Released May 14, 1991 Release date 14 May 1991 | Length 45:43 | |
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Recorded January – February 1991 Nominations Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album Similar Primus albums, Experimental rock albums |
Primus sailing the seas of cheese full album
Sailing the Seas of Cheese is the second studio album and major-label debut by Primus, released on May 14, 1991. It spawned three singles: "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver", "Tommy the Cat", and "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers". "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" appeared in the video games ATV Offroad Fury, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater,Rock Band 3, and as downloadable content for Rocksmith 2014, while "American Life" appears in Tony Hawk's Project 8.
Contents
- Primus sailing the seas of cheese full album
- Seas of cheese
- Album information
- Live performance
- Critical reception
- Track listing
- Release history
- 2009
- 2013 Reissue
- Charts
- Songs
- References
Seas of cheese
Album information
The album contains several samples from other media:
Live performance
The album was performed live in its entirety in 2003 and 2004 on their Tour De Fromage, on December 30, 2010 and once more during a two night show at Royal Albert Hall in April 2012.
Critical reception
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Steve Huey contends that "Sailing the Seas of Cheese completely redefined the possibilities of the electric bass in rock music for those who'd never heard the group before." He describes the album as "mostly riff-driven, fleshing out their heavy metal roots with prog rock tricks from Rush and Frank Zappa, as well as the novelty side of Zappa's sense of humor." He notes that "the willful goofiness may alienate some listeners, but... it never detracts from the band's frequently stunning musicianship" and concludes that this album is "the tightest, most song-oriented representation of their jaw-dropping, one-of-a-kind style." Simon Reynolds reviews the album for Entertainment Weekly by describing Primus as "too self-consciously goofy for their own good, but their rubber-boned thrash-funk can be cartoonish fun."
Track listing
All lyrics written by Les Claypool; all music composed by Primus, guitar melodies on "Tommy the Cat" and "Sgt. Baker" by Todd Huth.
Release history
Sailing the Seas of Cheese reached Gold status March 1993. It was certified platinum in December 2001.
2009
Plain Recordings released a 180 gram version of the LP.
2013 Reissue
A deluxe edition of the album was released on May 21, 2013. It is available in two six-panel Digipak configurations, each featuring the album’s new stereo mix on CD and the new 5.1 surround mix on Blu-ray or DVD, plus three exclusive, previously unreleased bonus tracks.” Claypool stated, “Musically, it holds up incredibly well. Sonically, it holds up fairly well. There’s some old-style reverbs that are a little bit syrupy. With modern technology, we can fix some of that stuff. But we don’t want to mess with it too much, because it is what it is. We want to fatten it up a little bit.”
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Seas of Cheese0:42
2Here Come the Bastards2:55
3Sgt Baker4:17