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Antipop
Antipop, indeed. Primus, led by mad genius/bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, enjoyed past radio success with "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" and "Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver." And on Antipop, Primus's usual staccato freneticism and rhythm-propelled tunes are as compelling, demanding, and provocative as ever. Like Mr. Bungle, another oddball Northern California outfit, Primus's humor is omnipresent, though not in a Weird Al way, despite the fact that Claypool's nasal delivery is not unlike Mr. Yankovic's. Most of Antipop is patented Primus funk-pop, what with a song about "sniffing paint since the seventh grade" ("Lacquerhead") and the autobiographical title track ("I am the Antipop / I'll run against the grain 'til the day I drop"). Still, there are a few departures. The spacey, seemingly deliberate Pink Floyd homage "Eclectic Electric" is cool, as is the very Tom Waits-like "Coattails of a Dead Man." --Katherine Turman
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Tracks| 1 | Intro | | 2 | Electric Uncle Sam | | 3 | Natural Joe | | 4 | Lacquer Head | | 5 | Antipop | | 6 | Eclectic Electric | | 7 | Greet the Scared Cow | | 8 | Mama Didn't Raise No Fool | | 9 | Dirty Drowning Man | | 10 | Ballad of Bodacious | | 11 | Power Mad | | 12 | Final Voyage of the Liquid Sky | | 13 | Coattails of a Dead Man |
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