Pork Soda by Primus

Pork Soda, Primus's third studio album, oozed out on April 20, 1993, through Interscope and Les Claypool's own Prawn Song label, and it's every bit as weird as the name. Claypool, who plays bass and sings, said the title was a joke about the band being an acquired taste, the soda nobody asked for, and the record leans into that. The classic trio of Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Tim Alexander stretches the funk metal tag until it snaps: slapped, rubbery bass up front, LaLonde's guitar skittering in the corners, Alexander rattling around the kit, and stories told in Claypool's cartoon-villain drawl.

The strangest thing about it is how well it did. It debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200, their first top-10 album, a shock for a band this uncommercial, and "My Name Is Mud" became their hit on the rock chart, with "Mr. Krinkle" as the other single. It went gold that September and platinum in 1997.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.