Tales From The Punchbowl (studio album)
by Primus

Tales From The Punchbowl by Primus
Year: 1995
Overall rank: 9,303rd   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 88 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (159th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,516th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,303rd)

Listen on Spotify Spotify
Product Details
Availability

eBay
eBay
Primus - Tales From The Punchbowl NEW Sealed Vinyl
Condition: New


eBay
eBay
Primus - Tales From the Punchbowl (CD, 1995; Interscope Records)
Condition: Very Good


eBay
eBay
Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl [New Vinyl LP]
Condition: New


  My favourite store:  

Primus bestography

Tales From The Punchbowl is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by Primus on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Primus is Sailing The Seas Of Cheese which is ranked number 1768 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 952.

Primus album bestography « Higher ranked (7,299th)
Antipop
This album (9,303rd)
Tales From The Punchbowl
Lower ranked (12,294th) »
Green Naugahyde

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Upcoming concerts

Dec
30
Tue
00:00
Primus: Send in the Clowns - 2 DAY TICKET
Fox Theater - Oakland, Oakland, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Dec
30
Tue
20:00
Primus: Send in the Clowns - 12/30
Fox Theater - Oakland, Oakland, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Dec
31
Wed
21:00
Primus: Send in the Clowns - 12/31
Fox Theater - Oakland, Oakland, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Discover more upcoming concerts

Listen to Tales From The Punchbowl on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

Tales From The Punchbowl track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

Sort by
#
Track
Rating/Comments
2.
Average Rating: 78 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
3.
Track pick (870 - 34 votes)
Average Rating: 87 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
4.
Average Rating: 82 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
5.
Average Rating: 69 (12 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
6.
Average Rating: 74 (12 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
8.
Average Rating: 75 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
9.
Average Rating: 77 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
10.
Average Rating: 73 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
11.
Average Rating: 72 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
13.
Average Rating: 72 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify

Track pick (1000 - 100 votes) Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.

Tales From The Punchbowl rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,303rd | 1990s rank: 1,516th | 1995 rank: 159th

Tales From The Punchbowl collection

Tales From The Punchbowl ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 88 votes)
   Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 88 ratings for this album.

Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
90/100
 !
12/08/2025 04:27 Kingturtle   7,08173/100
 
80/100
 !
12/05/2025 22:33 Araldo   1,46980/100
 
55/100
 !
10/29/2025 14:19 an-outlaw   52574/100
 
85/100
 !
06/10/2025 15:13 robertoveltri   76479/100
 
75/100
 !
05/22/2025 06:14 Jameth   3,45168/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.

Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

Tales From The Punchbowl favourites

Showing all 5 members who have added this album as a favourite

Tales From The Punchbowl comments

Showing all 1 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

Rating:  
85/100
From 11/29/2020 00:56 | #261609
Can't believe I'm the first one to comment on this great album! Wynona's Beaver, Southbound Pachyderm, and Electric Grapevine are all classics.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Tales From The Punchbowl

Anonymous
Let us know what you think of this album by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
Log in or register to assign a rating or leave a comment for this album.
Best Albums of 1995
1. The Bends by Radiohead
2. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
3. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
4. Different Class by Pulp
5. Post by Björk
6. Liquid Swords by GZA/Genius
7. Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
8. To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey
9. Elliott Smith by Elliott Smith
10. The Infamous by Mobb Deep
11. Wowee Zowee by Pavement
12. Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters
13. Garbage by Garbage
14. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... by Raekwon
15. Maxinquaye by Tricky
16. Clouds Taste Metallic by The Flaming Lips
17. Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt
18. Symbolic by Death (Metal)
19. The Great Escape by Blur
20. Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices
Back to Top