | Tales from the Punchbowl |
| 'Mrs. Blaileen' | — | — | — | — | ||
| 'Southbound Pachyderm' | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | 'Shake Hands With Beef' | — | — | — | — | Brown Album |
| 'Over the Falls' | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | 'Lacquer Head' | — | — | — | — | Antipop |
| 'Electric Uncle Sam' | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000 | 'N.I.B.' (featuring Ozzy Osbourne) | — | — | 2 | — | Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath |
| 2010 | 'Me Llamo Mud' | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2011 | 'Tragedy's a' comin' | — | — | — | — | Green Naugahyde |
| 'Lee van Cleef' | — | — | — | — | ||
| '—' denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Music videos[edit]
Primus hired many of their friends from the Bay Area to be in the stage crew, and many of them appear in Primus's videos and home videos.
| Song | Director | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'John the Fisherman' | Mark Kohr | 1990 | Kirk Hammett appears in the video. Never officially released. |
| 'Too Many Puppies' | Kevin Kerslake | Never officially released. | |
| 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver' | Mark Kohr | 1991 | Bob Cock appears in the beginning clip. Live footage shot at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA. |
| 'Tommy the Cat' | Shot entirely in black and white, with clips of black and white animation. | ||
| 'My Name Is Mud' | 1993 | Bob Cock appears throughout the video. | |
| 'DMV' | The band was asked to make this video by the record label. | ||
| 'Mr. Krinkle' | The camera does not move during the entire video; shot in one take. | ||
| 'Wynona's Big Brown Beaver' | Les Claypool | 1995 | Shot at Rancho Relaxo, Claypool's home. Shot at 3/4 speed to give the band irregular and strange movements when played at normal speed. |
| 'Southbound Pachyderm' | Entirely claymated, except for the band appearing on a TV. | ||
| 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' | Mike Johnson | 1996 | Entirely claymated. |
| 'Shake Hands With Beef' | Les Claypool | 1997 | This was also shot at 3/4 speed, giving the band irregular and odd movements at normal speed. LaLonde also goes for a fly during his solo. Trailer scenes shot at Rancho Relaxo. |
| 'Over the Falls' | Shot entirely in black and white. Outdoor live footage shot at Baker Beach in San Francisco, CA. | ||
| 'Lacquer Head' | 1999 | Blends claymation and real video. Including clips from many previous music videos. Banned by MTV because of drug references, despite being an anti-drug song. | |
| 'Tragedy's a' Comin' | Les Claypool & Mark Kohr | 2011 | Features Les Claypool dressed as a giant lobster in a tank at a restaurant, watching how the other lobsters are being eaten by socialites. In the meantime, lobster Claypool fantasizes about being on a beach. |
| 'Lee Van Cleef' | Team Coco | 2012 | An entirely animated video set up in a fictional 'The Good, The Band & The Ugly' world, showing a hanged Lee Van Cleef coming back to life to kill Clint Eastwood. |
| 'Jilly's On Smack' | Jordan Copeland | The video, directed by The Police drummer Steward Copeland's son, Jordan, consists of live performance of the band interspersed with old, grainy footage of Christmas-themed family life. | |
| 'HOINFODAMAN' | Team Hiho | 2015 | Winner of a video contest. |
| 'Candyman' | Ivan Landau, Edgar Alvarez & Webster Colcord | Entirely claymated. |
Compilations and soundtracks[edit]
- 1988 - Germ's Choice: A KUSF Compilation (promo for KUSF radio, featuring the demo version of 'Tommy the Cat')
- 1991 - A Different Sound (promo for Carlsberg Light lager, featuring 'Tommy the Cat')
- 1992 - Plan B: the questionable video features Here come the bastards, Tommy the cat.
- 1991 - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (soundtrack, featuring 'Tommy the Cat')
- 1991 - Expand-O: CD Tune Up 12 (featuring 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver')
- 1993 - The Beavis and Butt-head Experience (soundtrack, featuring the original track 'Poetry and Prose')
- 1993 - In Defense of Animals (benefit compilation album, featuring 'Too Many Puppies')
- 1993 - Lollapalooza '93 (sampler, featuring studio version of 'Mr. Krinkle')
- 1994 - Airheads (soundtrack, featuring the original track 'Bastardizing Jellikit')
- 1994 - Brainscan (soundtrack, featuring 'Welcome to This World')
- 1994 - Caroline Records 1994 Sampler (promo for Caroline Records, featuring 'John the Fisherman')
- 1994 - Woodstock 1994 (live album, featuring 'Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers')
- 1995 - Obdurate (promo for HM magazine, featuring a live version of 'Here Come the Bastards')
- 1995 - Phuq! (featuring 'Wynona's Big Brown Beaver')
- 1996 - Bored Generation (featuring 'Hellbound 17½')
- 1996 - Eyesore: A Stab at The Residents (The Residents tribute album, featuring the Primus cover of 'Hello Skinny/Constantinople')
- 1996 - Music for Our Mother Ocean, Vol. 1 (promo for the Surfrider Foundation, featuring a live version of 'Mr. Knowitall')
- 1996 - X Games Volume 1: Music from the Edge (promo for ESPN's X Games, featuring 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver')
- 1997 - Crossing All Over!: Volume 6 (featuring 'Shake Hands with Beef')
- 1997 - Rock Sound: Volume 10 (promo for Rock Sound magazine, featuring 'Shake Hands with Beef')
- 1997 - Universal Attaque!: Vol. 1 (featuring 'Shake Hands with Beef')
- 1997 - Zoo Magazine: CD Sampler 10 (promo for Zoo magazine, featuring 'My Name is Mud')
- 1998 - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (soundtrack, featuring the original tracks 'South Park Theme' and 'Mephisto and Kevin')
- 1998 - Indie 2000: Volume 3 (featuring 'Shake Hands with Beef')
- 1998 - Interscope Sampler: Volume One (promo for Interscope Records, featuring the Primus cover of Stanley Clarke's 'Silly Putty')
- 1998 - The New, the Classic & the Unexplored: Volume Three (promo for Visions magazine, featuring 'To Defy the Laws of Tradition')
- 1998 - Pinkpop 1998 Sampler (featuring a live version of 'Bob's Party Time Lounge')
- 1998 - Tijdloze Honderd: Vol 4 (featuring 'Too Many Puppies')
- 1999 - Celebrity Deathmatch (soundtrack, featuring the studio version of 'The Heckler')
- 1999 - Family Values Tour 1999 (live album, featuring 'Lacquer Head' and 'My Name is Mud')
- 1999 - Jack Kerouac Reads On the Road (Jack Kerouac compilation, featuring a cover of 'On the Road' recorded by Tom Waits and Primus)
- 1999 - The New, the Classic & the Unexplored: Volume Nine (promo for Visions magazine, featuring 'South Park Theme')
- 1999 - Opscene: CD#11 (featuring 'Mama Didn't Raise No Fool')
- 1999 - Take Off 2000: Loud Music for the Next Millenium (featuring 'Lacquer Head')
- 1999 - Visions 75th Anniversary Compilation: Part II (promo for Visions magazine, featuring the Primus cover of Pink Floyd's 'Have a Cigar')
- 2000 - Big Noize (featuring 'Electric Uncle Sam')
- 2000 - Nativity in Black II (Black Sabbath tribute album featuring a cover of 'N.I.B.' recorded by Primus and Ozzy Osbourne)
- 2003 - Triple J's Hottest 100 10th Anniversary: Hottest Box (promo for Triple J radio's Hottest 100, featuring 'Wynona's Big Brown Beaver')
- 2004 - Alternative Rock Edition (featuring 'Too Many Puppies')
- 2004 - Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 (live album, featuring 'Frizzle Fry')
- 2005 - Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne box set, featuring the cover of 'N.I.B.' recorded by Primus and Osbourne)
- 2005 - Triple J's Super Request: Dog's Breakfast (promo for Triple J radio's Super Request, featuring 'Electric Uncle Sam')
- 2006 - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Tom Waits compilation, featuring the cover of 'On the Road' recorded by Primus and Waits)
- 2008 - Zack and Miri Make a Porno (soundtrack, featuring 'Wynona's Big Brown Beaver')
- Video compilations
- 2004 - Live from Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 (DVD)
- Television show theme songs
- 1997-2000 - South Park: seasons 1-4 ('South Park Theme', released on Chef Aid, 1998)
- 2000-2006 - South Park: seasons 4-10 (various remixes of 'South Park Theme', unreleased)
- 2006-present - South Park: seasons 10-14 (mashup of 'South Park Theme' and 'Whamola' by Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, unreleased)
- Video game soundtracks
- 1995 - Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity (featuring 'DMV')
- 1999 - Hot Wheels Turbo Racing (featuring 'Hampster Style')
- 1999 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (featuring 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver')
- 2000 - Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption (featuring 'Electric Uncle Sam')
- 2001 - ATV Offroad Fury (featuring 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver')
- 2006 - Guitar Hero 2 (featuring 'John the Fisherman')
- 2006 - Tony Hawk's Project 8 (featuring 'American Life')
- 2010 - Rock Band 3 (featuring 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver')
- 2014 - Rocksmith (featuring 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver, 'Tommy the Cat', 'Wynona's Big Brown Beaver', 'South Park Theme')
Primus Discography Torrent
See also[edit]
- Riddles Are Abound Tonight - album by the 1988 Primus lineup under the name Sausage.
- Lance 'Link' Montoya - the original cover sculptor for Suck On This, Frizzle Fry, Sailing the Seas of Cheese, Pork Soda, and Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People.
References[edit]
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- ^ abcAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: 'australian-charts.com > Discography Primus'. Hung Medien.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- 'Miscellaneous Debris': 'The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 12 Jun 1994'. Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-03-07. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- 'Wynona's Big Brown Beaver': 'The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 06 Aug 1995'. Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- The Desaturating Seven: 'ARIA Chart Watch #441'. auspOp. 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- ^'Primus Chart History (Canadian Albums)'. Billboard.
- ^'Discography Primus'. finnishcharts.com.
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- ^'Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community' (in Swiss German). hitparade.ch.
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