Reviews (page 8 of 8)
This was alright, kind of ambient, but I liked the sounds. The cover scared me a little.
No sabía de Primal Scream... Es de las bandas con el nombre más mentiroso que he escuchado. Es como... pues musiquita electrónica agradable para trabajar de fondo, sin mucho contenido.... Lejos de ser algo que debes escuchar en mi opinión. Disco competente pero totalmente fuera de lugar aquí. Trabajé agradable como si estuviera en un Café de la Condesa.... no más.
Pensé que me iba a gustar porque sí hay algunas rolas de Primal Scream que me gustan, pero de plano no logré acabar la tercera pasada. Sí, a momentos está interesante, pero se siente siempre como un interludio o un montón de sampleo y nunca se llega a una canción con forma. Creo que tienen mejor material y creo que este disco sí sobra en la lista.
not as creamy as I thought its was going to be
So so, not their best
Great psychadelic 90s pick. Favorites: Burning Wheel, Kowalski, Star
Very interesting album - definitely going to listen to more.
First Listen. Not bad. Like to hear more. Not sure yet. Standouts: Kowalski, Star 2/5
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')
I'm not an electronic music guy. I can appreciate the artistry, but it's not really for me.
I wasn’t sure if I’d like this but I ended up enjoying how chill it is. The first half is better than second half.
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 just don’t get it. It didn’t bore me much. That’s the best I can say. Better than Screamadelica.
Eh?
Had it on at work, nothing stood out as good or bad
Based on the band name and album cover I thought this was going to be miserable. And yet, it was really enjoyable! I liked the melodies quite a bit, and it didn't overstay its welcome.
Nice! I was worried I wasn't going to like this one based on the Wikipedia description but was pleasantly surprised by the level of musicianship and atmosphere creation going on here.
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.
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.
Had some interesting ideas, but I found it pretty borring overall. Not bad, but on the lower side of 3.
Weird 90s abstract trippy electronica that seems to appear a lot in this list fused with some classic Brit Pop (Medication) makes this an all up a nice time
I did not listen to this album for fear that I may like them too much and post a glowing review of a band that on the outset seems to mimic the presentation of the worst band ever, Oasis, which I also secretly like. ...but that was in 2021. And now, 3 years later I've finally listened to this and ...wow, I was kinda surprised... Perhaps this album got me yearning for a little less digital technology in my life and longing for a time when Guy Ritchie made fun and exciting movies. Vanishing Point is a throwback for sure, but it embodied some of the things from the 90's I wish we had more of today. The whirring of analog production, less-than-perfect experimentation and musical white space. And yes, these tracks could easily have been integrated into some British gangster flick with Michael Gambon and Vinnie Jones.
No screams, let alone primal. I wanted something raw, guttural, from the soul. Instead, it was... I don't know, what was it? One moment it was Brit-pop, the next it was NIN-lite, the next it was trance-y/trip-hop, then it sounded like Radiohead... I'm convinced this album was made by four different bands, not one. The only connecting tissue I found was that I think multiple songs had weird background moaning about "original sin?" There is definitely some decent and listenable stuff in "Vanishing Point," but it is too disjointed and scattered to rate highly as an album. I liked "Trainspotting." But I didn't keep track of which song was which style to comment further, and Primal Scream didn't do enough to move me to go back through it for a re-listen to figure it out.
Interesting sounds that go out there at times, but never way out there. It's very theatrical at times (which I like), meditative at others (which I also like), aggressive occasionally (but never too much so).
When I saw Primal Scream, I thought some death metal was coming. Luckily no. However, this album wasn’t much better to me. I didn’t run to turn this off like I would with death metal, but I did listen to a couple minutes and skipped the rest of most tracks. Medication was the one highlight for me.
Kowalski et Medication sauvent l'album , mais ça reste chiant
sometimes it's lush and dreamy, sometimes it's blippy...sometimes it's melodic, sometimes it's grindy. i should like this more than i do, based on that alone. but i just didn't, not all that much. Star and Long Life are cool tracks, though.
i appreciate the ideas but i find it falls flat for most of the runtime. 2.5-3/10
Experimental industrial music, ok but not something I would buy in the first place.
Dunno what to think about this one. I think I enjoyed some of it? It's unusual and the structure of it is a mess
Precisava muito escutar de verdade
Enjoyed this, not full throttle but good BG music
Yes, groovy, digging it. Half euphoric "Screamadelica", half gritty jittery "XTRMNTR", and coming between those two albums, makes perfect sense! Fave track - "If They Move, Kill 'Em"
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
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Medication Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: If you play Primal Scream for me and you're under the age of 40 I'm looking you dead in the eyes as I disembowel myself in front of you, forever changing your musical bond with this shite band and the trajectory of your aux life
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 hate this fucking album so much.
2/5 nope
A curiously enjoyable sound, definitely worth saving
blur pero metidos de lsd
- 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.
It was good. I actually knowing more songs on this album than I had realized. Solid.
This is a good mix of rock and some electronic music on some of the tracks. It's a long album but I like it. I had never heard the band before so extra credit for the introduction.
better than silence
Outside the box. Late night raining in the city. John Wick 4 soundtrack? Last song AMAZING. Listened 3 times in a row.
Would have said 1 star but there was one decent song on this....Transportation or something
What was sure to be an early-influencer of future electronic bands, this album has a certain background aesthetic and lingering satisfaction.
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.
This album is full of samples and interesting snippets, but I'm not sure I'm a huge fan of the finished product. Definitely makes more sense how they ended up at XTRMNTR next. Fav tracks: Star and Long Life
Primal Scream feel like a different band on every record. Here, the 90s British dance influence seems to coincide with an injection of Spirtualized-style space rock. It's an interesting listen, but it didn't click with me as much as some of their other material and it's hard for me to say that this one is as essential as others in the top 1001 albums. Favourite song: Long Life
Some killer, some filler. The album loses its way a little and just kind of fritters off. Nearly a 4, but I gotta go with 3
An immersive mix of psychedelic rock and pop.
One or two tracks (Get Duffy being one) aren’t great but other than that this is an excellent Scream album and I forgot how good it was - always at their best when Andrew Weatherall was at the helm
Drie laatste nummers niet beluisterd. Twee grotendeels instrumentele albums op rij is wat veel, zeker omdat dit nogal industrieel klinkt.
Dit album weet niet goed wat het wil zijn. Britpop, Industrial rock, Postrock, of nog iets anders... Daardoor hangt het niet erg goed samen, en vind ik het moeilijk deze te beoordelen. Per nummer een score geven zou hier makkelijker zijn. Daarom een score rond het midden maar met de hakken over de sloot
Bra ändå, lyssnade inte på hela så detta kanske är generöst... men gillar bandet
Solid.
Like this album. One of their best...
Sort of odd. 0RS
not my thing
Sí gustó su amalgama psocodelica, trippopiana, industrial. Stuka y if they move kille them mis favs.
Atmospherical, psychedelic, interesting textures and cosmic sounds. To be heard as a whole, you will never get bored of it
Me gustó la mezcla de instrumental con voces. Me da una buena sensación, a veces me relaja lo cual parece extraño con el sonido de este álbum. Siento que me gustaron todas casi en un mismo nivel, pero nomás por comentar "Star" y "Get Duffy" me gustaron más y "Know Your Rights" muy hipnótica. 9/10.
it came from the nineties. kinda derivative. never got into this when it came out, nor now.
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
Very chill music. Some pretty cool melodies. 6-7/10
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.
I have no clue how to describe what this is but I don't like it.
Really good. Oddly reminded me of Prince, just in the experimental nature of it.
Fine, I guess. But it's unremarkable to my ears.
Mij te experimenteel en teveel noise
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.
I can't foresee a time where I would want to listen to a double album by Primal Scream. For that reason, I'm out.
2.4
Never really loved this band.
listened to the album. Was not memorable.
Easy listen
I don't remember many vocals. Nice background music with a early chill electronic sound.
I know I listened to it....but can't remember anything about it today. This is "just another 90s style album" to me.
Despite myself, I continue enjoying Primal Scream. And still really like Chaosmosis at that! This is universally more acclaimed, but I just couldn't get into the right mood.
I'm uncertain of the artistic direction here, but I do always like psychedelia, and these are some certifiably weird songs. Especially because one moment the base of the song is reggae/dub and the next second it's noise rock.
Kind of jazzy rock, wanted more momentum to it
a lot better than I thought! Added it to my favs.