Pork Soda

Pork Soda is the third album by Primus. Released in 1993, "Pork Soda" is considerably darker than any of the band's earlier efforts, dealing with murder ("My Name Is Mud"), dissatisfaction with the human race ("Nature Boy", "Welcome to This World"), suicide ("Bob"), and inconvenient realities of life ("DMV"). It was a certified Gold record shortly after its release and is currently certified Platinum; it is Primus' largest seller to date.

Track listing
# Title Length
1. "Pork Chop's Little Ditty" 0:21
2. "My Name Is Mud" 4:48
3. "Welcome to This World" 3:40
4. "Bob" 4:40
5. "DMV" 4:58
6. "The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman's Chronicles, Pt. 3)" 4:39
7. "Nature Boy" 5:35
8. "Wounded Knee" 2:25
9. "Pork Soda" 2:20
10. "The Pressman" 5:11
11. "Mr. Krinkle" 5:27
12. "The Air Is Getting Slippery" 2:31
13. "Hamburger Train" 8:11
14. "Pork Chop's Little Ditty" 1:03
15. "Hail Santa" 1:51

Personnel
Les Claypool - Electric bass, Upright bass, Mandolin, Vocals
Larry LaLonde - Guitar, 6-String Banjo
Tim "Herb" Alexander - Drums/Percussion

Production
Ron Rigler, Derek Featherstone - Engineers
Manny LaCarrubba, Neil King, Kent Matchke - Second Engineers
John Golden, K-Disk - Mastering
Tom Whalley - A&R Direction
Leslie Gerard-Smith - Project Co-ordinator
Paul "Bosco" Haggard - Cover layout
Jay Blakesburg - Front Cover and Background Photography
Lance "Link" Montoya - Clay sculpture on front cover
SNAP - Airbrushing
Recorded at: Ultrasound
Mixed at: The Plant, Sausolito
"The Air Is Getting Slippery" and "Hail Santa" recorded at The Corn, Berkeley
"Wounded Knee" recorded at Log Cabin, Oakland
Management: David Leftkowitz Management
All songs published by Sturgeon (BMI) except:
"Pork Chop's Little Ditty" and "Hail Santa": published by Long Corn Publishing (BMI)
Wounded Knee: published by Wounded Knee Publishing (BMI)

Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1993 The Billboard 200 #7

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1993 "My Name is Mud" Modern Rock Tracks #9