Vanishing Point

I thought this was going to be edgy and interesting. How wrong I was. Boring.

giving alien realness

This band seems to be more interested in creating soundscapes than playing music. I liked "Medication" and probably would have liked the album if it were more in that song's vein.

Dissonant is a word I would use to describe this. I really wanted to like it more.

Pre-Listen Thoughts: this one has very few listeners in general, some of these songs have less than 1,000,000 listens ever. Which doesn't necessarily mean that the album is bad, but looking at the track titles, cover art, and general vibe of the band's imagery/Spotify page, I'm not convinced I'm going to love this, but I am intrigued. After reading the album description, it makes more sense! Definitely does sound a lot like movie background music, and even sound effects at times. I like that there's very few vocals. A lot of the vocals that are on here are quite strange. Not sure I love the album, but it is way more listen-able than I had anticipated and there's some fun stuff on it. Definitely understand the movie soundtrack inspiration.

Album 104. Vanishing Point (https://open.spotify.com/album/1MCmkNa0UxhulmHkGBqw1n?si=lPGPoOSDRA-K_46aiBHOUA) — Primal Scream (1997) I got tired of listening after the first half. It's not bad, but not good either. Okay for a one-time listen. It's a little trippy, a little noisy, a little psychedelic, a little electronic, a little lofi chill, a little everything and the album is getting a little rating as well. Bland. 2/5 No liked songs

I continue to be staggered at the never-ending parade of electronic music albums on this list. This one, like most of the others, mostly sucked. There were two decent tracks that sounded almost like Britpop rock with an aggressive beat, but most of the songs were an amalgamation of squealing, distortion, and random computer noises that offended the senses. Very low 2/5 based on the two OK tracks.

Decepcionante.

Maybe I'll give this another try sometime.

209/1001 Primal Scream - Vanishing Point Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ Primal Scream are so hit or miss for me and this is one that wasn't great. Certainly some aspects I enjoyed, but not enough for me to revisit.

I did find the sounds on this interesting, but I couldn't get past the vocalist. G9nna check out more albums on the genre tho

Some cool stuff in there but also a little disorganized and muddy

With the exception of one or two songs, this just sounded like the music used for action sequences on late-2000s tv shows on the USA network.

Airy noisy, but I like the follow up better. Not sure I'd listen to this again

Too synthy for me

Eh

It was fun,but nothing astounding to me. I can hear their influence on Gorillaz, though.

vibe MTV no horário de almoço com aqueles clipes de bandas alternativas não gosto dessa vibe, músicas tristes, que me deixam triste também, odiei

Boring. I can see the appeal maybe after a night out. Maybe come down music, but most tracks seem kind of aimless. Not unpleasant to listen to in the background

not my thing, only managed to get thru first 5 songs

Fav: Motörhead Least Fav: Stuka Not sure how to feel about this. The more experimental it gets, it feels like it sounds good for about 10 seconds before it just becomes a mess of noise. Definitely preferred the standard tracks, but they were few and far between

Had like 2 songs that are good, the rest is just noise its rlly bad

I was expecting screamo metal (judging a book by its cover I guess), got 90s electronic instead. I didn't hate it, but did not need to listen to it.

Okay-lah....

More boring than their last album I listened to.

1. Burning Wheel - felt like a nothing burger really? almost like i was listening to a set-up for a big and loud chorus(any other part really) and just didnt get anything at the end :/ 4/10 was my initial rating of this song, but after listening to the rest of the album i have to give it at least a - 6/10 2. Get Duffy - if i were to describe the song, i dont know if boring would be the right word. this sounds like a really forgettable song off an otherwise really good OST. inoffensive, but nothing really notable (i liked the sax? part around minute 1 though). - 5/10 3 .Kowalski - I feel like the song overstays its welcome quite a bit, and while i like it a lot more than the previous ones, it just becomes boring to listen to after about 2 minutes because you've basically already heard everything the song has to offer. a grand improvement but still a - 6/10 4. Star - hearing the synth bass at the beginning i expected finally something mean and energetic for once but i was disappointed once again. The lyrics sound very corny and nothing really to write home about, i feel like i already heard the instrumental on this album (im at song 4, jeez). And here i thought hippies were dead. Sounds like some satire on hippies really - 3/10 5. If They Move Kill 'Em - This one really got me vibing, really groovy, reminded me of old school hip-hop instrumentals, even though i havent really listened to any respectable amount of it. every instrument, every little pause feels very nice and tight (except for the sitar, really had me raise my eyebrow when i first heard it) loved this one, even though i wouldnt come back to it - 6/10 6. Out of the Void - boring, kind of tries to have like a spacey/trippy, yet intimate felling with the lyrics (i typically dont really listen and try to figure out the lyrics of songs on my first listen and this song wasnt an exception so idk about the real subject of those). inoffensive, samey instrumental, nice bridge/solo part (only lasted like 10 seconds tho), kind of annoying vocals? overall a - 4/10 7. Stuka - why is this thing almost 6 minutes long? one of the most insufferable songs i've ever had the unpleasure of sitting through. the instrumental parts (which i thought would be the better part of the album and lightened up when i realised this was an instrumental song, it wasnt btw) feel like a bad improv session (which i dearly hope it was). the robot voice is a thing of its time and maybe it was cool and innovative back then, so im not saying anything against it. awful, annoying, and for a lack of better words - straight ass. The crowd goes to - 1/10 8. Medication - Feels like a breath of fresh air, this kind of stuff has been done better, but its still a decent one compared to the other songs on this album. The vocals lacked emotion/passion for me - 5/10 9. Motorhead - No, not the good one, although it isnt as bad as i expected this to be. Would like if the guitars were a bit louder, and once again the vocals feel very forced and unemotional - 4/10 10. Trainspotting - this has no right being 8 minutes. the song literally feels like the second part was copypasted just to make the song longer for some reason. i could literally copy the entry for Get Duffy and still entirely represent what i feel about the song. very meh, very long, very - 4/10 11. Long Life - ngl enjoyed this one the most out of the album, didnt like some of the decisions made, but still probably the best song on the album, not a somewhat interesting or original one though. miles of artists do this kind of stuff better - 5/10 This was my first impression of using this site and i struggled to get through the first album it recommended to me :/ I dont get why people like this album Average Rating: 4.3/10 (2.1/5) tbh would leave 1/5 for how much of a letdown this was for me, really expected to be recommended something listenable :/ Favourite Song: If They Move Kill 'Em Least favourite song: Stuka

Ok 2/5

I didn’t hate this nearly as much as I thought I would. I actually really enjoyed a good portion of it, but there’s no chance I’ll ever voluntarily listen to this album in its entirety ever again because of the other portion.

Quite forgettable, was fine to hear in the background. Production is fine but the thing lacks focus

At times felt like video game menu music, which isn't a bad thing, just not too exciting or interesting.

Good album. I enjoyed listening.

Sangen erikoista ⭐️⭐️

(31/100)

This album goes from annoying to generic and I don't think I love this. Still, not completely unlistenable. 2 stars.

It is absurd XTRMNTR is not on here. The conceit of this record is a bit lost to time now, Vanishing Point and other b-movies are pretty easy to see now and respecting the original ideas behind a film soundtrack is more accepted today (and somewhat in keeping with the 1001 premise of trying to appreciate older music for its era). Anyhow, not as into this one as the ones on either side, one of which is the best thing Gillespie has maybe ever been involved in. Again, it is absurd XTRMNTR is not on here.

Like “get Duffy” on this album a lot but didn’t really vibe with anything else

Some ok stuff on here

Man this is soooo late 90’s all the way around. I’ve never heard this, can’t say I enjoyed much of it. Some creative aspects to it, so not knocking it too hard. But wouldn’t revisit ever

This was so meh it was meh. It was made. I listened to it. That’s about how I feel. 2.25

I see a few glimmers of good ideas but it's all too dull and more than ever convinces me Primal Scream are what indie kids think rock and dance should sound like.

Not dancey or fun enough to be memorable

not interesting

< The Beatles I have listened to Primal Scream before but never this album. I see why.

Yeah there was maybe 2 decent songs on this.ostly it was noisecore. Not for me

Yet another band I had heard OF but don't think I had ever actually HEARD. Seeing that it came out in 1997 made me a little nervous - that year was kind of the threshold between a lot of music that I loved and a lot of music that I hated. This music sounds familiar to me - maybe I actually DID hear it at some point? It was probably playing in a lot of the bars I was hanging out in back in those days. The singer reminds me of Damon Albarn. The first song was OK but I liked it less and less with each song. I think this music was on the other side of that threshold. "Kowalski" samples the movie that Axl was quoting in "Breakdown" on Use Your Illusion II. Just looked up the video of the original and never knew it was Cleavon Little! Guess I need to see Vanishing Point now. Did not like "If They Move, Kill 'Em" at all. Nor "Stuka." I am going to disagree with the author that anyone needs to hear this album before they die. Aha! "Trainspotting!" Of course I've heard that! OK, I like that one (although probably less than any other song on that soundtrack.) But that's about it.

An industrial experiment reminiscent of early NIN. some good some just not hitting the mark.

it's a typical 90's indie Brit-Pop-Rock album. Much in the vein of Stone Roses, Pulp, and Blur but with a splash of overrated Radio Head. which is rock with a mixture of over drawn-out electronica (with the three previously mentioned bands being much better). Reminded me of a self-indulged Radio Head album, songs that have too much trippy type of instrumental where you are only waiting for the song to end so you can hear the next track. Only one track really stood out to me, "Medication". I think will listen to the Stone Roses now (their first album, which is awesome and i pray it's one of the 1001).

This isn't my cup of tea and I struggle listening to it. That being said, I do appreciate the talent it takes to make this "manufactured rock" and it is interesting. Just gets old after one or two songs.

Didn’t particularly enjoy this one. Get some hints of trip hop and dub but not a lot of grooves. Just kinda meh for me.

I had fairly high hopes for this album for some reason. Possibly due to remembering Primal Scream in their early days being played at a number of clubs I frequented (Loaded and Moving on Up seemed to be everywhere) but this ended up being fairly bland background noise. Was quite disappointed as I was looking forwarded to listening to an entire album from these guys as I’m not sure I’ve listened to any of their albums since Screamadelica and can’t remember that apart from the signature tracks anymore.

More bad 90s music.

Pretty forgettable and not very engaging.

Um disco absurdamente irregular, passeando por momentos de melodias atraentes, como em "Medication", mas em sua maioria soa como uma confusão de batidas. Mediano.

I feel like this wanted to be chill background music but too often the chill vibe was interrupted by some strange noises. Idk. Did not enjoy

There are a few interesting melodies throughout and it's not bad as an ambient background track but nothing stood out. Some parts felt unfinished, others just uninspired. Nothing really objectionable, I just don't see any reason to revisit it. The bass clarinet part was neat.

A lesser version of what its predecessors were doing, what its contemporaries were doing, and what future bands inspired by this album were doing. None of the elements come together for a satisfying album. Favorite track: Burning Wheel Least favorite track: Kowalski not adding to collection

Does not sound like a primal scream to me.

Didn’t do it for me sorry

2.5

2.0

I find Primal Scream an utterly tedious band and I realise a lot of that is to do with the terrible, nasal way Bobby Gillespie sings I quite liked the sound of a lot of this though but I’m never coming back to listen to it again

No, thank you.

was expecting something a lot heavier, more metal with a name like Primal Scream, instead met with this wishy washy lot of noise. It picked up in places then went back to the noises. Disappointed

I was pretty bored with this one about a minute in. Maybe it was more interesting in its day, but not now.

Very chill psych rock / electronic music. It was ok as background music but I found it a bit boring.

With a name like Primal Scream, I was expecting something more aggressive than this. Overpromised and underdelivered.

2,5

Der Trainspotting Song ist cool. Der Rest ... na ja.

Not the best album by PS. Still a good album but wouldn’t be my first choice to play of PS. But still you can hear that PS sound which is understandable to be entertaining. Echo deck was a better album although I’m sure that was a collaboration with someone (can’t remember his name at moment).

the cover and artist name scared me lowkey but i ended up liking it more than i expected (still slightly annoying)

I didn't like it in general, but some songs were not bad

A bit too out there for me

It wasn’t horrible.

Eh… interesting combination of psychedelic rock, electronic, trip hop? I didn’t really vibe with many of the tracks. Sort of felt like B-sides from the Matrix soundtrack or something. It’s a no for me.

259/1089 - A bit annoying at times but mostly samey. Neither bad nor good.

Dark dystopian electronica with touches of dub, jazzy instrumental hip hop, and chilled out ambient trip hop and, less successfully, corny blues rock. Late night music for empty streets and rainy highways, neo-noir moods for the millennium. Lots of it sounds like prelude, anticipating a main event that never fully arrives.

This sucks, put it down

meandering background music for film directors asphyxiate themselves to

This is outrageous... this is contaaaaagious

Komische Musik

Not nearly as good as the other album I heard from Primal Scream - Screamadelia. 3/10

No private session used for Spotify. This is the second Primal Scream album I have been tasked to review in the last few weeks. I was excited because the other Primal Scream was a great listen, but this one was a bit of a disappointment as nothing in it really grabbed me and that was after two listens.

Best Song: Medication My second, and hopefully last, Primal Scream album. This album reminds me of an episode of Friends, where Ross plays the keyboard and it is all ridiculous sound effects. This is basically that album. 2/5.

Rock, electr., 1997 -> 2

🥱

The Indy rock bits are good, but then it goes straight back to weird electro

I really liked this album. I can tell from a few of the reviews that this feeling is not mutual. I thought Burning Wheel and Kowalski were the album's strong points. Star was a strange turn to almost dreamy pop after Kowlaski. Stuka was super cool and felt almost trance-like. Motorhead reminds of Republica's Ready To Go.

mid!

Boring, cannot finish this one...

What the hell was going on with this band? What genre were they?

Somewhat interesting but ultimately not for me. Too many things going on both musically and in the genres. Overall- not bad but not for me

meh. chill. mellow. background music.

I enjoy the vocals, but the instrumentals at the start of most of the songs are a bit too long. Also, I prefer songs with vocals, and a lot of the songs on this album don't have any vocals. Its not generally what I enjoy listening to, but I suppose its alright.

Muitos efeitos sonoros

ik kende de groep, maar kon niet direct iets uitmaken uit de playlist... na beluisteren wist ik waarom... jams zonder einde... slaapverwekkende ritmes... geen hoogvlieger

1997. Again, Primal Scream is not what is seems. Instrumental and experimental in its late 90's electronic rock vibe.

My first album of this project. Just not my thing. There were some cool elements, but it just seemed to drag on.

Album 875 of 1089 Primal Scream - Vanishing Point (1997) Rating : 2 / 5 It’s an album I listened to, and while I never felt the urge to turn it off, it didn’t do much for me either. Not terrible, just very average rock that’s been done by plenty of bands before—and done better. It wasn’t until track 8 (“Medication”) that something finally grabbed my attention, but by then it already felt like I’d sat through a lot of filler. I could easily name several albums more deserving of a spot on this list. Just a very “meh” listen overall.

Select Magazine were obsessed with this back in the day but it was all a bit boring tbh

First time sitting down with a Primal Scream album. Cool record. I appreciate that they’re not tied down to one genre. Looking forward to checking more out.

Fun and ultimately forgettable pop rock. Dig the spy stuff.

Okish. Nice soundtrack music. Caught myself tapping me feet a couple of times 4.0

Kind of a big nothing burger. Nothing stood out as bad or good. It was just on, nothing that was captivating. Don't see how an album that invokes so little emotion in any direction can be considered a must listen, but this list love mediocre music from the UK. 4.4/10 132/1001

That's not my taste in music

This album was very hit or miss for me. The hits were when it was more electronic/ambient sounding... the last track "Long Life" was a standout in this regard. It missed when it was more in the rock world and sounded like the Black Crows.

To slow for my taste is what I felt during the first song and that thought was true throughout the album.

2 - ok

Look me in my eyes and tell me I need to listen to this before I die. Not a terrible album, I thought it picked up on the B-Side but c'mon people.

Tja, ik vind dit gewoon beresaaie muziek, iets anders kan ik er niet van maken. Ik ben geen fan van de zanger, met zijn licht verveelde iets te hoge stem. Ik heb ook niet het idee dat hij echt iets te melden heeft. Ik ben ook geen fan van de instrumenten die ze gebruiken, wat harmonica soms of een toeter. De electronische component is vaker en beter gedaan. Primal Scream komt natuurlijk uit die Madchester acid 90s, wat ik allemaal net niks vind. Met Stone Roses en meer van dat soort rommel. Er zullen vast fans van zijn, maar ik hoor er niet bij. Een 2 voor de moeite, omdat ik het liever hoor dan Joni.

No conozco este disco, pero el grupo me atrae.... Yo entiendo lo de lo experimental y tal. Pero que tú necesites experimentar no significa que eso sea relevante para los demás. Sin duda es un disco prescindible en un 80%. Cuando se ponen a hacer canciones, son buenas, pero hay mucho relleno.

The trainspotting soundtrack is fine, the rest, so so...

I was expecting some primal screams.

Great music but I can't tolerate Gillespie's fake southern drawl. It seems so phony.

Nice for background music Trainspotting 3/5 Rest of album is a skip; unlikely to listen agin

I heard the name of this band many times. I didn’t know what I was expecting-from the name, I was picturing some sort of new wave band. Then I saw this album was from 1997. It sounds like it’s from 1997, though not in a good way. Despite all the noises, it succeeds in being wallpaper music for a PlayStation snowboarding game. Not terrible, but nothing that excites me, either.

I vacillated between not liking this and liking this almost every song. In the end I think I land on not liking it much

huuutaakaaaaa raaaaa raaaa raaaaa-... joo tässä on hyvää ja huonoa en tiedä miksi on tämmöinen jukstapotsistion laitettu tähän näin koska tota osittain on niinkun mietin että hmmm hyvää ja sitten seuraava hetkonen hetkonens seentään tämä on huonoa hmmm. niin kysymykseni teille on siis eli menee näin: miten ajattellitte kun teitte projektia että miksi näin .... on? - tuo oli minun kysymykseni vuonna 1997 tämän albumin produktiotiimille ja takaisin heitettiin vaan paskaa niskaan. että se oli aika huono kokemus . ask reddit who celebrity fucking assholes ? answer roavert young & bobby gillespie. ffuck them. trainspotting

Haven’t seen the film that the album’s named after- maybe that would have made me like it more. But as it is it varied between the strange and annoying and the slow and boring- sometimes managing to hit both. Favourite song: Medication Least: Out of the Void

Not my thing.

Dit zijn twee albums door elkaar en dat stoort me een beetje. Aan de ene kant heb je een sorry experimentele muziek, ambient-achtig. Ik weet niet goed hoe ik het moet noemen. Aan de andere kant heb je die liedjes waar die zanger, die niet fijn zingt, mee wil doen. Een soort iets vagere Blur (hehehe) heb je dan. Dat eerste vind ik gaaf (bijvoorbeeld track 3), dat laatste hoeft voor mij niet (bijvoorbeeld track 1 en 4). Dit valt echt tussen wal en schip voor mij. Ik ga twee sterren geven.

I was expecting more from this. Extra star for the Motorhead cover (which was a nice surprise).

Unfocused listening while playing Slay the Spire. Think I read that it was their version of a soundtrack for a film named Vanishing Point. I can see that it was a soundtrack, not many singles stood out to me, but the album had a suggestive and intriguing feel.

Na

Some of the songs have an eerily cool factor, but I hate the distortion ones. And that cool factor is not overly prominent. Kinda dull overall but with nice points

Parts are okay, but the album is mostly forgettable. Don’t really know this album gets on a list of must listen. 2/5 Won’t listen again

First of all, I think this band name is terrible, because if I'm going off first impressions then the vibes are already off. Wasn't sure what I was getting myself in to, and it was better than I expected...but still not good? Too dark, too many weird noises, didn't like the vocals, dark alley trash can drums, and windy whispering synth sounds.

This was fine. A little more boring than a band called "Primal Sceam" would lead you to believe.

the album and artist names primed me for some hard rock/heavy metal-type music and this was not that at all. but that's not where the disappointment ended! the album failed to deliver or delight on any axis by which music is typically judged and enjoyed. it's just... dull. the related songs radio that played afterwards on spotify was much more interesting, which was a sure sign that the album had ended. favorites: out of this void, trainspotting

Another big load of nothing album. I can't remember a single tune. I think at one point I recognised a sample from early Pink Floyd, but I could have just been imagining it. I have no idea what this was and I have no interest in finding out. My main impression was that it was much too long.

Not terrible but also not a fan.

At its best this sounded like slightly cooler U2, and at its worst it sounded like the soundtrack to an extremely of-its-time hacker crime movie. Which I guess is kind of what they were going for? There’s a high ceiling for what a bunch of Irish anarchists are gonna sound like as a band. This doesn’t get too close to it.

2.3 Very weird. I've heard of movie soundtracks to movies that haven't existed, but this is the first I've heard of a movie soundtrack to a movie which did exist but didn't request it. Overall it just didn't click with me. Maybe I'm a bit tired now of the Madchester stuff on here, but the vast majority of these tracks just were not very good. Happy to see the back of it.

This was my first Primal Scream album. I feel like I’m missing something…maybe you have to see the movie? This album was all over the place. Maybe it grows on you over multiple listens, but I’ll never know. Eating a 2, because there were points when I thought they were on to something only to change directions again

Doubt that I come back to this one.

I don't really like Primal Scream... This didn't change my mind

I don't like it. One listen was enough

Oh boy... what a nap...

I didn't think much of this. Yeah it's got some funky bass lines but the singing is poor and once again technology and sound effects try to hide the lack of songwriting ability. Based on their reputation, I was expecting so much more.

This is a boring, but not terrible, example of the truly generic 90s vibe. The album would be fine as background music, but unfortunately it’s way, way too long for a focused listening.

Pretty boring tbh. Nothing catchy and just noisy really. Wouldn't liste to again.

Album came out when I was 17, an age where your brain is a sponge for music...never heard of this album before...and I know why, no real hits, too much instrumental songs...it was like sitting in an arty farty hotel lounge...don't really get it why this album is on the list...

I hear the “soundtrack” vibes, but it feels uneven and overwrought. Meh.

I recalling getting "Screamadelica" a few months ago, let's see how these guys evolved. A bit of the same, which isn't necessarily a knock. This psychedelia, electronic sound was sort of what I expected. Some of the non-vocal "instrumental" arrangements shine, while some of the others tend to blend in. Gets a little more traditionally alt-rocky near the back half of the album. Just alright, not as memorable as "Screamadelica" (not to say that was extremely memorable on its own either).

First track forgettable, Track 2 promising - it's pretty good track Track 3 - pretty good but like... Meat Beat and others did this style better Track 4 not good. All these tracks kinda sound like they used an 80s 808 Drum machine... in 97. kitchen sink of effects. 5... kinda good start. 6 is OK. 7... ok. 8. This sounds like a rock band... It's good - these guys probably have some good stuff, just not much on this album. 9. It's OK. 10. Good track. 11. Not loving it. Traditional Rocker discovers electronic music. Notable Tracks: Medication and Trainspotting. For 1997, I'm not sure why this is on the list.

Idc. Medication is the only remotely good song.

Dit album begint eigenlijk best wel lekker, heel atmosferisch ofzo, maar rond Kowalski komt het tot een soort ontploffing met allemaal extra muziek die ik niet perse heel vet vind. Dan word het een soort chaotisch geheel waarvan ik niet zo goed meer weet wat nou het punt is. Daarna komt juist weer een ontzettend rustig en traag rock nummer? Wat is dit voor album?? Star, het meest beluisterde nummer op het album, komt op mij vooral heel erg zeikerig over. Eerlijk? Ik vond het begin een stuk interressanter dan wat we bij Star krijgen. Het begon bijna elektronisch? Echt een raar album dit, sommige nummers zijn gewoon een soort van trippy/elektronisch, anderen weer compleet standaard rock? Maar het is niet constant genoeg om me nu echt enthousiast te maken hiervoor, vind het eerder allemaal een beetje weinig en alsof ze niet echt een plan hadden bij dit album. Ontzettend matig album, maar goed ze proberen tenminste iets nieuws! FAVO: Trainspotting

Kind of weird. Not as good as Screamadelica.

Do Primal Scream albums deserve to be on this list? 100%. Does THIS Primal Scream album deserve to be on the list? Erm.........................

Experimentellt

This ranges from dull to bad (ie tuneless noise). Not up my alley

ned so nice gfunde. glaub eis lied esch easy gsi. eif ned so mini stil oft so experimentell/artsy und das tönt eif oft ned guet

This had more electronic elements to it than I expected (the description says "rock band" but they do use a lot of samples and familiar drum patterns).

Odd mix. Not sure the genre. Feels like what they would think is “cool” music back in the 2000s.

I have a soft spot for Primal Scream as they did a show at my uni after Jason Derulo conned the uni out of a bunch of money. Saying that though, this album didn't really do anything for me. Not bad but no strong feelings on it, wouldn't listen again.

Not for me

When you take too much Benadryl, this album plays in the background as you duel the hat man.

Honestly, try why too hard to do something "cool" and atmospheric. Nowhere near as good as they think it is 2*

A case of ADS here. So much switching it felt like tuning a radio to find a song you like and then getting bored with it and fiddling again. Moments of joy are few.

Not terrible and nothing especially interesting.

Forgettable offering from Primal Scream with only a couple of notable moments. 'Trainspotting' is interesting enough for its duration, but it doesn't exactly grab you in the same way previous albums from the band had. This is a Tesco value Boards of Canada/Air. Best Tracks: - Trainspotting Worst Tracks: - Star - Stuka - Get Duffy Rating: 3/10

Das war mir zu experimentell

Not a great listen. "Medication" sounds like a song I might have liked back in 1991, but too bad this album was released in 1997. The singer's voice is terrible.

Nothing?

Nothing music

I never really got Primal Scream. I think I like them, but then I listen to them and I never really connect. Anyway, this was okay. Mid 2s.

I don’t really care for the out of tune singer, and not because they’re out of tune (I love Jane’s Addiction). Something about this singer irked me. So, I’ll take the instrumentals over the songs with singing, but mostly I’ll leave this one behind and never revisit it.

I can think of at least two things wrong with that artist name

Gear: ZMF Bokeh Artwork: 🔳🔳🔳 Production: 😵‍💫😐🤷‍♂️ Music: 🌀🎤😖 Rating: 🥯🥯/5

Not my favorite. Just felt like the background music to a video game loading screen for like half the time

Best Song: Trainspotting. Despite its slightly bloated length, I kind of dug the slowly evolving jam of it. Worst Song: Out of the Void. I truly hate this kind of wispy, come-hither style of singing. I can't help but imagine him singing lustfully from behind a sheer curtain, stroking it softly as though he's doing something enticing. Overall: Really dated electronic-influenced pop. Can't imagine ever having a distinct reason to return to this over any of its dozens of otherwise indistinguishable peers.

Quite a mixed bag but not too much of it does much for me. 4/10

Muy largo y no pasa nada interesante en largos tramos del disco.

That 90s dreary acid wash sound. Hoping to check out the Vanishing Point movie to get a better sense of the energy

Even if a genre of music isn't my thing, I can usually appreciate it in some capacity. This was total shit. 53 minutes of nothing. Half fleshed out songs where nothing really caught your attention.

A few really decent songs, a few really bad songs, the rest just okay.

It moves through sounds throughout the album in a pretty interesting way. I don't know if watching the movie will help me understand it more. I didn't love it, but here were parts that were pretty good.

cansado de este tipo de musica 90s

I think "Loaded" is one of the greatest singles of the 1990s, and the Screamadelica (1991) LP that single is one is on this list, so I guess we'll encounter that eventually. The other songs I know of theirs are "Rocks" (on the Give Out But Don't Give Up 1994 lp, not on the list) which is kinda a Black Crowes groove (vs the Madchester sound they are associated with) and "Movin on Up" (also in Screamadelica). So what I'm saying is I get why Screamadelica is on this list and I'll rate that one better than this, but I don't see why there are 2 primal scream lps here, especially this one. While I'll admit this LP was a nice balm after all the Dylan/Band 60s stuff the algorithm has thrown at us lately, it was too long (no one wanted 53 minutes of this) and superfluous if Screamadelica is already here. plus the cover of Motorhead by Hawkwind (and later motorhead) was not needed at all.

didn't get it really

Disappointing

This wasn’t fun. Not entirely interesting, but way too long. Side note, the hallway fire alarm in my building went off and I genuinely believed it was part of the song. This was not great. 2/5

Some pretty funky songs, some pretty spoony Overall not super inspiring

I was worried today was another death head metal day so honestly this wasn't soo bad. There were bad moments in Stuka and Motorhead but overall it was all palatable. It did just become one long techno trip where it felt like everything was from the movie Gone in 60 Seconds (or Trainspotting!). So I can listen to it, I can appreciate it, but I don't want to listen to it as an album again.

Well, that was strange. This album left me with mixed feelings. Some songs were good. Some felt like I was wandering in the desert on peyote.

This album kinda reminds me of Gorillaz early stuff, but a with fewer garage band vibes. I swear to god the song Suka uses the same flute sample as a Boards Of Canada song on Geogaddi. Very 90s. Pretty cool.

boring then, boring now

almost the definition of a hit or miss album for me. some of the songs were kind of cool psychy throwbacks and some were incredibly dull electronic-music-adjacent tracks that a dude is whining over. unfortunately the latter is most of the album and the former are only glimpses. so ultimately, not really my thing.

Reminded me of a worse version of Massive Attack.

Not my kind of music

Alright, but kinda boring.

Kind of interesting, but when that electronica kicks in I tune out.

Instrumentals. Gets old.

a few interesting moments but it doesn't do anything that a truckload of other 90s albums didn't do better

While I remember liking Primal Scream in the past, somehow this record is just not for me.

yeah, not doing much for me. I can see what they were trying to do, but it's like coffee with 2/3 the correct amount of beans. Just not there.

so boring. i am so indifferent towards this album. it's just so boring idk what else to say.

1001 albums i never want to hear again

wtf was that

Had its moments, but not many.

Too trippy

Jesus.. In my memories it was better band

An interesting (mostly) instrumental album. I wouldn't really choose to listen to it again, but it was fine background music while it was on

some good tracks, some 'meh'. As for "Motorhead", what were they thinking ?

Cool at times, annoying instruments and sounds other times.

By all accounts I should love it. I do not. Its simultaneously dated and too ahead of its time. A no from me, dog.

Nothing to see here, folks.

Trainspotting is cool but everything else was meh. Good rhythm section though

1.63

A couple songs kept this from a 1, but it was close.

Nothing to hold my interest. Back in the day, I had a friend who worked in a record shop who was really into Primal Scream, so I’ve already given this multiple chances and nothing sticks with me. Weirdly, my 4 year old, who loves turning my music off, said he really likes this?

Not my favorite, but not the worst ever.

I don't hear much interesting stuff for me. And that's pretty much it. It's an odd mix of many genres kept in a respectable boundaries. And maybe it needed a bit of more craziness in it.

Chilling wibing hommaa vähän smh s.h..

Definitely a headphone album. Not sure what I expected from a band called Primal Scream, but it was neither primal, nor full of screams. In fact it really felt like an album of soundscapes, versus a cohesive album. In fact Medication was the first song that had a more formal structure. Motorhead didn't sound like a Motorhead cover as I had hoped. The wierd soundscapes continue, but it alsmost feels like a different band. Trainspotting seems to be a return to the first part of this album. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. It was a nice way to pass some time, but definitely not feeling the need to dig into Primal Screams discography to get more. 2 stars.

Not what I expected from a band name "Primal Scream". I didn't hate it, I didn't like it, I thought it was good background music. It was nothing groundbreaking in terms of music, and probably not something I'd revisit willingly. Although I'm sure I'll probably hear it in some movie soundtracks. 2/5

Background music

This was deeply boring.

dont get ut

Hmmm. A Primal Scream album and it's not Screamadelica, which I'm not really a fan of as it is. Don't tell me these guys get two albums on this list. Feels like trip hop meets Brit pop. It feels very British. So in their words, songs like Stuka were downright shite. Some songs had some decent beats but went on too long or got too repetitive - Burning Wheel, Medication, Long Life. Trainspotting went on waaaaay too long. Their Motorhead remake was interesting - didn't hate it, not sure if I loved it. All in all, I'm not really a fan of this album either. It's ok for a bit but quickly wears out it's welcome. A 2 may be a bit harsh but I'm going to make a point. There is nothing special about this album and unless you were connected to the UK in the 90's you probably won't feel a connection to it.

good ideas bad execution

Mostly annoying, aside from one song that sounded strangely like Al Stewart.

Crap 💩

Not good.

I like Star very much so I had hopes but unfortunately I found this one really tedious. I think it's a 2.5 overall, with a 5 for star.

Fairly inoffensive but very dull

Hmm… this was a difficult one to rate. Not a bad album but it just felt quite unfocused. It was an interesting mix of britpop and experimental rock with a more electronic and krautrock inspired sound. The opening track felt like a lazy Massive Attack rip off and the vocals were very hit and miss throughout, but on the whole the overall sound and atmosphere worked. Kowalski was a big standout and there were some other highlights dotted around but also a lot that didn’t work for me and a lot that was ok but just meandered

highlights: if they move, kill ‘em; medication (nov 26 2024)

Pude escuchar la mitad de este disco antes de empezar a cabezear del sueño. No entiendo cómo ni por qué Primal Scream tiene un estátus tan importante en la música alternativa, y en ocasiones siento que es una broma que se salió de control. Para quienes dicen que eran "los únicos" explotando ese sonido en tiempo; bueno, quizá es porque su sonido es somnoliento en el mejor de los casos y poco original e increiblemente repetitivo en el peor. La producción es plana, tanto que todas las texturas se sienten como una mazamorra nebulosa en la que no se pueden distinguir las frecuencias, y en este punto digo, amigo sabemos que sabes ocupar un pedal de Delay, no tienes que mover el timer cada vez que pasas un acorde. Los trucos son los mismos en todas las canciones, y no hay ningún momento disruptivo en todo el LP. Realmente una pérdida de tiempo. Si te gusta bien por ti, pero no creo que este trabajo se merezca estar en la lista de "los álbumes que hay que escuchar antes de morir". Dos estrellas, porque de cierta forma entiendo por qué le podría gustar a alguien (si estoy hablando de ustedes millenials treintones y genexxers melómanos cuarentones). PD: ¿Has escuchado el homónimo de Blur y su secuela "13"? Cumplen exactamente la misma función que este disco, pero mucho, mucho, mucho mejor.

As an album, I did not enjoy. A couple songs were ok - Get Duffy, Star - and I liked some of the guitar riffs on other songs. But overall a real slog.

This is kind of tough for me to rate, because I'm not in the mood. I don't know exactly what it is, but I'm not in the mood for it.

Painfully average with a lot of tracks that should’ve stayed on the drawing board.

This was pretty much poo, with a scent of spoiled trash.

2/5. I appreciate the experimentation and diversity of tracks on this album but unfortunately, they are not interesting or enjoyable songs. I thought it was a cool concept and it does succeed in providing an ambience, but it wasn't the right one. And although Star was a nice change of pace, it was just an okay song in general. Oh well, can't all be winners, but again, it wasn't terrible. Best Song: Star, Trainspotting, Motorhead

I was expecting some rock not whatever this is. Generally boring, music to zone out to. Experimental music should be interesting not just random sounds thrown together with some speaking. That being said, Star was ok. A redeeming track with a good instrumental. Highlights: Star

Vanishing Point is a mix of industrial and trip hop almost. It starts more industrial but as it goes, it moves more towards trip hop and even pop. Probably deserve more listens but didn’t catch my ear 5.6/10

The late 90s were doldrums for music and this is a reminder.

Honestly just based on the band name I was prepared for much much worse and ‘scream’ sounds but I just got boring. There just wasn’t much to this and I don’t quite get why or how it’s influential because to me it just felt like an hour of them struggling to decide what music they want to stick with. It obviously could have been worse however not for me.

My exposure to Primal Scream was almost exclusively their track "Kill All Hippies" which is awesome; wasn't sure what to expect from an entire album.... ...which ends up VERY very inconsistent in a different kind of way - e.g.: Songs like "Star" "Medication" and "Long Life" feel so out of place.... who doesn't like variety in an album but to jump from the hypnotic-techno-mostly instrumental jams that at least to my simple mind IS their style into a relatively facile, basic, and boring rock format that isn't very good at all... ehhh as much as the techno-jams *do* end up repetitive, that's sort of the point, and breaking out of that sort of disrupts the mood. Then on "Motorhead" they *almost* try to meld the genres, but it doesn't work. Anyways those specific songs suck and maybe especially because they end up as bad britpop turds in an electronic punchbowl. That's a party killer right there. The vocalist sucks and sometimes that's ok if you lean into other aspects, i.e. when he does the whisper-type non-singing which serves almost as an afterthought to a 99% instrumental.... that's your lane, pal. Sounding like a *bad* version of the singer from The Verve or a Gallagher brother is not a goal. TL;DR: I actively like about 4 or 5 cuts from this which is usually enough to garner at least a 3 from me but the odd nature of this as an album makes it sound like a shitty K-Tel sampler album and I wouldn't be able to actively listen to the entirety. So... Primal Scream is not an album band - stick to a few cuts on a playlist. 5/10 2 stars.

There’s some decent dance music on this disc but goddamn the band relies too much on the reverberation and oscillation sound effect machine - reminiscent of confiscating a Tickle Me Elmo doll from your 3yo and surreptitiously breaking it with a hammer in order to preserve your sanity. I blame Tarantino for this. He drops the Pulp Fiction album in 1994 and suddenly everyone (especially Brits) start making fictional (or hopeful, in this case) soundtrack discs. Hell, we got two in the 1990s from Barry Adamson alone. Weird.

eh

This was not primal, and there was no screaming. Not what I thought the band was. I pictured metal, I got semi-electronica. I'm don't view either favorably overall, with some exceptions. This was not an exception.

just not for me

I didn't really care for this. The song Medication was pretty good, but the rest just did nothing for me.

I don't get these guys. I just don't see the appeal. I find it boring. 2/5

D+

Os instrumentais realmente não me agradaram, a voz do vocalista também não. Realmente não faz meu estilo.

Kind of grungy psychedelic? I like Medication. Like Motorhead too.

Uhh not my thing.

Whatever

baffled at how little i enjoyed this. really like screamadelica. this was far more abrasive than any of their other stuff i’ve heard, and not for the better.

Occasional good moments but overall not great Standout songs: Star Medication

fuzzy and smelly and not that good

I don't really get these guys. I think some of their songs, where they actually sing are pretty decent, but there's too much tripped out, psychedelic noise. Way too much. Enjoyed Medication and thought this was the best song off this album. Thought Star and Motorhead were decent, but for the most part, I heard a lot of stuff I just don't really care to hear. Thought this was OK, but just not my listening taste and have no interest in revisiting. 2

Yeah sure, this was a bit unique versus other things I've heard so far on this list but it's not my style. Not a ton I can even think to write about it.

The mixing and production are interesting but feel a little immature. There are some cool bits but mostly too hyperactive and impulsive for me. Trying to at least pick one track I kind of like I'd say Long Life. This album just misses for me all over the place.

Wikipedia tells me it's going for krautrock, but the most I can see about this is IDM (a la Aphex Twin, and that's being generous) or ambient music. It's a tough line to walk. There are splashes of psychedelia and life here, but it is a mellow ride bordering on fully comatose. The Motorhead cover could have been much, much worse, though. Favorite tracks: "Medication", "Out Of this Void"

Not for me

I’ve made it to 1001! Here I am at the top of the mountain (almost), and I feel so accomplished. However, this record isn’t a very fitting one for the occasion. It is just so very meh. But maybe it’s fitting in the fact that it is mediocre UK rock because that seems to be the majority of this list. Hmm. Oh well, at least I’m here.

Don’t know why this album is here. Boring

Ein verwirrendes Album welches für mich zu weit sucht um nicht wirklich zu überzeugen.

Kinda boring

This sounded like the art on the walls of rental office space.

There were a couple of interesting tracks but it just felt like wierd-ass background music. Not much of interest here.

The (very) poor man's "Velvet Underground and Nico"

Background noise, but inoffensive.

The space-rock thing Primal Scream's going for isn't terrible, but it's very undercooked. Also, it's one of the few renditions of "90s space-rock" I've heard - and there's a reason there aren't many albums in this category. Without the low-production, experimental, semi-psychedelic charm of the 60s and 70s, there's just something lacking. Most notably, the melodies sound incredibly low-effort, as do the vocals. There's nothing in the form of catchy melodies, interesting (vocal) rhythm, emotion, drama, or really anything to hone in on in terms of singing. Instrumentally, my criticism is similar, but I'll give Primal Scream some leeway here because the mood set by the slow synths and light drumming is pretty nifty. Something else that disappointed me was that all the best tracks on the album - the run of tracks including Jesus, Know Your Rights, 96 Tears, and Rebel Dub - aren't even on the album. They're only included in the expanded edition. The exciting hard-rock guitars and high energy in some of those tracks boosted the album to a 3, until I checked and realised they weren't actually there! (Must've been my imagination.) 2/5 Key tracks: Star, Medication, Long Life

They have 2 albums on the list. This is the newer of the two. It’s more consistent. The music got better. The singing got worse. Really bad at times. Favorite song: kowalski

Some of the dub songs were chill and nice, but a lot the other songs were just terrible noise.

I can say without a shadow of a doubt that this singer thinks he's really, really cool.

+1 for the instrumental tracks

Not vibing with it Also if you’re gonna name your band primal scream, there needs to be some screaming

Kinda boring? They had a big album about 5-7 years before this...I assume that's on this list somewhere. Otherwise, I don't get it.

Never understood the love for this project. To me this sounds like Neo Psychedelia with annoying trip hop influences.

Better than Screamadelica, in my opinion. Still not very good.

Nice bass lines, boring everything else.

with a name like Primal Scream I kind of expected a little more out of this band

Gennem de første sange tænkte jeg “den eneste forskel på det her og så Yes og ZZ top er at med Primal Scream har jeg da et håb for at der kommer noget ordentligt musik. På samg nummer 6 og 7 begyndte det håb så småt at forsvinde. Men så kom der lige pludselig noget helt andet. Medication var en okay rocksang, om end ikke nyskabende. Og på de næste sange blev jeg mere og mere positivt overrasket. Særligt Trainspotting er super fedt. Den gode stemning sluttede dog med Rebel Dub, men kom tilbage på lukkeren. 1 ⭐️ for sang 1-7 + Rebel Dub 4⭐️ for sang 8-14 + How does it feel…

More bad than good but still some good ideas on this album. I found myself anticipating the end more than anything unfortunately.

Some cool ideas and interesting sounds. It all just blends together but overall there are waaaaay worse albums on this list. Just listen to “Movin on Up” off Screamadelica and that’s all the Primal Scream you really need

90’er rock, lidt indie, lidt elektronisk, ikke spændende nok

Hmm: "anarcho-syndicalist speedfreak road-movie record" Some songs are very ok, other much too much "anarcho" for me ;-)

This isn't Screamadelica but it's not faqr off. It begins in an almost psychadelic Pink Floyd circa 1967 wqy before merging seamlessly into the thoroughly excellent 'Burning Wheel.' This trance, spaced out style wears out its welcome by the time Kowalaski finishes but 'Star' is a welcome respite and brings enjoyment levels back on track. All in all its too dance orientated for me but certainly interesting. I might paly it again one day.

Pleasant but forgettable.

It was good. Interesting. But nothing special.

Selten spannender oder guter Psychedelic Rock.

Not a fan!

Understand why it's here, just not for me.

From the title of the band I would have thought thrash metal so I was kind of surprised to find it was much chiller. Like if rock did trip-hop... Trip-rock? It's pretty good but some of the songs seem a bit pretentious and experimental but I didn't hate that. Just didn't love it

Completely forgettable and uninteresting.

Soundscape vibe; nothing profound. How did it make it to 1001 albums list?

A mess of ideas and styles - some songs are meant to be a soundtrack to a film, some songs are meant to be some dubby/ambient noise, some songs are indie rock and some are just bland Motorhead covers. Too much speed, too much incoherence. Best Tracks: Kowalski; If They Move, Kill 'Em; Trainspotting

A bit too much noise which I wasn’t particularly fond of

Größtenteils langweilig, stellenweise recht interessant. Ingesamt naja.

I'm getting some Achtung Baby meets Pretty Hate Machine energy. Is that just me? In any case it sounds older than it is. Except for Star, not sure what that is or where it belongs. I remember liking the other album by Primal Scream that the generator gave me, and reviewing that review all the songs reminded me of something/someone else too. Anyway, overall I found this album to be acceptable background music, but I didn't like it as much as Screamadelica and am not 100% sold on Vanishing Point's place on this list. Best song: If They Move Kill 'Em

Wasn’t in the mood

I've only ever heard screamadelica so let's see what this is like... Yeah it's exactly how I thought it would be lol. Boring

A little too chill

The album art had me a bit deceived. I thought this was going to be some driving and distorted guitar heavy music. But I am pleasantly surprised by what this album actually is. Despite my expectations being wrong in a pleasant way, I'm not sure I really actually enjoy this album. It's better than what I was expecting it to be, but there's a lot of misses for me on the album.

This is what the 90s sounded like. I dont love it. Gives me specific visions of 1997

is this a proto-meme?