On May 14, 1991, “Interscope” label released “Sailing the Seas of Cheese”, the second Primus studio album. It was recorded August 1990 – February 1991, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, and was produced by Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde and Tim Alexander.
Personnel:
- Les Claypool– vocals, electric bass, string bass, six-string fretless bass, clarinet
- Larry LaLonde– electric guitar, six-string banjo
- Todd Huth – guitar
- Butthouse, Adam Gates – bass
- MIRV Haggard, Todd Huth, Derek Greenberg, Matt Winegar, Ler – guitars
- Matt Winegar – accordion
- Tim “Herb” Alexander– drums, water jug
- Brain Mantia, Mike Bordin, Herb – drums
- Jay Lane– drums
- Mike Bordin – two-skinned foreskin drum
- Tom Waits– voice
- Adam Gates, Puffster, Herb, Ler, Les – vocals
- Adam Gates– additional fisherman
- Lance Link – additional fisherman
- Trouz – whistle
- Ron Rigler – engineer
- Chris Bellman – mastering
- Paul Haggard – jacket design, photography
- Mark Kohr – cheese coordinator, scenery
- Mitch Romanowski – ship (sculpture)
- Snap – airbrushing
- Michael Lavine – band photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Les Claypool, all music by Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde and Tim Alexander.
- Seas of Cheese
- Here Come the Bastard
- Baker
- American Life
- Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
- Eleven
- Is It Luck?
- Grandad’s Little Dirty
- Tommy the Cat
- Sathington Waltz
- Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers
- Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II)
- Los Bastardos
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