I have always been a huge fan of Primus (they might be my favorite band ever), and when I got this CD while going on a trip, I was astonished. This is my most recent Primus album, and it is probably the last one I will buy, and it might be the best. So...read on.

I am one of the 8 people who actually LOVED this CD, and, along with those 7 others, was extremely surprised that there were any negative reviews about this. I have nothing to complain about...this is the most complete Primus package out there. You've got the strangely infectious (Mrs. Blaileen), the hilarious hit (Wynona, which is probably Primus' most famous song), the weird filler (Space Farm and Captain Shiner), the banjo-driven ditty (De Anza Jig), and the song that seems to genuinely annoy people but I enjoy anyway (Year of the Parrot, with its 7/4 time signature). Yes, there's everything a Primus fan can drool over and dream about. Beavers, grapevines, Christmas trees, a guy who shoves milkshakes up his nose, and even a streamlined school murder. So much "stuff", in fact, that it makes me wonder if the people who gave this album anything less than 4 stars accidentally listened to a Michael Jackson-meats-NSync preview, and I mean the one where he looked like a monkey, but not Punchbowl. This thing is flawless, man.

Now, it is important to mention what you are getting into if you aren't a Primus fan. I have no idea how to explain this. It's like...a sort of bass-driven rampage through the mind of an 8-year-old that's been watching South Park, has ADHD, and has been picking psychadellically-colored mushrooms in a sort of hippie garden. Throw in some woodland creatures and fishing bait, and a few pop culture referances so obscure that I barely understand them, and PRESTO!...you have a bunch of crap that sounds like it would be the closest thing to Primus that you could possibly get to, needless to say that it would be pretty far off.

So, if you want to dig deeper into the darkside of rock weirdom, OR you're a Primus fan, OR you want to get addicted to the greatest band on this planet, this is the ONLY album out there that approaches each of these demands flawlessly. Oh, and it sounds good, too.

I don't want to rip on Primus - they're definitely on the top 3 of my 'favorite bands' list - but, this album would have been a flop with the absence of "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver," though I haven't had a chance to listen to the highly-rated "Souhtpound Pachyderm." If you're a new Primus fan, go with "Pork Soda" or "Sailing The Seas of Cheese."

Because 6 out of the 11 tracks on this album are ones i like. This is deffinetially Primus' weakest album. I expected sooo much more. Oh well...

Rundown:

Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats: 9/10: A great opening song as well as one of the best songs on the album. very up-beat tune and great jamming makes this a strong point

Mrs. Blaileen: 7/10: An okay song. not that great in general but still a strong point

Wynona's Big Brown Beaver: 10/10: Everyone who's into Primus has heard this song at one point or another and I must say its my second fav. on the album. It's amazing how the band can sucessfuly play sooo many genres of music and still make it amazing!

Southbound Pachyderm: 10/10: The best song on the album no doubt. This song is great and Primus fans MUST hear it if they haven't!

Space Farm: 5/10: Can't say much about this song. Not much here, usually skip it

Year of the Parrot: 1/10: UGH! I HATE this song. and to tell you the reason, I have to tell you about something in an old computer game called "Jumpstart 2nd Grade" Theres a point in the game where these 2 chalk kids sing about what nouns are. Now, back to the song. The reason I LOATH this song so is because it sounds like they're trying to teach me what 'plagiarism' means. They go ON and ON about what it means and they give examples and such. I hated that. But not only this, but this song is very poor as music goes in general. It's very repetative and the chorus is annoying as hell. By far the worst on the album as well as Primus' worst song.

Hellbound 17 1/2 (theme from): 5/10: See 'Space Farm'

Glass Sandwitch 6/10: I enjoyed the lyrics, but the song is very annoying and hard to listen to

Del Davis Tree Farm: 6/10: See 'Glass Sandwitch'

De Anza Jig: 7/10: What saves this song is that it's funny. One of 2 songs by Primus that made me laugh out loud the first time I heard it. This sounds like a more up beat version of 'The Air is Getting Slippery' form Pork Soda.

On the Tweek Again: 4/10: By far the most annoying song on the album. This is upsetting because Primus is usually very sucessful at telling a story in their music, but this is sooooo hard to listen to that I can't stress the word "Intolerable" enough.

Over the Electric Grapevine: 8/10: FINALLY! Some Decent Material! I enjoy this song a lot. Its got a fun beat and is a blast to listen to

Captain Shiner: 1/10: The useless ending track. This is just a little bit better that Pork Soda's 'Hail Santa' But pretty pointless.

Over All: 79/100 79%

Decent, but not great. Primus' dosapointment. If they started their career w/ this album, I'd probabbly dislike the band w/ a passion. But luckelly this was one of my later albums by Primus. Here is a short list of the order u should get the 7 albums (im not including the 2 cover albums 'Rinoplasty' and 'Miscellaneous Debiris' as well as the EP/ DVD Animals Should Not Try and act Like People)

1. Sailing The Seas of Cheese
2. Frizzle Fry
3. Antipop
4. Suck on This (Live)
5. Pork Soda
6. Brown Album
7. Tales from the Punchbowl

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This album is very prog-ish and very much Primus. This was my first Primus album, and it took me a litle while to get used to it. I really like the opening song "Professor Nutbutter's House Of Treats" (fast and fun), "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" (groovy), "Southbound Pachyderm" (hypnotic), "Year Of The Parrot" (I don't know, it's cool!), "De Anza Jig" (frickin' hilarious!), and "On The Tweek Again" (rawk!). Great album for the Primus fan and very underrated.

How did I get into Primus. It must come from South Park tv show where the main song is done by Primus. South Park (french version from France) is hilarious as their expressions don't even sound vulgar to us in America.

Really, a hard to describe album. Is it music or is it sound? I don't know but it quite good and different than anything else. It 's all about what can be done with a bass.

I bought it for the song "Wynona's big brown beaver" which makes me laugh a lot. I usually hate voices like on this song but this one is true perfection with music and lyrics.

The best song on this album is "Southbound Pachyderm". Wow a masterpiece! It has that "Stranglehold" Ted Nudget feel in it.

First song on this album is used very often in show for bass solo by other bands.

Excellent