Primus – Pork Soda (New Vinyl)

NEW DOUBLE LP

New sealed copy. Remastered reissue on 180 gram black vinyl. Gatefold cover.

Pork Soda is the third studio album by the American funk metal band Primus, released April 20, 1993, certified Gold in September 1993 and certified Platinum in May 1997. 

The album contains darker content than previous Primus efforts, featuring lyrics dealing with murder ("My Name Is Mud"), suicide ("Bob"), and alienation ("Nature Boy"). The band has commented that prior to recording, they had been touring for nearly two solid years and were thus in a sombre mood, although in a 2015 interview frontman Les Claypool described the era surrounding the album as "Good times, happy times. It's not like we were reflecting any personal drama or anything."

Regarding the song "Wounded Knee" drummer Tim Alexander said "I needed a name. I was reading this book called Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. It was something I never really thought about before... I mean how this country came to be. We are taught to be so proud. But a lot of what we have is based on lies and deceit. They only teach you what they want you to know. I hope people will see the title and check it out. Next time you listen to 'Wounded Knee', try and put the story and the music together. The rhythm and the pulse, there is an element of it that is angry then peaceful."

TRACKLIST:

A1 Pork Chop's Little Ditty
A2 My Name Is Mud
A3 Welcome To This World
A4 Bob
B1 DMV
B2 The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman's Chronicles, Part 3)
B3 Nature Boy
B4 Wounded Knee
C1 Pork Soda
C2 The Pressman
C3 Mr. Krinkle
C4 The Air Is Getting Slippery
D1 Hamburger Train
D2 Pork Chop's Little Ditty
D3 Hail Santa