Antipop

by Primus

Overview

On the surface, all Primus albums seem to sound alike, especially to outsiders (read: anyone who either respects the group but doesn't get them, or the minority that actively hates them, particularly Les Claypool's demented comedy schtick). That's not really true, even if the same basic elements remain in place each time, no matter who is in the band. And Primus has never tried to shake things up as much as they do on their seventh album, AntiPop. Primus enlisted a dizzying array of collaborators -- Stewart Copeland, Tom Waits, James Hetfield, Tom Morello, Jim Martin, Matt Stone, Martina, and Fred Durst among them -- all in the purpose of challenging themselves to find different dimensions to its music. Some play or sing, some produce, but it's amazing how much each individual guest changes the tone of the music. It's not always for the best, but it keeps things fresh, if not necessarily coherent. Though there are a couple of good lyrics here, this is by and large an album about music; it would have been even better if it had been primarily an instrumental album, actually, since the vocals get in the way occasionally. By now, the popping bass, dissonance, and angular riffs don't seem like schtick, but the lyrics and singing do. Still, it's possible to get past those and hear AntiPop as one of Primus' most ambitious and best efforts. No, they're not always successful, but no two songs sound the same, and some collaborations are among the best things Primus has ever recorded. AntiPop is dense music that isn't afraid to be goofy or fall on its face -- and even if it's not to your particular taste, it's hard not to respect this. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	12/14/2018
Label:	Interscope
UPC:	0602557670394
Rank:	23042

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Primus/Antipop (Intro)
2. Electric Uncle Sam
3. Natural Joe
4. Lacquer Head
5. The Antipop
6. Eclectic Electric
7. Greet the Sacred Cow

Disc 2

8. Mama Didn't Raise No Fool
9. Dirty Drowning Man
10. The Ballad of Bodacious
11. Power Mad
12. The Final Voyage of the Liquid Sky
13. Coattails of a Dead Man
14. The Heckler

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Primus   Primary Artist
Jim Martin   Guest Artist,Guitar
Tom Waits   Guest Artist,Vocals,Mellotron
Tom Morello   Guest Artist,Guitar
James Hetfield   Guest Artist,Guitar
Les Claypool   Bass,Vocals
Brian "Brain" Mantia   Drums
Martina Topley-Bird   Bass
Larry LaLonde   Guitar

Technical Credits

Fred Durst   Producer
Frank Rinella   Mixing,Assistant
Les Claypool   Mixing,Composer
Primus   Composer,Producer
Matt Stone   Producer
Toby Wright   Mixing
Tom Waits   Producer
Tom Morello   Composer,Producer
Derek Featherstone   Mixing
Oz Fritz   Mixing,Engineer
Stewart Whitmore   Digital Editing
Bryan Mantia   Composer
Tim "Herb" Alexander   Composer
Dave Hunter   Layout Design
Craig Howell   Art Direction,Illustrations
Tom Whalley   A&R,Art Direction
Reuben Raffael   Art Direction
Leff Lefferts   Mixing,Assistant
Larry LaLonde   Composer
Tim Alexander   Composer
Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Stewart Copeland   Producer