ANIMALS SHOULD NOT TRY TO ACT LIKE PEOPLE

This is by no means a great Primus album. Mainly for 1 reason - it fails to seriously rock with some heavy metal/funk grooves. The thrash element is completely gone from the album. Instead we have more of a silly, experimental mood, a lot like the cover. Dark and strange, kind of random and weird. And I totally understand that Primus doesn't take themselves seriously, but on Suck On This, Frizzle Fry, Seas of Cheese and Pork Soda, they atleast take rocking seriously. I mean those albums have some seriously headbanging, heavy, hard rocking moments.

Carpenter and The Dainty Bride doesn't even really sound like Primus. Starts the album off poorly, no typical Primus grooves to be found.

Pilcher's Squad is the epitome of a weird, silly song, which Primus will throw in from time to time. It does however have the surprisingly quiet "Go, Larry! [3 second guitar solo] Thanks, Larry!" which you might not notice.

Mary The Ice Cube could potentially be great, a song about a named ice cube. As far as thinking up subject matter, these guys rule. Very very creative. It is kind of a more ambient noise type of track though and still no funk/metal grooves on the album so far.

The Last Superpower aka Rapscallion is the first sign of any good ol' Primus, and it's only half there. It is easily the most prog-rock oriented song on the album, with 4 or 5 bits in it. It starts out OK, but a great guitar solo by Larry kicks in and they actually start rocking a bit! Then it goes on to some other just 'pretty good' grooves.

My Friend Fats is almost 8 minutes long but doesn't really progress at all in that time, just an almost grooving driving beat by Herb. Not very memorable.

Claypool doesn't really exhibit any mindblowing bass abilities, Larry does 1 good guitar solo and some loopy-backwards-floaty effects, and Herb totally let me down because there are none of his absolutely insane drum beats and mind-boggling drum fills anywhere. Also, the production seems to have added this background hiss/fuzz thing, which surprises me a lot as this was recorded in 2003. An expander effect could have eliminated this, it's especially audible at the beginning of The Last Superpower aka Rapscallion. Not the greatest Primus album, but then again this is almost 15 years after the spectacular Suck On This.

Get it, but not for the CD, which is in my opinion one of those CDs you listen to once and then just shelf it. The DVD on the other hand is pretty damn good, and I atleast give them credit for going back into the studio and working out an EP. For that alone, I add a star and we have 3/5 stars.