Vanishing Point

The most exciting part of listening to this album was enjoying a song and going to save it, and then realizing the album had ended and it was playing Primal Scream radio. Didn't enjoy this one much

As if this project hasn't given me enough garbage from the UK in this lifetime, here's some nameless 90s shit that sounds like a mix of britpop and PS1 snowboarding game soundtrack. And it goes for ages. Pointless and useless. Fuck off. 1/5.

If someone told me they hated this album i would completely get it, but i absolutely loved it!

I hate this fucking album so much.

I had heard of Primal Scream but wasn't sure whether I knew any of their music. My expectation, just based on the name of the band, was loud, hard, driving rock and roll. Boy, was I wrong. This was a really pleasant surprise. Super interesting, adventurous and well done. Will definitely listen again. 4 stars.

Pretty sleepy album but I didn't hate it. Pretty forgettable. Not sure what qualifies this album to be a must hear. Probably some insane back story that isn't immediately recognizable at face value just from listening to it - which in my opinion should remove a record from qualifying but who am I to say? Ain't my list.

Screamadelica, Vanishing Point, Echo Dek, XTRMNTR, Evil Heat are all great albums and just show how good of a band Primal Scream became at a certain moment. Re Vanishing Point: it is a bit like Darklands from the Jesus and Mary Chain - a really strong album but you automatically compare against Psychocandy. Likewise you compare Vanishing Point to Screamadelica, which is just hard to beat. So I will just give 4 stars but could (should?) have given 5.. .. ..oh no hold on: 5 after all :-)

I don't know anything about this band but I know I a synch album when I hear one. Every track a vibe, never an anthem? No bangers just moods? This album was made to be background music. Well, it manages to be exactly that, unfortunately.

I was bracing for a heavy metal or hard rock assault, but instead this was psychedelic and trippy. The songs are an eclectic brew that really drew me in. Surprises everywhere including some great horns, clarinet, harmonica with that trippy synth throughout. Definitely need to keep Primal Scream on my radar because I loved this.

I am not nearly high enough to enjoy all of the sounds in this album. Too many distracting noises that my ND brain cannot process. Reverb and more reverb. Star belongs on a different album, where the hell did that even come from? Might enjoy if under the influence of shrooms or peyote or acid or might not. Yeah, prolly not. Got lost in Stuka and Trainspotting while someone else was driving, sorta frightening. Note to self: do not listen to this album while driving. I just couldn’t with Long Life. Unlikely to listen again, unless I find myself tripping balls.

I'm a Primal Scream fan so this is loaded with bias. It's not their finest album but it is another excellent trippy journey. Stand out tracks - Burning Wheel - Star - Get Duffy - Kowalski - Trainspotting

super good, can’t tell what my favorite song was, some time between Star, Trainspotting, or Long Life yeah just all around 10/10

I only knew Screamadelica which is amazing. Glad I got to discover this one as well. It sounds very different, but I feel like that is what makes it so great for me.

Dubbed out skeletons of songs, mixed upside down and sideways. I love it, but this is deeply weird for a band of this profile. Taking the remixed template of screamadelica, but with a more industrial and dubbed out version. Noisy, spacey, groovy. I love it. Some 'real' songs (eg 'Medication', 'motorhead' cover), with some instrumentals (eg 'trainspotting')

Wikipedia says the band's frontman described this album as an "anarcho-syndicalist speedfreak road-movie record" and I think that's about as good a description as any I could come up with. I highly recommend this album to anybody who likes electronica, house, trip-hop, or similar

Not good. Lead just kinda talks during the songs, not in a spoken word or rap way, but just lazy not singing. Would be better fully instrumental, as some songs almost were.

Damn I had a really nice review written out here song for song and then my browser updated :( Anyways this album uses some crazy different instruments to enhance the psychedelia of this album. Between the melodica, the sitar, the sax, and trumpet it sounds genre-bending but not at the same time. Long life sounds like solo Thom Yorke. Absolutely adore. The instrumentals alone give this a 5/5 for me. It is the best kind of strange. Definitely an album to listen to in one sitting. My fav type of album. Kept trying to find a reason to not give this a 5 but this album makes me feel like I'm on drugs. Now I want to take all the drugs and listen to it.

Genial Album!

As good as I remembered, most excellent!

- strong variety of emotion and energy. from energetic Kowalski to mellow Star to introverted Burning Wheel. - strong production value - Personally loved the album, so many likes.

Like this album. One of their best...

Part of the reason, I suspect, that Britpop didn't really take off in the US is because so many of those bands immediately disappeared up their own butts, making self-indulgent albums like this. When your first track is modeled after Their Satanic Majesties Request, you might be headed in the wrong direction. That said, there's nothing really to dislike about this album. If this were playing in a hip bistro, I would have no objection. Parts of it are quite atmospheric, even. OK, then... onward...

Dubbed out skeletons of songs, mixed upside down and sideways. I love it, but this is deeply weird for a band of this profile. Taking the remixed template of Screamadelica, but with a more industrial and dubbed out version. Noisy, spacey, groovy. I love it. Only a few 'real' songs (eg 'Medication', 'Motorhead' cover), with some instrumentals (eg 'Trainspotting') or songs that may as well be instrumentals. Not a lot here that you would sing around a campfire with an acoustic guitar, but primal Scream were never great songwriters. But they can build an awesome vibe. This really reminds me of the On-U industrial dub records that I used to listen to in the 80s (African Head Charge, Tackhead, Keith LeBlanc, etc). Interestingly, Primal Scream released a dub version of this album (Echo Dek) remixed by Adrian Sherwood from On-U.

Very cool, eclectic, always changing up the point of view. The instrumental tracks are especially interesting. It all feels a bit calculated at times, but no shade if the effect is this solid.

spacey electronic krautrock/dub tracks with neo-psychedelica vibes that is pretty chill and laid back for the most part. Somewhat ambient but still moves forward with a solid groove.

Vanishing Point I fucking loved this when it came out. I remember buying it in Woolworths (don’t look for it, it’s not there anymore) in Totton on my lunch break from my part time job, in that sweet sweet summer between A-Levels and Uni. I likely bought a slice of Pizza from Baker’s Oven on the way back to work too. It seems quite intertwined with Fat of the Land in my memory - just looked it up, Fat of the Land was released the week before this. What a time to be 17 years old. I haven’t listened to it in a while but it still holds up for the most part. Burning Wheel is great, starting with that swirling melange of sounds before a psychedelic groove emerges with the bass, guitar and organ, before it the turns into a shuffling dance/rock tune. Get Duffy definitely feels like a piece of 60s/70s soundtrack music in a good way, which makes sense with Vanishing Point the film being a key influence on the album. I bought the Kowalski single when it came out, and it still sounds great, Mani’s rumbling bass is superb at creating a sense of unease and paranoia, as does the fact that it is more a series of incantations and samples rather than a set of lyrics. At the time I loved Star, and although I still like the essence of the words, the lyrics do sound clunky now. Musically it’s still great though, particularly the melodica hook and the horns. I love the little guitar parts in If They Move Kill Em, again it feels quite soundtrack, with a load of sounds and textures jammed into it, but it works as it has a strong sense of momentum. There’s enough interesting stuff happening musically with Out of the Void to keep it going, and the groove/rhythm is good, but it feels a long, even if it’s only 4 minutes. Far too many 90s doorbell chimes in Stuka, but again I like the slippery, dubby spacey groove built around the bass. I don’t think Medication or Motörhead work that well. The former harks back to the Stonesey stuff on Give Out But Don’t Give Up but it feels very leaden footed, there isn’t that sense of looseness and groove that the song needs and that is preset on the rest of the album. Motörhead probably just isn’t that great a song outside of the Motörhead bubble, but works slightly better than Medication, fitting the druggy/comedown vibe a bit better. Trainspotting brings things back to the woozy soundtrack feel, this time with 90s telephone chimes, but it is way too long and the electric piano is a bit too 90s lounge pastiche, although the guitar right at the end is nice. It’s probably the weakest of the instrumental grooves. Long Life is great, despite the dodgy vocal. It definitely has a Kraftwerk vibe to the synths and I like the swirling, echoey feel. A suitably spacey end to the album. It’s definitely a very loose record, with all it’s instrumentals and the lack of concise and well defined songs, but I think that’s to it’s benefit, as it seems to be going for cinematically inspired feel, groove and sonic textures in varying styles, out of which songs and tunes emerge, rather than a coherent set of songs with one particular influence, like the previous album. It also definitely sags towards the end, from Medication to Trainspotting, before picking back up with Long Life. It may not be a perfect album, but I do like it a lot, I admire the idea behind it and the overall woozy, loose, trippy sound. Way better than a 3, but not a 5, cogito ergo sum its a 4. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I had no idea what to expect here, but it certainly wasn't what I got. I had to listen to this a few times to decide what I really thought about it (I kinda like when that happens). Ultimately, it feels like two different albums shuffled together; one part is straightforward brit-pop, and the other is experimental electronic music. I actually like parts, but the constant juxtaposition makes it difficult to get into. The only way this really makes sense to me is as the soundtrack to a movie I'm, unfortunately, not watching. I know that's the idea behind "Kowalski", but I feel like it applies to the whole album. Call-outs: "Star" - sounds like it had direct influence on future Gorillaz recordings. "Medication" - if you told me this was a Rolling Stones cover, I'd believe you. I didn’t dislike it enough to take away stars, but I don’t like it enough to give it extras; so this gets a baseline score.

This is definitely the best “anarcho-syndicalist speedfreak road-movie” record I’ve ever heard.

A curiously enjoyable sound, definitely worth saving

This gets borderline ‘you wouldn’t steal a car’ (I like that in my head that anti-piracy ad is its own genre now lol) at times while at other points it’s almost vaguely Radioheadish or even U2ish or something. I really can’t make heads or tails of it overall to be honest. It certainly doesn’t sound at all like I expected from the name Primal Scream, there’s nothing primal nor scream about it. I don’t know. Star was a cool track though.

There is some good music here, but. it is surrounded by too much electronic trash to make me want to hear more. 2 stars or D+.

Very boring

While I'm not a huge fan of the electronic music, some of their hybrid electronic-rock works. The grooves are pretty decent and I can appreciate what they are going for here. Some if it is also pretty bad. Kowalski is pretty fun. So is "If They Move, Kill 'Em". Star is terrible. The rest is somewhere in the middle. Mixed bag of a record that ends up being less than the sum of its parts.

I already reviewed Screamadelica this week, and it was enough. This is a weaker version of the same. Dreary indie rockers play derivative psychedelia. I'm sure it was an amazing soundtrack to doing drugs in fields in the 1990s, but it hasn't aged that well.

2.4

Very generic new wave synth. Barely strong enough for even background music. Not worth a listen.

Life's too short for this

All experimental filler noise, zero substance

Eh?

I did not get into this album. It had some beats but I would not describe them as good beats. I started skipping through the songs.

I know I listened to it....but can't remember anything about it today. This is "just another 90s style album" to me.

## Vanishing Point: Primal Scream's Dark, Dubby Masterpiece of Sonic Reinvention Released in 1997 at the tail end of Britpop's dominance, Primal Scream's **Vanishing Point** stands as a daring reinvention and one of the band's most significant artistic statements. Conceived as an "anarcho-syndicalist speedfreak road-movie record" , it served as a crucial bridge between the ecstatic bliss of *Screamadelica* (1991) and the scorched-earth industrial punk of *XTRMNTR* (2000). Drawing inspiration from the cult 1971 car-chase film of the same name, the album replaces the movie's "hippy music" with a claustrophobic, paranoid, and exhilaratingly diverse soundscape . **Lyrics: Fragmented Narration & Druggy Impressionism** * **Atmospheric Texture Over Storytelling:** Unlike traditional rock songwriting, lyrics on *Vanishing Point* often function as texture or fragmented incantations rather than linear narratives. Bobby Gillespie's vocals are frequently buried in the mix, treated with effects, or reduced to repetitive phrases ("Like Kowalski in Vanishing Point," "Soul on ice") . * **Themes of Paranoia & Altered States:** Lyrical content mirrors the film's "speed-freak righteousness" and the band's own well-documented excesses. Songs explore paranoia ("Kowalski"), chemical comedowns ("Medication"), existential dread ("Burning Wheel" - "If you could see what I can see, feel what I feel / When my head is on fire, I’m a burning wheel"), and fleeting moments of clarity or defiance ("Long Life" - "Good to be alive") . * **Political Undertones (Emerging):** While not as overtly militant as *XTRMNTR*, tracks like "Star" hint at political disillusionment ("Are you solid as a rock / Have you a strong foundation / Or can your soul be bought?"), though some critics found these lyrics clumsy or platitudinous . * **Sampled Dialogue:** The use of sampled dialogue from the *Vanishing Point* film ("Kowalski") directly roots the album's themes in its cinematic inspiration, adding to the immersive, paranoid atmosphere . **Music & Sound: A Genre-Defying Collage** * **Core Influences:** The album synthesizes **dub** (massive basslines, cavernous reverb, space), **krautrock** (Can's motorik rhythms, particularly on "Kowalski"), **funk** (Bill Withers sample on "If They Move, Kill 'Em"), **psychedelia**, **ambient**, **noise rock**, and **soundtrack music** (Roy Budd's *Get Carter* influence on "Get Duffy") . * **Instrumentation & Performance:** Heavy reliance on drum machines and samplers creates a mechanical, driving pulse. Basslines (primarily by new member Mani, ex-Stone Roses, and Marco Nelson) are foundational and deeply funky. Layers of distorted guitars, vintage synths, melodica (courtesy of dub legend Augustus Pablo on "Star"), horns (The Memphis Horns), sitars, and treated sound effects create a dense, constantly shifting sonic tapestry. Improvisation was key to the recording process . * **Key Tracks & Dynamics:** * "Burning Wheel": Opens with hypnotic drones and drum machines, evolving into a psychedelic dub odyssey. * "Kowalski": A relentless, paranoid krautrock/dub monster built on a Can sample and film dialogue. * "Get Duffy": Cool, menacing instrumental spy-jazz with a dark turn. * "If They Move, Kill 'Em": A fierce, instrumental fusion of Miles Davis' *On the Corner*-esque skronk and spy motifs. * "Motörhead": A brutal, industrial-dub deconstruction of the Hawkwind song, featuring Gillespie through a Darth Vader helmet. * "Star": A dubby gospel ballad with Augustus Pablo's melodica. * "Trainspotting": Hypnotic, dub-infused ambient piece originally for the film soundtrack . **Production: Sonic Alchemy & Textural Depth** * **Self-Produced Vision:** Crucially, this was largely self-produced by the band (with Brendan Lynch engineering/co-producing), marking a reclaiming of their vision after the perceived misstep of *Give Out But Don't Give Up* . * **Dub Techniques as Foundation:** Production is heavily indebted to dub pioneers like Lee "Scratch" Perry and King Tubby. Expect massive, cavernous bass, extreme use of reverb and delay (creating vast sonic spaces), radical stereo panning, sudden drop-outs, and the treatment of the studio itself as an instrument. Adrian Sherwood's influence (leading to the dub remix album *Echo Dek*) is palpable . * **Gritty & Atmospheric:** The sound is deliberately rough-edged, claustrophobic, and immersive. It avoids the sleekness of contemporary electronica or Britpop, favoring a raw, psychedelic, and sometimes abrasive texture that perfectly complements the themes . **Themes: Speed, Paranoia, Escape & Rebirth** * **The Road Movie:** The album embodies the relentless forward motion, existential freedom, and ultimate nihilism of the *Vanishing Point* film – a driver high on speed, fleeing authority towards an ambiguous fate . * **Chemical & Psychological Landscape:** It vividly soundtracked the comedown from *Screamadelica*'s ecstasy haze into darker, more paranoid stimulant-fueled and psychedelic headspaces . * **Rejection of Nostalgia:** A deliberate move away from the Stonesy retro-rock of *Give Out...* and the fading Britpop scene, embracing a futuristic, electronic-dub-punk hybrid . * **Cultural Moment (1997):** Released alongside Radiohead's *OK Computer* and Spiritualized's *Ladies and Gentlemen...*, it was part of a wave of ambitious British albums pushing beyond Britpop's confines into darker, more experimental territory . **Influence: The Pivot Point** * **Career Catalyst:** *Vanishing Point* saved Primal Scream from irrelevance, acting as the essential creative reset that enabled the ferocious *XTRMNTR*. It proved their ability to innovate independently of external producers like Weatherall (though he contributed to "Trainspotting") . * **Sonic Blueprint:** Its fusion of dub, rock, electronica, and noise directly paved the way for *XTRMNTR*'s more aggressive industrial take on the same elements . * **Enduring Cult Status:** While overshadowed commercially by *Screamadelica* and in critical extremity by *XTRMNTR*, it's increasingly revered as a unique, cohesive, and influential masterpiece of 90s alternative music, aging better than many contemporaries . Its influence can be heard in artists exploring dub/rock hybrids and cinematic, atmospheric production (e.g., UNKLE, Death in Vegas, early Radiohead, The Beta Band) . ### Pros & Cons: A Balanced View * **PROS:** * **Bold Sonic Reinvention:** A thrilling, cohesive fusion of diverse genres creating a unique and immersive sound world. * **Masterful Production & Atmosphere:** Incredibly deep, textured, and atmospheric production that perfectly serves the album's themes. The dub techniques are used brilliantly. * **Consistent Mood & Flow:** Despite its diversity, the album maintains a compelling, paranoid, and cinematic mood throughout. * **Instrumental Brilliance:** Mani's bass is a revelation, and the layers of sound (synths, guitars, effects, horns, melodica) are consistently inventive and engaging. The instrumentals ("Get Duffy," "If They Move, Kill 'Em," "Trainspotting") are highlights. * **Historical Significance:** Successfully rescued the band's credibility and provided the crucial pivot between their two most famous eras. A landmark in post-Britpop experimentalism. * **Timelessness:** Its unique sound has aged exceptionally well, avoiding many 90s production clichés . * **CONS:** * **Lyrical Limitations:** Gillespie's lyrics are often the weakest element – fragmented to the point of obscurity, occasionally clumsy ("Star"), or simply less important than the overall sound. Those seeking profound poetry will be disappointed. * **Inconsistent Vocal Presence:** Gillespie's buried or processed vocals can be frustrating for listeners wanting a clearer frontman performance. His strengths lie more in vibe than technical singing here. * **Challenging Listen:** Its density, abrasiveness in places ("Motörhead," "Kowalski"), and lack of conventional pop hooks can be alienating for some listeners. It demands attention. * **Slightly Undercooked Moments?:** A few critics felt one or two tracks (like "Star" or "Long Life") didn't fully land their intended mix of menace and beauty . ### Conclusion: A Landmark of Sonic Alchemy **Vanishing Point** is not merely a transitional album; it's a fully realized, groundbreaking work in its own right. Primal Scream traded the wide-eyed euphoria of *Screamadelica* for a darker, more complex, and ultimately more rewarding journey into dub, krautrock, and cinematic paranoia. While its lyrics may not be its strongest suit, its musical ambition, textural depth, and revolutionary production are undeniable. It successfully captured a specific cultural moment of post-Britpop experimentation while forging a timeless sound that continues to resonate. The album stands as a testament to the band's ability to reinvent themselves radically and remains, for many, their most cohesive and sonically adventurous masterpiece – the crucial, exhilarating pivot point in their chaotic, brilliant career .

I had never listened to Primal Scream before, but I really enjoyed this album. Totally unexpected. It is now on my favorites list.

Dope

I don’t think Primal Scream ever got their due during the 90s Brit Pop wave. They certainly weren’t playing them with the same frequency as Oasis or Coldplay or even Pulp. But if you looked in the right places you could get your fix. This album really fits squarely in my teenage sweet spot. Loved it

Quality mix of sounds great highs and lows forgot how great this album is.

What an album! Having seen the film Vanishing Point helps to add an extra dimension to it.

Excelente. Dubzão bravo, nervoso mesmo. Esse estilo de música me transporta pra outro mundo. Esse álbum exala um aroma forte de cigarros, e isso é um elogio. Toda faixa aqui encaixa deliciosamente. Medidativo em certos aspectos, chega a ser assustador em outros. Colocar o CD no Hi-Fi, deitar no sofa e fechar os olhos. Aprecio isso. Alguns graves agressivos, tem hora que os instrumentos parecem que estão tentando falar. Tem erro não. Só conhecia Screamadelica. Gosto daquele disco, mas sinceramente, acho que gostei mais ainda desse. 5/5

A banger of a record and also gorgeous at many points. Paced well and keeps the energy high while being subtle throughout… Vanishing Point, Stuka, Medication are standouts - scratch that almost all the tracks here are memorable and I think this is a little forgotten gem.

Totally did not expect THAT! With a name like that, I expected ... screaming! What a pleasant surprise to actually have some great music instead! It was so good, I listened to it twice. I will be back!

Vanishing Point is a challenge for me to analyze. Listened to it three times, I liked it on the initial listen and it improved with each successive pass. The album is very busy with lots of different background effects on all the songs, and yet the rhythms are basic making for different and interesting music. You really need hi-def audio to get all of what’s going on in the songs. Kowalski and Medication are stand outs, but all are very good. This album is a must for the 1001 List. (4.7*s) I now want to see the movie (which I never heard of yesterday.) Maybe at The Frieda. Who’s in?

Love this album. Great rhythms and interesting beats.

On the first play, I knew this was going to be a favorite of mine, but wasn't sure if it was a keeper. Second time around, despite there being a couple of tracks I'm not that keen on, I was sold. So it's getting five stars and going in my Tidal library.

A cool, highway-headed album with some great effects. I was worried that the album would mostly be primal screaming, but upon analysis it is an alternate soundtrack to a little-known movie, which is also pretty neat. Favorite track: "Burning Wheel," a fantastic opener.

Love this album. I've said it before but, 1997 pivotal year

I was really surprised by this. It was a fun groove to have on this morning while I worked, not at all what I expected. I think I'll be returning to this album for sure, and maybe look into other albums by Primal Scream if they're like this.

I could listen to this again. Fantastic album

Great!

Good music.

I understand the influence this had on Gorillaz now

Primal Scream's weed record. This one sounds more Bristol than Glasgow, which fits the Scream much better their prior record's Black Crowes and rail whiskey energy

I love the grunge! They must be an inspiration for the Gorrillaz.

nice

This was probably the only era of this album that me and my dad could agree on. He loved the film "Vanishing Point" and it was great to see him engage with the album. And it's still just great, really unlike anything else at the time, and Primal Scream finding the confidence to do whatever the hell they wanted. Thanks, Bobby.

An alternative soundtrack to the movie. It feels like it fits better.

Love this album

Sounds good

Incredible. Always loved this album, love the way they are never afraid to experiment on their albums.

A great record in my opinion. It mixes the psychedelic sounds of spacemen 3 with electronic elements and creates a very unique vibe

Absolutely fell in love with this band

Need to relisten not sure how I missed this first time around

been on a bit of a downer on the scream recently as i've come to the realisation that Bobby Gillespie is a bit of a bell end. always kind of knew it but i read his book and he proper gives it the big i am about being right on and makes out like he's some enlightened being when really he's a ned who will take what he can and shaft people along the way, like his former band mates. revisiting this album though has calmed those feelings and replaced them with the question of how the fuck do a bunch of glaswegian bag heads come up with something like this? when you look at the screams back catalogue they've hopped genre almost every album and done it successfully. as much as i think he's a lucky chancer he must have something about him to have made the albums they've made.

The first 2 songs were awesome to listen to on the beach. Then it definitely picks up starting at the third song I can't tell what type of genre this is but is quite cool Star is awesome. That is an instant add to a playlist Stuka is trippy as hell. The end with headphones on is wild Medication is completely different than the rest it sounds like the Strokes right in the middle of the album Trainspotting has an awesome build up into some really nice groovy guitar then into some sort of weird harmonoca This album is out of control I love it

Bobby Gillespie is a genius. There is so much variety and experimentation here and it’s all superb. The drums are hypnotic under the accompanying instrumentation, with poetically pointed lyrics overtop.

Fascinating album, new to me. Number of music styles is amazing, is this Primal Screams' Sandinista? With the dub of Stuka as best song. Even better: the link at YouTube had additional B-sides, Jesus sounds like Velvet Underground and would have been great VU song. And the Stranglers cover of 96 tears was fun.

From my yoof

Precisava muito escutar de verdade

I don't remember many vocals. Nice background music with a early chill electronic sound.

It's alright. I like the repeatable instrumentals. The vocals and words I did not pay much attention to. Rating in terms of bg album

This was super rad, never listened to them before. I want more!

There were 3 songs j very much enjoyed but the rest was kinda background. Dark house music though cool genre overall would listen again

kinda chill, went nicely while working Will I listen to again: 46%

Kind of interesting

4.5. Great ambient

THE GEN'S most 90's cover art since Fat of the Land. Bro in photoshop cs2 straight cuttin' it up. I don't know shit about this band but based on the band name and the cover I'm expecting a fire-starter. BURNING WHEEL is a groove. GET DUFFY IS smooth, is this morning music? Sexy night time music? STAR - I've heard this song many times...maybe on a reverberation radio playlist? What a lovely surprise, this track rules. MEDICATION is some random ass stones worship that I wasn't prepared for doest do much for me. Light 4. I’ll come back to this one again

Pretty good. Reminds me of the Verve

Een lollige vergaarbak aan percussie, lijzige stemmen, piepjes, electronica, een krijsend gitaartje op z'n tijd. Alsof Oasis een plaat heeft gemaakt samen met Massive Attack, zullen we maar zeggen. Best leuk, maar ook best vaag.

Van Primal Scream weet je zelden van tevoren wat je te verwachten staat en ook binnen een album kunnen ze flink variëren. Het bijzondere is dat ze ondanks die variatie wel een album één sfeer kunnen meegeven. Dat is misschien wel het beste gelukt met Vanishing Point. Het album schuurt wat dichter aan tegen een aantal creatieve oudere elektronische stijlen, die vooral een basiselement als bijvoorbeeld zang weglieten en minder logische muzikale elementen (als scratching) toevoegden om meer creativiteit te uiten. Het geeft het gevoel van turntablism (zonder rapper) en dub (zonder reggaezanger). Wiki noemt rock de basis. Rock, waarbij normaal gesproken gitaren en zang de leidende elementen zijn. En inderdaad, ondanks dat die elementen niet zijn weggelaten, zijn het niet meer de drijvende krachten. Vervolgens worden de minder logische muzikale elementen toegevoegd. Kortom, dit lijkt de rock-equivalent van turntablism of dub. Niet dat ze niet kunnen rocken. Medication klinkt vrij klassiek rockend. Maar dat is wel een beetje een uitzondering op de plaat. De bovenbeschreven bouw van de nummers leidt soms tot net te vage nummers met teveel vloekende samples, maar soms ook tot juweeltjes. Kowalski is één van de fijnste nummers in zijn soort. Waarbij het aanstekelijke 'Mission Impossible'-achtige ritme zo'n draagkracht heeft dat het de veelvoudige rare geluiden en filmteksten prima kan verbinden. De fluister'zang' werkt daarbij ook bijzonder goed.

get duffy - so cool. kowalski song reminds me of massive attack for some reason. this whole album is quite interesting, i like it.

Primal Scream is one of those bands for which I was late to the party, and they sure are a party. While Vanishing Point isn’t quite as enduring as Screamadelica to me, it’s a great vibe and another solid record from the band. It might be more of a grower than Screamadelica, but my ears heard a 4 star album with one listen.

This was a good, trippy, chilled ride. Nifty beats and hypnmotic guitars - good stuff

Very atmospheric and unique!

I've always been a sucker for bands that infuse traditional rock and electronica together and I think Primal Scream does it masterfully in this album. Sure, the electronic sounds are dated now, but back then it was probably extremely fresh so I can easily give that a pass. I can also hear the direct influences when I listen to other British bands from the 2000s that would continue this sound like Kasabian.

Interesting album - a mix of Electronic Rock, Dub, Neo-Psychedelia, and Krautrock. The opening track, "Burning Wheel", reminded me of early Pink Floyd, while "Star" reminded me of Stomu Yamashta's Go, and "If They Move, Kill 'Em" reminded me of Can. Their version of "Moterhead" sounds like a cross between Hawkwind and the Rolling Stones. I liked the album.

This is so mid-90s it's unbelievable - a time when it was encouraged to put roots rock guitars over dub bass and dance drums. As it goes on, Primal Scream embrace the industrial darkness that would define their next few records, but Vanishing Point very much remains their "space rock" album. Favourite tracks: Kowalski, Motorhead (of course), Trainspotting

Intelligent electronica music and it just works. One of the better electronic albums in this list

Surprisingly fly I enjoyed it. There was enough variety to keep it interesting.

It's 1997, Britpop was sweeping the nation and old men Primal Scream are still in their twisted psychedelic phase making an alternative soundtrack to a movie no one really remembered. A dark road trip with a bleak ending... There goes the challenger being chased by the blue, blue meanies on wheels. The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver. The last American hero, the electric centaur, the demi-God. The super driver of the golden west...

Vanishing Point is one of my favourite films, best car chase movie ever (apart from Blues Brothers, obviously). This is a credible alternative soundtrack, captures all that 70s paranoia and claustrophobia well.

oh yeeaah tjis gon be good Am i tripping or is star a subtle interpolation of every nigga is a star by boris gardiner theres no fucking way brooo cool album, i like this typa shit a lot. does drag a little bit tho