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Not really sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. Weird, but pretty good.
Had a good time, a bit transcendental for me, but a number of grooves
Mix up late 60s rock particularly classic era Stones with what was happening in early 90s rave and dance scene, sample some Coltrane and you have .. well this here record. And you will hear no complaints from me. 4 Star
Not my kind of sound
Fav: Slip Inside This House Least Fav: Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts) (Feat. Jah Wobble) The amount of times it suddenly gets interesting just to fade again left me frustrated, and for a band called Primal Scream - why are they not a heavy metal band? The name sounds kinda intense…
Weird
Yes, it's great. No I didn't really want to listen to it at 9.30 in the morning.
Little funky and weird for me
Funny album
Some pretty good electronic music, was a nice vibe for a walk along the coast while on holiday. 4 stars
I actually liked the Electronic Dance bits more than the Soul Music, which came across as plastic imitation. I would say that this music is too British to have traveled to America, but others as Anglo as Primal Scream did just fine here. Just wasn't in the cards for them, I guess. Minus one half-star for opening the album with a blatant Crosby, Stills, and Nash rip-off.
I’m happy to report there was no screaming on this album, but there were plenty of very long psychedelic songs. I think I was much too sober when I listened to it. If the songs were half the length I would probably have liked the album twice as much.
Not really a primal scream or a screamadelica, but more like a strong suburban suggestion. And that is a good thing. I dreaded this album because I thought it would be an unintelligible scream session. Hit sounds like a softer, funkier Soup Dragons (not on the list but good). In any case, I did enjoy the album, and I was delighted at them playing against type in band name and album title.
Mostly fun album. Great opening, a few dull dips here and there, with a strong finish. 3/ 5
Odd one this, it starts off really strong and I was impressed, but then it just drips on towards the end and I feel that really hurts it.
3.5
Sounds unique for the time, but I feel like it hasn’t really impacted the music scene in any notable way.
Not really my cup of tea, but fine for what it is. 2.9
this album dives into a few genres like indie, psychedelic, feels kinda trip-hop esc as well, it’s a bit messy in areas but i do think it’s really good, the first 2 tracks slap, some maybe a bit boring but i think this is the best i’ve heard from primal scream
Gets a four more out of respect for what it represents and its legacy than for any particular enjoyment on my part. It’s just not something I would ever choose to listen to. To my admittedly uneducated ears it sounds a bit dated and I’ve never got on with Bobby Gillespie as a vocalist.
It is a really confident album that has excellent songwriting and a sound that has aged really well.
Close to a 5 for me. Sometimes, albums that have a number of different influences become a bit too messy and unfocused but this becomes a brilliant collage of rock, blues, disco, house and even dub reggae amongst others. The singles are surprisingly joyous but the album doesn’t hinge on those alone.
C'est sympa, des rythmes et instru variées. J'ai un peu décroché sur la fin ça m'inspirait moins.
C’est pas mauvais mais c’est long…. Je ne l’ai pas écouté en entier.
J'étais un peu inquiet devant le titre et la jaquette mais j'ai adoré. Un mélange d'expérimental et de bizarre comme j'aime avec des sonorités plus pop qui m'ont beaucoup plu. 5/5
Drenched in the rave music of the early 90's, and detractors will point out (rightly) that it never reaches the heights of the best acid house. But this isn't just an acid house album. It's also heavily influenced by classic rock and gospel, which makes for a very interesting set of sounds. Heck, the first song is basically a Rolling Stones song. The second, the best one, is a 13th Floor Elevators cover that shows off the hypnotic trippiness that's present on the more low key songs. "Come Together" combines all these influences, even clearly referencing the Beatles in its title. The slower moments aren't always as interesting as the ones that are full of keys and gospel vocals, but the album is rarely truly boring. It admittedly may not work great on an actual dancefloor, but it's a unique enough mixture to be a blast in other settings.
A pleasant surprise. I really was expected some sort of noise/industrial/avant garde mess. This release, that is supposedly the advent of acid house, which I quite enjoy, was pretty fun.
weird, najs :)
Inte ett fan, lite för repetitivt, men säkert bra om du är hög som ett hus
Dance tracks were awful. Non-dance tracks had me scratching my head. This album seems confused.
This subhuman garbage possesses the world's most punchable face. I'd rather listen to a proper Andrew Weatherall album.
Kicking things off w/ a Stones-grooved banger, Primal Scream is euphoria and only exhilaration, be it in the mode of rock, soul, house, or something that's a primal emulsion of the three. This isn't psychedelia but straight-up MDMA-inspired lucidity, the kind of light Dante experiences upon entrance into The Empyrean: 'I've glimpsed, I have tasted / Fantastical places / My soul's an oasis / Higher than the sun.' That kind of experience more than warrants artistic expression, and Screamadelica is one of the best records to elide a qualifying negativity for the sake of basing an adventure that's authentically blissed-out. Even 'Damaged' is an ode to the good times in its own way. Several tracks are too long, but those who've rolled will get it.
There's something deep inside of me that really wants this album to be called "Screamadelphia", but Primal Scream is Scottish, so we can forgive them for making that mistake. Other than that major issue, this album feels like it doesn't have much of a direction. There's a big variety here, and sometimes it just feels like noise for the sake of noise. Most of it isn't bad, but the band could use a little bit of a "less is more" mentality on some of the tracks.
There are some possibly decent songs hiding under all the EDM crap. Did they ever make a version without it? Nope... oh well, <plonk> I was going to give it a generous 2/5 but actually, I'll take another one off for loss of potential. I hate this. 1/5.
Opens with a gospel flavor to lure you in and then hits you with the club tunes. And then, and halfway through when the MDMA is wearing off, it lulls you to sleep with a bunch of trippy light stuff. It was ok, sounded a bit like a more chemically enhanced Jesus Jones. If it had kept up the intensity from the beginning, I would have liked it better. But that let down really killed the vibe. My rating: 3/5
It's certainly interesting, druggy house music kind of vibe. Not really my thing. Different from other Primal Scream I've heard.
I don't know what to make of this album...seems like a mediocre mixed tape of the most popular 90s genres. Feels a bit uneven for me. I didn't hate it, but don't think I need to listen to it again.
le doy un 5/10 no es mi estilo, pero bueno, tampoco está tan mal, me han gustado un par de canciones así que bien.
This started off pretty strong but, like so many other albums, I don't think it was able to maintain the momentum. It's still a solid album throughout, but maybe doesn't feel essential. There is a surprising lack of primal screams, though. Anyway, I could see myself rating this higher on another day, but here it stands today. Favorite track: I liked a few, but "Movin' On Up" is the easy answer.
Not really my thing
After two albums firmly rooted in the British alternative/indie rock scene of the late 80s, Scottish band Primal Scream entered the 90s with what is largely considered to be their magnum opus: 'Screamadelica'. This album was pivotal in the emerging acid house scene of the early 90s, and even included two house DJs to produce the record. Their influence certainly shows, as many of the songs, including the gospel tinged 'Come Together', the slow rave of 'Loaded' and the dub track 'Higher than the Sun'. But there's also more conventional rock ('Movin' On Up'), Eno-esque ambience ('Inner Flight') and laid-back emotion ('Damaged'). 'Screamadelica' is an album that doesn't quite know what genre it wants to focus on, so it gives everything a go. The result is an album that surprisingly works (and would probably work even better on hallucinogenic drugs), and is probably one of the best sounding records of the 1990s from a production standpoint. 'Screamadelica' no doubt opened doors for a number of other noteworthy electronic acts (notably The Prodigy and Fatboy Slim) to follow suit later in the decade. Bit unfocused, but when Screamadelica gets it right, its quite the enthralling listen! 3.5/5
Primeiro eu não entendi, mas depois que entendi amei. Só tem uma música completamente fora da lógica no meio do álbum, mas não o suficiente pra tirar uma estrela.
I was not looking forward to this based on the name after hearing a bunch of metal albums in a row, but I was pleasantly surprised. Didn't quite carry the mood the whole way through but overall a fun listen.
4 stars
sometimes woozy, sometimes wild, futuristic and also very much of the time it was made
This wasn't terrible, however as I was not dropping ecstasy and rolling in a club in the 90s,i didn't think it was great. It was repetitive, and just made me think of adverts, as that's what the music is used for now
O sea, bakan tu volaa, pero a ratos se volvió muy buena música de fondo.
Its perfectly fine, enjoyable, some good songs But there is no excuse for this length of album at all. The 90s are wild for this. Max 50 mins is all that's needed.
With an album with such a heavy psychedelic atmosphere and vibrant sound, I expected to like it way more than I did. It is pleasent to listen to and it is a very trippy experience, but even after listening to it several times, it seems that I'm not able to fully immerse myself into the whole record, which I feel is the main porpouse of it, to get lost in the hypnotic and repetitive melodies and grooves. I do like some of the tracks though. "Movin' On Up", "Come Together" and "Loaded" are very uplifting and fun. In conclusion, I wish I liked it more. The textures, samples and production in this album are incredible and thats where most of my enjoyment comes from, but for the moment, I'm going to give it 3 stars, and hope in the future I can appreciate it way more than I do now.
So so
Never heard before good Scottish band
Me pareció un discazo, es raro encasillarlo, es como una psicodelia, electrónica y pop.
not my cup of tea
4 good album
The first song had me pumped but I felt the album very quickly lost steam. Didn't really like it. Headphones ran out of battery second to last song and didn't bother to finish it.
Couple of songs I enjoyed but a couple I reallllllly didn’t. Don’t feel the need to listen to again
Phenomenal album! Just as vibrant as the cover art might suggest. Here, Primal Scream continue their 60's Rolling Stones worship, but instead of emulating their more blues work, they pick their masterful song "Sympathy for the Devil" as a blueprint. This, combined with the growing Baggy/Madchester scene of the time, results in a trippy, psychedelic journey of an album. Key tracks: Movin' On Up Slip Inside This House Higher than the Sun Come Together Loaded
I wasn't sure what to expect based on the other reviews but this feels pretty solid for a genre I'm not in love with. I'm not sure the album needs to be 90 minutes long but probably more related to house music. Decent variety/back-and-forth between melody focused songs and the longer house tracks. At a minimum, this has caused me to want to seek the "best" versions of the genre as this scratched something. Finally, there's a really fun 90's sound that comes through but couldn't articulate exactly where it lands.
Some interesting concepts, but didn’t really tickle my fancy.
A great mash of various genres psyched up to high heaven. Feels like the origin of indie/dance. While not all of it is superb, it's never boring. Fave track on this listen: Loaded
Iconic
Found it incredibly dull
Bit shit innit
already listened to it. rly like it but find it inconsistent, big disparity between it's best and worst songs. rly like slip inside this house and the orb mix of higher than the sun
Not really my music, for me it was to repetitive in the long tracks
I couldn’t get into it. The tone shifts too much between songs. The opener was solid, and Loaded stood out, but the rest didn’t land for me. I get that it’s influential, so I can’t go as low as 1 star. I’ll give it 3. It’s fine, just not for me. 5.5/10.
This is hard to categorize. psychedelica house music. I'm sure it's a 10 from Pitchfork for artistic value. It's a good, not great album. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Movin' on Up Slip Insite This House Loaded
A lot like oasis, I quite enjoyed and want to learn more of their catalog.
Una canzone e mezza carina, il resto abbastanza insopportabile
07/09/2025 Absolutely not what I expected. It was actually okay. Spotify listeners: 1.2 million.
This album started out really strong then quickly fell off for me. If it was not for the first song I’d probably give this a 2.
Nothing that I’d be compelled to return to. A lot of the UK albums that UK publications and critics seem to think are groundbreaking and artistically impressive are some of the most boring pretentious crap I’ve ever heard.
I’m a sucker for madchester. Didn’t love the last two songs though :(
No idea what I was getting in to, but no private session used for Spotify. Some fairly straight forward rock, which is my thing, mixed with digital dance music, which normally isn't my thing, but I liked the album as a whole. I gave it two listens, but should give it more.
Just because this has the occasional guitar riff doesn't mean it's not shitty 90s club music. What a waste of an objectively badass band name.
once it settled into a groove it was actually OK. I couldn't tell whether it was a DJ or a band sometimes, maybe it means that's a positive result of experiments of genre-bending? Makes me want to put on an Adidas tracksuit, bucket hat and go clubbing in 1990s London. After repeated listens I actually really like how the drums, bass and piano lock in together in some of the songs like Loaded
Some not so great tracks but makes up for it with some absolute bangers. Remember to let your love shine on and not to lose control.
It's not metal.
Not sure. Not enjoyable
Didn't know what to expect here - never heard of 'em. Well, nice to meet you :) Diverse, interesting, well produced. It will make my rotation.
First track good, rest of it sounded like piped music in a bowling alley
Meh. Not my thing.
Seminal album. Had on heavy rotation in the early 90's. A couple of the tracks do now sound a little dated / flimsy but majority are still bangers.
Screamadelica I listen to this every few years or so, and every time I wonder if it will be as good as I remember, and then, even with all the familiarity and attached nostalgia, it is always as good as I remember, just a fantastic record. There are perhaps a few wonky moments, and occasions where the production/sound feels a little dated. But those are minor quibbles, it’s a great listen, moving from different styles and moods from song to song, but retaining a superb, blissed out, hazy, psychedelic, rock-dance atmosphere across the whole thing. I did not realise until today that Jimmy Miller produced Movin’ on Up, although it makes total sense with its Exile era Stonseyness. Although I still like Rocks and Jailbird this is probably their most convincing Stones style track. And I did not realise until today that Slip Inside this House was a cover, it feels totally at home as a dancey, shamanistic track amongst the rest of the album. Must read CD booklets more closely. Aside from the electronic, rock and dub as the obvious influences, there is definitely some Eno and Bowie too - Inner Flight feels very Low to me. And I’ve just read that it samples Eno! What a day of discovery for me! Come Together and Loaded are still superb of course, timeless but also quite early 90s in a good way, with some nice sixties touches to the house/dance, that slide on Loaded is Great. Again as I learnt today Damaged was produced by Jimmy Miller, and it has more of that nice stoned-Stonsey vibe, the organ in particular is very Let it Bleed/Exile. I love the saxophone and synth keyboard outro on I’m Coming Down. The dub version of Higher than the Sun is very Vanishing Point and Xtrmntr, and I love it, a great, woozy, discombobulating feel to it. I’d never connected the two, but it does share some commonality with the Soul II Soul album the other day, although this takes the house-soul elements in a more druggy, psychedelic, ravey direction. I’m glad Screamadelica doesn’t have rapping on it. Of course it’s a 5, a brilliant, influential and seminal album. 😎😎😎😎😎 Playlist submission: Loaded
An acid-house-comedown of an album. I love the jazz and soul touches via the horn section - obviously the iconic riff on 'Loaded', and the breezy sax on 'I'm Comin' Down' amongst them. 'Movin' On Up' gets better and better, the gospel undertones, the slide guitar, the uplifting sense of euphoria. When at its best, the album is an absolute groove. Layers of funky bass, soul warbling, Staxy horns, piano/synth and disco drums are a killer combo. Add in a big Exile through to mid 70s Stones influence and it produces something superb. It also has a touch of filler, and a touch of less structured tunes that don't quite achieve meaningful ambience. Still, a strong outing.
nice
A messy disjointed album. I feel like it doesn't quite know what its going for. 2/5
It’s a good album but I think I’ve just listened to too many similar artists that were stylistically similar for it to really pop out for me.
Aggressively up my alley. House had a baby with psychedelic rock and I will raise it as my own
I will admit I prejudged based on the album and artist names and thought it would be very screamy and terrible. It was ok!
I vaguely knew of this band, and was nervous because of the name that this would be death metal, but it’s not. Quite liked most all of this, with a variety of genres that was generally pretty catchy. The riff on Loaded sounded like Sympathy for the Devil.
Yes, there are some cool sounds on here (I personally prefer the eerier electronic tracks like Higher Than the Sun to the gospel-tinged love-ins like Movin' on Up), and I appreciate that it's an ambitious melting pot of styles that was probably a good few years ahead of its time. But boy, could it have used some editing! Seriously. 3.5
Fucking boring and not one scream
The first time I heard “Movin on Up” I thought this band would be up my alley. Boy, was that song a huge misdirect for me.
Not bad.
Primal Scream, Primal Scream... banda RARA. Banda que saca un disco y no sabés que verga esperar. Realmente. Hay MUY pocos artistas que logran eso. Dicho eso, Screamadelica es un trabajo que nunca me interesó mucho. Es mucho mejor que los dos que hicieron antes, sin duda alguna. Pero lo mejor todavía está por venir. ¿Como definiría al sonido de Screamadelica? Como si los Rolling Stones en su peak se hubieran consumido una banda de barbatúricos con un amigo DJ. Y eso es un poco el combo que hace este disco: Rolling Stones + Psicodelia + House. Y a mi me pierden en la parte House. La electrónica no es de mis géneros favoritos. Nunca lo fue. Pero la electrónica de fines de los 80s y principios de los 90s me parece la peor. Suena BOBA. En algún momento, fines de los 90s, principios de los 00s, se volvió más sofisticada. Pero en los 90s, sacando a popes como Richard James, deja mucho que desear. Y eso lo noto canciones de este disco: Slip Inside This House: canción que dura más de cinco minutos, con un ritmo monótono que no cambia nunca. Es buena la canción. Pero es buena A PESAR de eso. Es buena por el "solo" de guitarra que aparece en los tres minutos, es buena por la cítar medio tecno que tiene... pero la parte electrónica (incluyo también al teclado) la hacen muy monótona. Y es un disco LARGO, de más de una hora de duración, con canciones así: con muchos elementos dance que alargan el trabajo innecesariamente. Discos como este tendrían que tener una "Dance version" con remixes todos estirados para bailar. Pero esto no es música para ñoños sedentarios que les gusta sentir como se va acumulando tejido adiposo en sus arterias. Don't Fight It, Feel It es todavía peor, sin elementos Stones que rediman al tema y alargándose por 7 minutos. Durante esa longitud (tres canciones de los Beatles) aparecen por momentos algún tecladito o alguna guitrra que podrían llegar a construir algo, pero se quedan en la nada. Y decepciona: está este disco y seguro que no está Clics Modernos. Yanquis putos: ptiú ptiú (escupidas). Después viene Come Together: diez minutos. Repito: diez minutos. Lo peor es que ni siquiera me parece bailable o memorable. Esta canción tiene como tres cosas: samples de un predicador, ritmo dance ad infinitum y un canto gospel que dice "come together, together as one". Y en la segunda parte de la canción (es decir, en los últimos 5 minutos, las 3 cosas aparecen a la vez, con un tecladito-viento (¿o será un sample?) que se añade. Aburridísima. Y este creo que fue el primer single del disco. Y bueno, el final. Al final tenemos un dub de Higher than the sun. Completamente innecesario. Las canciones en las que el elemento dance se encuentra minimizado son las mejores: Movin' On Up, Higher Than the Sun (mi canción favorita del disco, soy una oveja), Inner Flight, Damaged. El primero es una gran canción perdida de los Rolling Stones. Si para Exile on Main Street hubieran elaborado una canción gospel bien poderosa y muy producida, podría haber sido esa. Higher Than the Sun es una gema pop que no excede los 4 minutos. Con tiene algunos elementos dance, pero solo refuerzan la melodía de Bobbie Gillespie. Mismo los teclados bellísimos que acompañan a la canción. Este tema, a diferencia del resto del disco, fue producido por The Orb y está Kris Weston como invitado. ¿Recuerdan que había excepciones a la electrónica de estos años oscuros? Ahí hay otro nombre clave. Inner Flight, por su parte, tiene una base electrónica medio minimalista, siendo el tema medio psicodélico, medio sesentoso y principalmente instrumental. Le noto ciertas vibes de Beach Boys a este tema. Es "bello". Damaged es otra canción Rolling Stones. Es la canción que en un disco de los Stones te canta Richards. Gran tema. No tiene nada que ver con el resto del disco y destruye por completo su flow, pero está muy bien. Deberían haberla puesto en el superior Give Out but Don't Give Up. Y también destaco como buena, aunque podría estar en la próxima categoría: Shine Like the Stars: un cierre minimalista que tiene el disco, bastante tierno. Es beneficiado porque dura menos de 4 minutos. En un disco como éste eso es un plus. Produce un efecto similar a Good Night después de Revolution Night: es el final de la pesadilla. Después está Loaded: es otro tema dance que se alarga por 7 minutos, pero es más soportable que los otros mencionados. Tiene buenas guitarras (muy Rolling Stones) y los synths-vientos están bien. Si la canción no se extendiera por 7 minutos estaría buena. Y también tenemos a I'm Coming Down: una canción lenta y minimalista con un saxo (o un sample de saxo) bastante bueno. Le pasa parecido, el tema está bien, pero se estira por 6 minutos. El final es bueno though. Es complicado ratear este disco. Serían 2 o 3 estrellas. Me voy a inclinar por DOS. El tema es que tiene cosas muy buenas y siento que es un poco injusto. Pero las cosas MALAS son muy malas, y muy largas. Rompe las pelotas escuchar este disco. Gente, escuchen cualquier otro disco de la banda: Give Out but Don't Give Up, XTRMNTR, Vanishing Point, Evil Heat. Les prometo que son mejores.
A bit of a rollercoaster, starts out big with Rolling Stones meets gospel vibes and then genre hops to acid house dance. Similar in a way to Madchester bands like Happy Mondays or the Stones Roses, maybe pushing the sound further. It's long but has a few big hits, I feel like this is one of those albums I'll really love after a few more listens.
It was fine, but the songs got way too long.
I just do not get the hype for this album at all Come Together and Loaded are good but outside of that is a lot of trippy noodling that leaves me feeling bored
Not what i expected, better
Not rushing to put it back on but I liked it more than I expected.
Well this was an odd one. There’s a lot going on, but it somehow kinda works. Sort of an early 90’s mashup of what felt like The Rolling Stones & U2 but with a splash of industrial alternative rock and a pinch of Radiohead….plus a gospel choir sort of thing on one track. There had to be drugs involved. A bit on the long side, but the differing style every other song kept my interest. 3.5⭐️
I didn't go in with high hopes - the title of this album gave me douche chills. But I actually kind of dug it. There is some cool grooves here and even some sounds like prototypical-LCD Soundsystem. Sadly, the slower stuff is a little too tame, and the album drags on a bit too long. 2.5 stars, rounding up because of the pleasant surprise.
Some interesting sounds but just boring to listen to in 2025
Superb, their best output by a long way
Love the first song
Cannot say it is my type of music
# Album Name: Screamadelica # Artist: Primal Scream # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: This album has some strong singles. Absolute bangers. Sadly the rest of the album is a trippy psychedelic trip which detracts from it massivelly. Low 4. # Top Tunes: Movin on up / HTLS / Come together / Loaded # Would I listen to it again? Singles only.
One-third of this record consists of regular rock tunes, albeit third-rate all-style-and-no-substance pastiches of 70s-era Rolling Stones. The other two-thirds has dance music producers remixin' and deconstructin' the band's thin material in order to make it funky. Out of the latter, only "Loaded" succeeds - the rest is a borefest of baggy beats and clattering percussion that leaves no impact.
Seminal. Trippy and brilliant. Defined the band despite them being a Stonesesque rock band up until this point (and reverting back after this album) Although Movin On Up and Damaged still hark back to these roots. The definitive Madchester acid house album despite them being from Scotland. 4.5 stars
A few songs drag on too long, but they're mostly fun and interesting. All the songs are longer than normal (5+ minutes). It wasn't what I was expecting from the album title/band name, there was very minimal to no screaming. I liked the instrumental bits of songs, and when they transition into something cooler. I like the cover but it would be cuter if it had a little smile. There were some cool solos, but they dragged on a little too long. The sax one was hilarious. This album was interesting, had cool noises, and even if I don't listen again it was definitley fun to hear once. 6.5/10
This was completely new to me, which is wild given my love for this era of British pop and rock. I really enjoyed this, some of the more Stones influenced stuff was just ok (Movin On Up, Damaged) but a lot of great tunes here.
An album and band I've been meaning to check for a while because of their association with Kevin Shields of my bloody valentine. I usually like British psych and this is no different. The endless psych/dance grooves here are a joy to listen to. An album that would definitely be improved by being high while listening. 8/10 Favourite: Come Together Least Favourite: Inner Flight
wasnt exactly sure what to think going in, and I'm happy to have experienced the album this way. Movin' On Up sets a great bar that the album reaches a few times, but I'd have to say its more hits than misses. Fantastic background music too.
Better than any Moby album out there! Not every song hits but when they do…!
Listenable.
Uno de los álbumes que mejor definen la experimentación noventera, y que posicionó firmemente a Primal Scream dentro del mainstream de su época. Una amalgama de rock setentero, britpop, dance, psicodelia, dub y gospel que, sorprendentemente, funciona bastante bien. Me ha gustado mucho la atmósfera general del álbum, muy animada y fácil de escuchar a pesar de ser tan onírica y experimental. Por otra parte, se me ha hecho un poco largo, con canciones muy repetitivas que a veces encajarían perfectamente como hilo de fondo para un bar de playa o un anuncio de televisión. Buen álbum para dejar de fondo.
Just an all time great album, not aged at all.
I hate this album lol
Screamadelica – Primal Scream (1991) | Psychedelic Rock / Dance-Rock | Avg: 7.52 | Favorite Song: “Movin’ On Up” Screamadelica is an album that feels like a rave filtered through a gospel lens, and your scores suggest you appreciated both the vibe and the variety. “Movin’ On Up” starts things off on a high note, setting a euphoric tone that carries through much of the project. With most tracks landing comfortably in the 7 to 8.5 range, it’s clear the blend of psychedelic textures, house beats, and blissed-out melodies hit the right balance for you. The production is immersive without losing structure, and even at its most spaced-out, it rarely loses direction. What’s interesting is how consistent the mood stays despite the album pulling from so many genres. Whether it’s the dubby grooves of “Higher Than the Sun” or the gospel-tinged “Come Together,” there’s always a pulse driving it forward. The lack of filler is impressive too—interludes aside, nearly every track seems to serve a purpose. Screamadelica isn’t just a vibe album; it’s one that knows how to stretch that vibe across an entire runtime without wearing it out. It’s spiritual, it’s danceable, and it still feels fresh.
This was an interesting listen. It was a little Wallflowers meets The Rolling Stones, with a hint of Dishwalla. It wasn't a bad album.
master of none music
Really good album, band named made me nervous it was going to be screamo. 8.1/10
This is a great piece of work. A standard for alternative music!
I think this is one of the best pure psychedelic projects of the 90s. Well it has some of the best moments. There are some moments where the band tried to do EDM stuff that I did not like, as well as generic pop rock. But the tracks where it shines, shine bright. I was thinking potentially a 5 but there were some dud tracks.
Is this where that TV commercial sound of 1990-1996 or so came from? Faux electronic-rock that somehow comes off the worse of the two genres? A mix between the hippie revival and rave culture and pub rock? I always felt this style of music was strictly, and I mean strictly, for commercial purposes. It permeated European radio and television for every product imaginable for a long, long time. Even the album cover is stuck to that era. The straight rock songs on here, like "Damanged" and "Movin On Up" are fine enough, though kinda boring. "Loaded" is what happens when someone thinks they can make a whole song out of the opening chords to George Michael's "Freedom". The more electronic and/or dance songs are slightly better but even they are the absolute distilled essence of the early 90's and I seriously cannot escape the idea that this whole album belongs in a commercial for jeans or a compact car. The dub version of "Higher Than The Sun" is a high point, and I think this is what the producer was ultimately trying to achieve with a mix of genres here. For me it's the only fundamentally interesting track that blends a bunch of things well, with the others just being sort of exactly what you would expect if you told some modern AI model to just mash up some genres in a major key. I don't hate this album but for a reason I can't quite articulate, I dislike it. Everything in it seems like an obvious conclusion to a set of very basic ideas and I don't like that.
The song from The Worlds End is on here! A fine album. Sort of Rolling Stones-y. Nothing groundbreaking.
A couple decent songs, like the opening track and “Damaged”, but the rest just feel like half-finished concepts over shitty drum loops.
Great vibes with some cool tracks. Not quite a 5 but def a 4.
Not my thing at all
I'd only heard the song "Rocks" by the band before, and this album is far away from that song. Except for the Mick Jagger influenced vocals that appear throughout. The songs are super long and super repetitive and I hated every second of it.
I’m not sure what I think about this album. I don’t hate it, but I’m not sure I like it either. The beats and rhythms are certainly interesting. Some of the lyrics are good. However, it’s not something I would revisit or necessarily feel I even needed to hear.
Started quite strong, but I got a little skeptical with Don't Fight It, Feel It. Thankfully the back half of this record is quite strong and my favorite part of the record. Will keep revisiting to this, has an opportunity to grow more. 4/5
Love this one
This album is a perfect example if “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Based solely on the band and album names, I was bracing myself for unintelligible scream-o rock, and instead enjoyed an hour of gentle 80s/90s pop rock.
When I saw it was a rock album I didn't think it was going to be a very house influenced record but... whatever. It's nice, funny and with some interesting textures and different sounds, but it's not a really good album though. Some house tracks have been too much for me but other songs were good, so I'm divided with my opinion about this album. If some songs were shorter it would have been much better, but I really appreciate all the work done on this album and how many sounds coexist in this very diverse record.
200/1089 - Cool sounds. The second half of the album wasn't as strong as the first half (more same-y). Mellow dance music is kind of an oxymoron but it was neat to listen to.
not for me
made my mind go numb
A couple of good tracks.
no. too much sounds. es un pupuri q es qda en un no res. es salva com només 1/2 cançons. get better.
If this were half as long I would give it +1 star. But it is entirely too experimental without a clear direction. Yes, it is cool from and indie perspective in that it samples and plays with different styles. That’s good for a song or 2…
What a trash album. Every song was boring and went on for like 6 minutes.
Quirky unfocused album that never rises above the level of background music
Banger
Bleh, it's boring and honestly kinda grating to listen to.
REALLY GOOD. “movin’ on up” is a GREAT opener and i THINK it reminds me of george michael (maybe “faith”)? another stand out is “don’t fight it, feel it” which definitely is similar to “funky town”. all in all a pretty diverse, yet cohesive album. did not feel like an hour. 5/5.
I feel like I went into this album with the wrong expectation. Off the top, I'd seen that, among various other genres, it'd been labelled as acid house, alternative dance, dance rock... "OK," I'm thinking: "this is some kind of electronica-type rave album. That's the lens I should be viewing it under." And that's just what I did for about half the album, until after "Come Together" I had to stop and ask myself: "Why **do** I like this so much?" I'll be upfront, me and electronica haven't exactly been the best of friends lately. After getting so many recently, I had to wonder if I actually liked the genre or not. I mean, even the stuff I was in favor of was very... Vibes-y and atmospheric, but not enough to where it could be full-on ambient music. At the same time,though, it didn't feel to me like it had enough going on to feel like full-on dance music either, so I was left in this odd middle ground wondering what kind of people would honestly sit down and listen to this stuff and nothing else. It seemed like this stuff either belonged blasting at a rave, or in the background of some puzzle video game — and I don't go to raves, and I usually mute video games in favor of my own music. So I had to wonder: what **was** it about this album that made me like it so much? Where even the most electronica of electronica tracks on this thing couldn't really pull me off of it. I really couldn't figure it out. I even went back to the William Orbit and Underworld albums my group had gotten and sampled them to try and find out, and it just wasn't clicking with me. Really, it wasn't until I saw this one review on the website where it all started making sense to me: "'Inner Flight' feels like 90s PET SOUNDS [...] with acid house production." Oh. Oh. Ooooooh. That's the problem! I'm thinking of this as an electronica album first, when, really, it's an **indie rock** album with dance- and house-inspired production. Y'know: it's Madchester. Or Baggy, unless there's a difference, I don't know. Either way, that's where it all turned around. Once I started taking this in mind as an indie rock album first, I started enjoying it way more. Now, I'll tell you, I haven't been the biggest fan of indie rock either. I was not able to enjoy any of the **THREE** Arcade Fire albums that were on this list. However, I guess it turns out that once you throw a shuffling dance beat under them, I'm all for it. Like, gawd, **these** are the kind of vibes I'm all in favor of, honest to goodness. I didn't very much like "Inner Flight" the first time I heard it, but, yeah, understanding it as a PET SOUNDS-type instrumental first, it's great. Like, there really is just so much good stuff on here. I particularly wanna highlight "Loaded", which I already knew I liked thanks to the film THE WORLD'S END, but it's such a damn good **groove**... And with that trumpet sample on top? Wowie! And actually, actually, my favorite two songs on here are "Movin' On Up" and the Farley mix of (not the Beatles song) "Come Together". Is it because they're the most pop sensible songs on the entire album? Well, yeah, that's a very good reason (I'm amazed "Movin' On Up" was never a single), but on top of that, gaw**damm** the gospel vocals are **so good**. They're the best part of the entire album, swear to goodness. And... Yeah, I'unno. Takin' it as a whole, it's jus' a good ol' slice of Madchester. Very fun, very groovy, very lively... I wouldn't tell you that I was all **that** blown away by this album, but at the same time, can't think of a thing I wanna complain about... Except for maybe a few spare moments where it gets a bit **too** electronica? Like, 'coz of those couple spots, I'unno if I'd full-on call it a masterpiece, myself? But all the same, I can't deny how much I overall enjoyed this album. In fact, it might've kind of helped me like those William Orbit and Underworld albums just a hair more, so, hey, I gotta give it all the dang props in the world for that. That ain't nuthin'. Soooo, yeah. Solid thumbs up for me. Good show, lads. Now, if you'll excuse me y'got me in the mood to watch THE WORLD'S END again, so...
If vibes could be made physical, this album would be a damn good example. 4.5 bumped up to 5.
I’m at a 3.5 that I think I’ll bump up to a 4, though I’d prefer to leave it right at a 3.5. Brian Eno-esque ambience, Rolling Stones-esque indie rock, a little bit of George Michael’s production style & early ‘90s house instrumentation, all thrown into a blender with a bunch of other genres & just seeing what comes out. It’s a weird formula, but for some reason, I think it worked. This is not an album you sit down with headphones in and close your eyes and actively engage with, given the amount of tracks that spin their wheels for a while; it’s one where you throw it on in the background and just do stuff to. With that said, it’s produced like an album that you’re meant to pay attention to, with some solid lyrics, vocals and some decently layered (if repetitive & slightly long) instrumentation throughout. Your ears will perk up at all the soundscapes, and how effectively the blending seems to work, even with the length & repetition of this thing. In a way, I did enjoy this one a lot. It’s a great album to listen to, but it’s such a paradoxical album to me. Why am I enjoying something that’s so technically proficient, yet designed to play as nothing more than ultra deluxe room tone? For once, I just don’t really have an answer. I can look back throughout my little notes I had on this thing, but they’re all just complimentary of the vibe, even through the repetition. A lot of these tracks evoke sort of a “Freedom! ‘90” vibe to me, including the blatantly shameless ripoff that is “Loaded” – just listen to that chord progression & then sing the chorus in your head. It is a 6 minute enigma comprised mostly of that chord progression and some random synths throughout, yet because I enjoy “Freedom! ‘90” so much, I just didn’t mind it at all. Seriously, what the hell gives about this album? It’s not like I enjoyed the whole album either – there are definitely ones that bounced off of me like “Don't Fight It, Feel It” & “Shine Like Stars”. Yet, for the most part… I dunno, I guess it really is just all in the vibes. That’s the least satisfying conclusion I’ve ever come to about an album, because I’m normally really good at pinpointing why something works for my tastes, but this album has sort of broken my brain. I’m glad it has, don’t get me wrong; it’s a nice album. It’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, and I’m sure a subsequent relisten will have other tracks that totally bounce off of me. It’s just gonna bother me that the answer really is just “the vibes”. So, uh… yeah, I dunno. I guess it’s a 3.5 that I’ll bump up to a 4. There’s no bad tracks, nor bad vibes, and everything is just hypnotizing enough to feel smooth & groovy in the moment, even if it does sort of mentally fall apart after the fact. I guess this album is sort of like having a bunch of vanilla ice cream with different toppings on every track. It’s good ice cream, it’s good toppings, and it’s enjoyable. It’s just hard to believe vanilla ice cream could be that consistently enjoyable. In this case, I guess it was for me. I’m satisfied with that analogy.
7/10 - I liked the first song and some of the other ones. Not a fantastic album but pretty good
Really unique and really creative. Great album
1% scream, 99% adelica While this is frequently The Vibe, there is an equal number of instances where it is Distinctly Not. Equal and opposite, Yin and Yang.
Directionless. Every song is so different but none of them are so mind blowing and unique to make it okay. It’s all pretty middling.
Only a few notable songs. The latter half is incredibly dry.
One of my favourites
Favourite!
I really enjoy about 70% off this album the rest is not for me, I think it's about 15 minute longer than it needs to me. That's just my opinion and I know some people love it and fair play to them.
Experimental with a bunch of different songs. Quite a long album, but a nice listen in the background.
Kann ich nichts damit anfangen! Mist!
para dormir
Not at all what I thought it would be given the title. Need to listen again.
Un album extremadamente aburrido con canciones largas que no llevan a ningún lado. Nose me da mil de pereza ratear bien esto. No es mi estilo y creo que el de nadie, no escuchar. Dudo si 1 o 2, pero acabo de escuchar uno que es peor asiq queda con 2 porq algunas canciones son moviditas al menos. 3/10->2/5
not a fan. tried.
Cool
nah this shit kinda buns
Best Song: Loaded This is my first time hearing Primal Scream but always thought the band name was cool. This album did nothing for me though. Goes to show you can't judge a book by its cover any more than you can judge a band by its name. I'd much rather listen to the Motley Crue song Primal Scream than this album - and that is really saying something. The only thing worse than bad house music is a rock band's attempt at bad house music. Boring and repetitive. 2/5.
#644. It started off pretty decent, honestly, but it quickly devolved into background noise. 2/5: meh
Mye rart
Biz weniger klassisch es 3er Album aber wenns mer ganz unklassisch betrachtet no immer es 3er Album. Scho fast es 3.5 wenn no unklassischer betrachtet. Aber das wird hald abgrundet, da chan mer no so viel umeschreie. Drü kreischer vom Screamonico
Isch glaub abwächsligswiis nervig und na lässig gsi. Sprich e knacknuss öb 3 oder 2. bin immer chli streng gsi i de letste ziit. Mached mir mal 3
happy 200 boys! screamadelica? more like screamadeliciatesse! ganz en spassigi reis gsi. «Loaded» hani per zuefall vor es paar wuche wiederentdeckt im radio rudina – sither es paarmal glost und gester wieder dra erinneret worde woher ich primal scream känne & was für en banger das isch! abgseh vo dem hed's paar wiiteri neui perle ih mini bibliothek inegschneiet – hoffemer mal ich wird die au in zuekunft sporadisch mim ghörgang zuefüehre da schüssi mi 4 mal ab und han 4 gueti ziite
Dug it.
Light alt-rock with some psychedelia influence. "Movin' On Up" near perfect summer jam.
Meh
Remembered this from when it was released: didn't rate it then; sounds so dated now. Movin' on up is such a bad Stones pastiche. Higher than the sun still sounded decent, buy overall I couldn't wait for the album to be over to be honest.
I liked this more than I expected. 2 of the longest songs aren't available on Spotify
One decent song doesn't equal a great album
Not all of it was my kinda music but I liked the majority of it
Super chill and extremely relevant. I had not heard the full album before but throughly enjoyed it.
Some good ones
Fun and weird
Really interesting album, liked the first half a lot, second half faded. Ahead of its time for sure
I was 21 when it came out and must have listened to it a thousand times over the next few years. Listening back, the creativity in so smoothly blending so many styles remains mind-boggling. But it isn’t an album that I melt into the way I used to; the way I do with so many other albums I’ve fallen in love with over the last 50 years. Come Together remains extraordinary. But otherwise, I find myself analyzing rather than swooning. Music is funny.
One thing I’ve had to learn over the course of this listening project? The difference between “this is inoffensive/I appreciate the effort” and “I genuinely would enjoy listening to this in my free time”. I get the appeal of this but there were a couple of songs (Don’t Fight It, Feel It and I’m Comin’ Down) where the sounds just…did whatever the opposite of scratching the itch in my brain is. I’d be vibing and then it would immediately stop haha. Still. I enjoyed most of this one! The tracks I saved I REALLY liked, especially Higher Than the Sun.
1 song. One
Music to groove to or zone out to. This is just some solid house music to enjoy; it can be actively listened to or thrown on in the background and each experience will be rewarding in its own way. "Come Together" into "Loaded" is a great two-song combo square in the middle of the album. Solid all the way through.
Never judge a book by its cover... This group sounds nothing like the name would suggest. Very enjoyable. Pairs well with blowing glass or ketamine.
This was frankly bizarre and quite a chore to listen to with it's run time of 60+ minutes. It was evident in every song that this was meant to be a trippy, "go do acid" type of music which really wasn't meshing personally. This will receive a 2/5 out of 5.
Movin' on up was a banger but it quickly went downhill from there. Didn't really enjoy the album's vibe.
Such a strong start with Movin' on Up. Hit and miss from there. Loaded was another highlight. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.
Standout Songs: Movin' On Up Come Together Damaged A little too long for what it is. It was okay but really weird at times.
"Just what is it that you want to do?" "We wanna be free. We wanna be free to do what we wanna do. We wanna get loaded and we wanna have a good time"
Every conceivable 90s genre you can think of, which means that there’s something for everyone but it’s very much a time capsule. Loaded is excellent.
Interesting to say the least. Not something I could get into but I did like the Cover of Slip Inside This House which was originaly done by one of my favorite band The 13th Floor Elevators.
whatever. minus 1 star for naming yourself primal scream when you sound like hall & oates doing house music
Not really my vibe, sounds good for a shoom trip lol
Not terrible for the era, could maybe use a 2nd listen
Some classics on here like Movin On Up, Loaded and Come Together, but there were some songs like Inner Flight that made me question what I was listening to
This sounds like some early 90's heroin music. Not really my vibe.
This was pretty okay. I haven't read anything about them, or if I did, I forgot. But I'm going to say they sound very 90's British. The band and album names suggest something way heavier than what I got.
again not memorable... sadly not a hit
It was good while I was pulling out the weeds. When I was done I rated the album a 1.
This was another pleasant surprise of a discovery. It was not what I expected from a name like primal scream and I quite liked it.
Great album
Nothing on this album grabbed me. I tried to latch onto something that warranted a repeat listen, but maybe it's just not for me. I kept feeling like the songs were dragging their feet to their inevitable ends and at points some of the choices seemed like they lacked authenticity. No favorites.
Surprisingly not bad,
1991. The Channel Tunnel, our boy Tim switched on the Internet, acid house, Brit pop in response to grunge, and the house I will be paying off until I die probably cost £78. Happy times. Some nostalgic happy tracks with deep influence on acid house woven in. They did drugs, I get it. Movin’ on up - life insurance banger Don’t fight it, feel it - pop a Gary and blow a whistle Higher than the sun - even if I was high, I’d probably skip it. Ok 2.5
Loved this at the time. Feels a little dated listening now. Still like the psychedelic pop vibe but the lyrics feel a bit amateur
the only thing I like is the album cover 'nough said
I love the grooves, the sounds and the production of this album is phenomenal. I'm not so keen on the lead vocalist - he sounds a bit off key at times. And being a hybrid dance album, the tracks tend to be repetitive and overlong. There's a sense that you had to be there to really appreciate it. But all the gripes aside, it is a good album.
Haven’t listened to this in ages. Still sounds great
The fusion of dance and indie was striking at the time (dont think it was the first?) But what this album dors is uses both those forces to create something new. But has some absoulte crackers for me this was the album of the 90s
Brixton at 6 (5) in the morning was a sobering experience, a bit like the opening to Flowered Up's 'weekender' video. Primal Scream had just finished a Screamadelica all nighter at the academy, but it was the night the clocks went forward so we were short changed by an hour. Love this album, still sounds fresh (even with my rose-tinted bias). Love this band too, but you still owe me an hour you cheeky fuckers.
A phenomenal album, with film samples, gospel, and indie rock. It's all over they place and coherent at the same time. I get s lot of nostalgia listening to this.
Movin' On Up and Loaded are out of this world, but the rest felt a little lacklustre. 🤷
Pretty good. Blues-inflected seemingly by way of the Stones. Lightly electronic in the sample-heavy way of early 90s British stuff. Inoffensive, recognizable while feeling new. Your mind will remain safely un-blown but you will be entertained.
Parts of it were good and others were ???
Majaa aa raha hain. Aur sunta hun. And will report back. Need to listen more. Got tired of some tunes because I have heard this album before
Pleasantly surprised
sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit 2/5
I remember everyone raving about this acid-house album back when it first dropped, but something about it made me steer clear. I think I was a little put off by the two big hits, as they sounded a bit formulaic. Somehow, I never got around to listening to the entire album, so this was almost all new material for me. It instantly reminded me of a few other bands, Happy Mondays in parts, some of the more gospel-inspired tracks by Spacemen 3 in others. It feels like the sort of album that would be good to have on in the background, as it's inoffensive and never in your face. It's better than I expected, but not great enough for 5 stars.
Entrancing
It’s an interesting mix of sounds and pretty decent throughout. It’s kind of amazing that it came out in 91, it feels a lot more recent on some of the tracks. I didn’t hear anything that really blew my mind though. It’s also way too long.
I thought this was going to be a bad Rolling Stones wanna-be, but then it switched to extremely repetitive spacey party music and back. The first song was half decent, but that’s it. Not the worst 1/5 I’ve given, but still bored me to tears.
i love glasgow i wish it was real. to be honest though, was overjoyed to see this album today when i am a long time primal scream appreciator and with 13 days to finals i really need the radical optimism of 'movin on up' to start the day
Great album of early grunge Forgot how good they were. Need to go back and have another listen.
How did I not know about this group? I love this album! I’d definitely add it to my playlist… if I had one.
This album seems to be a bit of a pioneer for a type of sound that really rose to prominence in the late 90s. It's not entirely my thing, but the vibes are good and the songs are alright. Good music to accompany a task.
Scotland has way more great bands than makes sense statistically given their population. Orange Juice, Belle and Sebastian, The Vaselines, Teenage Fanclub, Franz Ferdinand, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins, Simple Minds, The Beta Band, Camera Obscura. I don’t know what you’re up to Scotland, but good on ya. Seems like this album gets some hate but I kinda liked it. Take a rock revival indie band and feed them copious amounts of X and then let a house DJ make their songs all ravy. I think it’s a cool idea. It kinda goes on a bit too long, which is common in the CD era, but still pretty cool.
Interesting genre surfing between different kinds of rock, pop and electronic house stuff. I wouldn't really say it was more than serviceable at all of them
Heard it before. Honestly I could never understand why it's such a popular album and listening to it again didn't answer my questions. It's fine but doesn't have anything "wow" about it 2/5
Not enjoyable background music
bland wallpaper music
I don't what I expected this album to be, BUT IT'S HOUSE MUSIC! Some of the song are mid but overall it's a good album. Definitely definitely have some of these songs saved in playlist.
not my cup of rock
Incredible first listening experience. Starting off with a solid folky rock song, the band dives, very tastefully, into acid house and dance. Higher than the sun and Come Together are both incredible songs in the acid house/bass genre. The band then switches the up tempo first halve of the album to a slower second half. Damaged is a major highlight from this part. While not entirely perfect, this album is a crossover of many different genres, and it is done very well. I can easily see how this album is influential, with Animal Collective coming to mind. This is personal favorite from this list so far, with so many intriguing ideas and groovy instrumentals. And the album cover is sick.
Heard of this artist but not sure if I truly listened to them. Very dancey, kind of what I thought this band was. Not like techno dancey. It's cool.
Used to really enjoy this album but a bit sick of it now
Loved the first song on the album, but it kind of fell off the rails after that for me. “Movin’ On Up” was the only song like that on the album, so the rest left me wanting. None of the songs were bad, but a few went on way too long. I think there was a little too much mixing of genres because this album never felt anchored at any point. There was some real potential here, but it never quite made it.
very summery
Mostly tedious and awful
As "party vibe" music, this is great. It's pretty boring if you're trying to engage with it. I could see myself putting this on in the background of a lively get-together, but I don't really want to sit down with it. But art has its place. One of the guys from fun released an album for dogs, so...
Would give it a 3.5, had me groovin
Some good ones, some dull ones
Complete
5/10
I don’t know anything about Primal Scream. But, given the name of the band, I did not expect this. I expected, well, screaming. I’m glad that’s not what I heard. However, I still didn’t like the album.
This has been on other Must Hear lists in the past. I tried it when it came out, I tried it when it was recommended 20 yrs later, it's just ok. It's mixed really well, has layers, has good instrumentation and a solid groove. But the song's don't all pay off and definitely sound like they were released in 1991. No doubt this album has a following with millions of listens for all but one track ("Come Together") and over 108M listens for the one "hit" song "Movin' On Up". My favorite track is "Loaded" which was a crowd pleaser back then. "Damaged" would be my second favorite. It's quintessential 90's, but it didn't have a huge impact in the US. Minor hits with "Movin'..." & "Loaded". Not influential here, very little radio play today, no lasting impact on music. 2.5-3 stars from me.
This was a pleasant surprise
Interesting, some smashing pumpkins and Radiohead vibes, but most songs were too long or repetitive
I know and like Movin' on up, and initially I was not a fan of the subsequent tracks, but as the album went on, I feel like it got a little more experimental which I did enjoy. It didn't end up being what I expected, but it's not a bad set of songs
Reasonably enjoyable
It's a mark of how great this album is that it bought Primal Scream at least 20 years of goodwill in the UK. We even indulged Bobby Gillespie playing at being Mick Jagger more than we maybe should have done, but on Movin' On Up and Damaged, it works.
A weird mix of electronic and standard band writing that doesn't mix for me. Each song makes me wish I was listening to a different better song. Everything is also just too long each track and the album as a whole.
Basically a 3.5, but I’m feeling 3. Fun and groovy, but gets a little stale.
Really middle of the road for me. Its a fun listen and pretty ahead of its time, but I almost never search for it myself. I really enjoy the remix / cover of Slip Inside This House and the overall album keeps me somewhat engaged throughout. Primal Scream makes music that noone else really seems to make, they have their own Electronic / Psychedelic niche that they fulfill really well.
Umm this was a weird ass album by a band I've never heard of lol it was another one of those not good but not bad ones lol very uninteresting
Love this one so much
Interesting mix of genres
2.25
I thought a band named Primal Scream would be more intense.
Excellent album, very joyful
I felt strange.
strange, not the worst album on this list
Miércoles de volver a una banda que conocí en mi pubertad a través de "Some velvet morning" pero que ya venía tocando hace varios años atrás. Comienza con un rock más hippón, fogonero y luego torna más electrónico. Bailable, a veces más arriba, a veces más introspectivo y etéreo, pero bailable. Gracias por el recuerdo. Hasta mañana.
It's good
I liked this album, some great tracks on it
I was never a huge Primal Scream fan even when they were big, but it's nice to get this album (especially compared to the somewhat baffling inclusion of their album "Vanishing Point" in this connection), mainly because it's more or less their attempt at a greatest hits album. It's pretty hard to deny the ear worm of "Loaded" (and I'm glad to have finally found out that the sampled movie clip is from Peter Fonda's "The Wild Angels"), and "Movin' on up" and "Higher than the sun" and "Come together" are decent tracks too; kudos too for their cover of 13th Floor Elevators' "Slip inside this house". The rest is pretty undistinguished, unfortunately, but still not horrible, and definitely acid-house dance oriented.
"Moving on up" got things going--but then we land in a sort of Groove Armada meets Ravi Shankar dimension with "Slip Inside This House." Settles down into funky music to work by (a little too repetitive) with the next few tracks. Picks up again with "Come Together" and did I hear "Suspicious Minds" in there? "Loaded" recalls the Stones; "I'm Coming Down" reminds me of Jesus and Mary Chain. Then, unfortunately, they get back in their rave lane with "Higher than the Sun" and the last track doesn't impress. Interesting album which could have been a great one had a few tracks been cut. Still, there are some great songs here.
The decongestant half of the album, much more interesting than the first. The First sounds like general rave music.
Best album Andy Weatherall ever made. Tbh it's very much of its time, but tracks like Come Together, Loaded and Movin on up are classics. Has become a bit of a 'put on in the background' listen, but still holds up
This felt like background music to a video you'd find on Youtube while tripping or something. 2/10
Real misleading title, lads. Pleasant enough, though.
Honestly, could barely get through the whole album, I like a few of the songs that had the Rolling Stones feel to it, little mix of psychedelic and rock to it, but a lot of the songs were just not great for me, I’ll give it a two out of five, Not bad enough to be a one, but not good enough for a full too. I don’t think I could recommend it to people.
Has always been a bit too meandering and over-long for me, but there’s some brilliant tunes on here. Moving On Up is obviously elite.
wtf they lied to me not a single scream was scrumpt. ragequitting this album rn
Banger club music but wouldn’t listen to it in day-to-day life
Beeps and Boops, but nothing beyond
I got Spacemen 3 vibes from I'm Comin' Down and that made me happy. I am really looking forward to the Spacemen 3 album
This was not what I was expecting. The name makes me think alt/grunge rock like the Motley Crue song. Yeah it's not that. This is a really solid album. There is a lot going on and it's pretty enjoyable. I'll have to check out the rest of their music.
I found this album to be a bit long but, generally, it was worth the listen.
Movin' on up is the obvious, big hit. It still sounds good. The rest of the album is pretty good, but nothing hits that height.
Took a minute to realize that track 2 was a 13th Floor Elevators cover, “Slip Inside This House”. They did a good job of making it their own, while sort of keeping it in line with the original. That song, “Higher Than the Sun”, “Inner Flight” and “I’m Comin’ Down” were probably the highlights for me. Not a fan of the Stephen Stills/“Love the One You’re With” meets dance music vibes happening on some of the songs, like “Move On Up” and “Come Together” or “Loaded”. It’s kind of like the worst parts of both joining together make something I truly don’t like. Had I ever taken ecstasy in my life, I might feel differently about this record, but this really feels like music for a time and place that I was not present for and have little interest in visiting. (I just realized this is the second Stephen Stills reference I’ve made in as many days. I think for the remainder of my reviews I’m going to drop a Stephen Stills reference in as many of them as possible. I’ve got 67 records left to review, let’s how many I can pull off)
Primal Scream’s Screamadelica is a swirling, woozy experiment that flirts with transcendence but too often stumbles into indulgence. When the band leans into the sweet spot where classic rock swagger meets early '90s rave culture, the results are undeniably thrilling. Opener “Movin’ on Up” stands as a highlight, a sun-drenched gospel-rock jam that channels the Stones circa Exile on Main St., full of bubbling percussion, grimy guitar licks, a strong bassline, and a rousing choir. “Come Together (Farley Mix)” keeps the energy going with bright piano riffs, jazzy horns, and churning percussion, though its eight-minute sprawl wears thin. “Loaded” boasts a catchy horn loop and an easygoing swagger, but like much of the album, it drags on longer than necessary. The latter half of Screamadelica shifts into a more melancholic, atmospheric mode, trading the energy for introspection. While the mood is rich and the production often hypnotic, the songwriting sometimes gets lost in the haze. Primal Scream clearly aim for a genre-bending trip that unites rock’s emotional heft with the communal euphoria of dance music. When they nail the balance, the album soars; when they don’t, it feels like an endless drift with no real destination.
Not being at all familiar with this band or album, I wasn't sure what to expect here from a band named Primal Scream, and the unexpected is exactly what I got. Screamadelica is an audio cornucopia of an album, it's overflowing with an assortment of different offerings and song styles. I hear some Poi Dog Pondering, and Blur, and Elbow, and my wife Gina heard Talking Heads at the beginning of "Come Together" I really liked the opener "Movin on Up" quite a bit. "Inner Flight" would fit right in on an updated house music version of Pet Sounds, and it also has an organ riff that Counting Crows seem to have borrowed for "Catapult" a few years later. Some of it is a bit too electronica and dancey and repetitive for my tastes but I didn't find any of it unlistenable and enjoyed quite a bit of it. It's a really solid album and I am glad that it came up as my assignment today, it's not something I would ever have chosen or come across otherwise.
I will now sell three copies of The Beta Bands Three EPs. Im gonna get in my time machine and seed Primal Scream more heavily on Chicagoland radio in the mid-80s and early 90s. Illicit discos will take over backyard punk shows. Buttondown polyester florals will replace hand-me-down bowling shirts. Smashing Pumpkins will lean into 70s light rock and The Bee-Gees earlier, becoming as much of an influence beloved bonehead 70s rock. A new festival circuit begins a solid decade before the Millennial revival.
5 stjärnor på rätt fest, men idag kändes det inte så angeläget
Not 4 me
Wavy, floaty and a great soundtrack for a day in the life.
Considering this was a mix of genres and not being super impressed by the band’s first album I got here(Vanishing Point), I wasn’t so sure about this album. But after going through it, it was pretty good. I will say that it wears itself thin near the end, as most hour long albums do. And I’m not completely sold on the gospel aspects of the album, which means I wasn’t really a fan of Movin’ On Up. That song’s a bit too upbeat to me. But past that, most of Screamadelia was very good. The production is excellent for 1991. Frankly, I would have expected this to be later in the decade. Also, most of the songs are straight bops. They carry a nice beat to them, which is good considering that most of the songs are over 5 minutes. Honestly, if it wasn’t for the last third kind of crashing out, I would have a lot more high praise for this album. Really, it makes the score more of a 3.5, but the good outweighs the bad for this album. Favorite track: Don’t Fight It, Feel It Other hits: Slip Inside This House, Higher Than The Sun (the Singles Mix), Come Together, Inner Flight
Unpopular opinion, perhaps, but I prefer the jangly pop perfection of Primal Scream's first clutch of singles (and B-sides) to anything they did thereafter. It's clear to see how Screamadelica put them on the map though, and it is a better album than their first two attempts, which frustratingly failed to capture the C86-era magic the related run of 7-inches promised. While they were not unique in ditching a more traditional indie sound to embrace dance culture in the late 80s, nor where they the first to do so, Primal Scream did have an interesting approach that put them ahead of the curve. Rather than putting all their eggs in one basket and "reinventing themselves" wholesale, they essentially let acid house DJ Andrew Weatherall remix their material as part of the production process and put that out as the album proper. The result had the best of both worlds, the organic authenticity of a traditional band set up somehow absorbed into the psyched-out acid beats of the era, while, as a result, Scream themselves were more easily able to adapt as the 90s progressed. It's not quite perfect (some tracks do outstay their welcome just a tad), but it's as good a document of its time as any record could hope to be.
If I recall correctly, I gave Primal Scream a shot some time back in the day, and it didn’t take. Even though they're Scottish, their Madchester vibe brings too much trance and dance into my rock and roll. Not even the stronger psychedelic touches can save this one; it still feels like drippy, trippy weak sauce for a new era of hippies. I think that when what was once novel meets the distance of time, we can hear things more clearly. And I don't think time has been kind to this album.
One of my fav albums of mine later in life like in my mid 30s such a vibe of mid nineties london not like i would know just wat i imagine innit
Mostly acoustic pop, meanders from bobbing to plodding through deeper stuff
No ei tämä ollutkaan helppoa rokkia. Taustamusaa johonkin.
10/10…alternative dance / indie disco
Esse é um disco que fazia anos que eu me frustrava por não entender. Sentia que como descreviam tinha tudo pra eu gostar e me tornar um baita fã, mas nunca clicou pra mim. Acho que pela primeira vez eu ouvi e achei legal. Não é a coisa mais genial do mundo, mas tem momentos muito legais e gosto do uso de efeitos aqui
3 sterne