Screamadelica

this wasn’t really my thing, but i can certainly see the appeal of it.

Each song was a surprise. Unexpected and sometimes spacey, but in a good way. Could see this as exercising background music.

A kaleidoscopic mélange of everything going at the time: house music, ‘60s revivalism, gospel inflections. The singles are good but it never quite clicks as a whole, but those highs are extremely high.

It's not really my era - I feel as though people a couple of years older than me will love this album. It misses the mark with me - too much weird 90s style gentle dance music/ambience. Lots of gospel. The hits are good, obviously, but his voice is annoying after a while. I probably wouldn't listen again.

That had some nice sound. Nothing I found groundbreaking. Might put it on, probably not.

I like all the songs but find them all to be too long.

Dachte erst "Wasn das fürn Dance Shit". Hat sich aber ab dem 2. mal Hören gut entwickelt. 3.4

Not for me

3/11, 27%

Hmm Primal Scream aren't they techno? HAHA NOPE, they sound a bit like Rolling Stones honestly. Rock. Kinda cool. it's a 90 min album. So Primal Scream did do a song on the Trainspotting soundtrack. That song is def more techno than this album. But pretty cool so far! I'm really digging this journey to 1001 albums. A few of the tracks were not available on Spotify :/

Jeps

Had a Big Audio Dynamite vibe. Satisfying listen

Good

Really weird album with a bunch of different things, but overall I enjoyed a decent amount of it.

Holy cow, that was one wild ride. It's like Primal Scream threw a bunch of different genres into a blender, hit puree, and then just went with whatever came out. The album starts off with "Movin' on Up," and I gotta say, I was movin' on up out of my seat trying to figure out what the heck was going on. "Loaded" is like a rollercoaster of sound, complete with a funky bassline and a choir that sounds like it's on a mission from God. But it's "Higher Than the Sun" that really takes the cake. I mean, what kind of drugs were they on when they made that song? It's like they took a bunch of helium, inhaled it, and then decided to sing about being higher than the sun. I don't know what they were smoking, but I want some. Overall, Screamadelica is a trip, and not the kind you take with your grandma to the Grand Canyon. If you're feeling adventurous, give it a listen. And if you're not feeling adventurous, well, stick with elevator music.

Odd but some good stuff

good but not that good, makes me miss the early 90s though, in retro what a time to be alive

I can't stand Bobby Gillespie, but think Andrew Weatherall is a genius. So I'm conflicted! The good news is, a couple of plodding Stones rip offs aside, it's pretty much all Weatherall, blessed out, dubby fun. It's just a shame Gillespie gets so much credit when, whenever he's left to his own devices, he turds out the blandest rawk ever. His only real talent is he is smart enough to shut up when a real grown up enters the room. So - any time the frontman is in the background this is a five star album. If only they'd sacked the idiot, Primal Scream could have been one of the greatest bands ever!

Surprising and decent but not life-changing I don't know if I'll revisit.

Wasn’t able to give this a full listen. But long songs with lots of instruments and random noises is always right up my alley. Slip Inside This House a really cool track.

The first song I had discovered couple of years ago and subsequently put it on other playlists. It sounds “not of” 1991 but the rest of the tracks do as Slip Inside This House starts up with the drum machine loops. Boom, it’s summertime, you’re playing Sega Genesis in your parents basement. Streets of Rage II. Why does the album open with a gospel song and then the rest is club Jamz dancemix ‘91? There are some tracks where the band finally does Come Together and there is a bit more uplifting music with singing and choir. Loaded is a pretty fun instrumental. You could probably put this album on as background music at a party if you didn’t want anyone to be distracted from conversation. Damaged is a straight up country song. Lots of musical range here and it kind of reminds me of MGMT a bit. I wonder if that band listened to Primal Screamadelica? I guess the album has some bookend songs such as the opener and I’m Comin’ Down. The songs between are a bit of a trip and I guess that’s the idea!

I take MDMA every Monday, so I had a lovely time listening to this record. It seems like that may be a prerequisite for listening to this bad boy. This album is perfect for eerily batting around a single swinging lightbulb in a dark basement, or any repetitive task like that. I actually like house music, so I didn’t mind the extended tracks. I stopped fighting it and just felt it. However, these tracks only hit in a specific time and place, and I wouldn’t necessarily listen to these guys on the regular, especially considering I just found out they existed. I got some serious NIN vibes in the Higher Than The Sun mixes, which were my favourites on the record. However, Trent Reznor is way cooler than this and does it better. I’ll give the Screamos credit though because they may be on the cutting edge of what’s to come. There were Fatboy Slim and Oasis vibes in a few songs as this was at a time before those acts existed in the mainstream. This album is Loaded with different feels and weird sounds, which is fascinating to listening to. An array of genres taking (inner) flight all over the place, including the aforementioned house music, Brit rock, piano ballads, and more. This album has no cohesion at all, but who cares? This is a music album not a corporate management retreat.

It’s all about the singles, the rest of the album was good but not stand-out

Enjoyed some of it.

A rich cacophony of styles and sounds, new to me, look forward to revisiting.

Not my cup of tea. Seemed like a generic 90's album to me with a lot of repetitive elements. Not bad, but not great either, but again, maybe I'm just not the demographic.

So deep in genres. Lots of unique sounds.

Good old disco vibes, but not my Kind of Party music sadly

Not bad, but extremely overrated. Most of it is not memorable at all and many songs are stuck so hard in the 90's it hurts. It is also not focused at all, which can get annoying pretty fast in a long album lie this. 6/10

Weirdly modern

To me this is sort of ok, don't remember much of it but wasn't bothered by it so most probably won't listen to it again but won't complain if someone else puts it on

Bit too long, bit too unremarkable but not too bad.

Love the two songs I allready knew (Movin' on Up and Loaded). The rest is decent but not too memorable

Just not all that, at least not anymore, and as far as one’s concerned, they never really were.. Any euphoria that’s felt feels too cheaply earned. One always found PS to be much tamer compared to the edgier, darker, druggier Happy Mondays, nor as expansive as Spiritualized and not as flat-out weird and cultish as, say, Polyphonic Spree. The slower, dreamier cuts (the best of which is “I’m Coming Down”) are not uninteresting, but they do feel a little insubstantial. The record is alternately too silly-happy and too noodly-contemplative. “Come Together” is pretty weak tea as a peace-and-love anthem, but “Loaded” and “Damaged” are decent. The whole thing – the faux gospel choir, the stupid “We wanna get loaded and have a good time” Peter Fonda clip, the arty pretensions, the thin and now hollow-sounding production (which, oddly, hasn’t held up so well, given it’s basically a producers’ record) – reads as unconvincing.Today, this sounds like mid-list commercial pop-rock from an era in transition, with much genre conflict, and anyway isn’t nearly as experimental and lysergic as it wants to be.

Nobody was screaming.

Afwisselende nineties-plaat, met wat typische dingen van die tijd (al die lollige citaatjes uit ouwe films), maar creatief genoeg om het interessant te houden. Ik moest hem wel meerdere keren beluisteren om mijn mening te kunnen bepalen, het beklijft niet zo en wordt al snel achtergrondmuziek. Maar wel leuke achtergrondmuziek.

Blieb, blieb, blieb, kraak, kraak, 3 uur wachten op de 56k modem en hoppa medio jaren '90 hebben we Primal Scream binnen. Een paar jaar na release, maar tja...downloaden kon eerder nog niet en het was niet echt een 'must have' voor de cd-collectie. 'Select all' en openen in Winamp maar. Het oordeel van toen: Zeer origineel en lekker spannend door een mooie mix van stijlen. (Maar niet goed genoeg, dus hop weer 'select all' en nu 'delete', want op de schaarse ruimte van de harde schijf was alleen ruimte voor 5*-platen.) Het oordeel van nu: Zeer kenmerkend voor die tijd. Vooral een (soms wat saaie) sample-collectie. (En niet goed genoeg, dus nul 'likes' op Spotify. Dus deze komt niet meer terug (Tenzij de het ondoorgrondelijke family-blend-logaritme het oppikt; dan kom ik er nooit meer vanaf). Ben ik inmiddels muzikaal meer opgevoed? Of is er gewoon veel meer interessante digitale muziek? Wellicht allebei. Maar aan die uitbreiding van interessante digitale muziek hebben albums als dit dan wel weer als grondslag gelegen. Want ik kan mij niet voorstellen dat een Moby niet heeft geluisterd naar dit album.

Vrij gedateerde crossover tussen rock en house. Ik snap dat het in de 1001 hoort, want een album als dit past echt perfect in een bepaald tijdsbeeld. Het voert me direct terug naar de early 90s namelijk. Maar zoals ik al zei, het voelt ook flink gedateerd aan, het is absoluut niet tijdloos. De pianodeuntjes en geluidseffectjes worden ook door Charlie Lownoise en Mental Theo gebruikt. Is dat dan een slecht teken? Niet per se, want ik heb het toch wel met plezier geluisterd, al verzanden sommige nummers wat in onduidelijk wazig geexperimenteer. Zo wordt het meer het brave Britse broertje van Trent Reznor.

Better than expected, nice and pleasant

Mid

Pretty original but I'm not very into it, dunno why.

I mean it’s fine.I really liked one song but even that song was way too long which seems to be a running theme throughout the whole album.Also for a band named primal scream I expected heavier music. maybe it would work better on a club.

Some 'bangers', to use the terminology of the time, and a lot of drug addled filler. Pleasant mix of gospel, guitar rock and trippy sampling. Drags on a bit.

Wierd but nice album

My expectations were pretty damn low for an album titled 'Screamadelica,' so there was no other option than to be pleasantly surprised. I thought this was going to be hard-core, screaming metal, but it was a nice psychedelic trip instead. Meandered a bit too long in the middle and failed to draw any emotion. Overall, it wasn't revolutionary for me, but it wasn't offensive. Quintessential 3/5.

You know, after the name of the artist and the album itself, not to mention the slightly off-putting album cover, I was expecting a much more hard to listen to album than the one I got. This was a pretty joyful album all things considered, and while a lot of it was background noise, it was pretty enjoyable music. Perhaps this is heightened musically on something like LSD, but it's still pretty nice without it. Nothing amazing, and a lot of it forgettable, but I don't regret listening. I suppose just throw it in with other 90's electronica.

À quoi bon finalement

Favourite song: Higher than the Sun

Certainly an influential album, Screamadelica brought the Alternative Rock and mixed it with Acid House and Techno. In what can be describedas a "vibe" for its era as a drug album, we can see it's impact on the era. What it lacks in depth, it makes up for in general swagger and what it meant for bringing dance music of the early 90s to a wider audience.

Very groovy and catchy sometimes Don’t like it’s acoustic mixes such as “I’m comin down” Sounds like LSD, like this trippy vibe

not bad, but too long and I got bored.

2.7, it was fine

OK - but pretty overrated. I recall 'Loaded' from back in the day.

This is an album that hasn't aged particularly well because it came out before a bunch of advances in electronic music equipment and technique were pioneered. However, I'm sure that this was a really cool album at the time, especially since it was coming from an indie rock band that was abandoning its roots to explore electronic music. Overall it's a fun dance album. It can be a bit repetitive, but they were dealing with some technological limitations on that end. Integrating electronica into rock has become much less of a feat for an indie band than it was 30 years ago. 3/5 still worth a listen, but it sounds really dated now

Where's my dub :(

Some really interesting tunes. I particularly liked 'Slip inside this house'. Overall, a bit too weak for four stars, though.

I expected more screaming.

I've been pretty down on the other Primal Scream entries, primarily because the name sets me up to expect something that isn't what the band delivers. This was great though. The songs and performances worked for me.

Very high highs, very low lows.

Lastig een vinger op te leggen wat voor soort muziek het is maar het klinkt af en toe wel lekker zoals bij loaded of moving on up, maar zitten ook wel wat mindere tussen. Intressant album

I much prefer "Give Out But Don't Give Up", but this is OK. Too much filler though to be more than average. Loaded and Moving on Up are the stand out tracks. Then there are tracks such as Don't Fight It, Feel It that are too much boring repetitive rave and not enough music.

When your assignment is a previously unknown album called Screamadelica by Primal Scream, you might well imagine something different than this. The only screaming here was when I was begging "Come Together" to please finally end. For the love of God, make it stop! Other than that track, this was a reasonable listen and provided a decent soundtrack to the day. It's not a favorite genre, though, and I have a feeling that this is one of those that will soon slip out of my memory.

nice and catchy am listening rn soo cool

Enjoyed Movin on up, Come Together, Damaged and loaded. Cohesive album, expected screamo... not screamo but don't know what genre it is tbh, very psychedelic. Another 3... would not complain if its on... but probably won't listen to it again willingly for a while.

Interesting

Listenable, but not what is go for

Good vibes, but several songs were a few minutes longer than they had any right being.

It's ok

Definitely felt like a typical Rolling Stones copy at first, but really branched out into some interesting stuff. Nice blend of different genres.

Really appreciated the ambition on this

3.4/5

3.5 gets better each time I hear it.

Light and psychedelic. Was expecting something a little more aggressive but liked it’s mellow vibe

They all sort of fade together after a while and become indistinguishable. More like one long song than 11 individual and unique ones. I enjoyed it for the most part. A little innovative, but not mind blowing. 3/5

Great start to the album but kind of petered out toward the end. Overall was pleasantly surprised. 3.5 / 5 so I'll go 3/5

Skør blanding af alle mulige gerne, lidt indierock, lidt dance, føles rimelig friskt

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A nice blend of genres that at the time seemed cutting edge, especially for dance music. It still works but I think it would only really impress with the benefit of nostalgia. I’m guessing it probably means a lot to people who went out dancing to these mostly positive songs. As a suburban kid in the USA, that was not my experience of it unfortunately. None of the songs blow me away at this point—even Movin on Up or Loaded. Still it’s a pleasant enough way to spend an hour and think about a time when it still seemed possible that humanity might get it together.

I like it, its nice and pleasant sounding. I like all the different styles of music that they incorporate to make an interesting musical product. Good, I'll have to have another listen.

Tvö mjög fræg dúndurlög, restin áhugaverð tónlistarblanda og á köflum áheyrileg. En æi, þetta er alveg minn smekkur.

I was listening to this, and I thought, gee, these songs all sound a bit like that long, groovy, repetitive early-90s song - which then popped up as track no 7, Loaded. This whole album made me feel like I was in a Scottish dance club in 1991.

Perhaps the most pleasant surprise thus far.

Ok

This was better than I expected 3*

Interesting album. Can't say I loved it, but I can see how this was influential and so I'm giving it an extra star. I thought "Loaded" was pretty good - and I thought I recognized the drum part. I looked it up on "WhoSampled" and was amazed to find that the same drum part (originally from "The Jam" by Graham Central Station) has been used on hundreds of songs! This 1001 Albums Generator has had me listening to a lot of music that I don't exactly love. Sometimes it feels like homework to listen to these albums. But it is certainly expanding my knowledge of music history and pop culture and that is pretty awesome.

Not sure what to make of this hearing it again. I quite enjoyed it, but it sounds fairly pedestrian now.Especially compared to what they did after this. At the time it seemed forward-thinking, with it’s idea of combining catchy rock riffs and dance beats. Some of it sounds like wallpaper now (Higher Than The Sun especially), but that may just be familiarity with the genre / style. Movin’, Come Together and Loaded all still sound great, although it seems telling that these are the ones that seems most easily traceable back to their Rolling Stones roots.

More of an Andrew Weatherall album than a stand alone Scream release. I was very naive in the early 90's. I missed out on all the best drugs and music. So this passed me by, apart from the singles. Loaded was all over the crappy student discos. I soon grew bored. This is a good album, but I'm not prepared to archive it in a Museum celebrating Buzzing Off Yer Tits. It's very dated, but still danceable. Don't Fight It, Feel It is the stand out for me.

Really cool layering of sound affects and good vocals, but the songs were stretched out too long sometimes

Good sound with a few standout tracks that I liked. Damaged and Movin on Up were favorites.

Pretty good late 90’s tech, enjoyed it. Nothing spectacular though

Decent. Some songs kind of just go on without much change in their sound, but they definitely aren’t unpleasant. Overall I like the sunny/druggy sound. 6/10

False advertisement. They did not scream. Was all right though, pretty chill.

90s on an album

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Slip Inside This House (2) 2 - Don't Fight It, Feel It (3) 3 - Higher Than the Sun (4)

Ok if you're in the mood for it.

Not bad. Wouldn’t say it’s my cup of tea, but recognize impact band had on broader sound.

Ritmos en ocasiones un tanto psicodélico, en otros más suave y discotequero, también algo de pop y rock. Original y distinto de escuchar. Me hubiese gustado que tuviese algo más de intensidad

Good time, probably like it more if I was stoned

Enjoyed this a lot!

Movin' On Up is a great way to start a record, and some of the darker songs towards the end (Damaged and I'm Coming Down) are really interesting, but on the whole this just doesn't really do anything for me

Interesting mix of house, jangle pop, and the Madchester scene. Overall the album was enjoyable if not a tad too long.

Quand meme bin, tres electro explosif en melangeant plein de dtyle et son. J'ai aime pour le vibe j etait mais 1h28 spptify... j'ai pas une spiree a mettre la fessus 3.5

Interesting house music.

It was alright.

Almost a 4...

Tiene "Movin' on up" y el resto es divertido pero poco más. Tengo buen recuerdo de él, lo mismo era otro yo el que lo escuchaba pero esta vez se me ha hecho pesado. Entiendo que debe estar en una liste de 1000 discos que escuchar pero no es algo para todos los días.

Faaaajn

i liked the music i thought it was cute and fun it was just sort of basic? like nothing out of the ordinary or unexpected but it was good.

Patience ran out at the third track. Well, could be some good game BGM but not my thing.

Not my genre at that time, same now.

...

I liked some of the song but not all.

I only got half way through this but was enjoying it. Time is not my friend.

In the eighties a handful of artists decided to make the move from a post-punk sound to a more rhythmic, dancefloor sound. Maybe they were inspired by Talking Heads’ Remain in Light? The thing I found in common with many of these bands (like Primal Scream) was that I wasn’t exactly rushing to the dancefloor when I heard their songs. That said, there are some interesting tracks here: The lead of track with its gospel choir reminds me a bit of ‘You can’t Always Get What You Want”. I like some of the housy piano-hooks throughout, which weren’t so dated in ’93. The plodding ballads however, highlight the fact that Bobby Gillespie’s voice is better suited for his first band, The Jesus and Mary Chain, than for this type of music.

Pleasing vocals. It definitely has enjoyable bits. But not something I’d listen to. Not much else to say. Highlights: Don’t Fight It, Feel It

An interesting, creative, sonically diverse album. Trippy, quirky, psychedelic, with moments of surprising beauty. I liked this a lot. Fave Songs: Damaged, Higher than the Sun/Dub, Movin' On Up, I'm Comin' Down, Come Together, Loaded, Shine Like Stars

Dance and rock. I did listen to this album quite often back in the 90s'. but haven't really since then. Some decent tracks with Loaded being the my fav still. Not sure why but I don't like it as much as I once did.

An ok listen. Some tracks would be more fun at a club/party. Otherwise… pretty ok but nothing I can see that changed the direction of, or made much of an impact on, music.

i had never hear of this band. It was OK. I don't think I'd listen to it again.

This was an interesting one. I hadn't heard it before, and, honestly, wasn't familiar with any of the songs. So for a smash hit in the UK, it didn't have much crossover awareness, at least not to me. It seems totally acceptable. I didn't love any part of it, nor did I want to turn it off at any time either. Nice blend of rock and dance at times.

3.75

Yeah, it’s cool

⭐⭐⭐

Starts and end well but not so good in the middle.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Come together

I always forget Primal Scream isn’t actually screaming and get pleasantly surprised

I’m not sure Primal Scream get enough credit for what they did with rock and electronic music

I thought this was ok, but it really wasn't catching me. I don't have much to say except I don't think I'd choose to listen to it again on my own. 3/5

This really isn’t my thing normally, but it’s pretty good dance music. The production is very of its time, in a charming but still dated way. I much preferred the female vocals to the guy, but he had his moments too. C

Not bad, bit long winded in places now. Was absolutely massive when it came out - carved out a new genre

I have only ever recognized this album from it's cover. I do not know the band, album title, nor any songs on it, but I'll never forget that album art. Some pretty good dance music! Very much leans into some UK psychedelic stuff from around this time. As is the case with most dance music, it leans into repetition, and repetition legitimizes. And because repetition legitimizes, it gives the music a sturdy and reliable foundation for people to dance to. The beat is important! And while I might not get a whole lot out of this band's dance music, I can still appreciate the songs for their approach to alternative dance. Album could've stopped at Damaged though, I feel like that was a good way to cap it off.

ganz gute songs bis was sich anhört wie werbung aus den 2000ern. verstehe nicht, warum das album so eine positive rezeption hatte.

Was eine wilde Mischung an Sounds irgendwie? Also teilweise etwas altbackene elektronische Musik, aber teilweise richtig geile Sachen auch. Vor allem der erste Track absoluter banger, könnte legit ein britpop/Oasis whatever Song sein der 7 Jahre später rausgekommen ist, minus die background vocals. Ein anderer track der mir aufgefallen ist, war Come Together, also zumindest die instrumentals. Der beat bzw. die drums und die keyboard parts mit den Trompetentönen(?) erinnert mich mega an so balearic beat Künstler:innen aus den 2000ern, wie Tough Alliance oder so! Insgesamt also echt ganz cool, vor allem die ersten 3-4 tracks, und wie gesagt Come Together. Ansonsten aber doch was lang für meinen Geschmack, hab irgendwann ab nach der Hälfte teilweise abgeschaltet. 3/5

Hat leider heftig gefumblet war fan von dem was ich am anfang gehört hab aber hat sich dann bisschen ins nichts aufgelöst. Also war nicht schlecht nur halt ehh + hat kein business anderthalb Stunden lang zu sein

Ich weiß nicht genau was das Ziel von dem Album war. Also dieser Song Movin on Up ist so ein happy upbeat pop songs, danach kommen so triphop mit gesang type sachen, ambient lieder, britpop, tribal sounds??? alles irgendwie. hab das jetzt schon öfter probiert aber es wird nie ein klares bild draus. glaube das ist einfach experimentieren im sterilen rahmen. es läuft gut durch, kann man nix sagen, aber bis auf track 1 bleib ich nirgendwo richtig hängen.

Has some things I never really heard before which was cool, but overall not that good 5/10

Primal Scream sounds like they would have fit in with other music that I listened to at the time when Screamadelica came out (Soup Dragons, James, Oasis, Blur), but this was all new music for me. I liked the album, and I would be interested in hearing more from the band. "Inner Flight" and "Damaged" were my favorite tracks. "Come Together" - not my favorit song from the Beatles either - was my least favorite track, and might be what sinks this below 4 stars.

Chill

Bueno

This album is all over the place for me; it's like it doesn't know what it wants to be. I hadn't heard of this band before this. The first track I thought the band was one thing, then the next couple of tracks made think it was something else. I... _WANT_ to like this, but the variation is too great. I can't get a bead on what this wants to BE. The detours into electronica were like... playing a country song in the middle of a metallica album. It was too confusing.

I know the first track, wasn't all that interested in the rest of the album when I got pointed in this band's direction. Still not. It almost seems to have a UK sound; like the whistles in Don't Fight it. Feel it - has a soccer stadium kind of feel (chant to the beat). I'm sure these guys inspired or helped move forward bands like the Chemical Brothers or Prodigy (also British) but I'm not sure I care. I prefer the slower stuff toward the end of the album, starting with Damaged (though it sounds a bit like a slower version of Movin on Up). In the end, I guess it's not terrible.

Interesting! I really liked the more electronic tracks.

Indie rock meets electronica, an album devout of any highlights or anything worthwhile remembering

Okay, first of all: great album art! Next, I enjoyed this one. Wasn't sure what to expect and I liked hearing the different tracks. Some of the songs are fantastic. There's some really good stuff here.

Heel bijzonder, maar je kan het niet te vaak luisteren

Funky 90s dance rock

At first, I liked the sound of this album but as it went on I got more and more tired of it. Some of the songs are way too long and repetitive but others that have actual vocals are pretty good. Fav: damaged

bit of a random mix of stuff, but pretty enjoyable

Kind of stopped listening tbh

Eh... "Moving On Up" is great

Already a fan, especially of the heavier XTRMNTR. This is an easygoing hop on the House wagon. Try as hard as I might I find it difficult to link Primal Scream to JAMC, but I love them both. This album is a breakthrough and lots of fun. I love that the album cover art was inspired by a water stain on the ceiling during an LSD trip.

Some bangers, but mostly "meh"

It's alright, bit overrated.

'Loaded' of course is immense but I'm struggling to find much else that I'll listen to again

The first song comes out screaming. Loaded is fantastic. Don't know that I would recommend the others.

It certainly wasn't what i expected from the band and album name. It's a little too much "Jesus Jones" and dated electronic. There are some fun bits (Loaded) that make it interesting... but nothing really that i loved.

Its ok, not my fav

An interesting mix of electronic and rock.

Liked it a lot more at the time, but still a good album

Ganz okay. Bisschen weird. Gibt bessere

Meh

I thought it was a cool genre blend; I appreciate artist that have albums with lots of variety. A few songs I thought were quite great, but some I didn't like, including as the club dance-sounding music or some of the slower trance songs. The songs that were good, were really good. Bit too much electronica for my taste. Singer sounds like a mix between Mick Jagger and Thom Yorke. i think my favorite was Come Together. Not a fan of the 80s/90s-sounding drum machines, but that's just a personal preference.

Man verkligen förväntar sig att jag ska skriva en ordentlig utredning efter att ha lyssnat på albumet mitt i natten?!?! Smh… 🤦‍♀️

Pretty cool. The fact that it features so many different collaborators probably contributes to the variance in quality between songs.

I had an unpleasant duty of listening to their "Vanishing Point" earlier. "Screamadelica" is three times better, which is not a great achievement, but I even felt some kind of pleasure while listening to the first song.

Some very good rhythms in there, surrounded by a bit too much fluff to make this a truly great album.

How did they get away with this? 'Movin' on up' is so Rolling Stones you can hardly believe it isn't them. It's the 'Sympathy for the devil' rhythm track mixed with the 'You can't always get what you want' choir. But it's still great to listen to. 'Loaded' is George Michael's ''Freedom 90' shamelessly stolen (and also is the 'Sympathy for the devil' rhythm track. I can't believe they weren't sued to hell and back. Great to listen to but they stole if all..

I'll admit to pre-judging this album based on the title, the band name, and the cover art. Everything about those three thing made be dread what I was about to listen to - but I actually kinda dug it. It was a real interesting and creative mix of genres. My apologies.

I really like the sound of Primal Scream and Loaded is one of my favorite songs ever but this album drags during large periods

A Album devoted to mediocre imitations of Sixties pop. A dance album that was propelled by both strong disco beats and Rolling Stones-like riffs, that fused acid-house and blues-rock. (6/10) Favourite Songs: Movin' on up, Inner Flight

When it’s good it’s great

-Meaty bass in "Slip Inside This House" -"Don't Fight It, Feel It" is nice and upbeat -"Higher Than the Sun - A Dub Symphony in Two Parts" is quite cool -A strong 3, but nothing in particular draws me to listen again

On their third album, Primal Scream moved away from their bluesy rock and asked house producers to remix their music, creating a chill out/ come down album. In the process, they created two absolute classic tracks in Movin’ On Up and Loaded. But the overall album is lengthy and tracks lack variety for sustained repeat interest. An album to reach for to help you sleep perhaps? That isn’t quite the insult it sounds like though, because that is in the post the dreamlike mood the band want to create for the listener.

Opening track is a classic (memories of cruising through the desert on GTA San Andreas while cranking this tune). Rest of the album? Meh.

meh...

Damaged is now in my rotation. Was pretty cool.

My first album that I knew absolutely nothing about and it wasn't bad! Definitely a lot of psychedelic and 70s rock influences mixed in with a bit of early 90s Brit pop. Was a good listen for just walking around aimlessly.

Expected screamo music. Not the case. Some of it was actually pretty good. Movin on up was good. Fairly up and down in terms of what I liked.

Really enjoyed around half of it! An interesting mix of genres and styles but they all definitely seem to work together.

Loaded is a great track, but while this album has music festival energy it’s fairly lacklustre other than this and Movin On Up.

Sehr anspruchsvoll und gut. Nicht mein leäieblingsalbum von primal scream. Und für einfache Gemüter wie mich auch etwas zu herausfordernd

I think I listened to my dad's copy many years ago, but happy to give it a fresh listen. It sounds like an indie band remixed by a DJ, which is what it is. I was pretty disappointed by the other Andrew Weatherall project I had a few pages back in this thread. But happily, the most house-leaning tracks (like "Don't Fight it, Feel it") are strong. The few tracks of straight-up 60s psychedelic rock homage are pretty dull. The vocal samples around "Come Together" and "Loaded" are cheap, and the album feels bloated at 1 hour 5 mins. Slightly strange that the album is regarded as groundbreaking, when it's a logical extension of what Happy Mondays and other bands had been doing for a few years. However, it's pretty fun and cool. 3/5

Not great, not terrible.

The songs I liked, I really liked but the others were just okay.

Two listens is not enough for this one, and being sober isn't suitable either! Overall, I like the inspirational stuff like Movin' On Up, Come Together, Loaded and I'm Coming Down. They make great use of samples, and I like when they mess around with all kinds of varied percussion instruments. I'm not such a fan of the drawn out repetitive parts, but it's definitely growing on me so will revisit this some day.

This album had SO many sounds of the 90's. Whether it was the bells and whistles found in Don't Fight it, Feel it or the media samples used in Loaded. The pure variety of styles shown throughout the album was impressive. The album lost me a bit during the Higher Than the Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts) though.

Really liked Come Together and the opening track was cool too. Other than that, I wasn't too interested

Some bangers but a bit erratic, not very structured

Some really nice individual tunes, just would never relisten as an album

Naplyw wyspiarzy na liste trwa w najlepsze, w calkiem podobnym klimacie, ale jednak nie do konca, bo material jest tak ciezki do zdefiniowania gatunkowo, ze nawet na discogu ma nalepke nie do sklasykifowania, sama banda primalowego skrima, to raczej rokowanie z wykorzystaniem najnowszych, jak na tamte czasy cudow techniki muzyki elektronicznej, a z jakiego powodu to nie pasuje do podgatunku lubudubu jakiegos, bo niektore traki sa stworzone na zasadzie duba, a moze nawet nie niektore, tylko wiekszosc to wlasnie takie kolaze, jak w murzynskich rapersach sie zdarzaja jak jakis ambitny didzejak slada sobie cala plyte i robi lirycznego lora wycinaja innych murzynow czy jakies filmowe wstawki, dialogowo sampelkowe, tak tutaj potrafi sie pojawic caly trak kogos i na nim dodatkowe cuty sa dodawane, co tworzy pewnego rodzaju kompozycje kolazowa, dobrym przykladem tego zabiegu moze byc come together, 10 minutowy trak ktory zawiera w sobie 3 sample muzycznei jeden filmowy, na plycie przewijaja sie takze znane juz motywy madowegoczestera, bo czlonkow bandy juz slyszalem na poprzednich poleceniach listowych, jaki ten swiat muzyczny maly, wiec brzmienie zawadzajace o psychodeliczne uniesienia lub poglebienia sie pojawiaja, najbardziej je odczulem pod koniec, jak na trakach damaged i im comming down, ktore w jasny i prosty sposob traktuja na tematy okolo narkotyczne i jazzem z tym zwiazanym, juz po pierwszym traku wiedzialem, ze gdzies mi sie obilo o uszy to co slysze, ale nazwa czy tez okladka nic nie pomagaly skojarzyc miejsca i czasu, dopiero jutubowy koment otworzyl mi oczy na to, ze na pewno jeden otwierajacy movin on up byl grany w radiu X z san andreaski, dlatego tez leci on na miejsce plejlistowe, dodam tez wspominanego juz comming downa, bo robi klimat nie tylko wokalem jakby zza sceny, ale takze instrumentami i dosc nietypowymi solowkami jak saksowym w koncowce traku, bardzo eksperymentalny material, ale jednak czuc od niego pewnego rodzaju unikalnosc, ale klepanie ogranego juz schematu, wiec szine is on

A little bit of everything and nothing. They sound like Rolling Stones but have a ton of other influences. Was fun to listen to outside.

A little too rave-y in places

iz alright

I really had no idea what to expect. I had heard of Primal Scream but wasn't familiar. It was pretty good. Interesting songs, well produced. 3 stars.

All right. I can appreciate the house thing but was never at all of that scene.

Not a huge fan. Lots of the tracks were way too abstract to pull of the 6min+ run time.

Better than expected

Something I'd listen to walking down the street on a sunny summer's day. Definitely a vibe. If I was there I would've given it a 4 but unfortunately it's winter time right now so it's a 3 from me.

6

surprisingly not screamy!

You know. This just wasn't really for me. However the bangers on it. Christ.

Groovy, eh so so. Good background I suppose

had movin' on up. other interesting songs. does primal scream really need another album on this list?

I Never heared of this band before. Really enjoyed this album.

Neat stuff, 2000s-sounding rock/electronic hybrid.

Pretty interesting at times but overall somewhat boring with lack luster lyrics throughout

I can see why it was revolutionary when it came out

eclectic hippie vibe

Decent spreadsheet music but not something I would actively listen to.

So so album

long

2/10 Somewhat let down? Standout Tracks: Slip Inside This House, Don’t Fight It Feel It, Inner Flight

This isn't bad, just a whole lot of 1990s sounds for an hour. I'll never listen to it again but it wasn't a TOTAL chore. Went a bit too long though, wore out its welcome. Gen X must be proud. 3/5.

Proto-Brit pop acid house with some rock or R&B touches in a few of the songs - but the repetitive loops and looping repeats are kind of bland, and, well, repetitive.

I have some fond memories of this one, but now it seems a bit thin and definitely overly long.

Liked the first song, the rest were interesting in the Minnesotan sense

Couple decent songs but some real tough ones too. Not overly my thing

I stated the first Primal Scream album did not sound like what I thought it would sound like. This is what I thought Primal Scream would sound like based on the description of the band. Are they a band? It sounds a lot like more electronica than an actual band performing songs. I enjoyed the first Primal Scream album but this one was more in line with what I expected (feared) their sound would be like. I am not sure it is entirely for me, as it seems like a backdoor to more electronica and house music that has been represented ad nauseum in this book. I guess the big difference is there are tones of Brit-pop in the music, but I think one Primal Scream album in the book would have done the trick. I did like the tracks that were more Brit-pop. My favorite tracks: Movin' On Up Slip Inside This House Higher Than the Sun - Single Edit Damaged

Only 4 songs are available? I kinda liked loaded

I can't call it boring, because it's not. Its also not uninteresting. I think that maybe, aside from the songs not being for me, I find them a bit too long and repetitive. And this whole album could also have been 15-20 minutes shorter. 2.6

Sounds like 3 different EPs by 3 different bands in a trenchcoat pretending to be an album. Some of this is alright but a good chunk of it (about 1 EP's worth I guess) is just dated 90s dance and that shit is the worst. 2.5 rounded down for the the awful dance music I was subjected to.

Some alright moments but overall too much of a club music sound for me.

Good start, then it lost me

I was in the groove for 3 songs. Then it got a little too joyously clubby for me. Maybe it was because I was at work trying to listen, maybe I’m too American or too young. But it didn’t keep me and it was rather long for all that.

Blech, not my taste.

2/5 Favorite Songs: Movin' On Up Damaged

Meh. Didn’t do much for me. But I was also pretty focused on work and not super listening intently lol

First track in and not at all what I was expecting from a band called Primal Scream and an album titled Screamadelica. Proceeded to listen to an hour of psychadelic house music that didn't really do anything for me. As with the other albums of this genre this is not my particular bag for focused listening. Unobtrusive background noise that can repeat itself for five straight minutes because you're not really giving it focused attention anyway so what does it matter.

The first half starts out so strong. So 80s. But quickly stops being fun and turns into a very boring, try hard-y sounding album

This was terrible

2,5

Déjà écouté avant. Écouter cet album m'a fait prendre conscience d'une chose : il y a la bonne et la mauvaise musique psychédélique. La bonne, c'est celle qui n'a besoin que de se déverser dans nos canaux auditifs pour nous transporter, nous transcender, voire nous mettre dans un état second. C'est un témoignage de l'incroyable pouvoir de la musique et du son. La mauvaise, en revanche, et Screamadelica, à mon sens, fait partie de cette catégorie, c'est celle qui nécessite que l'auditeur soit préalablement dans un état second pour qu'il ait une chance d'y trouver une once d'intérêt... Je veux bien entendre que l'album ait été un pionnier du mariage entre rock indé et musique de club (la descendance n'ayant rien produit de franchement majeur non plus, au demeurant...), mais en 2026, qu'il accuse son âge ! On s'ennuie ferme, d'autant que la plupart des morceaux sont trop longs pour leur bien, et on sort de l'écoute en se disant qu'il fallait y être (en club à Manchester sous MDMA) pour comprendre... Et qu'on n'y était pas. Top : Movin' on Up Flop : Don't Fight It Feel It

Wow I am shocked this was released during the 90s. There were some good moments here, but overall the record was way too long.

I didn't particularly enjoy this, but it wasn't terrible. It felt kind of confused. None of the musical styles it was playing with really worked for me.

I enjoyed what I think was their follow-up a bit more. A good bit more. This is too much of a case of "Not sure if we want to be The Happy Mondays or New Order or The Stones or... Uhm... Something else entirely."

Extremely Not For Me.

hauskoja sampleja ja saundeja. Fatboy slim tyyliin

First song is a tease, as the rest of the album sounds nothing like it, which is a real shame. For the majority of the 87 minutes spent listening to this, I couldn't wait for each song to end. Repetitive, psychedelic and largely boring.

2.5/5

This started to get annoying.

Not what I was expecting. At times it was pretty good but other times I didn’t care for it much. 2.5

A bit boring

One decent song.

The rock stuff was cool. The rest wasn’t

No me gustó mucho

Ranging from annoying to background noise, this was a pointless scream.

A double album of British basic white boy indie house music! Wow! Look, double albums are inherently evil, but when you give me over 90 minutes of shyte, it feels like a personal attack. This was wildly popular - in the UK. And literally nowhere else. It is not unique, influential, nor popular. It has no business on this list. We Yanks would call them a one-hit wonder and reduce them to a footnote. Y'all seem to think we just have to listen to this before we die because reasons. I was on such a great roll, too.

I genuinely cannot tell how I felt about that.

This album was... different.

I dig this album when they lean into their psychedelic side and I can't stand it when they lean into the rave side. Unfortunately, the parts I dug couldn't quite stand up to the parts I couldn't stand.

Very underwhelming for a band called primal scream. I usually like some of the old electronic type music but this was kind of all over the place and I didn't like it.

The main thing I know about Primal Scream is that they have a signature guitar. You them a lot in our Canadian guitar store chain. I was surprised then that it’s not really guitar music. That’s not a knock, just an observation. However, I can’t say I got anything out of this.

Bit underwhelmed but this to be honest give how much it’s held up as a classic album. The singles are solid but there’s a lot of filler

I might give this one another chance at some point, but this listen didn't give me much to be excited about. Some early 90s indie rock vibes with a bit of acid rock flare thrown in.

I couldn’t really get into this one. It was kind of all over the place but not in a good way.

There were a couple good songs in here. A lot of it seemed like filler to me and not too interesting.

Raro bien o bien raro?

Bland. Maybe conditions of listening but I'm not excited by anything I'm hearing. I don't even feel an intense negative toward anything. It's just there.

it had that one good song

surprisingly didn’t hate it. felt like it was inspired by classic rock n’ roll.

Didn’t really do it for me. Apart from Moving on Up, Loaded and Damaged. Heard so many good things about this album and I was unfortunately left disappointed

ho ascoltato solo i primi 3 pezzi, di cui il primo mi è piaciuto… gli altri mi hanno scocciato subito. però poi prendendo a campione altri pezzi sono comunque belli, quindi un 3 politico meritato sicuramente e poi bella la copertina dell’album

The first song slapped. Then it delved into British club shit. Repetitive beats, sounds and noises. Just not what I like, not what I really want to listen to. And if I have to keep looking to see how many songs are left and wondering when it'll be over, I can't go higher than a 2. I'm finally almost done with it...and I'm not a George Michael expert, but there's a lot of stuff in here that seems to remind me of some of his big hits. It's like they're reaching for his big swing and grooves and come up short.

Forgot it was there. For something named Primal Scream, it’s quite tame.

I found this to be pretty boring overall.

I was expecting and prepared for this to absolutely suck, but surprisingly it began fairly decently and I thought this might eck out a 3 star rating, but alas, the album just went on way too long and the last few tracks were horrific. They’d have been better off ending this at 9 tracks and about 45 minutes and avoiding the BS at the end.

No. Lo intenté porque era un muy buen nombre. Pero no.

It's got a couple of good tracks and that's about it

this just made me want to listen to other music i like more ... Loaded in particular felt like an alternate backing track to Freedom! ('90), which i put on the second this album started to repeat. 2.5

This album was a long blade of grass. By and large, this album was songs that dragged on too long and didn't really stimulate my musical tastebuds. However! There are a couple of damn good highlights. Favorite track was Damaged, with a shout out to Movie' on Up.

More like 2.5 but def not 3

It’s a mix of 60s psychedelic and 90s (mostly djing). It probably isnt that bad but it gave me no joy

An album that doesn’t know what it wants to be. At its best, mediocre Rolling Stones wannabes. At its worst, drag and drop dance music that sounds like the crap I was making on GarageBand in middle school.

(43/100)

The album name scared me It's good background music I guess

Just don't get Primal Scream, how is Moving on up such a banger but the rest of it is a bit mid. Maybe you had to be there. Saw them live at a festival a couple of years ago and old mate the singer was not in a good mood.

Not bad. I didn't hate it.

Death metal? Nope, just crappy house music.

ok

1/3. I liked Damaged, but DNF. It was pleasant enough, but I think you needed to be on as much acid as these guys were to really get the experience. Not my thing overall.

A combination of uninspired house music and uninspired retro music that makes you nostalgic for other, better music. Was clock-watching quite a bit on this one.

I enjoyed Higher than the Sun, but not much else. Not a fan of the vocals.

1.64

2.5 - Meh

Day798 - not what i was expecting. it wasn’t all good but movin on up an loaded were pretty good

Bad, bad. Blegh! 2/5

First song wasn’t exactly my thing, but it inspired hope that I might like this more than I would expect from an album with -adelica in the title. That fell apart pretty quick. Not quite a 1 but barely a 2.

This was fine, I guess. FAR too long.

Wildly inconsistent album but I think it helped me enjoy it more. Honestly a 2 for me as some songs save it from being just another electronic album, maybe a 2.5?

It's tough to completely hate an album with some catchy bops like "Movin' on Up" and "Come Together," but the dance-able infectiousness of those tunes mostly serves to highlight the schizophrenic nature of the whole effort when contrasted with the slow electronica jams that make up the bulk of the hour-long running time. Primal Scream was talented enough, I suppose, but the inclusion of two of their albums on a list of nearly 1,100 that includes ZERO albums from Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Famer Warren Zevon is one of MANY examples of how musical tastes are pretty much subjective to the times and places most relevant to the listener.

Malo

I'm not sure what the hell this was but I do know it wasn't enjoyable. It's a haphazard collection of sounds loosely assembled into random lengths of time. There's no real purpose to any of it and none of it really caught my attention.

I clicked play expecting a rather heavy rock type of music but i bumped into a very experimental journey. Unfortunately, it's too out of the box for me.

Well, nothing special here for me, just eh....

It sounds like Moby's "Play" which came out 8 years later. I'm not sure if Primal Scream was ahead of the game or Moby was behind; whatever the case, unless you're making a car commercial, it mostly sucks.

This is a weird mix of alternative and electronic dance. But neither of the parts are outstanding in any way. And the sum isn’t really greater than the parts either. The whole thing is meh.

This was an album. Screamdelica defies logic because it doesn't flow and sounds so disjointed from one song to the next. But it is music after all. A few songs had good hooks! A lot of house/dance can be too repetitive for my ears, but that wasn't the case here. But I don't feel passionate! An interesting listen that expanded my horizons, sure, but I won't come back to it. The length didn't help matters.

Yet another odd album that really defies genre explanation because each song is practically an entirely different genre altogether. Unfortunately, it also defies being enjoyable to listen to. It wasn't BAD, but it really didn't have a hook that lasted longer than a song or two.

i like some songs. I think that's general trend for me but other songs are really not my cup of tea. The songs I like the best are the ones that sound like cute video game background music. the songs I like the least are the ones that have vocals

not for me.. vissa låtar lät lite som en tråkigare brian jonestown massacre..