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Primus - Pork Soda Audio CD

A fair review of the Primus "Pork Soda" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Primus reviews here, or go back to the Primus tabs.

Primus Band: Primus
Title: Pork Soda
Rating:
Release Date: 1993-04-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Pork Chop's Little Ditty 2: My Name Is Mud 3: Welcome to This World 4: Bob 5: DMV 6: Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman's Chronicles, Pt. 3) 7: Nature Boy 8: Wounded Knee 9: Pork Soda 10: Pressman 11: Mr. Krinkle 12: Air Is Getting Slippery 13: Hamburger Train 14: Pork Chop's Little Ditty 15: Hail Santa

Warped mechanics to fill your belly
Pork Soda can easily be seen as the last disc where the three members were totally in their creative element, sadly providing a sound that really has not been explored since. 3 1/2

Demento-funk which practically begs the secure to hold their head steady, fueled by Les Claypool's masterful off-kilter bass sonics and wonderfully kooky trio interplay. Encroaching, overriding goofiness which would plague Claypool's later years first takes root here, when the band was still riding out some sort of singular creative plateau but lacking the album cohesion STSOC had. .


Amazon review...?

If you guys want a serious review, i suggest allmusic. What the hell kind of review was that? You can't badmouth a classic like this in 2 lines. com :).


Last good Primus album
However, the album itself is still very good. Primus is one of my favorite bands, so the fact that you can start to see their creative decline on this album is dissapointing to say the least. Not nearly the brilliance of Sailing on Seas of Cheese or Frizzle Fry, but a good listen nevertheless. Still better than Tales From the Punchbowl, which I bought basically just for the song "Southbound Pachyderm. "

Standouts:
"Welcome to This World"
"DMV"
"Natureboy"

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Even for an acquired taste, starting to sour
Primus is certainly an acquired taste, but acquired or not, there's always going to be ups and downs. Fans of Sea of Cheese will probably enjoy this follow-up; those who didn't groove to it will be just as lost. Pork Soda is even more uneven than the last, but the high points are just as exhilarating (and bizarre).

"My Name Is Mud" was a small hit and excels despite the corn-fried goofiness (and thanks to an irresistible percussive bass groove). The soft/loud dynamic honed on "Nature Boy" makes it a slightly more traditional song (emphasis on slightly). And "Hamburger Town" is an epic with as many peaks and valleys as a mountain range; it essentially sums up the patchy nature of the entire album. The shorter tracks are all weird novelties, Zappa-esque teases and filler (you're better off just skipping them after a couple of spins) and any attempt at seriousness is usually a wide miss (the rather dark "Bob" is one of the least successful true songs on the album). Enough good stuff here to give it a pass, but like their other stuff, it's best in smaller doses and only when the mood strikes just right.

Best cuts: "Nature Boy," "My Name Is Mud," "Welcome to This World," "Mr. Krinkle," "The `Ol Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman's Chronicles, Part 3)," "DMV," "Hamburger Town".


virtuosity meets originality
Its strange, heavy, funky, funny, scary and ugly at times but always original and inventive. Primus is one of my favorite bands and this album is a classic. Les Claypool is one of the greatest and most original rock bassists of all time. Tim Alexander thunders along on the drums complimenting Les's bass style perfectly in a way later drummers, in my opinion, failed to do as effectively. And what can i say about Larry Lalonde; he's as unique a guitar player as they come, playing textures and flights of fantasy solos on guitar that never interfere with the busy bass lines of Claypool, but compliment both drums and bass in a way that is both strange and beautiful. This band doesn't trudge on, playing the same old garbage, but weave a collage of funk and metal and insanity reminiscent of Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and King Crimson. And they do it all with a twisted sense of humor that some feel doesn't belong in music, but that i find to be an integral part of music and life. If you like fun and original music and can appreciate the art of playing an instrument in strange, new, exciting ways, exploring sounds and styles with complete disregard for the norm. Then try Primus! This isn't Pop Music kiddies, this is Great Music.


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