Primus - Tales From The Punchbowl

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Artist:

Primus

Album:

Tales From the Punchbowl

Description/Info:

Tracks:

1. Professor Nutbutter's House Of Treats
2. Mrs. Blaileen
3. Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
4. Southbound Pachyderm
5. Space Farm
6. Year Of The Parrot
7. Hellbound 17 1/2 (Theme From)
8. Glass Sandwich
9. Del Davis Treefarm
10. De Anza Jig
11. On The Tweek Again
12. Over The Electric Grapevine
13. Captain Shiner

By now, Primus' modus operandi is clear and well-established: twisted bass/drum grooves

reminiscent of King Crimson gone horribly, horribly wrong, insane ringmaster vocals

with cartoonish lyrics, and cutting, off-the-wall guitar. There is much unabashed prog

rock in Primus' sound, which even the thick dollops of irony that the band seeks to

impart to its compositions are unable to mask completely. Primus' musicianship

continues to improve, with the intonation of Les Claypool's trademark fretless bass (a

sore spot in the past) more spot-on than ever, and guitarist Larry LaLonde's Fripp-isms

are truly convincing for the first time. The funk influences that have always been

hinted at on previous Primus records seem more convincing here, as Claypool and drummer

Tim "Herb" Alexander lay down some extremely grooving figures, as on the Red Hot Chili

Peppers-esque "chorus" to "Mrs. Blaileen." Of course, the high-energy angular rhythms

that Primus is known and loved for are as present as ever; they are just pulled off

with greater zest and looser precision (if there is such a thing) than they have in the

past. LaLonde in particular seems to have improved a great deal between Pork Soda and

Tales From the Punchbowl. His dissonances seem a bit more calculated and less

gratuitous and lazy than they often came off before. With high energy and full of surprises, Tales From the Punchbowl is one of Primus' finer discs.

Rating:

4 Stars

Release Date:

May 23, 1995

Recording Date:

Nov 1994-Mar 1995

Label:

Interscope

Genre:

Funk Metal

Bitrate:

128kbps

File format:

mp3

File size:

49.5 MB

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