LABEL: Interscope
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 1997

Released in 1997, The Brown Album marked a sticky reinvention for Primus. Most obviously, the trio had been rejigged to include drummer Brain, an elemental skinsman who brought a slithery, lean percussiveness to weird-wriggling funk-outs like Fisticuffs. But the band also mutated the groove to showcase Parliament-style bass slaps and circus-ready guitar noise, while Shake Hands with Beef brought the house down with a gutter-funk grittiness. Shake hands with this 2018 remaster, spread out across two beefy 12-inch slabs of vinyl.

TRACKLIST

– Side 1 –
1 The Return of Sathington Willoughby 5:04
2 Fisticuffs 4:24
3 Golden Boy 3:05
4 Over the Falls 2:41
– Side 2 –
1 Shake Hands with Beef 4:02
2 Camelback Cinema 3:59
3 Hats Off 1:57
4 Puddin’ Taine 3:37
– Side 3 –
1 Bob’s Party Time Lounge 4:43
2 Duchess and the Proverbial Mind Spread 3:29
3 Restin’ Bones 3:29
– Side 4 –
1 Coddingtown 2:52
2 Kalamazoo 3:30
3 The Chastising of Renegade 5:02
4 Arnie 3:54