Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People

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Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
EP by Primus
Released	October 7, 2003
Recorded	May 2003 at Rancho Relaxo
Genre	Alternative rock Funk metal Alternative Metal
Length	25:24
Label	Interscope Records/Prawn Song Records
Producer	Les Claypool, Primus
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Primus chronology
Antipop (1999) Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People (2003) Hallucino-Genetics (2004)

Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People is a DVD/EP by Primus, released on October 7, 2003. This album shows the return of original drummer, Tim Alexander who left the band in 1996. The title was inspired by a crayon made story book written by guitarist Larry LaLonde's son.^{[citation needed]} It is claimed by bassist Les Claypool on the DVD Blame It on the Fish, that two of the 5 songs on the EP were written in the first 45 minutes that the band performed together.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride" - 6:35
2. "Pilcher's Squad" - 1:54
3. "Mary the Ice Cube" - 4:36
4. "The Last Superpower AKA Rapscallion" - 7:16
5. "My Friend Fats" - 7:55

[edit] DVD features

[edit] Music videos

1. "John the Fisherman" (from Frizzle Fry)
2. "Too Many Puppies" (from Frizzle Fry)
3. "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" (from Sailing the Seas of Cheese)
4. "Tommy the Cat" (from Sailing the Seas of Cheese)
5. "My Name Is Mud" (from Pork Soda)
6. "DMV" (from Pork Soda)
7. "Mr. Krinkle" (from Pork Soda)
8. "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" (from Tales from the Punchbowl)
9. "Southbound Pachyderm" (from Tales from the Punchbowl)
10. "Shake Hands With Beef" (from The Brown Album)
11. "Over the Falls" (from The Brown Album)
12. "Lacquer Head" (from Antipop)
13. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (Charlie Daniels cover, from Rhinoplasty)

[edit] Live performances

• 'Horrible Men' assortments of live clips
• 'Horrible Swill' assortments of live clips from the Brown Album era
• "Southbound Pachyderm" (from Tales from the Punchbowl)
• "Pudding Time" (from Frizzle Fry)
• "Mr. Krinkle" (from Pork Soda)
• "Groundhog's Day" (from Frizzle Fry)
• "Duchess and the Proverbial Mind Spread" (from The Brown Album) (On some DVDs it is listed as "Kalamazoo live")
• "Lacquer Head" (from Antipop)
• "My Name Is Mud" (from Pork Soda) (Live at Woodstock 94)
• "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers" (from Sailing the Seas of Cheese) (Live at Woodstock 94)
• "To Defy The Laws of Tradition" (from Frizzle Fry)
• "Too Many Puppies" (from Frizzle Fry)
• "Frizzle Fry" (from Frizzle Fry)

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2003	The Billboard 200	#44

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