They Can't All Be Zingers

by Primus

They Can't All Be Zingers cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 17 October 2006
  • Label: Interscope
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:12
  • Community rating: 4.09/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Bryan Mantia, Les Claypool, Martina Topley-Bird, Jeff Fura, Tim Alexander, Larry LaLonde, Matt Winegar

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This retrospective collection anthologizes the group's most successful material from their tenure with Interscope Records. The tracklist provides a comprehensive overview of the band's stylistic evolution from early underground favorites to international crossover hits. It serves as a definitive archive of their role in standardizing the technically demanding and idiosyncratic funk-metal sound of the 1990s.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, eccentric, witty, funky, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. To Defy The Laws Of Tradition (6:40)
  2. John The Fisherman (3:36)
  3. Too Many Puppies (3:56)
  4. Jerry Was A Race Car Driver (3:11)
  5. Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers (5:17)
  6. Tommy The Cat (4:14)
  7. My Name Is Mud (4:45)
  8. Mr. Krinkle (5:24)
  9. DMV (4:56)
  10. Over The Electric Grapevine (6:23)
  11. Wynona's Big Brown Beaver (4:22)
  12. Southbound Pachyderm (6:22)
  13. Over The Falls (2:41)
  14. Shake Hands With Beef - extended version (4:23)
  15. Coattails Of A Dead Man (5:17)
  16. Mary The Ice Cube (4:37)

Credits

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