The Desaturating Seven
by Primus
  • Record Label: ATO
  • Release Date: Sep 29, 2017
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
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  1. YT_Guyyy
    Oct 2, 2017
    5
    I was VERY hyped before I heard the album. I highly enjoyed Green Naugahyde, the Claypool Lennon Delirium stuff and the 'Primus and the Chocolate Factory' covers album. Then we had the original line-up, a more early prog rock sound AND two good singles. Both the singles sounded rather goofy which seemed interesting.

    The Valley, however, immediately dropped my expectations for the rest    I was VERY hyped before I heard the album. I highly enjoyed Green Naugahyde, the Claypool Lennon Delirium stuff and the 'Primus and the Chocolate Factory' covers album. Then we had the original line-up, a more early prog rock sound AND two good singles. Both the singles sounded rather goofy which seemed interesting.

    The Valley, however, immediately dropped my expectations for the rest of the album; it was just a weak half spoken-word song explaining kind of the concept of the album: the desaturating seven. Nothing interesting instrumentally. The Seven as I said before was very good. The Trek was OK. If it was longer or shorter it wouldn't really have had an effect on how good it is. The Scheme was also a good single. I like the guitar on it. The Dream wasn't very good, and neither was The Storm. They're both prog rock songs that go nowhere. I did enjoy The Ends?

    My problem with the album is it's boring. The songs don't really go anywhere and despite the before highly enjoyable goofiness we've come to expect the album's just OK.    … Expand

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68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. PopMatters
    Nov 15, 2017
    80
    The Desaturating Seven is completely focused on its adaptation of the source material, but musically it provides a jolt that reminds listeners of the band's '90s heyday.
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  2. Uncut
    Oct 23, 2017
    50
    Though the arrangements here are thinner and the longer pieces feel overstretches. [Dec 2017, p.30]
  3. Record Collector
    Oct 12, 2017
    80
    Hints of psychedelia and bursts of frantic riffing flirt with a classic Primus sound over much of The Desaturating Seven.
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