Frizzle Fry Review
| Band | |
|---|---|
| Album |  Frizzle Fry |
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Released | February 7, 1990 |
| Genres | Funk Metal, Alternative Metal |
| Labels | Caroline Records, Prawn Song Records |
| Length | 51:25 |
| Ranked | #142 for 1990 , #8,935 all-time |
Album rating : 71 / 100
Votes : 5 (3 reviews)
Votes : 5 (3 reviews)
February 13, 2021
Primus help launch a new decade of metal with a release going against a lot of what 80’s metal was. Frizzle Fry was not exactly a parody album, but it combined silly and nonsensical themes, goofy vocals, and technical prowess.
Straight from your first glimpse of the cover, Frizzle Fry looks like an absolute joke. What you find inside is only halfway so, because in the songwriting and ability department, Primus take themselves very seriously. It’s no secret that it’d take a real expert to not only play, but come up with this stuff. There’s Math Rock and Experimental influence all over this thing. However, one thing Primus is not quite good at is writing a good riff, or a good guitar solo, or really anything musically memorable. The songs do their thing, dance around chaotically with some impressive technique and then leave nothing to remember them by.
The vocals, lyrics, and themes are a big weakness here for me. It’s all just too silly, never clever enough to make me laugh but annoying enough to take away from the music. The vocal style doesn’t make use of any nice hooks or melodies either, further instigating the issue of songs having no memorably strong moments.
Straight from your first glimpse of the cover, Frizzle Fry looks like an absolute joke. What you find inside is only halfway so, because in the songwriting and ability department, Primus take themselves very seriously. It’s no secret that it’d take a real expert to not only play, but come up with this stuff. There’s Math Rock and Experimental influence all over this thing. However, one thing Primus is not quite good at is writing a good riff, or a good guitar solo, or really anything musically memorable. The songs do their thing, dance around chaotically with some impressive technique and then leave nothing to remember them by.
The vocals, lyrics, and themes are a big weakness here for me. It’s all just too silly, never clever enough to make me laugh but annoying enough to take away from the music. The vocal style doesn’t make use of any nice hooks or melodies either, further instigating the issue of songs having no memorably strong moments.
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | To Defy the Laws of Tradition | 6:42 | 81.7 | 3 |
| 2. | Groundhog's Day (alternative title: Ground Hog's Day) | 4:58 | 78.3 | 3 |
| 3. | Too Many Puppies | 3:57 | 78.3 | 3 |
| 4. | Mr. Knowitall | 3:51 | 81.7 | 3 |
| 5. | Frizzle Fry | 6:04 | 78.3 | 3 |
| 6. | John the Fisherman | 3:37 | 80 | 3 |
| 7. | You Can't Kill Michael Malloy (performed by Matt Winegar) | 0:25 | 73.3 | 3 |
| 8. | The Toys Go Winding Down | 4:35 | 72.5 | 2 |
| 9. | Pudding Time | 4:08 | 72.5 | 2 |
| 10. | Sathington Willoughby | 0:24 | 67.5 | 2 |
| 11. | Spegetti Western | 5:43 | 67.5 | 2 |
| 12. | Harold of the Rocks | 6:17 | 67.5 | 2 |
| 13. | To Defy | 0:36 | 67.5 | 2 |
Line-up (members)
- Les Claypool : Bass, Electric Upright Bass, Double Bass, Vocals
- Larry LaLonde : Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
- Tim "Herb" Alexander : Drums
5 reviews
| cover art | Artist | Album review | Reviewer | Rating | Date | Likes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | | Frizzle Fry Review (1990) | 100 | Jun 15, 2024 | 0 | ||
| | ▶ Frizzle Fry Review (1990) | 50 | Feb 13, 2021 | 0 | ||
 | | Rhinoplasty Review (1998) [EP] | 75 | Sep 16, 2019 | 0 | ||
 | | 75 | Sep 14, 2019 | 1 | |||
| | Frizzle Fry Review (1990) | 75 | Sep 14, 2019 | 0 |
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Megametal 75/100Sep 14, 2019 Likes : 1
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