Screamadelica

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.

Its not bad Just not my jam 2.5

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

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

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.

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

🤷 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.

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

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.

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

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.

Ok

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Enjoyed a couple of songs

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

meh

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

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.

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

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.

very groovy and funky. not my usual genre but i did enjoy it. i think my favourite track was "Movin' on up" which is the opening track (track one) it was a great opener and really set the mood of the album.

Man I love this cover that sun guy just looks really friendly and really just draws you in like whatever is hiding behind this cover has to be seen just so you can enjoy such an amazing art piece

Raar album, begrijp op zich dat het toen cool was, maar doet me niet zoveel.

I liked "Loaded" - it feels like I've heard this sampled in a bunch of other mixes and albums. I still don't feel like any of this makes it to my playlist, so 2 stars.

This is all over the place. There were hints of sounds I enjoyed but overall it’s not for me.

It was odd. At points a jam band and others more techno. I felt incongruous.

It's pretty bad but it's not unlistenably bad.

Honestly not that great. It starts out pretty poor IMO, with some songs I hope to never hear again. The back half is a little more listenable for me, but I still did not find this enjoyable to listen to.

Never quite understood the appeal of Primal Scream. It is all just so average. 2.5/5

This isn’t anything I really need to listen to ever again. Not my genre.

Could’ve been good, but boring. Not as good as they come off.

Too repetitive, and the instrumental parts did not evolve in a meaningful way. I would be slightly intrigued by what they were introducing, but I didn’t feel like it developed, so I lost interest

Yawn....

Enjoyed first couple of songs. Then don't fight it, feel it happened. What an awful song. Higher than the sun was good. Inner flight was a bit boring, but made me think of a song that would play in a video game. Nice background music. Come together was catchy, but probably 5 minutes too long. Loaded was kind of funny? Definitely 5-6 minutes too long. Damaged came out of nowhere. Was unlike most other songs. Very early 90s. I'm coming down was 6 minutes that could have been 30 seconds with the same result. This last line sums up the last three songs. Overall, didn't hate it. Not for me though.

This is music for a very specific subset of white people. In another life I could have been that, but alas I am not in this one. So I thought it wasn’t the best. Due to the difference in all the songs it seems like all members had their own input/preferences, interesting they could collaborate in this way if that’s the case. Inner flight 0:50 - 2:00 sounds like it could be the theme music in a Final Fantasy 7-10 cave though so that was cool.

There's some fun jam bits in most of the tracks but it overstays its welcome without switching it up. Songs don't really go anywhere.

This album starts off with a bang with Movin' on Up, a very fun and upbeat track. The song is well put together, entertaining, and ends before it gets old. The same cannot be said for most of the rest of the album. The second track makes you think ok maybe they're actually going for a psychedelicy atmospheric sound and it's pretty ok. By the third track you are realizing there's no point in figuring out what they're going for because they're just making random stuff, some of which is garbage. I might hear that synth whistle in my nightmares for the next while. The hallmark of this album is that most songs are about 2-3 minutes of actually pretty good content stretched out into 6 or more minutes. I noticed that in the UK release of the album Come Together was actually 2.5 minutes LONGER, which is insanity. Loaded would be an actually fantastic track if they cut it in half. It spends a lot of time building the sound up with 4-8 bar repeats, adding a new instrument or piece of the sound each time. Ramping through the sound changes much more swiftly would drastically improve the pace of the track, either by changing every 2 bars, or else by adding two sounds instead of just one each cycle. It has a jam feel that is kind of appealing when listening to a snapshot, but is a bit much over 7 minutes. If you skip around in most of the tracks of this album, I find that I enjoy the music a lot. The problem is that much of the songs outlast their welcome so listening to the whole album is quite tedious. Not to mention track 3, which is by far the worst thing on this album and nearly justifies burning this album in a fire.

Favorites -Movin' on Up -Shine Like Stars

Meh.

ok i will listen to it

It started out and I think this was gonna be a Rolling Stones inspired retro classic rock thing and then it got progressively more electronic and experimental. I definitely prefer the more sampled sound. The guys voice got annoying after a while. Favorite song was probably I’m Coming Down. Least favorites were Damaged and Come Together. Seems different from a lot of the early 90’s rock bands and was probably a new exciting sound and cooler back then but not sure if it holds up. Tough one to rate 2.5- 3? I liked it more than some of the other stuff I rated 2.

There are some ok moments but honestly what’s the point? This sounds like hotel lobby music

Not my favorite. Some of it sounds like George Michaels wanna be. House music was cool at times but just hard to listen as anything but background music.

Alku oli lupaava, mutta meno hiipui varsin nopeasti. Ihan OK ja kerran levy ympäri riitti tätä, kiitos.

Liian pitkä tuollaista ollakseen yli 2*

2/5. I don’t know honestly. It’s good but I’m not going to listen to it again. It just didn’t hit. Wish I had a better reason. Bopping head throughout but not anything that feels down my alley.

Mehh

Not for me

Very confused. Wasn't sure what this was trying to be, but it's definitely not rock. At first I was thinking christian rock, then dance? then more christian vibes. Super weird. And definitely too long for what it is... By the last two songs, I was really tired of the whiney voice of the singer. Saved tracks: Slip Inside This House, Higher Than the Sun

Mostly boring.

Not bad, one good song. Bit repetitve.

It was fine. Nothing stood out to me & it’s quite unmemorable. 2 1/2 stars if I could.

WTF. I can't give this one star because I liked the first song but it's really close. Everything on this album was awful. Just a sprawling mess.

Thought there would be way more screaming. This album is VERY long and not my deal but Movin on up is a hit….

Fave tracks: Movin’ on up, higher than the sun, damaged,shine like stars fine background music 2/5

What a bunch of nothing. How can you have a 60 minute long album without a single cool or interesting idea? All the songs sound like loading screen music and, most definitely, do not include any primal screams. Seriously, this shit is softer than a baby's kneecaps. I like the album cover though. It's such a silly little guy.

2.5

Bof

It had been a while since we had any songs from the soundtrack to GTA: San Andreas, so it was a pleasure to listen to 'Movin' On Up' for the first time in a while. What a great track. If only the rest of the record was like this. But it is not. The few times I have revisited this very 90's effort from Primal Scream I always end up feeling that it is very much a chore to get through this acid house inspired marathon record. I realize that it's only an hour long, but it feels like an eternity. Besides straight up boring stuff like 'Inner Flight', a lot of the tracks simply cannot keep me interested for their entire runtime (looking at you 'Come Together'). The number one drug anthem 'Loaded' just might be the exception to this, and there are other nice parts like 'Higher than the Sun', but in totality this is a record that just doesn't work for me.

Arguably one of the most 90’s-sounding records ever. I’ve tried to get through Screamadelica earlier but never made it in one sitting. I’ve always opted out at some point. Now is the chance for Primal Scream to live up to the hype. First of all - this actually contains more elements that I was genuinely interesting in and wanted more of. “Movin’ On Up”, “Higher Than the Sun” (the The Orb mix, that is) and Loaded are all great. And there are ideas of pure genius spread across most tracks from the kaleidoscopic track list. The unfortunate part? The band rarely manages to catch their own ideas as they come flying towards them. Releasing an album as a remix album from the get go? Interesting. Does it work? No. A great deal of songs greatly surpassing the 6 minute mark? Not when it includes the ridiculous “Come Together”. But at least I’m able to dance and throw a party to this 62 minute acid dance album, right? Once again the answer will disappoint you.

Era defining, ground breaking, manufactured indi pop which now sounds like a couple of good songs and a load of filler. Diminished greatly in retrospect.

This album came out the same year I was born! I like to think I've aged better.

movin on up - 5 slip inside this house - 4 don’t fight it feel it - 4 higher than the sun - 4 inner flight - 5 come together - 3 loaded - 4 damaged - 5 i’m coming down - 3 shine like stars - 3

A lot of weird sounds used. The best songs were Movin On Up and Loaded

Started listening and then skipped through towards the end. Could not get into this. Reminds me of anything else that could've come out of England around that time and it's just not my jam.

Kein akustischer Totalausfall, klingt allerdings wie zig andere Platten in den Neunzigern auch geklungen haben und dabei wahrlich nicht besonders inspiriert. Ist zu lang und die einzelnen Songs sind auch zu lang.

Je n'ai pas du tout accroché, pas mon genre. J'ai trouvé les chansons longues

It just wasn’t really my deal. Couldn’t connect with it

A somewhat long and drawn out album that really seemed like a mess of styles and rhythms. It was confusing listening to this album as it didn’t have any real structure or similar sounds. I thought some songs were ok but several others were not worth listening. 4.3/10

I don’t understand the unbridled love for this album. Interesting for 1991; I don’t feel it holds up. It definitely sounds like I’ve not dropped enough E to fully appreciate the atmospheric soundscapes.

I dont like "techno" or whatever style this is best described as. I was somewhat surprised this was from early 90s, I thought the genre was more a late 90s thing. So props for being one of the originators (of something I dislike).

Okay songs but did not enjoy any in particular

Not a big fan. Just very dated electronica with some singing. 5/10.

A couple of good songs but not a fan on the whole.

Second album from these guys -- and I think if someone made a mix of my favorite songs from their albums I would probably like it. But this album overall was tough to get through. So I'll give it 2 stars since there were some songs I enjoyed but also because I sighed when I came back to my computer and remembered I wasn't done with it yet

I got excited during tracks 1 and 2, and then was thoroughly bored for the next 50 minutes. It’s painful when s as seven minute song never goes anywhere, and much worse when they’re lined up one after another.

Every single track is too long. Not my jam. (previously listened)

I never thought I knew Primal Scream until I heard the song Movin' On Up, which I was familiar with. I am having a hard time figuring out what genre of music they should be catagorized in, because their music is such a mash up of different styles. Certainly the common denominator in all their songs is an electronic/pop/house music style which is heavy with sampling and beat loops. Their songs are also interlaced with rock/psychedelic/gospel/jazz/funk... and the list goes on. Some of this experimentation and mixing doesn't hit for me (space type beeps and bops/irritating synth notes etc.), however there are a few beautiful songs on this album. I found that a few songs went on in an infinite loop for too long and I lost focus. This is the kind of album that would be great playing in the background at a house party, or when you are high as a kite. Favourite songs: Movin' On Up, Come Together (instills feelings of hope and unity in me when I listen to it), Loaded, Damaged Least favourite songs: "Don't Fight It, Feel It", Inner Flight, Higher Than the Sun, Shine Like Stars Additional note: the version of the album I listened to on Spotify contained a few bonus tracks: Stone My Soul, Carry Me Home, and Screamadelica. These additional tracks were not bad, all of which had a slower, more intimate feel to them. 2/5

Who are these early nineties albums for? All the expression of a stale saltine.

Some fun songs, but not really for me.

T3B 1. Loaded 2. Slip Inside This House 3. Movin’ on Up

Very famous first song. Incredibly important album at the time but not so compelling to listen to now.

Really liked the first song then it progressively got weirder, just not my thing

ikkje for meg

Primal Scream is by far the worst thing I’ve had to subject myself to during this journey. That said, this wasn’t as awful as Vanishing Point, but it’s not much better. The first half of the album was better. I didn’t even mind some of the songs. But by the second half, they were wearing out their welcome and it dragged. Please tell me this is the last Primal Scream album I’ll have to listen to? I cannot understand what anyone sees in this music. The highlight of this album is the cute little sun/plankton blob thing on the cover art.

I’m not at a British rave 30 years ago. If I was, then maybe this would be exciting, new, or revolutionary. Maybe. Hard to put it into perspective that far from the muddy aftermath of some boozed out, soon to be meth head’s first rave.

2/3

A dose of whatever you enjoy probably makes the repetitive songs more enjoyable. Also used the same sample as Mudhoney for Loaded but made it a song. Of the moment at the time.

This album got instantly better when it went ended and Tricky came on instead.

J'ai souvent vu cette pochette. Je ne m'attendais pas à ce style en écoutant l'album. Ça sonne vraiment très dance 90's (voir Acid House ici). C'est pas mauvais, mais je commençais à trouver un peu long. J'ai probablement déjà entendu Movin' on Up. Content de l'avoir écouté, mais ce n'est pas un disque que je vais chercher à avoir.

2/5 not enough

Al escucharlo uno puede entender lo influyente que fue durante todos los 90. Me imagino que alguien que ven[ia saliendo de los 80, del hair metal y del pop de sintetizadores tiene que haber pensado que estos sonidos eran del futuro, algo desconocido y a la vez familiar. En cualquier caso, no me gust[o, salvo Loaded, que me suena familiar, pero nunca podr[ia haber relacionado con este album o este grupo.

Immediately recognized the opening notes of "Movin' On Up" - what a throwback. It's a good song, head-bopper, nothing amazing or revolutionary just...listenable. Which sort of applies to every song on the album. Probably why the name of the band/song didn't immediately make me remember anything because it all sort of blends into that very early 90s dance-rock sound ... I was feeling good about this album about halfway through and then realized...I could have started this album at any point and felt the same at any 3 or 4 minute segment. Just....fine. Is that just the definition of average? (also the 2nd half of laconic trippy repetition started putting me to sleep which made the downgrade to 2 easier) 5/10 2 stars.

Decent enough

Never understood the hype around this one, still don't.

There are a few nice ideas here and there, but overall it was boring. Screamadelica doesn't made me feel anything. Sorry. :(

This is neither primal nor a scream. It's also not very interesting. Best track: Movin' on Up

No me gusta mucho

This early 90s acid house / rave party sound has really outlived its welcome. Really uninspired, boring and most notably a very dated sound. If I never hear another record sounding like this before I die I would be a very happy man.

The roots of what made "the sound" of the nineties are all here. Credit where due, Primal Scream did it earlier than almost everyone else. But almost everyone else did it better than Primal Scream. "Screamadelica" never really finds its feet. Most of the tracks are 2-3 minutes longer than they need to be and the album bounces around between rock and pop with an odd ballad and electronic dance track thrown in here and there. None of it really works. Every track feels like the band got about 80% of the way there and then they just gave up and called it good enough. But it's not really good enough, is it? It's just... disappointing.

Not really my type. They put a good sound together, and the production and general quality that they bring to the feel of the music is good, but just not for me.

Definitely the favorite album of a white college student with dreds and black light posters in his dorm in the '90s.

Hi- Movin' On Up, Damaged Movin' On Up reminds me of Kula Shaker or some kind of bluesy, indie-rock jam, I was pretty into it. But then things take a 180 and the rest of the album is some kind of acid-house, ambient-electronic world music akin to Passion Pit...but then I am reminded this is 1991, and these kinds of sounds were just emerging. Depending on how you look at it, it's all very chill if not a bit drawn out, and maybe because of this I didn't feel like any of tracks stood out. Damaged returns to its bluesy folk rock, and is quite nice, but then we're back to frankly boring electronic for the rest of the album.

What a let-down. The first track is quite a catchy song. Then it just goes on with that repititious music that is only bearable if you're taking pills, grinding your teeth, and drinking a truckload of water. I can understand people jumping up and down to this crap, but would you buy the album?

I don't get the appeal of this album. Low rent Rolling Stones knockoff mixed with cheesy, dated early 90s house music. It probably sounded cutting edge at the time, but it hasn't aged well at all.

Less than 12 hours ago I listened this. I listened with all my heart and my full attention. I have forgotten it entirely. I like the cover though.

-This is some cool feel-good dance-y psychedelia -I don't necessarily love the feel-good type of psychedelic music, but it is good for a certain mood. -These songs feel like they're made for raves rather than listening in your home, which makes it a little harder to get into at my home office.

Alright. Probably would have enjoyed it more if some of the songs were a bit shorter.

First song was good. The rest was not for me

I get why people like this but I don't really think it's my thing. It's fine though.

Gekonnt lab grown music: Mischung aus spaßigen Songs und gähnender Leere.

Some gems on there but as an album wasn’t my favourite

Some good songs but overall not an enjoyable album

Generally quite an annoying listen

This had a few good songs but the electronic aspects bored me.

The production is really great, bit outside of that and two songs this really did not do anything for me. Decent. 2.5/5

I listened to this album a few times and it's just not taking at all. It's not bad, it's just not clicking. One thought that kept hitting me is that the album is all over the place...I couldn't get a sense of what this album was supposed to be. Definitely didn't need to hear this before I die. Moving on.

Pretty meh. Highlights: Loaded, moving on up

Electrónica. Dance. Aburrido. Monótono. Mala evolución la de este grupo...

Interesting for sure. The 90s vibe is good, but the lead singer sounds like Justin Roiland though so

Just not the sound for me and the long runtime really doesn’t help.

Nope.

Not my cup of tea.

Primal Scream's third album drew inspiration from the new house music scene of the 90's, so instead of indie rock in this album it's mostly alternative rock/dance with a dash of psychedelic rock. Some of the band's earlier work was remixed to have a more "dancey" vibe in this album. The change was warmly welcomed by fans and critics, making this album popular and eventually selling 3 million copies worldwide. I liked the experimental sound of house music and psychedelic rock coming together in this album, and wish there was more music like this to be discovered. What a beautiful album from the glorious 90's!

🤷‍♂️😕 Meh

I didn't hate the album but I wanted it to be over before it was over. The music is kind of like house music but not full on EDM.

Not for me but I get it

This combines some funk and the Rolling Stones...and the bad parts of each. Pass.

Disappointed when I saw the album cover, but I gave it a chance. After listening it's clear that it's just more crap undeserving of this list. Clearly chosen because of the British bias of the list-makers. First track was fine. The rest was annoying garbage.

Second Listen. Gave it 1/5 first time. The one song I liked was "Damaged". A couple of the songs are really annoying (Don't Fight It, Feel It), but there are a couple of good songs: Damaged. Loaded. Movin' On Up. Shine Like Stars. I definitely enjoyed it more this time, but still just 2/5 2/5

This has some nice moments that sort of waft in and out throughout the album but mostly it just sounds dated in an awkward way to me. If you give it enough time I'm sure it'll come back into vogue aesthetically at some point. One thing that will always hold it back though, like any good CD era album, is that it drags on a few songs too long.

Oof, this is 90s as hell... in a bad way. So sugar-coated, so summer. I can't listen anymore. It's competent in what it is doing, but that's my problem with it. 1.5 to 2.

boring, slow, long, no point in it

No, this did not work for me at all. Thanks to Andrew Weatherall's input it has some good moments, but that does not make up for the rest. Particularly disliked the rather whining vocals which ruined many of the songs.

Weiterhin bleibt sie mir etwas unerklärlich blass diese popkulturelle Aureole. Die vermeintlich „ravigen“ Songs raven nicht wirklich, die Band bleibt relativ unsichtbar und ihre erkennbaren Songs dementsprechend. Aus Warte eines Anfang 20-jährigen der dem Pathos von The Verve verfallen war ganz stimmige Worte. Aus heutiger Sicht bin ich ehrlich enttäuscht, dem nicht wirklich mehr hinzufügen zu können. *blowingraspberries 2.2

Not my favorite

I’ve tried to get into this album many times before. Some real nice tracks in there but it just doesn’t punch into me in the way so many claim it should. Let this be the last time I ever attempt to like Primal Scream. Heard it here first world.

A rock band tries to make an EDM album. It’s not completely unlistenable.

Every single track is too long. Not my jam.

This was very polarizing for me. I really liked a couple of tracks and really didn't like the rest.

2.5 stars

better than I expected but still pretty meh. its pop/instumentals as opposed to like metal 2.5

It doesn't sound bad and is totally fine for background music. But I find it absolutely uninteresting. Just goes in one ear, comes out the other, nothing remains of it in my mind.

opener is instantly recognizable I can hear the drugs clearer than the future influence to daft punk and others 2 - not for me but doesn't hurt my ears. 3 - decent, could stick on again 2 today but could be a 3 tomorrow

I don't think I've listened too or thought that much about these guys since the 1990s. They did put together a pretty nice formula, with bits of house, trance, but also funk and psychedelic sounds, very catchy stuff over all. Somehow I also think of Jesus Jones when listening to them - the edge between rock/pop and electronic music seems a bit blurred with both of them. Overall, it's fun to revisit this and it could be an interesting surprise to have a track come on at a party or something, but not really something I want to listen to a whole album of, and not something I'd consider really essential listening.

Pretty eh. The first song brought me in, but from there each song becomes less distinct, and less enjoyable.

Find ich keinen Zugang. Und für LSD hab ich keine Zeit…

Шотландский рок. В подростковое время зашел бы лучше, сейчас уже вкус более изысканный (да-да, я парижский мусье, шуток решительно зеро)

Me recordó a George Michael de los 90, pero es un disco que tiene canciones alegres o lentas. Olvidable.

Not a huge fan of this house music style, pretty repetitive. Definitely not what I was expecting at all. Do like the cover, however

4. First song was pretty good, but really nothing to write home about after that, and it was quite long.

Un po' troppo elettrico...

meh im not really into house. dear god this is aggressively 90s. Come Together aggressively wears out its welcome after about minute 5. Damaged has the worst vocalist ever. guy isnt even close to in tune. These songs are forever long, especially if there isnt something that grabs you. totally over self indulgent in its sound. jesus thank god thats over

Only listened to a couple songs... Its fine

In fairness to the album, not all of the songs were available for streaming. Despite that, I wasn’t a huge fan of the material. Some decent music but overall not my cup of tea.

- i listened to this last summer mowing the lawn, and like it a lot - "inner flight" could go - there are some really great songs and some really boring ones ("i'm coming down") - straight up skipped through the last two songs - just listen to like the first 2 or 3 and then that can be it.

club music

ouvir com mais afinco depois...

weird sound, interesting but not very catchy and hard to get into

Lots of sounds different instruments used, very early 90s sounding. Album peaked the first song which is a great track. Others following were just ok some a little annoying

Some cool tunes with the horns

Wasn't a fan of these back in the day and I'm still not sure about them.

The album does a good job of presenting itself as it lives: a drug-fueled haze. Initial impression was "bad U2 rip-off", but after the first song I was more into it. But it's pretty repetitive (by design, I imagine), and I'm just not the right person to completely enjoy this. If I was high and felt like dancing, I'd be all about it.. Favorite track: "Don't Fight It, Feel It"

I didn't like this one.

Not really my type of music but I can appreciate the craft. Rating: 3/10

Outdated absolute no good

I - I thought there would be more screaming. I don't like it and I'm not looking forward to the next hour. Finishing each song feels like an achievement. I audibly groaned when I saw the next one had ten minutes. Every time you think surely, surely it's nearly done it just keeps going, the same damn thing again this is exhausting. Maybe I just have no taste, and honestly I'm fine with that. Damaged was more tolerable than the rest. Thats over with and thank god.

I have never heard the album. I know the band's name. I don't particularly like what I'm listening to right now.

Way too long

엄청 몽환적이고 낯선 노래였다. 내 스타일은 아닌 거 같다 ㅠ 생각보다 다 듣기 쉽지 않았다. It was a very dreamy and unfamiliar song. I don't think it's my style. It wasn't as easy to listen to as I thought.

Just awful. Overlong, uninteresting hippie jams and remixes that go on and on and don't go anywhere. Had to force myself to even finish it once.

1 - not for me

Too psychedelic for me

Honestly hated it. Managed 4 overlong tracks before I gave up. How this band later did a banger like Country Girl I have no idea.

Gear: Grado Hemp Artwork: 🌞👀🖍️ Production: 🎧🤨🆗 Music: \(”˚☐˚)/ Rating: 😱/5

p674. 1991. 1 star. Starts of with an absolute banger and then descends rapidly into dodgy early 90s synth wankage and multiple 6+ minutes tracks, including a 10+ minute monstrosity. It's like punk never happened. Hugely disappointing.

this was so bad

1. up - 1.5 2. houze - 1 3. fight - 1 4. zun - 1.5 5. flight - 1 6. 7. loaded - 1.5 8. damaged - 2 9. douun - 1.5 10. higher - 0 11. zhine - 1.5

פאק יו הם חסמו את האלבום בישראל

I guess I can see why it was influential but dnf

Rubbish

Not for me. 1/5

Nice album

Mon dieu c'était - long - pas très bon - un bloubiboulga de genre mal effectués 1.5+/5

Thais album was not what I expected! However, it wasn’t really my style.

I gave up by track 6. Some of the most boring music I've ever listened to

5 albums to go! ...*opens Suno AI. Uses "boring garbage" as reference. Generates more interesting music than this*

Literally only 2 listenable songs

When they go piano heavy, they remind me of George Michael. And that's the best of their stuff. Way too many long instrumentals where nothing changes and nothing happens. Why does a band called Primal Scream make such milquetoast music?

Worse than hitler. Minus five stars

Yeah this just sounded exactly like the album I got yesterday but in a major key instead of a minor key. It’s so embarrassing that British club kid music sounded like stuff you’d hear in the sweater section of H&M.

Its that part of the 90's that didn't let go of the 80's

Too repetitive for me.

Nothing was what I expected. Then each song was weirder than the last.

This subhuman garbage possesses the world's most punchable face. I'd rather listen to a proper Andrew Weatherall album.

There are some possibly decent songs hiding under all the EDM crap. Did they ever make a version without it? Nope... oh well, <plonk> I was going to give it a generous 2/5 but actually, I'll take another one off for loss of potential. I hate this. 1/5.

Found it incredibly dull

Not really my music, for me it was to repetitive in the long tracks

Una canzone e mezza carina, il resto abbastanza insopportabile

Nothing that I’d be compelled to return to. A lot of the UK albums that UK publications and critics seem to think are groundbreaking and artistically impressive are some of the most boring pretentious crap I’ve ever heard.

Just because this has the occasional guitar riff doesn't mean it's not shitty 90s club music. What a waste of an objectively badass band name.

Not sure. Not enjoyable

First track good, rest of it sounded like piped music in a bowling alley

I hate this album lol

A couple decent songs, like the opening track and “Damaged”, but the rest just feel like half-finished concepts over shitty drum loops.

I'd only heard the song "Rocks" by the band before, and this album is far away from that song. Except for the Mick Jagger influenced vocals that appear throughout. The songs are super long and super repetitive and I hated every second of it.

made my mind go numb

What a trash album. Every song was boring and went on for like 6 minutes.

Bleh, it's boring and honestly kinda grating to listen to.

Kann ich nichts damit anfangen! Mist!

Mye rart

Meh

1 song. One

It was good while I was pulling out the weeds. When I was done I rated the album a 1.

the only thing I like is the album cover 'nough said

I thought this was going to be a bad Rolling Stones wanna-be, but then it switched to extremely repetitive spacey party music and back. The first song was half decent, but that’s it. Not the worst 1/5 I’ve given, but still bored me to tears.

I don’t know anything about Primal Scream. But, given the name of the band, I did not expect this. I expected, well, screaming. I’m glad that’s not what I heard. However, I still didn’t like the album.

This felt like background music to a video you'd find on Youtube while tripping or something. 2/10

I like the first song, Movin’ On Up, on Primal Scream’s album Screamadelica. Nothing else. This is a 1 rating. 1/5

How can a band named Primal Scream release an album named Screamadelica, and not include any screaming? This was disappointingly tame, even with a mashup of genres. Honestly, some of the songs were alright, but nothing grabbed my attention and the neo-psychedelic parts were kind of underwhelming.

This started off with a kind of fun pop anthem. It then devolved into a lot of shitty acid house inflected Brit Pop. Boooooooo!

Nope, not for me. Couldn't get through it. Boring

I’m so good on this.

Not worth listening to. Some of the instrument choices were interesting/cool. The musicianship wasn't very good, and I didn't like the singer's voice. The instrumental parts made for interesting background music, but that's about all the album really had to offer. Favorite Song(s): Movin' On Up, Loaded

J'avais déjà entendu un des premiers albums de PS, mais j'avais été déçu. Dans mon souvenir c'était un album de rock très mou, rien de 'Primal' et aucun 'Scream'. Screamadelica est encore pire. Les morceaux sont monotones, parfois très longs. Profondément ennuyeux. A partir de "Come Together" (10 mn interminables) j'ai sauté d'un morceau à l'autre pour finir plus vite. Même le chorus de sax plutôt réussi de I'm Comin' Down ne parvient pas à me faire remonter la note. =>1/5

no

A band named primal scream that isn’t punk? This is just generic 90s garbage techno.

I fucking hated this album. WTF? Psychedelic, dance, ambient, happy bullshit. Movin on up! Couldn’t be further down my list!

I tried listening to this album three different times, because I wanted to give it a fair shake and thought maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for it. Three days, three tries, zero listens. Whatever it is that is in this album, I can’t say, all I can say is it bounces off me entirely and this is the first album I didn’t complete

The closest I got to Rave music was raiding warehouses and even moorlands in the Constabularies pursuit of illegal gatherings and all the associated naughtiness. I wasn’t therefore very popular amongst the Rave community. I therefore cannot condone anything to do with the Rave scene even if I found this album remotely good or entertaining - which I don’t. Well aware that I am a hypocrite as most of the music I like has drug connections but at least the music is good to my dope free ears. 1/5 15/6/24

fuck i hate this

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.

Mostly this is a pile of shit

The music style isn’t for me.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Great opening track but couldn’t finish it

Not available on Apple Music

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.

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

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

Not for me!

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

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.

I hated the other Primal Scream album and I feel the same way about this one. Please, no more Primal Scream.

I was feeling fairly optimistic after the first song... all downhill from there. Not into this at all.

Fuck this band 1/5

Did not enjoy. Album dragged for eternity. Felt like a playlist rather than an album. Not a well thought out playlist though. Band covered 10 genres in 11 songs

'Come Together' begins a sample of Jesse Jackson's speech from the WattStax concert of 1972. On this album is sounds like a simple exhortation of unity. In reality, it was a call specifically around Black unity and Black consciousness. But of course, all that tricky political stuff is entirely denuded by Primal Scream. I feel that this example sums up this unsatisfying melange of meandering soundscapes and signifiers so divorced from their sources that they float away into nothingness. Highly satisfactory, utterly boring and shorn of any context, revolutionary or otherwise. Fuck this noise.

I got about three songs in and Apple Music stopped working completely and has yet to recover, even after signing out of my account and signing back in. It does not want me to listen to this album. As such, I think the universe is trying to tell me something. To which I say to the universe: fucking THANK YOU! Because those three songs were not good. Unfortunately, I did want to copy and past the blurb about this album that's on Apple Music, but won't be able to word for word. But it was freaking hysterical. Literally used the words "blew the minds of a collective generation" in some form or another. Hahaha! I don't know a soul from ANY generation who has ever said a word about this album. Except the author of this list.

This is so irrelevant. It makes you wish samplers never existed. A boring collection of one-bar loops and ugly synth sounds in a frivolous neo-hippie pseudo psychedelic revival

Dreadful. Lots of people liked this at the time, but they were mostly on drugs, which is really the only way to get through this tedium.

-7/10. The worst album in the history of music. If I could give it less stars I would

The best thing I can say is boring and indulgent.

This represents everything that I hate of the 90s. Can't believe I tormented myself with this one.

nope

Too long

Ik moest mezelf forceren om het album niet af te zetten. Iets te zweverig naar mijn mening

First Listen. Nothing special here. One good song. One. The rest seemed just blah to me. I'll give it another chance someday but for now, 1/5

Album art: 1

A mix of techno and almost world music. Honestly just waited for the album to end

no into this album

Its just not my jam.

Shite.

Not a fan!!

Siempre se me han atragantado, y mira que lo he intentado veces.

Shit. Only giving it 1 because Booby Gillespie would yell at me for not rating