Sailing The Seas Of Cheese - 2022 European 13-track LP Reissue

Les Claypols San Francisco-based eerily weirdness supreme, metal underlined, alt-prog-funk combos superb 2nd album and major label debut - spawning the singles: "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver", "Tommy the Cat", and "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers". Steve Huey wrote in his Allmusic review that "Though Sailing the Seas of Cheese tones down Primus' penchant for jamming, it's the tightest, most song-oriented representation of their jaw-dropping, one-of-a-kind style."

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Seas of Cheese 0:42
2. Here Come the Bastards 2:55
3. Sgt. Baker 4:16
4. American Life 4:32
5. Jerry Was a Race Car Driver 3:11
6. Eleven 4:19
7. Is It Luck? 3:27

Side 2:
8. Grandad's Little Ditty 0:37
9. Tommy the Cat 4:15
10. Sathington Waltz 1:42
11. Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers 5:20
12. Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II) 7:45
13. Los Bastardos 2:39

All lyrics are written by Les Claypool; all music is composed by Primus, guitar melodies on "Tommy the Cat" and "Sgt. Baker" by Todd Huth.

Recorded January – February 1991 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
Mixed at Different Fur Studios, 3470 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. Mixed at The Plant, Sausalito, CA
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, 1640 North Gower Street, Hollywood, CA 90028-6518, USA
Manufactured by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe, Max-Planck-Straße 1-9, D-52477 Alsdorf

Credits:

Primus:
Les Claypool - Six-String Fretless Bass, Double Bass/String Bass, Clarinet, Vocals, Electric Bass
Tim "Herb" Alexander - Drums, Water Jug
Larry LaLonde - Electric Guitar, Six-String Banjo

Jay Lane - drums (on tracks 13, 14 & 15)

Additional Musicians:
Tom Waits - Voice Of Tommy The Cat
Trouz - Whistle
Matt Winegar - Accordion
Mike Bordin - Drum

Bastardos:
Drums: Brain Mantia/Bryan Kei Mantia, Mike Bordin, Tim "Herb" Alexander
Guitars: Marc "Mirv" Haggard, Todd Huth, Derek Greenberg, Matt Winegar, Ler/Larry LaLonde
Bass: Butthouse, Adam Gates, Les Claypool
Vocals: Adam Gates, Puffster, Tim "Herb" Alexander, Ler/Larry LaLonde, Les  Claypool

Technical Credits:
Primus - Production
Ron Regler - Engineer
Dave Luke, Drew Walters, Nancy Schartau - Second Engineers
Chris Bellman - Mastering

Artwork:
Paul Haggard - Cover Design, Photography
Mark Kohr - Cheese Coordinator And Scenery
Snap/Les Claypool - Sculptures Airbrush
Lance "Link" Montoya - Sculptures
Mitch Romananski - Ship
Michael Lavine - Band Photography

Sample credits:

"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver":
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: The character Chop Top exclaims "Dog will hunt!"

"Los Bastardos":
The BBC television series The Young Ones: Vyvyan shouts "Shut up, you bastards!"; Rick says "You just called me a bastard, didn't you?" and "Mike, you bastard!"