Primus discography
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{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist = Primus
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|Studio = 9
|Live = 1
|EP = 5
|Compilation = 2
|Video = 6
|Singles = 22
|Music videos = 20
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This is a discography for the American rock band Primus. For individual songs, see the category listing.
Albums
=Studio albums=
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!rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Album details !colspan="11"|Peak chart positions !rowspan="2"|Certifications |
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|US {{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=primus|chart=all}}|title=Primus Billboard 200 Chart History|magazine=Billboard}} !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|AUS
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|BEL !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|BEL !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|CAN !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|FIN !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|GER !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|NLD !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|NZ !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|SWI !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|UK |
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1990
|align="center"|— |align="center"|178 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |
1991
|align="center"|116 |align="center"|111 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |
1993
|align="center"|7 |align="center"|54 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|46 |align="center"|45 |align="center"|— |align="center"|56 | |
1995
|align="center"|8 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|33 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|101 | |
1997
|align="center"|21 |align="center"|34 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|14 |align="center"|99 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|180 | |
1999
|align="center"|44 |align="center"|33 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|39 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |
2011
|align="center"|15 |align="center"|139 |align="center"|84 |align="center"|95 |align="center"|27 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|100 |align="center"|62 |align="center"|— |align="center"|74 |align="center"|115 | |
| 2014
|Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble
|align="center"|17 |align="center"|116 |align="center"|148 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |
2017
|align="center"|26 |align="center"|97 |align="center"|105 |align="center"|136 |align="center"|59 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size: 85%"|"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Live albums=
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!Year !Album details |
1989
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=Compilation albums=
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!rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Album details !Peak chart positions |
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|US |
|---|
2006
|align="center"|105 |
| 2022
|The Revenant Juke: A Collection of Fables and Farce
|align="center"|– |
Extended plays
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!rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Album details !colspan="3"|Peak chart positions !rowspan="2"|Certifications |
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|US !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|AUS !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|NLD |
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1992
|align="center"|— |align="center"|69 |align="center"|— | |
1998
|align="center"|106 |align="center"|81 |align="center"|97 | |
| 2003
|Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
|align="center"|44 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |
2010
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |
2022
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size: 85%"|"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
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!rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Title !colspan="4"|Peak chart positions !rowspan="2"|Album |
| US Airplay !US !US !AUS |
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| rowspan="3"|1990
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |rowspan="3"|Frizzle Fry |
| "Too Many Puppies"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| "Mr. Knowitall"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| rowspan="2"|1991
|"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" |align="center"|— |align="center"|23 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |rowspan="3"|Sailing the Seas of Cheese |
| "Tommy the Cat"
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| rowspan="2"|1992
|"Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| "Making Plans for Nigel"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|30 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |Miscellaneous Debris |
| rowspan="3"|1993
|align="center"|— |align="center"|9 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |rowspan="3"|Pork Soda |
| "DMV"
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| "Mr. Krinkle"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| rowspan="3"|1995
|align="center"|62 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|80 |rowspan="3"|Tales from the Punchbowl |
| "Mrs. Blaileen"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|139 |
| "Southbound Pachyderm"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| rowspan="2"|1997
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |rowspan="2"|Brown Album |
| "Over the Falls"
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| rowspan="2"|1999
|"Lacquer Head" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |rowspan="2"|Antipop |
| "Electric Uncle Sam"
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| 2000
|"N.I.B." {{small|(featuring Ozzy Osbourne)}} |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|2 |align="center"|— |
| 2010
|"Me Llamo Mud" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |Non-album single |
| rowspan="2"|2011
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |rowspan="2"|Green Naugahyde |
| "Lee Van Cleef"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| align="center"|2022
|"Conspiranoia" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |Conspiranoid |
| rowspan="2"|2025 |
| "Little Lord Fentanyl"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |Non-album single |
| align="center" colspan="7" style="font-size: 85%"|"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Videos
=Video albums=
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!Year !Album details !Certifications |
| 1992
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| rowspan="2"|1998
|Horrible Swill: A Tawdry Look at Primus on the Road in 1998
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Videoplasty
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| 2003
|Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
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| 2004
|Hallucino-Genetics: Live 2004
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| 2006
|Blame It on the Fish: An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour de Fromage
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=Music videos=
Primus hired many of their friends from the Bay Area to be in the stage crew, and many of them appear in Primus's videos and home videos.
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!Song !Director !Released !Notes |
| "John the Fisherman"
|Mark Kohr | rowspan="2"|1990 |Kirk Hammett appears in the video. Never officially released. |
| "Too Many Puppies"
|Never officially released. |
| "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"
|rowspan="5"|Mark Kohr |rowspan="2"|1991 |Bob Cock appears in the beginning clip. Live footage shot at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA. |
| "Tommy the Cat"
|Shot entirely in black and white, with clips of black and white animation. |
| "My Name Is Mud"
|rowspan="3"|1993 |Bob Cock appears throughout the video. |
| "DMV"
|The band was asked to make this video by the record label. |
| "Mr. Krinkle"
|The camera does not move during the entire video; shot in one take. |
| "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"
|rowspan="2"|Les Claypool |rowspan="2"|1995 |Shot at Rancho Relaxo, Claypool's home. Shot at 3/4 speed to give the band irregular and strange movements when played at normal speed. |
| "Southbound Pachyderm" |
| "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
|1996 |Entirely claymated. |
| "Shake Hands With Beef"
|rowspan="3"|Les Claypool |rowspan="2"|1997 |This was also shot at 3/4 speed, giving the band irregular and odd movements at normal speed. LaLonde also goes for a fly during his solo. Trailer scenes shot at Rancho Relaxo. |
| "Over the Falls"
|Shot entirely in black and white. Outdoor live footage shot at Baker Beach in San Francisco, CA. |
| "Lacquer Head"
|1999 |Blends claymation and real video. Including clips from many previous music videos. Banned by MTV because of drug references, despite being an anti-drug song. |
| "Tragedy's a' Comin'"
|Les Claypool & Mark Kohr |2011 |Features Les Claypool dressed as a giant lobster in a tank at a restaurant, watching how the other lobsters are being eaten by socialites. In the meantime, lobster Claypool fantasizes about being on a beach. |
| "Lee Van Cleef"
|Team Coco |rowspan="2"|2012 |An entirely animated video set up in a fictional "The Good, The Band & The Ugly" world, showing a hanged Lee Van Cleef coming back to life to kill Clint Eastwood. |
| "Jilly's On Smack"
|Jordan Copeland |The video, directed by The Police drummer Steward Copeland's son, Jordan, consists of live performance of the band interspersed with old, grainy footage of Christmas-themed family life. |
| "HOINFODAMAN"
|Team Hiho |rowspan="2"|2015 |Winner of a video contest. |
| "Candyman"
|Ivan Landau, Edgar Alvarez & Webster Colcord |Entirely claymated. |
| "Conspiranoia"
|rowspan="2"|Cage Claypool |rowspan="2"|2022 | |
| "Follow The Fool"
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Other appearances
:1988 - Germ's Choice: A KUSF Compilation (promo for KUSF radio, featuring the demo version of "Tommy the Cat")
:1991 - A Different Sound (promo for Carlsberg Light lager, featuring "Tommy the Cat")
:1992 - Plan B: the questionable video features Here come the bastards, Tommy the cat.
:1991 - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (soundtrack, featuring "Tommy the Cat")
:1991 - Expand-O: CD Tune Up 12 (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver")
:1993 - The Beavis and Butt-head Experience (soundtrack, featuring the original track "Poetry and Prose")
:1993 - In Defense of Animals (benefit compilation album, featuring "Too Many Puppies")
:1993 - Lollapalooza '93 (sampler, featuring studio version of "Mr. Krinkle")
:1994 - Airheads (soundtrack, featuring the original track "Bastardizing Jellikit")
:1994 - Brainscan (soundtrack, featuring "Welcome to This World")
:1994 - Caroline Records 1994 Sampler (promo for Caroline Records, featuring "John the Fisherman")
:1994 - Woodstock 1994 (live album, featuring "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers")
:1995 - Obdurate (promo for HM magazine, featuring a live version of "Here Come the Bastards")
:1995 - Phuq! (featuring "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver")
:1996 - Bored Generation (featuring "Hellbound 17½")
:1996 - Eyesore: A Stab at The Residents (The Residents tribute album, featuring the Primus cover of "Hello Skinny/Constantinople")
:1996 - Music for Our Mother Ocean, Vol. 1 (promo for the Surfrider Foundation, featuring a live version of "Mr. Knowitall")
:1996 - X Games Volume 1: Music from the Edge (promo for ESPN's X Games, featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver")
:1997 - Crossing All Over!: Volume 6 (featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")
:1997 - Rock Sound: Volume 10 (promo for Rock Sound magazine, featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")
:1997 - Universal Attaque!: Vol. 1 (featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")
:1997 - Zoo Magazine: CD Sampler 10 (promo for Zoo magazine, featuring "My Name is Mud")
:1998 - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (soundtrack, featuring the original tracks "South Park Theme" and "Mephisto and Kevin")
:1998 - Indie 2000: Volume 3 (featuring "Shake Hands with Beef")
:1998 - Interscope Sampler: Volume One (promo for Interscope Records, featuring the Primus cover of Stanley Clarke's "Silly Putty")
:1998 - The New, the Classic & the Unexplored: Volume Three (promo for Visions magazine, featuring "To Defy the Laws of Tradition")
:1998 - Pinkpop 1998 Sampler (featuring a live version of "Bob's Party Time Lounge")
:1998 - Tijdloze Honderd: Vol 4 (featuring "Too Many Puppies")
:1999 - Celebrity Deathmatch (soundtrack, featuring the studio version of "The Heckler")
:1999 - Family Values Tour 1999 (live album, featuring "Lacquer Head" and "My Name is Mud")
:1999 - Jack Kerouac Reads On the Road (Jack Kerouac compilation, featuring a cover of "On the Road" recorded by Tom Waits and Primus)
:1999 - The New, the Classic & the Unexplored: Volume Nine (promo for Visions magazine, featuring "South Park Theme")
:1999 - Opscene: CD#11 (featuring "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool")
:1999 - Take Off 2000: Loud Music for the Next Millenium (featuring "Lacquer Head")
:1999 - Visions 75th Anniversary Compilation: Part II (promo for Visions magazine, featuring the Primus cover of Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar")
:2000 - Big Noize (featuring "Electric Uncle Sam")
:2000 - Nativity in Black II (Black Sabbath tribute album featuring a cover of "N.I.B." recorded by Primus and Ozzy Osbourne)
:2003 - Triple J's Hottest 100 10th Anniversary: Hottest Box (promo for Triple J radio's Hottest 100, featuring "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver")
:2004 - Alternative Rock Edition (featuring "Too Many Puppies")
:2004 - Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 (live album, featuring "Frizzle Fry")
:2005 - Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne box set, featuring the cover of "N.I.B." recorded by Primus and Osbourne)
:2005 - Triple J's Super Request: Dog's Breakfast (promo for Triple J radio's Super Request, featuring "Electric Uncle Sam")
:2006 - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Tom Waits compilation, featuring the cover of "On the Road" recorded by Primus and Waits)
:2008 - Zack and Miri Make a Porno (soundtrack, featuring "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver")
;Video compilations
:2004 - Live from Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 (DVD)
;Television show theme songs
:1997-2000 - South Park: seasons 1-4 ("South Park Theme", released on Chef Aid, 1998)
:2000-2006 - South Park: seasons 4-10 (various remixes of "South Park Theme", unreleased)
:2006-present - South Park: seasons 10-14 (mashup of "South Park Theme" and "Whamola" by Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, unreleased)
;Video game soundtracks
:1995 - Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity (featuring "DMV")
:1999 - Hot Wheels Turbo Racing (featuring "Hamster Style")
:1999 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver")
:2000 - Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption (featuring "Electric Uncle Sam")
:2001 - ATV Offroad Fury (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver")
:2006 - Guitar Hero 2 (featuring "John the Fisherman")
:2006 - Tony Hawk's Project 8 (featuring "American Life")
:2010 - Rock Band 3 (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver")
:2014 - Rocksmith (featuring "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver, "Tommy the Cat", "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver", "South Park Theme")
See also
- Riddles Are Abound Tonight - album by the 1988 Primus lineup under the name Sausage.
- Lance "Link" Montoya - the original cover sculptor for Suck On This, Frizzle Fry, Sailing the Seas of Cheese, Pork Soda, and Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People.