- alternative rock, funk metal
- 46 min
- 13 tracks
- Interscope Records
Sailing the Seas of Cheese is the second studio album and major label debut by the American rock band Primus. It was released on May 14, 1991, through Interscope Records. It spawned two promotional singles: "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" and "Tommy the Cat".
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Character
Contemporary, spare, unpretentious and warm.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- Kerrang!4/5
- NME7/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Record Collector4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Spectrum Culture4/5
- Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10
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Tracks
- 1Seas of Cheese0:42
- 2Here Come the Bastards2:55
- 3Sgt. Baker4:17
- 4American Life4:33
- 5Jerry Was a Race Car Driver3:11
- 6Eleven4:19
- 7Is It Luck?3:28
- 8Grandad’s Little Ditty0:38
- 9Tommy the Cat4:15
- 10Sathington Waltz1:43
- 11Those Damned Blue‐Collar Tweekers5:20
- 12Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II)7:45
- 13Los Bastardos2:41
13 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Primus
- Label
- Interscope Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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