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Primus – Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People (2003) | Album profile | Dork

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Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People

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Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People

Release date: 17th October 2003

Interscope

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About This Album

"Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People" is an album by Primus, released 17th October 2003 via Interscope. It features 5 tracks, including "The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride", "The Pilcher's Squad", and "Mary the Ice Cube". The album is filed under Hard Rock.

About the Artist

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Record details & tracklist

Hard Rock20035 tracksMusicRock

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Label

Interscope

Release year

2003

Primary genre

Hard Rock

Copyright

℗ 2003 Interscope Records

1The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride Lyrics
6:35
2The Pilcher's Squad Lyrics
1:53
3Mary the Ice Cube Lyrics
4:36
4The Last Superpower a.k.a. Rapscallion Lyrics
7:15
5My Friend Fats Lyrics
7:55

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Pressings & releases

Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People — release variants

Country, format and catalogue-number detail for each known pressing.

CD · EP
Main
Country USYear 2003
Interscope Records · B0001323-00
Barcode: 6 02498 60942 2
CD · EP
Country CanadaYear 2003
Interscope Records · B000132300
Barcode: 6 02498 60942 2
DVDr · DVD-Video · Unofficial Release
Country EuropeYear 2003
Interscope Records · 0602498613603
Barcode: 6 02498 61360 3
CD
Country UkraineYear 2003
Moon Records (2) · MD-0236-0+2 ; MR-0236-2+0
CDr · Advance · EP · Copy Protected · Promo
Country USYear 2003
Interscope Records · none

Credits

Production & Engineering

Producer: Primus, Les Claypool