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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