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Primal Scream

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United Kingdom (1982 – present)

Primal Scream are an experimental rock group from Scotland formed in 1982, headed by former The Jesus and Mary Chain drummer (and bassist for The Wake before that) Bobby Gillespie. Other members include guitarists Andrew Innes and Robert ‘Throb’ Young, former Felt keyboardist Martin Duffy, former The Stone Roses bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, and touring guitarist and producer Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine. Like The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream were originally signed to Alan McGee’s Creation label, releasing two singles before being signed up by WEA imprint Elevation to release their first album Sonic Flower Groove in 1987. However, they returned to Creation for the release their second self-titled album in 1989, the track I’m losing more than I ever had being released in a version radically remixed by Andy Weatherall as

Loaded in 1990; one of the seminal moments in the indie/dance crossover. They then released Screamadelica and remained with Creation until its closure in 2000; they are now signed to Sony/Columbia. Over the years they have shifted from jangly C86 indie pop to retro tinged hard rock to being dance/rock crossover pioneers.

In June 2005, Primal Scream played a controversial set at the Glastonbury Festival, throughout which Gillespie was playfully abusive to the crowd and was alleged to have made Nazi salutes (during the song ‘

Swastika Eyes’). They were eventually forced off by officials after overrunning their allotted time; the festival organizers were at that point already annoyed at the band when

1	Movin' on Up	1,295
2	Can't Go Back	1,231
3	Loaded	1,038
4	Higher Than The Sun	895
5	Beautiful Future	849
5	Rocks	849
7	Country Girl	842
8	Some Velvet Morning full track	823
9	Come Together	813
10	Uptown	724
11	The Glory Of Love	716
12	Trainspotting	703
13	Suicide Bomb	646
14	Beautiful Summer	614
15	Zombie Man	599

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Theedgerob wrote:
7 hours ago

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higginst wrote:
9 hours ago

I would say its equal to Riot City, but not better than Evil Heat.

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Theelongplayer wrote:
yesterday afternoon

No way! Riot City Blues is their best album by far, pure old school garage rock, not overproduced, with a lot of good, simple, well-written songs (which is not the case with their other albums).

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Battypenguin wrote:
yesterday afternoon

New album is better than Riot City, Can't Go Back is the best track methinks :D

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opeth_syndrome wrote:
Friday evening

I really really like the new album, imo its much better than riot city and evil heat.

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billylotion wrote:
Friday evening

like a blend of exterminator/vp/screamadelica best of everything

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billylotion wrote:
Friday evening

i think the new ones got a lot to offer, for sure

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tkotse wrote:
Friday evening

Not that impressed with Beautiful Future, in fact i'd go so far as to say Give Out... is better.

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Maupertus wrote:
Thursday morning

Yeah! I always liked Screamadelica, but I think Beautiful Future is great. I just keep listening and dancing to Urban Guerilla. (I don't have the hart to tell my 8 year old niece it isn't about a Gorilla living in the city and swinging from buildings)

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peterj89 wrote:
Wednesday evening

does anyone else think Jesus is my air-o-plane is proper legendary for a B-side

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rnbtom wrote:
Tuesday morning

primal scream yeah !

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higginst wrote:
Tuesday morning

ok so the new album is ok, above average but definitely not up there. Screamadelica and Evil Heat still my top two, I only have 4 of their albums though.

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storvikarn wrote:
last month

For Those Who Probably Will Die While Listening To Music

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orrenishi wrote:
last month

¿hay alguien que me pueda responder en castellano? parece que soy la rarita de españa

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TehSpiral wrote:
last month

meh, the new album is alright. :[ It sounds like twee pop in a lot of areas...I want the danceable Primal Scream, or the pissed-off electro-rock Primal Scream. Not this fluff...

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VashTheStamped wrote:
last month

Number 3 in my overall chart! Maybe they'll be on top soon.

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distractedk wrote:
last month

I think the new album’s pretty weak. The band seems to have lost its edge again, but it'll come back – it always does.

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jeffsmax1 wrote:
last month

I really liked the new album. Wasn't expecting something this good after Evil Heat and Riot City (ok albuns, but not great).

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opeth_syndrome wrote:
last month

the record label has to make the album page.

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ShotgunGold wrote:
last month

There is no page for the ninth studio album "Beautiful Future". How do you create one?

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