PURPLE ONION

The Les Claypool Frog Brigade

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Eclectic Prog

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3.80 | 6 ratings | 1 reviews | 17% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 2002

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Purple Onion (1:43)
2. David Makalaster (4:41)
3. Buzzards of Green Hill (4:06)
4. Long in the Tooth (1:51)
5. Whamola (5:00)
6. Ding Dang (5:50)
7. Barrington Hall (4:16)
8. D's Diner (5:44)
9. Lights in the Sky (4:35)
10. Up on the Roof (3:39)
11. David Makalaster II (7:25)
12. Cosmic Highway (7:14)

Total Time 56:04

Line-up / Musicians

- Les Claypool / vocals, bass, guitar (2), percussion (1,9), drums (7), composer & producer
- Eenor / guitar, slide guitar (4,11), Jew's harp (3), yaili tambour (3,8), backing vocals (3,6,9,10,12)
- Skerik / saxophones, baritone saxophone (3,4)
- Jay Lane / drums (2,6,10,12)
- Mike Dillon / percussion, metal sounds (4), cuica (5), metal drum (2), tabla (3,12), vibraphone (2,5,9,12), pandeiro (3), marimba (7,10,11)

With:
- Warren Haynes / slide guitar (3)
- Sam Bass / cello (7,12), viola (7)
- Ben Barnes / violin (7,12)
- Gabby Lang / sitar (8)
- John Norwood Fisher / bass (8)
- Lonnie Marshall / bass (8)
- Fish Fisher / drums (5,8)
- Dean Johnson / drums (9,11)

Releases information

Artwork: Ron Percell

CD Prawn Song - PSR-0005-2 (2002, USA)

LP Prawn Song ‎- PSR-0017-1 (2002, US)

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THE LES CLAYPOOL FROG BRIGADE Purple Onion ratings distribution

3.80
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(17%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(50%)
Good, but non-essential (17%)
Collectors/fans only (0%)
Poor. Only for completionists (17%)

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4 stars To date, this is the only studio album released by The Frog Brigade, one of Les Claypool's side projects (who coincidentally just reformed for a tour at the time of this writing). This has the same quirkiness one expects of Primus but without getting quite as heavy. Claypool sets this up almost as a ... (read more)

Report this review (#2882170) | Posted by waluigithewalrus | Monday, February 13, 2023 | Review Permanlink

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