When I was a small child, I thought this was one of the best records I\u2019d heard in my short time on Earth. As I\u2019ve grown, I find that it\u2019s not as spectacular but still ranks as one of Primus\u2019 defining recordings.<\/p>\n
Kicking off with the one-two punch of \u201cPork Chop\u2019s Little Ditty\u201d and the immortal \u201cMy Name Is Mud,\u201d Primus announced to the world that their themes and sound had gotten darker since Sailing The Seas Of Cheese<\/i>. Other songs are a bit more lighthearted, like \u201cThe Air is Getting Slippery\u201d and \u201cDMV,\u201d which is one of my least favorite tracks. But the overall theme is very dark and ominous, and nowhere is that more prevalent than on \u201cBob,\u201d written about a guy who hangs himself with a belt. Talk about cheery pop songs!<\/p>\n
Each of the guys gets a chance to spread their wings a bit on this disc; guitarist Larry LaLonde shows off his stuff on \u201cHamburger Train,\u201d drummer Tim Alexander stretches out on \u201cWounded Knee,\u201d a great little track, and leader Les Claypool shows off his eccentricities on \u201cHail Santa.\u201d Without a doubt, this was the most experimental and different type of record the band would put out.<\/p>\n
But it wasn\u2019t without its share of catchy tracks, like \u201cWelcome To This World,\u201d \u201cNature Boy,\u201d and \u201cMr. Krinkle,\u201d which is still one of my absolute favorites. While songs like those are great, the overall gloomy whimsy of the record has worn off over the years. Some things like \u201cThe Ol\u2019 Diamondback Sturgeon\u201d just never worked to begin with and the fact that the album ends with three oddball instrumentals is just frustrating these days.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, even though \u201cMy Name Is Mud\u201d and \u201cBob\u201d were instant classics, this album is often looked at as the most experimental point in the band\u2019s career. But there are still plenty of gems here, you just have to dig a bit deeper to find \u2019em.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5631],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-44597","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-primus","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44597"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}