Primus discography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Studio albums9
EPs5
Live albums1
Compilation albums2
| Primus discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Singles | 21 |
| Video albums | 6 |
| Music videos | 20 |
This is a discography for the American rock band Primus. For individual songs, see the category listing.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
BEL (WA) [4] |
CAN [5] |
FIN [6] |
GER [7] |
NLD [8] |
NZ [9] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] | ||||
| 1990 | Frizzle Fry
|
— | 178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | Sailing the Seas of Cheese
|
116 | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | Pork Soda
|
7 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | 45 | — | 56 |
| |
| 1995 | Tales from the Punchbowl
|
8 | 8 | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | 101 | ||
| 1997 | Brown Album
|
21 | 34 | — | — | — | 14 | 99 | — | — | — | 180 | ||
| 1999 | Antipop
|
44 | 33 | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | Green Naugahyde
|
15 | 139 | 84 | 95 | 27 | 21 | 100 | 62 | — | 74 | 115 | ||
| 2014 | Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble
|
17 | 116 | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | The Desaturating Seven
|
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
|
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US [1] | ||
| 2006 | They Can't All Be Zingers
|
105 |
| 2022 | The Revenant Juke: A Collection of Fables and Farce
|
– |
Extended plays
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
NLD [8] | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | Miscellaneous Debris
|
— | 69 | — | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Rhinoplasty
|
106 | 81 | 97 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
|
44 | — | — |
| |||||||||
| 2010 | June 2010 Rehearsal
|
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Conspiranoid
|
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Airplay |
US Alt. [14] |
US Main. [15] |
AUS [2] | |||
| 1991 | "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" | — | 23 | — | — | Sailing the Seas of Cheese |
| "Tommy the Cat" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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" | — | — | — | 139 | ||
| "Southbound Pachyderm" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Shake Hands with Beef" | — | — | — | — | Brown Album |
| "Over the Falls" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Lacquer Head" | — | — | — | — | Antipop |
| "Electric Uncle Sam" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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 |
| "Lee Van Cleef" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022 | "Conspiranoia" | — | — | — | — | Conspiranoid |
| 2025 | ||||||
| "Little Lord Fentanyl" | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" 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 | |
| 1998 | Horrible Swill: A Tawdry Look at Primus on the Road in 1998
|
|
Videoplasty
|
||
| 2003 | Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
|
|
| 2004 | Hallucino-Genetics: Live 2004
|
|
| 2006 | Blame It on the Fish: An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour de Fromage
|
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. |
| "Too Many Puppies" | Kevin Kerslake | 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" | 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" | 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" | 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 | 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 | Entirely claymated. | |
| "Conspiranoia" | Cage Claypool | 2022 | |
| "Follow The Fool" | |||
