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Primus discography
Primus discography
Studio albums	9
EPs	5
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	2
Singles	22
Video albums	6
Music videos	20

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This is a discography for the American rock band Primus. For individual songs, see the category listing.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications
Year	Album details	US ^[1]	AUS ^[2]	BEL (FL) ^[3]	BEL (WA) ^[4]	CAN ^[5]	FIN ^[6]	GER ^[7]	NLD ^[8]	NZ ^[9]	SWI ^[10]	UK ^[11]	Certifications
1990	Frizzle Fry Released: February 7, 1990 Label: Caroline/Prawn Song	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	Sailing the Seas of Cheese Released: May 14, 1991 Label: Interscope	116	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Platinum^[12]
1993	Pork Soda Released: April 20, 1993 Label: Interscope	7	54	—	—	—	—	—	46	45	—	56	RIAA: Platinum^[12]
1995	Tales from the Punchbowl Released: May 23, 1995 Label: Interscope	8	8	—	—	—	33	—	—	—	—	101	RIAA: Gold^[12] MC: Gold^[13]
1997	Brown Album Released: July 8, 1997 Label: Interscope	21	34	—	—	—	14	99	—	—	—	180
1999	Antipop Released: October 19, 1999 Label: Interscope/Prawn Song	44	33	—	—	—	39	—	—	—	—	—
2011	Green Naugahyde Released: September 12, 2011 Label: ATO/Prawn Song	15	—	84	95	27	21	100	62	—	74	115
2014	Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble Released: October 21, 2014 Label: ATO/Prawn Song	17	—	148	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	The Desaturating Seven Released: September 29, 2017 Label: ATO/Prawn Song	26	97	105	136	59	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year	Album details
1989	Suck on This Released: November 1989 Label: Prawn Song/Caroline formats: Vinyl, CS, CD

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
Year	Album details	US ^[1]
2006	They Can't All Be Zingers Released: October 17, 2006 Label: Interscope	105
2022	The Revenant Juke: A Collection of Fables and Farce Released: September 2022 Label: Third Man	–

Extended plays

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
Year	Album details	US ^[1]	AUS ^[2]	NLD ^[8]	Certifications
1992	Miscellaneous Debris Released: March 12, 1992 Label: Interscope	—	69	—
1998	Rhinoplasty Released: August 11, 1998 Label: Interscope/Prawn Song	106	81	97
2003	Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People Released: October 7, 2003 Label: Interscope/Prawn Song	44	—	—	RIAA: Platinum^[12]
2010	June 2010 Rehearsal Released: August 5, 2010 Label: Prawn Song	—	—	—
2022	Conspiranoid Released: April 22, 2022 Label: ATO	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions				Album
Year	Title	US Airplay	US Alt. ^[14]	US Main. ^[15]	AUS ^[2]	Album
1990	"John the Fisherman"	—	—	—	—	Frizzle Fry
	"Too Many Puppies"	—	—	—	—
	"Mr. Knowitall"	—	—	—	—
1991	"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"	—	23	—	—	Sailing the Seas of Cheese
1991	"Tommy the Cat"	—	—	—	—
1992	"Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers"	—	—	—	—
1992	"Making Plans for Nigel"	—	30	—	—	Miscellaneous Debris
1993	"My Name Is Mud"	—	9	—	—	Pork Soda
	"DMV"	—	—	—	—
	"Mr. Krinkle"	—	—	—	—
1995	"Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"	62	12	23	80	Tales from the Punchbowl
	"Mrs. Blaileen"	—	—	—	—
	"Southbound Pachyderm"	—	—	—	—
1997	"Shake Hands with Beef"	—	—	—	—	Brown Album
1997	"Over the Falls"	—	—	—	—	Brown Album
1999	"Lacquer Head"	—	—	—	—	Antipop
1999	"Electric Uncle Sam"	—	—	—	—	Antipop
2000	"N.I.B." (featuring Ozzy Osbourne)	—	—	2	—	Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
2010	"Me Llamo Mud"	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
2011	"Tragedy's a' Comin'"	—	—	—	—	Green Naugahyde
2011	"Lee van Cleef"	—	—	—	—	Green Naugahyde
2022	"Conspiranoia"	—	—	—	—	Conspiranoid
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Videos

Video albums

Year	Album details	Certifications
1992	Cheesy Home Video Released: May 12, 1992 Label: Atlantic Format: VHS
1998	Horrible Swill: A Tawdry Look at Primus on the Road in 1998 Released: March 3, 1998 Label: Fan club exclusive Format: VHS
1998	Videoplasty Released: December 29, 1998 Label: Interscope/Prawn Song Format: VHS
2003	Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People Released: October 7, 2003 Label: Interscope/Prawn Song Format: DVD	RIAA: Platinum^[12]
2004	Hallucino-Genetics: Live 2004 Released: November 16, 2004 Label: Prawn Song Format: DVD	RIAA: Gold^[12] MC: Gold^[13]
2006	Blame It on the Fish: An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour de Fromage Released: October 17, 2006 Label: Prawn Song Format: DVD

Music videos

Primus hired many of their friends from the Bay Area to be in the stage crew, and many of them appear in Primus's videos and home videos.

Song	Director	Released	Notes
"John the Fisherman"	Mark Kohr	1990	Kirk Hammett appears in the video. Never officially released.
"Too Many Puppies"	Kevin Kerslake	1990	Never officially released.
"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"	Mark Kohr	1991	Bob Cock appears in the beginning clip. Live footage shot at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.
"Tommy the Cat"		1991	Shot entirely in black and white, with clips of black and white animation.
"My Name Is Mud"		1993	Bob Cock appears throughout the video.
"DMV"			The band was asked to make this video by the record label.
"Mr. Krinkle"			The camera does not move during the entire video; shot in one take.
"Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"	Les Claypool	1995	Shot at Rancho Relaxo, Claypool's home. Shot at 3/4 speed to give the band irregular and strange movements when played at normal speed.
"Southbound Pachyderm"	Les Claypool	1995	Entirely claymated, except for the band appearing on a TV.
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"	Mike Johnson	1996	Entirely claymated.
"Shake Hands With Beef"	Les Claypool	1997	This was also shot at 3/4 speed, giving the band irregular and odd movements at normal speed. LaLonde also goes for a fly during his solo. Trailer scenes shot at Rancho Relaxo.
"Over the Falls"		1997	Shot entirely in black and white. Outdoor live footage shot at Baker Beach in San Francisco, CA.
"Lacquer Head"		1999	Blends claymation and real video. Including clips from many previous music videos. Banned by MTV because of drug references, despite being an anti-drug song.
"Tragedy's a' Comin'"	Les Claypool & Mark Kohr	2011	Features Les Claypool dressed as a giant lobster in a tank at a restaurant, watching how the other lobsters are being eaten by socialites. In the meantime, lobster Claypool fantasizes about being on a beach.
"Lee Van Cleef"	Team Coco	2012	An entirely animated video set up in a fictional "The Good, The Band & The Ugly" world, showing a hanged Lee Van Cleef coming back to life to kill Clint Eastwood.
"Jilly's On Smack"	Jordan Copeland	2012	The video, directed by The Police drummer Steward Copeland's son, Jordan, consists of live performance of the band interspersed with old, grainy footage of Christmas-themed family life.
"HOINFODAMAN"	Team Hiho	2015	Winner of a video contest.
"Candyman"	Ivan Landau, Edgar Alvarez & Webster Colcord	2015	Entirely claymated.
"Conspiranoia"	Cage Claypool	2022
"Follow The Fool"	Cage Claypool	2022

Other appearances

1988 - Germ's Choice: A KUSF Compilation (promo for KUSF radio, featuring the demo version of "Tommy the Cat")

1991 - A Different Sound (promo for Carlsberg Light lager, featuring "Tommy the Cat")

1992 - Plan B: the questionable video features Here come the bastards, Tommy the cat.

1991 - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (soundtrack, featuring "Tommy the Cat")

1991 - Expand-O: CD Tune Up 12 (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver")

1993 - The Beavis and Butt-head Experience (soundtrack, featuring the original track "Poetry and Prose")

1993 - In Defense of Animals (benefit compilation album, featuring "Too Many Puppies")

1993 - Lollapalooza '93 (sampler, featuring studio version of "Mr. Krinkle")

1994 - Airheads (soundtrack, featuring the original track "Bastardizing Jellikit")

1994 - Brainscan (soundtrack, featuring "Welcome to This World")

1994 - Caroline Records 1994 Sampler (promo for Caroline Records, featuring "John the Fisherman")

1994 - Woodstock 1994 (live album, featuring "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers")

1995 - Obdurate (promo for HM magazine, featuring a live version of "Here Come the Bastards")

1995 - Phuq! (featuring "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver")

1996 - Bored Generation (featuring "Hellbound 17½")

1996 - Eyesore: A Stab at The Residents (The Residents tribute album, featuring the Primus cover of "Hello Skinny/Constantinople")

1996 - Music for Our Mother Ocean, Vol. 1 (promo for the Surfrider Foundation, featuring a live version of "Mr. Knowitall")

1996 - X Games Volume 1: Music from the Edge (promo for ESPN's X Games, featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver")

1997 - Crossing All Over!: Volume 6 (featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")

1997 - Rock Sound: Volume 10 (promo for Rock Sound magazine, featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")

1997 - Universal Attaque!: Vol. 1 (featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")

1997 - Zoo Magazine: CD Sampler 10 (promo for Zoo magazine, featuring "My Name is Mud")

1998 - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (soundtrack, featuring the original tracks "South Park Theme" and "Mephisto and Kevin")

1998 - Indie 2000: Volume 3 (featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")

1998 - Interscope Sampler: Volume One (promo for Interscope Records, featuring the Primus cover of Stanley Clarke's "Silly Putty")

1998 - The New, the Classic & the Unexplored: Volume Three (promo for Visions magazine, featuring "To Defy the Laws of Tradition")

1998 - Pinkpop 1998 Sampler (featuring a live version of "Bob's Party Time Lounge")

1998 - Tijdloze Honderd: Vol 4 (featuring "Too Many Puppies")

1999 - Celebrity Deathmatch (soundtrack, featuring the studio version of "The Heckler")

1999 - Family Values Tour 1999 (live album, featuring "Lacquer Head" and "My Name is Mud")

1999 - Jack Kerouac Reads On the Road (Jack Kerouac compilation, featuring a cover of "On the Road" recorded by Tom Waits and Primus)

1999 - The New, the Classic & the Unexplored: Volume Nine (promo for Visions magazine, featuring "South Park Theme")

1999 - Opscene: CD#11 (featuring "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool")

1999 - Take Off 2000: Loud Music for the Next Millenium (featuring "Lacquer Head")

1999 - Visions 75th Anniversary Compilation: Part II (promo for Visions magazine, featuring the Primus cover of Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar")

2000 - Big Noize (featuring "Electric Uncle Sam")

2000 - Nativity in Black II (Black Sabbath tribute album featuring a cover of "N.I.B." recorded by Primus and Ozzy Osbourne)

2003 - Triple J's Hottest 100 10th Anniversary: Hottest Box (promo for Triple J radio's Hottest 100, featuring "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver")

2004 - Alternative Rock Edition (featuring "Too Many Puppies")

2004 - Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 (live album, featuring "Frizzle Fry")

2005 - Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne box set, featuring the cover of "N.I.B." recorded by Primus and Osbourne)

2005 - Triple J's Super Request: Dog's Breakfast (promo for Triple J radio's Super Request, featuring "Electric Uncle Sam")

2006 - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Tom Waits compilation, featuring the cover of "On the Road" recorded by Primus and Waits)

2008 - Zack and Miri Make a Porno (soundtrack, featuring "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver")

Video compilations: 2004 - Live from Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 (DVD)

Television show theme songs: 1997-2000 - South Park: seasons 1-4 ("South Park Theme", released on Chef Aid, 1998); 2000-2006 - South Park: seasons 4-10 (various remixes of "South Park Theme", unreleased); 2006-present - South Park: seasons 10-14 (mashup of "South Park Theme" and "Whamola" by Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, unreleased)

Video game soundtracks: 1995 - Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity (featuring "DMV"); 1999 - Hot Wheels Turbo Racing (featuring "Hamster Style"); 1999 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"); 2000 - Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption (featuring "Electric Uncle Sam"); 2001 - ATV Offroad Fury (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"); 2006 - Guitar Hero 2 (featuring "John the Fisherman"); 2006 - Tony Hawk's Project 8 (featuring "American Life"); 2010 - Rock Band 3 (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"); 2014 - Rocksmith (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver, "Tommy the Cat", "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver", "South Park Theme")

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Primus Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard.
^ ^a ^b ^c
Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Primus". Hung Medien.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 224.
- "Miscellaneous Debris": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 12 Jun 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved March 7, 2016. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 06 Aug 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- The Desaturating Seven: "ARIA Chart Watch #441". auspOp. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
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^ "Discographie Primus" (in French). ultratop.be.
^ "Primus Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
^ "Discography Primus". finnishcharts.com.
^ "Primus > Longplay-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Musicline.de. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Discografie Primus" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl.
^ "Discography Primus". charts.nz.
^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community" (in Swiss German). hitparade.ch.
^ "Chart Log UK: Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls". zobbel.de.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "RIAA Gold and Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ ^a ^b "CRIA database". Canadian Recording Industry Association.
^ "Primus Alternative Songs Chart History". Billboard.
^ "Primus". AllMusic.

[billboard-1] "Primus Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard.

[aus-2] Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Primus". Hung Medien.

Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 224.

"Miscellaneous Debris": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 12 Jun 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved March 7, 2016. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.

"Wynona's Big Brown Beaver": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 06 Aug 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved June 1, 2017.

The Desaturating Seven: "ARIA Chart Watch #441". auspOp. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.

[3] Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Primus". Hung Medien.

[4] Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 224.

[5] "Miscellaneous Debris": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 12 Jun 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved March 7, 2016. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.

[6] "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 06 Aug 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved June 1, 2017.

[7] The Desaturating Seven: "ARIA Chart Watch #441". auspOp. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.

[3] "Discografie Primus" (in Dutch). ultratop.be.

[4] "Discographie Primus" (in French). ultratop.be.

[5] "Primus Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.

[6] "Discography Primus". finnishcharts.com.

[7] "Primus > Longplay-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Musicline.de. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2011.

[megacharts-8] "Discografie Primus" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl.

[9] "Discography Primus". charts.nz.

[10] "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community" (in Swiss German). hitparade.ch.

[11] "Chart Log UK: Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls". zobbel.de.

[RIAA-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "RIAA Gold and Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.

[CRIA-13] "CRIA database". Canadian Recording Industry Association.

[14] "Primus Alternative Songs Chart History". Billboard.

[15] "Primus". AllMusic.

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v t e Primus
Les Claypool Larry LaLonde Tim Alexander Todd Huth Jay Lane Brain
Studio albums	Frizzle Fry Sailing the Seas of Cheese Pork Soda Tales from the Punchbowl Brown Album Antipop Green Naugahyde Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble The Desaturating Seven
Live albums	Suck on This
Compilations	They Can't All Be Zingers The Revenant Juke: A Collection of Fables and Farce
EPs	Miscellaneous Debris Rhinoplasty Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People June 2010 Rehearsal Conspiranoid
Singles	"John the Fisherman" "Too Many Puppies" "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" "Tommy the Cat" "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" "My Name Is Mud" "DMV" "Mr. Krinkle" "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" "Southbound Pachyderm" "Shake Hands with Beef" "Behind My Camel" "Lacquer Head" "Tragedy's a' Comin'"
Videos	Cheesy Home Video Videoplasty Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People Hallucino-Genetics Blame It on the Fish
Related articles	Discography Sausage (band) Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade Oysterhead Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains Les Claypool's Fancy Band Blind Illusion Possessed Prawn Song Records Lance Montoya
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