Rhinoplasty

by Primus

Rhinoplasty cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 11 August 1998
  • Label: Interscope
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:06
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Irene Sazer, Bryan Mantia, Mark Haggard, Dyan Johnson, Larry LaLonde, Brain, Sean Mathiesen, Toby Wright, Mike Johnson, Violina Misteriosa

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This hybrid project includes a collection of studio covers and live recordings, notably featuring a technical interpretation of 'Peter Gabriel' and 'The Police'. The production emphasizes the trio's virtuosic instrumental interplay and penchant for structural deconstruction. It functions as a document of the group's experimental range, prioritization structural variety and quirky melodic shifts.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, instrumental, eccentric, funky, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Scissor Man (5:06)
  2. The Family And The Fishing Net (6:25)
  3. Silly Putty (4:19)
  4. Amos Moses (3:10)
  5. Behind My Camel (2:51)
  6. Too Many Puppies - Edit (3:01)
  7. The Thing That Should Not Be (6:44)
  8. Tommy The Cat - Live At The Henry J. Kalser Auditorium / 1997 (8:56)
  9. Bob's Party Time Lounge - Live At The Henry J. Kalser Auditorium / 1997 (7:32)

Credits

  • Les Claypool - artwork [sculpture by], bass, vocals, vocals, bass
  • Brain - drums
  • Larry LaLonde - guitar, banjo
  • Andy Partridge - written-by
  • Peter Gabriel - written-by
  • Stanley Clarke - written-by
  • Jerry R. Hubbard - written-by
  • Andy Summers - written-by

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