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Primus - Tales From the Punchbowl Audio CD

A fair review of the Primus "Tales From the Punchbowl" 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: Tales From the Punchbowl
Rating:
Release Date: 1996-01-23
Media: Audio CD

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 Tree Farm 10: De Anza Jig 11: On the Tweek Again 12: Over the Electric Grapevine 13: Captain Shiner

Final sips of greatness
Although the album indulges his quirky hell-billy side a little too often to stand with his greatest previous releases, the oddball songs grow on you while witnessing a playfully personal synergy this original trio carried, one last time. 3 1/2

Perhaps Claypool's last stab at artistic greatness. .


PRIMUS SUCKS!
This one they seam to have stepped slightly away from the Primus roots and defiantly has more Les influence than the earlier albums deep bass riffs and space alt sounds on some tracks. I don't even recall buying this product but I do own it, along with all other Primus albums. You may remember Wynona's Big Brown Beaver, but South Bound Pachyderm is by far my favorite track on the album.


Underappreciated
Not a big fan of Pork Soda or the Brown album however. I pretty much like all of primus's albums. This is def. one of Primus's underrated and underappreciated albums.

and the album Tales from the Punchbowl refers to the LSD-spiked punch that was frequently served at Barrington social events. Claypool later recorded a song called "Barrington Hall" with his band Frog Brigade

with that in mind and the history of that maybe you may have a different look on the thought process or extra curicular activity that went into producing this album. Which is extremely abstract, avant-garde all over it. Every song is has its own orginality and uniquess.

I especially like the ending of Professor Nutbutter's House Of Treats song, this song takes a lot of heat but I can't understand why, I think those people need to listen to this song again.

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Primus truely does suck
I think I first heard this when I was 9. From the slap-bass to ear piercing drum beats, this a awesome record. And ever since then I have been a hardcore fan of Les Claypool and anything he has done or will do. This album is a lot quirkier than other, but with songs such "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" and "Professor Nutbutter's House Of Treats" to the melodic "Southbound Pachyderm" and thumping "on The Tweek Again". .


For fans only
Not that Primus necessarily has a formula (how can one make an equation out of madness?), but their style was fixed and they seemed unwilling to bend or evolve from it. By this point the formula was set in stone. As a result, Primus began to become predictable around this point. Expect dissonant and buried guitar exercises hidden beneath whacked-out fretless bass playing and some nimble drumming carrying oddball rants and musings as delivered by that Elmer Fudd of vocalists known as Les Claypool.

Starts out very strong, with four very inspired numbers in the row, including the epic "Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats," the Chili Peppers-ish "Mrs. Blaileen," the moody and often low key "Southbound Pachyderm," and the groovy minor hit, "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver. " Then they get lost. The expected interludes continue to bore and the jams they produce on the likes of "Year of the Parrot" and "Glass Sandwich" are too long and unfocused. And as for "On the Tweek Again," talk about lousy vocalizing spoiling an otherwise strong bass line. The early stuff makes it a definite buy for fans, but a highly uneven second half spoils this effort, making it passable at best for anyone else.

Best cuts: "Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats," "Mrs. Blaileen," "Southbound Pachyderm," "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver," "Hellbound," "Over the Electric Grapevine".


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