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Tales From the Punchbowl by Primus
Tales From the Punchbowl is an album by Primus, released in 1995. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 40 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Wynona's Big Brown Beaver”, on 40 lists with a best position of #28.
Tales from the Punchbowl, Primus's fourth studio album, rolled out on Interscope on June 6, 1995, and it's the band at their most gleefully off-kilter. Les Claypool's bass does as much of the lead singing as he does, knotted into lopsided shapes, while Larry LaLonde sprays guitar noise around the edges and Tim Alexander keeps the whole contraption from tipping over. Prog, metal, funk and psychedelia all get tossed in the bowl, and nobody bothers to stir.
The lead single "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" is Claypool's tall-tale weirdness at full tilt, and it became the only Primus song to chart outside North America. The record went top ten on the Billboard 200 and gold within weeks. It also closed the first run of the classic lineup: Alexander left in 1996 and wouldn't be back for seven years.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Tales From the Punchbowl on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wynona's Big Brown Beaver | 40 | #28 | – | 1995–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.