Screamadelica

2 I recognize this little blue dude on the cover, so I’m assuming this album is pretty famous (well, that and because it’s on a list of the 1001 supposed best), but man, this just did not speak to me at all. I really try to give every album a fair shake and not dismiss based purely on genre, but there’s something about electronic dance music that just doesn’t do it for me, especially something as club-leaning as this - which, is weird both because I am someone who enjoys dancing (after a couple beers, granted) and because this group apparently identifies as a rock band. Granted, the further you get into this, the more diverse in sound it admittedly becomes, but LCD Soundsystem this group is not - there wasn’t really anything here I found overly catchy. The songs are also way too long, to the point that I was over this about halfway through, but I will at least give them credit for having aged pretty well as far as 90s electronic music goes - though, the amount that try to sound like Freedom by George Michael is too many. Supposedly this album is largely inspired by and tied with LSD/MDMA culture, so I’m assuming I just have to be on drugs to get it, but it’s unfortunately a Wednesday, and I’m behind on my reviews, so a 2 this gets.

I liked it and I didn’t like it.

Found it a bit Inconsistent with a lot of the more dance-inspired stuff dragging. There are still some real standout moments like Damaged and the first track and respect the experimentation of the album, but didn't find it consistent enough

They have the hit. I've got to give it to them. Mix of many genres, kept in a good way. Nice. 3.5/5.

It was okay.

ok. not rlly my style i guess, surprised that come together has 1.1m virews tho. 2

Josiah - 4 Elen - 3

this album was my first proper introduction to the psychedelia genre. i never really planned on getting into the genre since i find no reason to translate the feelings of being under the influence into musical terms, seemed a bit bummy to me. but i will admit that my illogical prejudice was hindering me from experiencing some of the most interesting music i've heard in awhile. screamadelica is very unique album in the way it uses unusual and just straight up weird sounds in order to create a vast array feelings that one would experience during euphoria. movin on up was a complete 180 from what my expectations were. i was anticipating a standard indie rock album but instead i was greeted with a lively gospel-esque track. it had an infectious, feel good vibe to it, with vibrant piano chords and a spectacular guitar riff performance later on in the track. this atmosphere carried on into the next track. i got a talking heads vibe from this one and an almost arab influence from a certain instrument used in the beginning - idk the name of it but if you listen, you'll understand what i mean. the psychedelia on here is very strong, from the lyrics that just talk about a desire to get high from the stupid bongo drums that are played in the background. its a well done song that really does work. the vibe shifts into a more dance type of thing. don't fight it, feel it is a strange one but a goodie. there's a lot of weird sounds on here, particularly the squeak effect that is continuously repeated. but it works somehow. the vocals son here are good but it's clear the instrumental the main focus here. it feels similar to a 90s club song, i'd defo get turnt up to this LMAO moving on, higher than the sun is where the album calms down a bit. it still has the same themes of getting high but more mellowed out. inner flight plays after this and carries the same vibe. i liked the woodwind instrument at the beginning, as well as the keyboard (?) notes that keep repeating throughout. there's another woodwind instrument that reminded me of inhaling the smoke from a joint haha! it's a strange instrumental but i don't hate it at all. the album picks back up again on come together; hooray the organ is back! i really wished i could've figured what the bubbly instrument was because it was my favourite thing on the whole track. everything reminded me of staring up at the sky on a hot, sunny day and tripping balls off of an acid tab - i think i mainly got this feeling from the kazoo like instruments that were playing in this song. i also think this song was REALLY ahead for it's time, some elements sounded like they were straight from a 2000s/10s UK club song that you hear on the radio. reaching the end of the album, things got a lot more simpler. loaded has an easy going feel with its drums and simplistic piano keys. the brass usage definitely gave this song a certain edge, however! i also found the guitar reverb to be a really nice touch. damaged was another normal sounding track. it's very simplistic in nature and had really well written lyrics about losing a relationship so good it leaves you broken - "i got too possessive, but souls ain't for stealing". but i was a bit perplexed on why it was on the album. it didn't really fit the flow of this project and felt like it was interrupting the tracklist. not a bad song but it just didn't belong in my opinion. the flow was reintroduced in the next song thankfully. im comin down feels exactly like its title but in a more somber sense than a violent one, even though it discusses feelings of being hungover and tired, etc. it's a very gradual track. umm i dont care about higher than the sun part 2, stinky song. i liked shine like stars though! i was really pleased with this record! i think it definitely evokes a lot of emotions and feels like you're getting high LMFAO. it's a beautifully unique album and very crafty with its methods. i didn't enjoy every song and there's definitely some throwaways on here but when it's good, it's really good!

Did NOT expect to enjoy this so much. What a blast.

While I respect the album for trying to encompass a wide variety of sounds, I feel like it's lacking a central idea, outside of getting high. I feel like it would have been better served leaning into either the electronic or poppy sound, instead of trying to do both half heartedly in my opinion. Top tracks: Higher Than the Sun, Damaged

Kind of creepy and strange, especially the instrumentals. Almost like alien dance club music. I didn't really like it much.

This is an album that I listened to for the first time only a couple of years ago or so. I’ve revisited it occasionally and every time I do I like it more and more. It’s definitely a classic, influential album and it’s a joy to listen to, pure fun from beginning to end. It’s just the right mix of dance and psychedelic, with sprinkles of classic rock and soul. Sublime.

This was a mixed bag. Mostly pretty decent.

I see band names like this and I expect it to be hardcore. This was not. There were some decent songs, but others that were just off.

Not terrible. I expected it to be different. It was super chill. Nice to listen to while getting ready.

Koortsdroom

Not primal nor was there any screaming. Pass.

This seemed groundbreaking at the time (to me, anyway), but only Moving On Up. And Loaded stand out here; the rest seems kind of dull to today's ears.

Had some good highs and a few lows. Overall, not bad. 3/5

It was a very interesting album. never heard anything like it before.

Out of all the supposedly "essential" albums that were released in Britain at the start of the nineties, this is clearly the most bizarre one, and its critical and commercial success therefore looks more than a little dumbfounding today. A topsy-turvy mix of late 60s / early 70s Rolling Stones rock 'n roll (lively opener "Movin' On Up", ballad "Damaged") and contemporary dance music shenanigans, obviously sounding quite dated in 2024 ("Loaded", as remixed by Andrew Weatherall, that weird cover of The 13th Floor Elevators' "Slip Inside The House"...). Plus some chill-out electronic instrumentals or near-instrumentals that add to the druggy mood ("Inner Flight", "I'm Comin' Down"). Because drug consumption and late nights out had to play a huge part in this hype, didn't they? This may explain why this record neither rhymes nor reasons, as endearing as it may be for some souls nostalgic of their now faraway youth. That strange mix of genres comes off as more "integrated" and streamlined in the "Loaded" track than it is in the rest of the LP, fortunately, and it's also the case on the 10-minute epic "Come Together", by the way. Those cuts admittedly still sound like music I'd hear in the dressing room at Express or H&M. Yet I'm sure that in the early 90s, it was very cool, at least. And I would lie if I said playing this record from front to back didn't set a quite pleasant mood in my living room. A somewhat contrived one, but nothing that was overly obnoxious. Oh, and "Higher Than The Sun" is a very cinematic gem. It's the sort of trippy track that aged far better than the rest, and its inclusion almost singlehandedly warrants a place for *Screamadelica* in my own list (by a hair's breadth). Guess it's nice that I have at least *one* album like that on my shelves. But it's all I ever need when it comes to dated MDMA and ecstasy-fuelled artistic achievements in the larger field of "rock" music. In case you haven't noticed, this "review" up there is actually a collage of different people's takes on this app I agreed with (here "remixed" a little). If Bobby Gillespie and co. can get away with a somewhat nonsensical patchwork of different styles and "sounds", so can I. 3.5 for the purposes of this list, rounded up to 4. 8.5/10 for more general purposes (5+3.5). Number of albums left to review: 217 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 342 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 199 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 251

Not my vibe. Also the sound quality was really bad.

Not my favourite Primal Scream album. But some good tracks

Feels good, just kinda washes over you.

Up and down, but more down

25.04.24. ЛЕГЕНДА ЭЛЕКТРОНИКИ. ЛЮТО КАЧАЕТ. ЭКЛЕКТИЧНО. ЕСТЬ АХУЕННЫЕ ТРЕКИ И МОТИВЫ. Было очень забавно слушать этот альбом. Он такой весёлый! Сука. 4/5

Still as good, if not better, than it was at the time. Easily in my top 10 and has been since it was released. A truly life changing and life affirming album.

It’s a weird album that I never fully got into at the time as all that stuff was diametrically opposed to my rock sensibilities at the time - obv then I went to college and the drugs kicked in :) Still an album of highs and lows as it gets a bit lost in the “we have samplers” of the late 80’s house music scene but is certainly an album that defined a decade in how it managed to blend house, rock and gospel.

4 - This is really a great album, I think most of my issue's is that some songs are just a little long. But where the hell does damaged come from!? It's such a stunning song and so different to the whole album. But yeah not sure, thought I was going to like it more and still love damaged

This was an interesting surprise. I was expecting a lot more of the "Movin' on Up" indie rock and roll, but it turns out to be a wild ride across genres like dub and acid house. Sometimes it hits, and sometimes it sounds awful. I could understand if you loved or hated this album - Come Together embodies this for me, delicately toeing the line between euphoric and tacky. For me the album on the whole drags - the second rendition of Higher Than the Sun (there's that Jah Wobble fellow again) is painfully mundane, you'd really have to be higher than the sun to endure it. Fave Tracks: Slip Inside This House, Loaded 3.1/5

"Screamadelica" is the third album from Scottish rock band by Primal Scream. The album was a departure from the indie rock sound of their two previous albums to music inspired by the house music scene and drugs, specifically LSD and MDMA. The majority of the production was handled by acid house DJ Andrew Weatherall and engineer Hugo Nicolson who remixed original recordings into dance-oriented songs. Commercially, the album hit #8 in the UK and, critically, received wide praise and won the 1992 Mercury Prize. The album opens with "Movin' on Up," a song that I remember being played in the US. Jangly guitar, piano and a beat. A gospel choir gives this a soulful vibe. Very optimistic and spiritual. A lot goes into this song and it works. We get the busy-ness again which also works in "Don't Fight it, Feel it." A great groove with percussion. Weird synth sounds including birds chirping. Denise Johnson on lead vocals. This sounds like it was DJ produced. The Orb produced "Higher then the Sun." And by the title you can imagine where this goes. It's dreamy, druggy and a slower beat. Churing synth sounds. Lead singer Bobby Gillespie's lyrics and vocals fit in perfectly. Midway through the album we come to their big songs which are very much extended. A gospel choir with a piano begins "Come Together." An acid house dance beat. There's horns and guitar giving it a soulful vibe. He's preaching peace. "Loaded" continues with a gospel choir and horn section and a slower groove. Piano, slide guitar and spoken word samples from "The Wild Angels." This is another good song . A slower song that's worth mentioning is "Damaged." Acoustic guitar and piano in this ballad. It's a love song and he got damaged when she left. There's a lot going on in this album which makes it a very interesting listen. Soulful, dance-oriented, acid house, gospel, dreamy, ballad. Definitely fusions of these musical styles. There's timely and detailed production with the added instruments. The extended dance songs work really well. There's other long songs which could have been trimmed down or eliminated. Sometimes the druggy, pyschedelic songs didn't work. But, overall there's a lot here to really like and one I recommend.

It is hard to believe this was released in 1991. ai vaikeata...minäpä puolestaan en usko OLLENKAAN! mahdotonta uskoa.. liian hullunkurista.. bliip bloop avaruusumusiikkia... biljardin vuoden päässä avaruusklubeilla jammaillaan tälläsille... ei olla vielä siellä... jos kuunnellaan ihan täällä maan kamaralla vielä kuitenki... saatana... kitaransoittoa vaikka huoh... rock + indie tägiviivat vähän kyllä kummastuttaa mutta ei yhtä paljon kun tieto kone äänet... bloop bliip MENEE PÄÄ SEKAISIIN TUOSTA.. SEKOPÄINEN.. VITTU OOT PIMEE... inner flight

Great indie/ dance album. One of the best made in the 90's

Indie rock meets acid house. Not impressed.

Dance beats and a bright, pop energy. A lot of songs sound like they were made while on drugs for people to do drugs to. A bunch of them stretch out with extended mixes perfect for DJs to play with. “Inner Flight” surprised me. It’s dreamy and beautiful with this odd, warped carnival bounce floating through the song. The end of the album is pretty mellow. I guess it’s the come down after the party? Ooh that jazz solo at the end of “I’m Comin Down” is great. Is that a sax? I love this album cover. Very memorable.

Dang, I was away for the weekend and when I got home my browser lost my initial review for this but I'll sum it up. "Movin' on Up" is truly amazing (I thought this was a cover?), but the rest of the album didn't really come close. I did like how eclectic the whole shebang was. 3/5! Great album cover, it feels like something you question when you first see it but then after years of seeing it, it just kind of makes sense in a way.

I came into this thinking that I knew Screamadelica and it was good. I was not ready for the sheer strength and emotional connection I was going to get with this album. From the very opening moment to the comedown section at the end (how does this dance album also contain something as beautiful as Damaged?! How!) it encapsulates an era, a vibe and a place almost perfectly. It's not getting 5.0 on the basis of a couple of songs that are too straightforwardly dance songs for my tastes (Inner Flight in particular is a chore), but it's outstripped expectations so much. A word too for Andy Wetherall (RIP) for his Loaded mix. What a song that is, what use of samples. The introductory sample sends shivers down the spine and the opening brass is just an explosion of joy.

Screaming rn

Some bangers

Not at all what I expected with the name of the artist and album! Dare I say this has U2 Zooropa vibes? It is electronic, instrumental, dreamy, and bouncy all at once. Is this rave music? No? Well it should be.

Vibe sits right in that early 90's alt feel. Pretty okay.

I think I would like it if I listened to it a bit more so I might try again. Found some moments went on too long but still a cool album. Will I listen to again: 50%

# Playlist track - Movin' on Up # Notes - Album was brand new to me. - Love/hate the cover. - Weird moments like "Don't fight it, feel it" shake up the listening experience but don't annoy too much. Well done. - Come Together could have been a great song, but the intro is waaay to long. - Interesting listen, great flow, will definitely come back to it. 5/7. # Links

Couple great tunes, some unengaging.

I mostly enjoyed this.

1992 - the first Mercury Music Prize… my friend at work dragged me out one lunchtime to the betting shop and bet that Primal Scream would win the prize. I’d never even heard the album but she encouraged me to listen so by the time they won (and Friend picked up her winnings) I’d listened to it and loved it. It just felt so different and you could dance to it and sing along. It was an immersive experience. I probably haven’t listened to it all the way through in 30 years but it’s still great.

Wholly satisfying.

I was tempted to say this sounded like the Rolling Stones if they had gone spacey psychedelic — or whatever. I don't know what to qualify this music as anymore. I didn't love it. I'm getting pretty sick of the repetitive loop offerings from this list. This is another that falls between a 2-3 for me. But I've been harsh lately, so this gets the bump just so I don't seem like such a dick all the time. Just some of the time.

fuck i hate this

Did not know I was such a big fan!

pa estar full chilling d locos

It's OK. Good background noise, but I wasn't really enraptured by it. Favorite tracks: - Movin' on Up - Slip Inside This House - Higher Than the Sun

Wonderfully fun listen

Það eru element í þessu sem ég fíla. Rödd sem rétt svona næstum hangir í tóninum 99% af tímanum er ekki eitt af þeim elementum.

Second (and hopefully last) album by this band, and it's exactly the same as the first one I got. The first song is pleasant, but by no means amazing. After that, the first few seconds of every single song try to entice you with a nice guitar riff or something, and slowly devolves into annoying, repetitive, meaningless shit.

Definitely not for me, but I totally get the hype around this. I personally think it’s strongest when it’s close to pure ’90s dance, and it’s rarely close enough for me. While everything here does have at least a hint of a dance elements or two [i.e. mostly when it sounds closer to a remix than an original rock song], it’s never enough to distract me from its base influences of British indie or psychedelic pastiche, and I’m not the target audience for either of those sounds. Still, I never once wanted to turn it off, which is insane, given its runtime. If a friend played this for me at their house or in their car, I wouldn’t be bothered. I get how this could be someone’s favorite album, and I now know why it’s on a lot of lists like this, but it’s not for me, simple and plan.

Started off strong but started to lull as it went along, overall though I’d listen again. Some cool vibes throughout. Was an interesting walking album considering how to flow of the album went on.

One of those bands I have heard of mentioned and referenced but never listened too. Bouncy positive first song. Very different song number 2. These guys are from the UK and the 91 shows a lot of influence that goes into that era. Electronic beats, Indian instrumentals, reminds me of the Bristol sound and related movements. Wide breadth of musical styles on one album. Definitely digging it. Yeah going to definitely listen to more of these guys. Definitely talented. Broad range of style. Me gusta.

A tedious listen.

lækkert album! lyder ikke som noget andet, jeg kan komme i tanker om

Jeg knuselsker den her plade, man kan bare høre rock blive til elektronisk musik i real time

En plade jeg har hørt det meste af, men aldrig ved at have hørt "pladen". Da jeg hørte den, kunne jeg mærke at musikken i hvert fald har været brugt en del i film. Edgar Wright?

Reminded me of hackers. I like hackers

Never heard of this band before, and this is not for me. It's not bad, it's a weird one foot in indie rock and the other in electronica dance music. I just don't think this works.

some songs I liked, others I did not

Movin' On Up is pretty good, although familiar. Same for 'Come Together'. The rest of the album feels a bit... meh. Beats for clubs full of folks taking ecstasy rather than actually well put together songs in their own right. Not bad, but I wouldn't bother going back to this, I don't think.

Pleasant songs to listen to. Some sound like backing tracks, others sound like atmospheric songs. "Higher than the Sun" and "Inner Flight" were good

Fun 90s Party Music. You can tell they loved having a sampler.

Actually more fun than I expected

Little too far out.

What a strange album. These guys just played whatever they felt like playing at the time, which is pretty cool. It was definitely interesting to listen to. Why?

Never heard of this group, but WOW! A little pop, a little rock, a little jazz, a little R&B, a little synth. Very interesting. Unfortunately, when I to chose to listen to it on YouTube, four of the 11 songs were listed as "unavailable."

XTRMNTR was their only good album

Bought this when it came out. It's a strange experimental mix that just works. I thought it would possibly date but it still works. Strong.

Knowing this album has "Loaded" on it is enough to be excited for March 21st, 2024 HL: "Loaded", "Come Together", "I'm Coming Down", "Movin' On Up" I can't hear "Inner Flight" without thinking of the RuneScape theme, nor can I hear "I'm Coming Down" without imagining the Old School RuneScape woodcutting sound effect in the background. Not a complaint of the songs, but I am complaining that that game has ruined my brain. Big dumb fun- but also big smart fun sometimes, in the layering and fusion of disparate sounds and grooves. In terms of the Madchester-related albums this list champions, this well may be my favourite- even though they're a Glasgow band, not from Manchester! :0 But it's also possibly overlong, with two "Reach for the Sun"s, neither of which I'm super crazy about. Will definitely keep this album around my (digital) library; it may be a five-star one day.

ekki alveg minn tebolli. þó sprettir sem gefa tilefni til annarar yfirferðar. 3,5.

Alternative dance, neo-psychedelia. Muy agradable.

Fun, easy, chill, vibe music.

I enjoyed it. Was nice to zone out to during work.

Honestly really love the fusion of genres here. This album is ahead of its time, just not for me

An okay pop album. Nothing was bad, but nothing was truly great either. Surprised I knew a song on it. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again

Super neutral feeling towards this

2.5 tähteä pyöristyy tänään alaspäin.

Not a huge fan, liked a small handful of songs.

Thai sounds like a 1990s video game soundtrack. That is both amazing and also bad. It ages this terribly. That said most of the songs are really fun and the overall vibes strike me in just such a way that I was jovial throughout.

OK the opposite of what it claims to be?

What a wild album, full of bangers. Enjoyable end to end. I love it!

while the discography was wildly varied and gave me whiplash like twice, it was still fine to listen to

Saw these guys open for Depeche mode in the '90s. This album is burned on my consciousness.

This is a work of near-genius but not necessarily from the obvious source. Without Andrew Weatherall at the controls, I suspect Primal Scream themselves would have come up with a third of an album worth of forgettable, Black-Crowes-Lite/Texas jams. Even as it is, the material is stretched a bit thin but at least AW makes it feel like a reasonably interesting collection of 12" dubs. It's a justified spaced-out classic; once you get onto that trip, you're in for the duration.

Very fun and vibey. Doesn't ask a lot of listeners

No thanks

Mostly this is a pile of shit

It was a 1 but the few songs I liked were good enough to bring it up to a two

Has its place and the first song is a banger Shame you have to be off your face to enjoy the rest

An okay album that sounds like the rest of the BritPop from the same time period on this list. 3/5.

with a name like primal scream, I certainly didn't expect the first song to be like it was. nor the album. Don't know if that set me up for not liking this as much but it wasn't my cup of tea. reminded me of george michael and jesus jones which is not a bad thing but I just wasn't really into it.

tem uma ou duas musicas com um ritmo legal, mas no geral achei fraco

Like there are good songs but this album confuses me. Not consistent

dosta dobrih

Cudan mix svacega, pogotovo cudno nakon prve pjesme. Ali solidno, barem 3.5

I love the two songs on this album that were decent singles (Movin on Up and Loaded), so I was interested to hear the full album. The rest of the album is a nice collection of musical experimentation and I enjoyed it, but most of it is easily forgettable ambient background music. Some of the repetitive 6 - 8 minutes songs could have been pared down to 4 minutes at the most as they went on a bit too long.

Some tracks I liked, others not so much. 1st listen 2/5

I love the blend of the dancier grooves, psychedelic guitars and gospel vocals. It makes for an interesting pallet I haven’t heard before. I think while some of the songs haven’t aged as gracefully as others I can see the influence this had on the 90s house scene as well as indie. Super fun record I think it will get better the more I listen. 4/5

The first track had me all in and then there was a long lull untill that same style came back Some really good tracks, but the overall album missed the mark for me 1st listen

The music style isn’t for me.

While I like the incorporation of dance music in the percussion, the overall mix is a terrible distraction. Everything is at a level 10 all the time. Just a little bit of editing would be nice here too. So many of these songs stick around two or three minutes past their welcome. The gospel-ish chord changes and backing vocals have a super hokey Rolling Stones Can’t Always Get What You Want thing happening. Doing that for one song would have been ok for me, but they go back to it again and again throughout the album. And don’t get me started on the vocals…

This album is such a jam. Love all the different genres combined! I do need more listens with it, because there's so much going on. But on first listen it clicked immensely! Standout Tracks: Movin' On Up, Don't Fight It, Feel It, Higher Than The Sun (Higher Than The Orb Mix), Come Together, Loaded, Damaged, Shine Like Stars 8,5 out of 10

I don't know when I would have given this album a proper listen if not for this service. I was blown away by the sound, concept, and influence Screamadelica has had on almost every genre of music since its release/

Not a fan

First song initial reaction: seems heavily influenced by Rolling Stones. This is not a good thing. After the first song they got a bit more diverse, but it made me realize something. All musical eras have their tentpole superstar acts that stand out and almost transcend the time and genre. Then there are myriad bands that are just kind of along for the ride, making music that is pleasing enough to the ears of those who like the tentpole bands, but never do anything interesting or fundamentally different. For the early 90s Alt-rock scene, the his band is the latter.

Interesting! Here are some clear Rolling Stone influences, then we'll toss in some kinda trance, not quite dance, and a hint of house while we also roll out some gospel from time to time. Pretty cool. I enjoyed it, even though I suspect I will not think to go back and listen again because its outside my usual range of rock, blues and jazz. 3.5 stars rounded up to four because why not?

An album called Screamadelica by Primal Scream I assumed was definitely going to be a metal album, and was pleasantly surprised. What an honor to have won the first Mercury Prize. So many bands past and future can be heard in this and it's wild to think how this fallen to the wayside a bit itself while influencing so many

Their micro genre got lost in time, and I don’t want to be taken back

Não gostei nem um pouco desse álbum, pelo nome achei que ia ser screamo, pela banda achei que ia ser um rock ultrapassado, mas não era nada disso. O álbum acabou sendo um house britânico Mt chato, com nada de interessante mas músicas, as agitadas eram irritantemente agitadas e as calmas eram chatas e sem sal. Não consegui terminar.

8/10 - 4/5 Sounds like the Stones, Radiohead, U2, Bjork (vaguely instrumentally), hip hop, horns, violin, slide guitar. Amazing creativity, doesn't sound derivative. Unfortunately falls off and feels less experimental towards the last 3rd.

A lot going on this album. Hear two different songs and you wouldn’t know it’s the same band or album. I like it. At times it sounds somewhat like the Stones. A lot of long jams that are fun and catchy. Repetitive at times but overall a good album. Fun listen. Good for a long car ride or light day or chores around the house.

Its not bad Just not my jam 2.5

K between this and the Dracula guys up the list, gotta have a stern conversation with 90s groups about what in fuck they think "screaming" is, because this is not screaming, it's pretty good psych jamming

What a joy. Awesome playful audio, sonorous vocals, clever mixes and a superb fun attitude. I'm walking t lo work and just so enjoying this music. It would be good for gym and headphones and listening reflective moments around the garden. Fabulous. A new favourite. Is it 5, it almost could be. Let's see if it's high rotate in 12 months. Solid solid 4.

This album went in quite a few different direction that I was not expecting. Didn't really enjoy much of what I listened to, but I admired the creativity

Even I can understand the influence of this album. Songs are pretty good.

Sort of psychedelic and made me think of the Dead. I rather hated it.

An album's album back in its day. I feel like, though, it is of its time and feels a bit dated in 2024. No doubt captured a scene (that I wasn't really part of), but still has some slappers.

Cool early '90s indie electronic music - I've read the name of this band but had never listened to them, I was not expecting such chill vibes. It feels lile this is the blueprint for a lot of bands happening 30 years later, these days the blending of house beats and synth pop into indie rock has become very typical, with a little psychedelia as a treat. A lot of albums and artists are influenced by drugs, add this one to the list ("Higher Than The Sun").

Superb

Enjoyed the sound

For better and for worse, an album that truly helped jump-start what I see as a typical Electronic sound of the 90s. Even at its most boring and repetitive, this was at least an interesting mix of sound to get into. I just unfortunately couldn’t quite vibe with the long clubby mixes that dominate the record, probably because I listened to it on the way to work where I couldn’t be under the influence of psychedelics. Nevertheless, it certainly isn’t terrible to listen to! Like I said, it at least has that soul/indie/electro fusion to sound interesting when the song structures themselves lose my interest. Top tracks: Movin’ On Up, Slip Inside This House, Loaded

I think it’s good. Maybe a 3.5 but the more I listen the better it gets. I can see this being a solid 4 one day

Kind of all over the place, but all good. 4 stars.

Muy psicodélico para mi gusto, pero no está mal como música de fondo.

It was definitely cool didn’t love some of the songs tho

Some tracks on here that were alright, but mainly was bored by this record. Didn’t dig the mash up of blues rock and tame acid house.

Definitely more interesting than i expected this being, but it couldnt hold my attention all the way through

3.5

Many tricks in the bag with this one. One minute I’m hearing EMF, the next MARRS is pumping up the volume. The electronic rhythms carry the album, but don’t sleep on the Indie guitar.

Listened Before? N Interesting stuff. It does sound kinda rave-y as others have said but I didn't hate it. I probably won't just listen to it on repeat or anything but it does have it's moments of awesomeness (especially to someone who remembers the 90s). Good listen. Lots of influences here. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Movin' on Up

When the bass dropped in "Slip Inside This House," I felt that. I think I've actually heard "Loaded" before, it reminds me of "Sympathy for the Devil." I like the dialogue samples on "loaded," haha. Besides the gospel signing, this album reminds me quite a bit of Beck's production styles. A pleasure to listen to this albumn, but nothing overly memorable for me.

Decent.

Solid 3. Not my thing.

That was certainly an interesting listen

3.8. Psychedelic indie

a good album, probably more a 3.5 as I dont think it has aged hugely well

Pretty all over the place, had it on and none of it really grabbed me. Some interesting sounds in Slip Inside This House and Inner Fight.

The first one that I have no recollection of whatsoever--I've never even heard of this band. In my defense (sort of), I was listening to hair metal in 1991.

Now that's what I call 90s but not connecting with it. 5/10

I will take the time to listen to them, I always thought they were heavy metal based on the name LOL

Brutal

First track was cool but really just felt like musical ADD to me. Production is a bit all over the place for me.

Loved this album. Best one of the challenge so far. I've saved it to my favourites

Pretty enjoyable. Something I’d quite happily listen to again. Easy to listen to and enjoy despite being different from what I’d normally choose to listen to.

🤷 Highlights: Movin' On Up, Damaged, I'm Coming Down

Overall boring music. I was very misled by not only the title of the album, but also the name of the artist.

A mish-mosh of several genres & sounds, yet I didn’t feel it was that engaging. Songs are repetitive and the album is a bit too long.

Possibly Andy Weatherall's (RIP) magnum opus more so than even Primal Scream's. This record has been in my life for almost as long as I can remember. I have played it to death and don't really listen to it anymore, counterintuitively I'm less inclined to give it a 5 which feels mad. Obviously some of the production sounds a bit dated now, Slip Inside This House comes to mind, though that gets extra points for being a 13th Floor Elevators cover. Come Together however never ever gets old. Shame Bobby seems to be a bit of an arse who didn't help his bass player out.

The definition of middle of the road. This album doesn't really play it safe, but there is no sense of pushing boundaries. It's unlikely to offend anyone, while being a tiny step above mall music. It's not uptempo, nor is it relaxing, it's not background music, nor does it encourage active listening. In short.... ...it's fine

I've not always been a big fan of Primal Scream, but this is probably them at their best.

Good album

Very strange sound but I like it.

Fantastic!! That's all.

Never heard of it and didn’t know what to expect. Will listen again, it’s different

Cool cool

Didn't particularly enjoy any track. Overdone electronics. Couldn't see myself listening to this again, so it's a straight 1 out of 5

What is this? Some songs are borderline electronic, others made me think of U2 and The Rolling Stones… while others were just sleepy and use ill-fitting instruments like sax and pedal steel. Some of the songs in isolation have a groove, but as an album it’s disjointed. 2.3

One can hear a lot of influences --sort of Rolling Stones vibe on a few, then acid house/indie/pop/gospel/psychedelia for the others. Seems like they took a big swing and landed. Imagine this was super influential. Not a fan of the vocals, but pretty good overall. 3.7

Just the right level of weird. Very psychedelic. This album is a trip.

Ça psychédèle un max et c'est franchement pas ce qu'on leur demandait de faire en 1991.

Je n'ai rien à raconter sur cet album, ne l'ayant écouté que d'une oreille en plein Donjon des Forgerons

Some top tier tracks, some mediocre.

It's got some hits i guess, i just can't imagine the kind of person who would derive pleasure from listening to this regularly

was expecting to like this, but I only liked the first song.

"We are gonna have a good time, we are gonna have a party!" This is a wonderful album. "Loaded" is a real masterpiece. Had a good time while listening!

Thought this would be a hard rock album, so this was unexpected but very very welcome! I really like this one, definitely going to come back to it in the future! A spacey, groovy, pretty album, not a single song I didn't enjoy.

This is fun and funky. Reminds me of the Gorillaz if they were more indie pop.

this album was totally different than i was expecting, i loved it so much

Meh

I have already forgotten what any of the songs sound like, and I will have forgotten that this album even exists by tomorrow.

A fun, modern psychedelic loop-de-loop (rollercoaster isn’t quite the right word). The first two tracks are so incredibly strong that it’s almost unfair to the remainder of the album – which itself is, to be fair, also solid. Some tracks, notably Come Together, Higher Than the Sun, and Loaded, are anthem-like, paying homage to the likes of Hey Jude. Unfortunately, they’re not as good as Hey Jude, but still go on for longer. The messages of freedom, solidarity, and love are pretty clear-cut from the beginning of the songs, and I think their runtime could’ve been cut down substantially. Oddly, there seems to be a strong influence from the Beach Boys in some of these tracks. This influence is most obvious in the instrumental Inner Flight, which bears a very strong resemblance to Let’s Go Away for Awhile – albeit with more modern instrumentation and atmosphere. Also inspiration taken from the Beach Boys’ early 70s sound with I’m Comin’ Down. Good contrast between louder/”thicker” tracks (most of the album) and quieter tracks (Damaged, I’m Comin’ Down). Close to being a sonic masterpiece, but it’s just a little longer than it needs to be. Key tracks: Movin’ on Up, Slip Inside This House, Inner Flight

Too happy? I mean I know this must be incredible when performed live but I just... didn't vibe with it at all.

Alright

Listening to the first two tracks i was looking forward to a good indie rock album. But the it devolved into this genre bending monstrosity. There are so many unusual sounds on this album it is honestly impressive. But it drags on for so long. I didn't like it, all the songs are headed nowhere.

Jams

Not too bad. Not really my thing, but I can appreciate it.

Don’t get why so many folk love this album so much; it was OK at best.

This one was sort of tough -- it's so different and hard to classify. It's not a genre your brain can easily latch on to. You can't quickly compare it to, say, other blues albums, because it's not a blues album. Nor a rock album. Nor jazz. Nor pop. And so on. But it's good. Very. I think that's a little hard to get at first because it's quite different, but if you sit back, relax, and let it pull you in to a warm groove, it will. I like this a lot.

I don't care if they influenced a whole genre; this album is boring. And if they used to be a regular psychedelic rock band, why would their cover of "Slip Inside This House" sound like this?

Started as just boring and then got worse. Ended up being too painful to listen to. Got through most of it but couldn’t finish. This is NOT the kind of band who can pull off a 6-7 minute song. Sorry, I just don’t get it.

Cover funny. Uh de erst song packt mich schomol. Oh sitar time (aber gschmackvolle Umgang), ich mach d beatles verantwortlich. Ah, "dont fight it.." isch eifach en house song und d keys wo ganz selte ine chömed sind richtig nice. He de bass und drums i "higher than the sun" gfallet mir. Yoo higher than the sun chunt nomol! "Shine like stars" findi biz en schwache Abschluss, mit schrägem gsang und de ewig gliche Begleitig, aber insgesamt gfallt mir s Album

Movin on up. wie baldam nochde flaming lips. geili giti mega troche. soulige shit. Slip Inside this House. früeni 90er house? beat. schono cool. booh und de synthbass au. whithin me within you beatles reference wege hinderschi sitar und so stuff. ha bis etz bi dem lied no keis wort verstande. ok etz gad de titel aber mues mer mühe geh. trippy das Ganze. Don't fight it, feel it. gliche bass wie im letste lied. afoch schneller. s pfiife chönt nervig werde mit de ziit aber finds no funny. chopped vocals no nice. okay de text isch "dance to the music" und ähnlichi phrase isch glaub glich wenis nöd verstoh. uuuh de break mit dene höche piepsige tön goht hard. ou yeah und etz house klavier mega digital findi geil. de komisch saw bass am schluss auno funny. het etz gmeint so öpis werdi mer langwilig aber bin überrschend debii. Higher than the sun. wieder geile synthbass. de industrial beat nochem refrain isch auno cool. uh saxofon mega clean über en dreckige noisy beat isch en schöne kontrast. finds schwer zum wüsse ob d drums gsamplet sind oder nöd. Inner Flight. Instrumental mit Flötesynthi und hübsche Chords. bgvs au debi. die hend gern beatles und da isch guet so. Come Together. wer redt? sehr coole song, horns sind mega digital aber no cool und bluesy. ok es ische red vom Jesse Jackson. loaded. mix us bluesy chords und slide gitarre mit house drums isch no geil. piano isch sehr clicky hani gern. ui plötzlich mega led zeppelin gitarre mit meeega hall. jetz trockeni funky gitarre. d blöser werded repeptitiv mit de ziit aber s söll glaub sochli trancy sii. Damaged. mega schöni drop D gitarre. er singt chli schräg aber trotzdem e klari stimm. finds no geil ich check nöd wer die band isch und was für instrument sie spieled und alles. afoch lieder lose. de e-gitarrepart isch super schön, chli es klischeesolo aber de tone isch premium. de sing tönt nöd noch samples oder sust öpis. I'm coming down het mi nöd so mitgnoh. Higher than the sun, AYYEZÜÖÖÖH AYYEYEYEÜÖÖ. denn nervigs hochs grüsch denn funny bass. hani etz nöd so geim gfunde, chli zu trance-time. Shine Like Stars. nomel bitz sitar und nervigi grpsch am afang. er singt nöd soo guet echt, scho sympa aber meh. ok vilicht bini am morge no rezeptiver gsi aber ich find das album nimmt ab geg de schluss. damaged isch cool, movin on up isch sehr cool und come together au. guets 3.

Ersts lied cute aber mier echli zu happy (es isch morge oke?) OH SLIP INSIDE THIS HOUSE S sample vo loaded kenni vo iwo? also vomene andere lied? aber es passt sehr guet glaubi zude entstehig vom album find jede song bringt wieder öppis anders ohni dass es iwie nöd würd zemmepasse, im gegeteil wnl ich han kei ahnig vo house, ussert dass es in the middle of the street isch ok damaged chli andersch und für mich chli langwilig puh higher than the sun het mich irgendwie huere nervös gmacht - UND ICH LOS FAST USSCHLIESSLICH NERVÖSI MUSIG WA ISCHLOS ok ich hans sogar gskippt kei ahnig wieso mich das so gstört het für mich sehr "unbekannti" musig aber hans gnosse und gno, wies isch. teils sehr schöni und abwechsligsrichi parts, teils lieder wo mier sochli egal gsi sind. passt schochli zu lsd-musig? solids 3

This was something! Kinda banging ngl. First half sounded like someone dicking around on garage band and the second half had some really incredible instrumentation. Honestly loaded to shine like stars was some seriously beautiful shit. Never heard of these cats and don’t quite know how to classify them but want to learn more about them. And I love the cover art -B

Some really high highs. And then the stuff that wasn’t a high was pretty mellow/trippy.

How did this band get away with a name like primal scream? So, not what I expected, but not bad. This was easy to listen to, which had not been true of many other instrument dominant albums. I think you could give me an edible and this album and entertain me for a whole afternoon. Favorite track was slip inside the house.

This was a pleasant surprise. I’m not sure if I’d like their other albums but this one was lovely. 4 of 5

3.4, wel een leuk album. heel uniek maar soms een beetje saai

Really amazing great find!! Sonic wonderland

Quite the medley of sounds! Favorite track: Damaged

Ok

Very retro. Ok selection of songs but don’t have any great nostalgia for them

Great opening track but couldn’t finish it

Some surprisingly mellow tracks as well as the hits.

Not what I was expecting at all from the band name! Really enjoyed some of these tracks. Particularly Moving on up and Loaded.

This album... Hmmm. Well, it's an album. It's all over the place. The first song started out great. It reminded me of Gimme Shelter by the 'Stones. Great harmonies. Beautiful guitar leads. Off to a real good start. Then it turned into some acid, euro-dance rock.. It reminded me of Chris Sheppard from that 90s group Love Inc mixed with some Fatboy Slim. And then it had some songs reminiscent of Oasis. Basically, it had a lot of bullshit clouding some decent sounding rock and/or indie songs. This album definitely needs to trim the fat. After hearing the first song, I was looking forward to what followed but then was unfortunately disappointed and kept waiting for the album to be over. The odd OK song would come on but then would go back to the acid rock, dance shit that I didn't care for. You could probably take out the good songs on this album and make an EP out of it, and then have an albums worth of whatever you want to call what it's trying to be: dance rock? Euro-dance? Acid rock? Because there is definitely an identity crisis going on.

halfway between rock and electronica

Nope. Dull. Perhaps I’m not in the right mood.

Best tracks "Loaded", "Moving on Up". The rest did not hooked my attention.

Just fun 90's nonsense. As the album continues it looses a little bit of the "fun" but still good stuff.

i have NEVER heard of this band before but i'm already kinda interested. let's see track 1, Movin on Up: i feel like the song would have been better without the piano, but still good. 6.5/10 track 2, Slip Inside This House: i couldn't put a reason to why but the beginning of this track makes me think of Tubthumping by Chumbawamba. in any case, the body of this song really puts the "-delica" in Screamadelica. 9/10 track 3, Don't Fight It, Feel It: well. i'm definitely Feeling It, whatever It may be. 7/10 track 4, Higher Than the Sun (Single Mix): oh the It was drugs. okay gotcha we're vibin 7/10 track 5, Inner Flight: is every song title going to be a thinly veiled drugs reference? because i'm okay if that's the case it's just really funny. 6/10 track 6, Come Together: i can only assume it is at this point that the drugs taken at the start of the album have kicked in, because i could easily see myself with a thousand-yard stare just listening to this track. 7/10 track 7, Loaded: "we wanna be loaded and have fun" extremely relatable, 7/10 track 8, Damaged: i'm sure everyone's familiar with the stages of being high - "this edible ain't anything", "oh i'm going to the moon", "let's have a great time", and now we're at "time to get extremely emotional about my life". i prefer to skip past that phase directly into "family guy unconscious pose" but there's something to be said for the introspection. 7/10 track 9, I'm Comin' Down: the title of this song is presented without comment. 8/10 track 10, Higher Than the Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts): the truly funniest thing might be that when typing the song title, i wrote "Sub" instead of "Dub", which goes to show my preference in anime. i had to go back to track 4 and compare that one and this one, and while there is notable difference between the two, i don't think i could put words to how. you're just gonna have to trust me on this one (or don't, i'm not your dad) 7/10 track 11: Shine Like Stars: love that accordion! a nice and calm vibe to end off the album with. 9/10 overall: 7.3/10 -> 3.51/5 and that's enough to round it up to a 4/5 for me babey! absolutely not the kind of thing i'd go out of my way to listen to but definitely worth a listen.

new, fresh, exciting! git it downloaded fr fr the first track does pack massive youth pastor vibes tho lol

What a fun album. First time hearing something on this list wholly new that I want to hear more of. Don't fight it, feel it and higher than the sun are my favorite tracks on the album.

Ok but overrated.

When it was good it was very, very good, But when it was bad it was bollocks.

Chancers turn dancers

Classic 90s psychedelic throwback album. It is a pretty great combination of contemporary production and electronica mixed with classic 60s rock sounds. It maybe lacks the socio-political charge of that era and feels like more of a party album, but you can't deny the hooks and durability of these songs. Listened to it many times back then and have no problem queueing it up today.

Very cool album. Synth have, floating rock. The music feels really grand and spectacular.

Classic album, banged an E and rode it home

Classic album that's both amazing to listen to and hugely influential, aka the exact thing that should be on this list. The way they integrated house and rock was revolutionary and works so well.

It sounded like some kid bought a cheap synths from Target and made some beats. Did not like this one….

Can't wrap my head around this band. First song is a good rock song straight from a rolling stones album and your thinking, ok nice! Then come these fucking trip hop/techno-isch songs that sucks a bag of dicks. Really can't understand what the deal is here, and for that reason; 2/5.

I couldn't really tell what this album was trying to be. Kinda meh for me

Apparently a rock band with rave influences. But really they do both, but they don't blend them. They're not very good at either. Not essential, but not 1 star bad.

Scottish band with a dreamier, gentler sound than you'd expect with 'Primal Scream' as the band name. Even some song titles imply that they'd be a hard rock angry band. Movin' On Up is my favourite track.

Always had a soft spot for the band.

Thoroughly enjoyed this album. While never into rave culture I did really like the hypnotic quality of the sound Primal Scream achieve on Screamadelica. Can definitely hear echoes of Beach Boys, Stones, psychedelia too and the use of backing vocals particularly effective. As well as Loaded and Moving on Up, I especially liked Come Together and Inner Stars

Solid jams throughout.

Reminds me of the Rollong Stones somehow … but in happy?

Super fun fancy and upbeat. Seems like it would be fun to get incredibly high to.

I have to score this from the heart. This album was such a huge part of my life from the time Loaded came out in 1990 through to being at Uni in the mid 90's and the album getting played at every house party very week, even 4-5 years after it was released.

Really dig this acid trip

This album has some odd parts, but it's kind of a vibe

Great album! Couple of absolute bangers.

A certified classic from the rave era. It reeks of ecstacy hugs. Songs have that pure coming up feeling and as the album winds down you'll find you do too. Best Tracks: Movin' On Up; Loaded; Damaged

I don't know. It's a tedious wait for its peak but it doesnt deliver. Some cool parts but not enough. Doesn't do it for me.

Hmm, ok. I could listen again but not gonna rush to get it on my playlist.

Some of this album is outstanding, creative and vibrant and some of it is repetitive and annoying. I guess that’s the drug experience. High highs and low lows

Not available on Apple Music

29th September 2023 Definitely the dates are out here, but listened to this around the 2nd October after the head wetting. Not what you’d except from Primal Scream, experimental with hints of Talking Heads.

Movin on Up and Loaded both simultaneously sound like Freedom '90 by Micheal Bolton. Bolton came out a year before this, so not saying stolen, but come on. If that's the "best" or what people listen to this album for, it doesn't bode well for the remainder which in my opinion blows.

Big wafty drug fest. Was enjoying it then got a bit bored.

Great party music! Worth the listen after never hearing them before!

Enjoyed a couple of songs

I was heading towards a 4 because the longer songs on the front half of the album kept my attention pretty well, or they were just danceable that I didn't notice the length. Some of the later tracks do have a length issue though, they just don't keep my attention enough. But overall this album is an interesting mix of indie and dance, songs like Slip Inside This House are just so funky I can't help but groove to it.

Best Song: Movin' on Up. This song prepared me for an album full of plucky, go-get-'em uplifting tracks. Unfortunately, this song is unlike anything else on the album. Worst Song: Don't Fight It, Feel It. That gym class whistle isn't doing anyone any favours. Just an obnoxious sample to repeat ad nauseum. Overall: A bit of a boring mix that mostly sounds like B-sides from the Rolling Stones.

Good vibes, crazy album art. Kinda dig it

Some of the acid house songs got a little long and boring, but there's lots of good stuff here.

From the beginning of Movin' on Up, I got almost a kind of Rolling Stones vibe (especially Mick Jagger from their lead singer). Third song and definitely not a fan of the techno, 80s/90s dance type style of music we've got going on here. Piano is p sick though. Wtf is inner flight, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be in a Disney movie. I do like the song with Terry Farley, good vibes all around. I think they should have recorded more songs with lyrics and music instead of just techno. Halfway through Damaged and I am already liking the B-Side. This album has been a rollercoaster. Beautiful vocals and guitar rips. Enter confusion.

Generic. Repetitive. Boring. Long.

This album has always intrigued me, although it's been a while since I listened. Its schizoid in the sense of having several genres bumping against one another, which can be fun, but the blending between them leaves sometime to be desired. It's quite funny the suddenness of the realization that, no this isn't a contemporary take on classic psych rock with soul and gospel influence that you find so much of in the countercultural era (think funkadelic a clear influence on the opening track) but that this is in fact more of a triphop or even trance esq project at it's core. Unfortunately even with all of the sonic exploration, about half of the tracks are honestly just mid, which is a shame because there's at least two that are bonidied 5/5s for me. I guess my opinion hasn't changed much over the years in this one, it's interesting and worth a listen but I'll probably find myself returning mostly to just a few select cuts. Rating: 3/5 FAVS: Movin On Up, Come Together, Loaded

Production et mixing impeccable, vraiment une très bonne exécution de ce côté. Mais le mélange de style n'est vraiment pas mon genre. Beaucoup de pièce très répétitive et qui n'apporte pas grand chose de les avoir sur 7 min ou 3 min. Les pièces plus "joyeuses" sonnent trop innofensives à mon goût et les plus tranquilles/mystérieuses sont trop ennuyeuses. L'album a une fin vraiment anticlimactique. 5/10

Very solid album. 3.5

Mielenkiintoinen! Koko ajan lajissaan hyvää, mutta toisaalta: mikä on tämän laji. Housea (vai dubia?), popia ja poprockia löytyy, jazziakin. Damaged on hyvä biisi. Sillisalaatti kyllä lopulta ja etenkin loppua kohden puudutti. Kansi on vaikuttava, ikoninen.

Jaah, taas pitäisi kai olla kiitollinen ajoittaisista kappaleista vain koska ne ovat kappaleita.

Very chill

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Deze mannen heb ik nooit begrepen. Klinkt best ok, maar er is ergens iets wat me zo tegenstaat dat ik er slecht naar kan luisteren

Wat een saai-igheid!

Heel apart en trippy om deze plaat te beluisteren. Maar kan nou niet echt zeggen dat ik er heel warm van werd.

Inmiddels een paar keer aan begonnen en elke keer vind ik het weer tegenvallen. Behalve het bekende nummer Loaded, wat dan weer geweldig is. Maar al met al kom ik niet verder dan 2 sterren.

Goed te hebben hoor. Ik zal wel de enige zijn, maar ik moest bij die stem soms denken aan Billy Corgan.

It’s fine, but nothing I particularly enjoy, or anything I’d seek out. It feels pretty laid back, which I didn’t see coming based on the name.

Very unique genre-bending album. I had never heard of this band, but it was cool.

Not for me!

Cool Indie rock/dance mix. A new fantastic thing when it came out, but not that magic any longer

The sound of the 90’s absolutely a classic album.

nothing on this album is as good as Movin' On Up, one of those things where you'd get an album based off one track and the rest of it was nowhere near as good.

I'd always assumed from the name that Primal Scream were a metal band, so never chose to listen to them  This is much easier to listen to than that, a nice mix of rock and dance mostly led by the dance beats, often drifting into psychedelia as per the title.  The dance/psychedelia bits work much better for me than the more guitar-led sections, which feel a bit overproduced (Damaged could quite easily be an album track on Be Here Now, the album where Oasis went wrong). Album as a whole suffers from that a little, plus again quite a few of the tracks are just too long for my tastes (given they're repeating the same beats over and over). 3/5.

I never got this one like some of their others, frankly.

Never heard of them in my life, and as the album went on I think I get why this didn't make it across the pond. This was a total mixed bag for me. Opposite experience to yesterday, I liked it less and less the longer it went on. I think it's supposed to mirror the journey of a night out on drugs. We get one pregame rock track, then a bunch of house stuff as you ride the high, and then you come down on low key ambient rock and dub tracks. I wish it worked for me but in general I feel like I saw the seams more than I felt like I experienced a cohesive idea and it felt more self-indulgent than adding substance. First track was nice. Kind of a Joe Cocker vibe, love a rock tune with a gospel choir. Interesting mix of influences overall - we've got house & psychedelia in the U2 inspired Slip Inside this House - band name makes sense. This certainly screams 90s - I could easily imagine any of the middle songs used as a needle drop in Zoolander or Bridget Jones' Diary. Third & fourth tracks specifically remind me of the odd, industrial/electric casio keyboard sound of the Goldeneye movie score. Overall feels dated to my ear, and as the record goes on I can't shake the feeling if I'd need to be high to get something out of it - as it is I got bored. Inner Flight kind of sucked, sounded like an unfinished demo. Would have liked to have heard the Beatles cover. Loaded sounds like someone just removed the vocal track from George Michael's Freedom '90 and added some old movie samples and a fuzzy guitar. Damaged didn't feel like much beyond a Stones rip off. Did not enjoy Shine Like Stars. I couldn't be bothered to listen to disc 2.

This was pretty good. I zoned out a bit listening to it because I was working but it got my attention a few times. Gonna go with a light 4.

I liked this more than I expected to. I preferred the songs that lean more toward power pop rock vs. club music. Favorites were Movin' on Up, Damaged and loaded. A couple of more tracks like those would have pushed up the score. Would like to give it a 3.5.

This was a pretty cool fusion of dance music and rock and roll. While this was far from the most exciting album I've ever heard (I could not really maintain my focus on it while listening) it had some very cool moments. The audacity of naming a song "Come Together" aside, that one had great dynamics and background vocals, and "Damaged" was a musical twist, sounding like it came off of a seventies Stones album, in the context of this album. I was not moved by this in any way, but it was interesting. I'm not sure how much of an "album" this is. The songs are pretty varied in their sound but at no point did I feel that the variety was too jarring. This felt more like an expertly curated sound collage.

Psychedelic background music… although it’s got some stand out moments that makes it passable

meh

BEST SONGS: -Higher than the sun -Shine like stars

First listen Saved 2/11 Top track: Movin' on Up

какое обманчивое название. особо не запомнила, только что очень длинно

Started interesting but quickly fell back into what I hate about Primal Scream. Too repetitive and not enough interesting going on to warrant it.

There's some truly great tracks in this album. Also some shonky ones. What this album did do, though, is make me want to listen to Utah Saints.

Album 97 of 1001 Screamadelica - Primal Scream Rating : 3 / 5 Favorite Track : Loaded Previously unfamiliar with this Scottish rock band. Listened as I waited on my car to be serviced and was a fine way to pass the time. Good songs. Nothing with too cute melodies that you would sing along to, but a fine album indeed.

I struggled with this one. I don’t think it had much to offer other than the two big singles, and one of them reminded me of the theme from The One Show. The rest of the album sounds like someone pissing about on a Casio keyboard. I hated it.

Bij het eerste nummer "Moving on Up" voelt het alsof we naar een album van "Rolling Stones" luisteren, maar het wordt al snel wat waziger. Ik houdt wel van de gekke geluidjes en electronische piepjes. Maar veel is ook wel heel apart.

3.5

Without the aid of pills or a dance club, Screamadelica was a energized and upbeat dance party that was better than expected. It started strong, with a surprisingly diverse collection of songs that kept me interested, but then it felt overly long with extended tracks that went on and on. It's hard to keep the energy up, but overall it was fun, without having to leave the comfort of my home.

A nice throwback to late 70s psychedelic.

Seminal album of the '90s

Like the Madchester

It's interesting how it rocks while emanating such energy and groove of electronic dance music. This is the most '90s album that I have heard for a while.

Probably would have enjoyed this more if I was Higher Than the Sun while listening

WAY too long and ultimately just boiled down to interesting background noise

This album didn't keep my attention. Before I knew it the album was over and I didn't really remember much of it because my brain just tuned it out for an hour.

A couple of the songs gave me Wham! vibes and those I liked. Otherwise I was bored and pictured someone making this in their basement.

Never listened to them, but this album is outstanding

i was expecting this to sound totally different based on the genre, album title, name of the band, everything, but it was actually really nice! i loved 'Inner Flight' and really like Come Together.

Beste i sin sjanger

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

This is an album that appears on this list. Of that I'm certain. Why? who knows. How? you got me. But it's here.

Nah, man

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

One of the greatest albums of all time. Pure acid house tinged joy. Andy Weatherall + Bobby Gillespie & co was a match made in heaven. Best listened to at 6am with friends after a big night out.

Not my cup of tea. I've never heard or seen this album referenced by anyone as an influence of some sort so it's surprising its even on this list.