[4] All lyrics are written by Claypool; all music is composed by SausageIn his review for AllMusic, Bret Love compared the album to Primus' output favourably in some respects, describing Sausage as "a tighter, more focused groove machine" with a "more accessible sound", but also noted that the lack of "instrumental virtuosity, strange time signatures, and almost constant left-field changes" would likely leave Primus fans generally unsatisfied.

[5] A music video was made for the title track, "Riddles Are Abound Tonight", co-directed by Claypool and Mark Kohr and filmed at the Oakland Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders.

[6] It shows the band members playing their instruments in close proximity while each wearing a hooded blue leotard featuring a small lightbulb on the end of an antenna, similar to that of an anglerfish.

Under the sheet, the band are pedalling stationary bicycles that in turn run a vast series of gears powering the lights.

[6] In 1996, Claypool released his debut solo album, Highball with the Devil, featuring Lane playing drums on four tracks.

In 2010, Lane rejoined Primus with Claypool and Larry LaLonde, featuring on the June 2010 Rehearsal EP and the 2011 studio album Green Naugahyde.