Pork Soda

Pork Soda
Studio album by Primus
Released	April 20, 1993
Genre	Alternative rock, funk rock
Length	57:40
Label	Interscope
Producer	Primus
Primus chronology
Miscellaneous Debris (1992) Pork Soda (1993) Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)
Singles from Pork Soda
"My Name Is Mud" Released: 1993 "DMV" Released: 1993 "Mr. Krinkle" Released: 1993 "Hail Santa" Released: 1993

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Pork Soda is the third studio album by alternative rock band Primus, released April 20, 1993.

Pork Soda was certified Gold in September 1993 and certified Platinum in May 1997.^[4]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Les Claypool, all music composed by Primus.

No.	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, Part 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

Primus

• Les Claypool – basses, mandolin, vocals
• Larry LaLonde – guitar, six-string banjo
• Tim "Herb" Alexander – drums

Production

• Derek Featherstone – engineer
• Leslie Gerard-Smith – project coordinator
• John Golden, K-Disk – mastering
• Manny LaCarrubba, Neil King, Kent Matchke – second engineers
• Ron Rigler – engineer
• Tom Whalley – A&R direction

Visual art

• Jay Blakesburg – front cover and background photography
• Paul "Bosco" Haggard – cover layout
• Lance "Link" Montoya – sculpture
• Snap – airbrushing

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
1993	"Hail Santa"	Modern Rock Tracks	#15

References

1. ^ "Pork Soda - Primus". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r169510. 
2. ^ "CG: Primus". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Primus. 
3. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php. Retrieved 2009-07-21.