Rhinoplasty (EP)

Rhinoplasty is an extended play record by Primus. It was released August 11, 1998, by Interscope Records and features covers of songs by artists such as Stanley Clarke, Metallica, and Jerry Reed. The CD also features an interactive CD-ROM which includes the claymation video for "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". The 2018 vinyl reissue includes "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" as the eighth track.

The live version of "Tommy the Cat" is performed with "The Awakening" in the middle. The original song was by The Reddings from their 1980 album The Awakening, and had previously been covered by Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel on their album Highball with the Devil.

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Cover art

The cover art features a clay figure sculpted by Claypool, along with Japanese katakana characters to the far right, reading out "ネセソトナニツキノハ", or "Nesesotonanitsukinoha".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.4/10)^[2]

In his review for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes the EP as "another small treasure for fans." He notes that "the band hasn't chosen any surprising covers" but "makes up for it with great performances" and "startling arrangements that are often unpredictable", concluding that "it doesn't disappoint."^[1] For Pitchfork Media, Susan Moll notes that "while Brian [sic] "Brain" Mantia's heavy-hitting drums were the focus of The Brown Album, Rhinoplasty marks a return to the vintage Primus sound, with Claypool's bass front and center, where it belongs." She also opines that "the band's version of "Making Plans For Nigel" (from Miscellaneous Debris) is legendary, but their take on "Scissor Man" is more deranged than Andy Partridge on a bad day."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Scissor Man" (XTC cover)	Andy Partridge	5:06
2.	"The Family and the Fishing Net" (Peter Gabriel cover)	Peter Gabriel	6:25
3.	"Silly Putty" (Stanley Clarke cover)	Stanley Clarke	4:19
4.	"Amos Moses" (Jerry Reed cover)	J. R. Hubbard	3:11
5.	"Behind My Camel" (The Police cover)	Andy Summers	2:51
6.	"Too Many Puppies" (Rerecorded version, originally from Primus' album Frizzle Fry)	Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Tim Alexander	3:01
7.	"The Thing That Should Not Be" (Metallica cover)	James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett	6:44
8.	"Tommy the Cat" (Live at the Henry J. Kaiser Arena, December 31, 1997)	Claypool, Todd Huth, Jay Lane	8:56
9.	"Bob's Party Time Lounge" (Live at the Henry J. Kaiser Arena, December 31, 1997)	Claypool, LaLonde, Mantia	7:32
Total length:			48:05

CD-ROM and vinyl bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (The Charlie Daniels Band cover)	Charlie Daniels Tom Crain "Taz" DiGregorio Fred Edwards Charles Hayward James W Marshall	4:35
Total length:			52:40

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[3]	81
Dutch Albums Chart^[4]	97
Billboard 200^[5]	106

References

^ ^a ^b "Rhinoplasty - Primus". Allmusic.
^ ^a ^b Moll, Susan. "Primus: Rhinoplasty: Pitchfork Record Review". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 224.
^ "Discografie Primus" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl.
^ "Primus Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard.

v t e Primus
Les Claypool Larry LaLonde Tim Alexander Todd Huth Jay Lane Brain
Studio albums	Frizzle Fry Sailing the Seas of Cheese Pork Soda Tales from the Punchbowl Brown Album Antipop Green Naugahyde Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble The Desaturating Seven
Live albums	Suck on This
Compilations	They Can't All Be Zingers The Revenant Juke: A Collection of Fables and Farce
EPs	Miscellaneous Debris Rhinoplasty Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People June 2010 Rehearsal Conspiranoid
Singles	"John the Fisherman" "Too Many Puppies" "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" "Tommy the Cat" "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers" "My Name Is Mud" "DMV" "Mr. Krinkle" "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" "Southbound Pachyderm" "Shake Hands with Beef" "Behind My Camel" "Lacquer Head" "Tragedy's a' Comin'"
Videos	Cheesy Home Video Videoplasty Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People Hallucino-Genetics Blame It on the Fish
Related articles	Discography Sausage (band) Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade Oysterhead Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains Les Claypool's Fancy Band Blind Illusion Possessed Prawn Song Records Lance Montoya
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