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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | September 8th 17 |
For an album called Antipop, there are more than a few catchy moments on this thing. Of course, Primus have never been a band to shy away from irony. This is another record that is seen as well below their better work, but, like Brown Album before it, it's misunderstood. It's an improvement on the more streamlined style of its predecessor, with plenty of the quirkiness that so defined Primus before, just with a songwriting style geared more towards groove and infectiousness than weird time signatures and angular riffing. The bass sounds fantastic as always, and the list of successful collaborations the band did with the likes of Tom Waits, Tom Morello, James Hatfield, and Jim Martin on this album is pretty swell. It's not quite as good as Frizzle Fry or Tales From The Punchbowl, but it's definitely an under-appreciated album from the three geeks.
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| 2.5 average | Robbit | December 15th 16 |
I loved most of Primus' albums up to this point, but they started to lose me a bit with ANTIPOP. The songs are just a little too over the place and aren't as solid and interesting as their prior work. "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool" is reminiscent of the old Primus formula, but the rest of the album is either too aggressive or experimental for my taste. It's hard to accuse Primus of every making a truly bad album since their playing is always solid and amazing. I just don't love these songs.
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| 3.5 great | Jared Floryan | May 27th 15 |
Arguably the most aggressive studio album in Primus' discography, Antipop does sound rather disjointed, albeit in very few places. This one statement comes halfway circle when you take into account the multiple producers on board (especially South Park co-creator Matt Stone and ex-chocolate starfish Fred Durst), as well as the three bandmates not being on the greatest of terms back then. Though it has its shortcomings, Primus' sixth full-length recording is far from a total disaster. The group continues to be instrumentally entertaining and their traditional elements collide with a more heavier sound in order to allow for quite amusing results; "Electric Uncle Sam," "Natural Joe," and "Power Mad" aren't anything short of splendid in this regard. Antipop may suddenly hit you like a ton of bricks once you get to the final two songs.
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| 4.0 excellent | CrazyFool84 | January 27th 13 |
Les Claypool was the among the first to proclaim that the band felt like it was running out of creative steam, after running the gauntlet of influences and mashing them all together on sixth (including this one) studio offerings. What more could a band as offbeat and far-reaching as Primus really do, aside from continuing to release what would seem like the same record over and over again? This quandary seemed a major cause in the group?s self-imposed hiatus that followed shortly after the release/promotion of this album, as the musicians themselves just felt out of ideas. While some would argue that they clearly hear this lack of new ideas or freshness on 1999s Antipop, multiple listens reveal a disc quite on par with some of Primus? finest. The first impression the album can give is one of a worn out band in desperate need of a break; further listen should reveal musicians still on the top of their game, and still miles ahead of their peers.
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| 0.0 | bastard | January 1st 09 |
sadly the only Primus album that legitmately sucks as an album. Everyone in the band sounds like they're going through the motions and even Les Claypool just isn't up to his usual standard. Everything is so... boring.
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| 3.5 great | Titan | December 26th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | October 28th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | April 2nd 25 |
| 2.5 average | Hovse | September 21st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deebo05 | April 24th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | DJD1ed | March 7th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Logan | September 13th 22 |
| 3.5 great | j008 | December 23rd 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Adol | September 15th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mitch | September 10th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Metaxu | July 30th 21 |
| 3.0 good | RobiM | February 6th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | random | January 7th 21 |
| 3.5 great | IlNotta | November 10th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | vdop | September 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | bikvid | August 15th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | xxm | May 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | qyxxxyq | April 9th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Nate | April 3rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | yairfg | December 16th 18 |
| 3.5 great | phate | November 10th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | AriDoe | May 2nd 18 |
| 3.5 great | aew100 | April 19th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Benman | February 24th 18 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | February 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | SinkTrap | November 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | A.R.O. EMERITUS | October 12th 17 |
| 3.0 good | adios | October 8th 17 |
| 3.5 great | PootyT | July 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Martvyk | March 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | RoyT | March 13th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Smelty | January 4th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Xurxo | November 8th 16 |
| 3.0 good | fejoob | October 1st 16 |
| 3.5 great | Tib | February 29th 16 |
| 3.5 great | bobby72 | February 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Couteau | October 29th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | DazSkunk | September 19th 15 |
| 3.5 great | hsb | August 9th 15 |
| 3.0 good | manu8a | August 9th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Pels0 | May 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sine | February 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | nelrock | January 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | December 26th 14 |
| 2.7 average | Simon K. STAFF | October 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brabiz | September 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | modulor | June 16th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Zeg | February 3rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Vaakum | February 2nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | paz09 | January 16th 14 |
| 2.5 average | hasv | November 30th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Solaire | November 23rd 13 |
| 2.5 average | Enotify | November 20th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Roko77 | November 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pieo72 | October 14th 13 |
| 2.5 average | rawolo | September 4th 13 |
| 3.5 great | qiblas | August 26th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Kalhur | August 11th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Skloek | May 5th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Glokta | April 11th 13 |
| 3.5 great | CK | April 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Zamora | March 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | slackr | February 21st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | joseph99 | February 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bmachine | December 27th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Minus. | December 16th 12 |
| 2.5 average | nivniv1 | October 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lick496 | September 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | rkerr97 | August 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | emc2691 | March 31st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | shively | February 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | eusless | January 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jumaos | November 20th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | October 25th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Trey STAFF | October 10th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Phate72 | September 25th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Bossie | September 11th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | T0rr35 | August 22nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | NigelH | August 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flyboy | August 15th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Kebbie | July 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | LuKe23 | July 4th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | Dyst | November 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dsylum | November 6th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Rtecho | September 28th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Benwx | August 14th 10 |
| 3.5 great | 76TVs | July 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | LukeD50 | January 5th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Skyler | December 16th 09 |
| 3.5 great | aeuk | November 17th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Rikidio | October 7th 09 |
| 2.5 average | JesusV4 | September 15th 09 |
| 3.5 great | tomr4 | August 10th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | shindip | April 26th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Glomp | December 25th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nauseum | December 22nd 08 |
| 3.0 good | sbtg88 | December 21st 08 |
| 3.0 good | RJayZ | February 20th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | EPacK | November 14th 07 |
| 2.5 average | CeeBone | November 3rd 07 |
| 3.5 great | Salami | September 25th 07 |
| 3.5 great | cpd38 | September 5th 07 |
| 3.0 good | jk2two | September 5th 07 |
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