Screamadelica

Tracks:

Movin' On Up
Slip Inside This House
Don't Fight It, Feel It
Higher Than The Sun
Inner Flight
Come Together
Loaded
Damaged
I'm Comin' Down
Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)
Shine Like Stars

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A watershed '90s release, Screamadelica was the most convincing marriage of overground rock and underground dance music yet. With one foot in Beggars Banquet-era Stones (the gospel-rock "Movin' on Up") and the other in the trippy soundscapes of rave culture (the Orb-produced "Higher Than the Sun"), Primal Scream caught the mind-blown euphoria of Ecstacy better than anyone. Frontman Bobby Gillespie had no singing voice to speak of, but his vision of cosmic hedonism made him a drugged-out Pied Piper for the acid tribes. From the incantatory anthems "Loaded" and "Come Together" to the sinister rendering of the 13th Floor Elevators' "Slip Inside This House," Screamadelica was a modern psych classic. --Barney Hoskyns

Customer Reviews:

more like Primal Whimper.......2007-05-02

my own fault for not researching it further, or at least listening to the tracks first. always wanted to check this band out, with a great name like that how bad could they be? sorry i asked. what a drippy, instantly-forgettable pile of mumbly drivel. psychedelic? omg hardly, unless you can trip on prozac and think jam bands are the coolest thing ever. I don't think i'll even re-sell it, it belongs in the trash.

if you aint got it get it........2005-12-05

Every track a gem.
this album came out in 1991. Every track still rides.

"Trip Inside This House as You Pass By".......2005-04-02

This cd is what movie goers would call a "cult classic". The music on it is so diverse that from one song to next doesn't even sound like the same cd, more like a compilation album with various artists. I too was introduced to Primal Scream through the Cindy Crawford workout video. I loved the music so much I found myself watching the video over and over just to hear the music. I was very dedicated to working out everyday for a year cuz of the music. When I saw the end credits I was shocked to find out that 90 percent of the music she used was infact by one band ... Primal Scream. So during driver's ed my class drove to the mall for a break. I hunted down Screamadelica and listened to it on the way back home by the end of the drive my classmates were also interested in it. I have Cindy Crawford to thank for my discovery. "Higher Than the Sun" ,"Loaded", "Don't Fight It Feel It" (the ultimate tummy crunch song, perfect title too) LOL and my personal favorite "Slip Inside This House" ...easilly one of my favorite songs of all time. Trip-hop, house, dance, whatever you wanna call it... I call it great! A classic in it's own right and definately underrated. Buy this album no matter what your into, it is a psychedelic trip into the 90's.

A truly remarkable album of confident sunny optimism............2005-03-30

Primal Scream are a band that move musically in so many different guises & Sounds, that If you became a fan of theirs, through a particular album, there's nothing to say that the next album is going to resemble the previous album, in any...way, shape or form. A band that reflect the musical landscape of the current time, and arguably take contemporary influences and ideas, and fashion albums that bookmark certain
periods in their career.

The year is 1991, and Britain is in the midst of a change in the current movement of music. "Dance Music" has become one of the more dominant sounds to have shaped Britain's music scene. And the majority of the music buying public has become enthralled by it, many acts producing the majority of the dance music, had discovered the drug "Ecstasy" years previous, and were, making scintillating fusions of acid, House, Techno & Alternative Dance. Primal Scream themselves had become no strangers to the Drug, and although their form of all-encompassing rock was extremely diverse, it wasn't truly representative of the explosion of Dance orientated music entering the charts. That's when the band hooked up with highly regarded Dance producer "Andy Weatherall", who'd worked on everything from: downbeat, Experimental techno, IDM, Acid, Dance. And would lend his considerable dance productions skills to embellish the album with a sunny-eyed optimism, and Hedonistic glow, (along with a helping of deep psychedelic / Exuberant arrangements).

"Movin' on Up", begins with a gospel-tinged soaring & joyous chorus, opening everything wide open and turning their previous sound of alternative dance-rock inside out by easing back on the rock dynamics, but not completely abandoning it, and fusing it with a effervescent exercise of modern dance sounds & imagination, with singer/frontman "Bobby Gillespie" singing plaintively "I've found what I'm looking for!!"...what exactly Gillespie has found isn't made entirely clear, (although it wouldn't take a genius to guess), and it's here that throughout the album a lot of the lyrical content can be open to more than one interpretation.

"Slip inside This House", locks 80's rave beats with a slightly psychedelic eastern guitar (possibly a "Sitar"), it's a highly imaginative fusion of two distinctly different sounds, and the influence on the production has "Andy Weatherall's" ideas stamped all over it. Something of a throwback to the days of Warehouse Raves, through a restrained slower melody, this is far more considered & slower paced than anything the band have previously attempted, over which Gillespie cryptically chants "Trip inside".

"Don't Fight It, Feel It" uses a reverberated bass, to elastic effect, over which the tune is stretched over, before the bassline is interupted, with female vocals, and prominent squelchy synths, take precedence, almost neo-psychedelic in approach, and such a monumental step forward for what the band is primarily known for, that it seems impossible to link this new sound, to anything the band have ever previously done. Interestingly the female vocals sing: "I want to Dance to the music, before getting High", alongisde minimal drum percussion, with the occasional euphoric looping keyboard bursts free, with surprising gusto.

"Higher Than the Sun", brings a spooky-ambience to begin with, with various sampled vocal wails, throwing the listener into (slight) confusion, before giving way to a slow horror-soundtrack inspired arrangement, that begins to gather pace, then disjointed beats with synth melodies soar & Conflict against each other, with Gillespie singing a ballad-like "Higher than the Sun" vocal. Layers of booming almost Breakbeat beats begin to take hold....a very unusual track by conventional song structure methods, but still arguably stunning.

The centrepiece track in-amongst this beautifully Euphoric rush of an album, is the breathtaking "Come Together", with a snippet of movie dialogue saying "It's a Beautiful Day", "We are Together", as church organs begin to swirl into the sound, mixed with synchronised hand-clapping (Possibly sampled from an actual Church congregation), and the minimal Drum Hi-Hat gaining momentum, before a gradually soaring arrangement of Dance Beats, begin to thump into action, driving the sound into a truly ambitiously soaked sound of Dance/Gospel Fusion......."Together as one" is the chanted message of the group of female voices singing in harmony, and it quite a breathtaking air of euphoria surrounding it, unquestionably one of the best tracks on the album.

"Loaded", another of the albums strongest tracks, opens with more snippets of movie dialogue, with the sample "We Wanna get loaded & have a good Time", showing the tracks statement of intent, and couldn't be more apt. Trumpet sections soar, minimal dance beats intertwine with everything, and shredding Guitars punctuate halfway through, being interspersed with more Clips of movie Dialogue saying "We Want to Be free, to do what we want to Do!!?", liberal use of backing female choruses, gives the track a level of unity & hedonism, that most conventional dance music couldn't possibly had to emulate....and to end the track with the sampled "We wanna get loaded, and have a good time", is a tremendous closer, for a truly stunning track.

To compare this albums against Primal Scream's previous albums is a redundant exercise, as it so out of step with what they've previously done before, that a reasonable judgement, becomes incredibly hard. This is such a brilliantly realised and produced album, that is such a monumental step forward for the band, that those that listen to it for the first time, will (initially) have difficulty believing it to be the same band. Even more astonishingly, is the fact that even though this was created around the time of the Dance music boom (in the U.K.) in the early 90's, it doesn't sound horribly dated, listening to it some 13+ years later (partly due to Andy Weatherall's incredible production). Few would argue, that this & XTRMNTR are the finest two albums Primal scream have ever made thus far, utterly essential.

Timeless... know what I mean?.......2005-03-01

Screamadelica was, is, and always will be one of those albums that changed the face of popular music. It is a record that wears its influences heavily on its second hand sleeves. Chicago House music, deep deep deep dub, raunchy blues, British techno, Northern Soul, jangley guitars, good night lullaby's and obscure cinematic references are all blended together to form an aural experience that still makes the listener feel like they are visiting another planet. True, it's a planet chemically loaded and ready for an endless night, but isn't that what you sometimes needs your music to do for you? Take you away from the reality of it all and strand you in some weird foreign land. Bobby Gillespie and his merry band of nutjob musicians have taken us to grungier and sonically odder places, but this is the record where all the real scream team lunacy begins. Almost a trip to the dark side of the moon. Take a big hit of this album, hold it in and pass out blissfully!

Dixie-Narco EP (4 song EP: Movin' On Up / Stone My Soul / Carry Me Home / Screamadelica)

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Dixie-Narco EP (4 song EP: Movin' On Up / Stone My Soul / Carry Me Home / Screamadelica)
Primal Scream
Manufacturer: Creation Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005663G

Higher Than The Sun (Primal Scream vs. The Orb) 5 track remix EP

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Higher Than The Sun (Primal Scream vs. The Orb) 5 track remix EP
Primal Scream
Manufacturer: Sire Records
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ASIN: B000QHDS0Q

Product Description

5 track remix EP released in 1991 by the great Primal Scream during the height of the "Screamadelia" psych-acid-house-rock days. The performance and production credits reads like a who's-who of the UK hip electronic/dance music scene at the time: Produced by The Orb (Dr Alex Patterson and Thrash) and Boys Own (Andrew Weatherall & Hugo Nicholson) and featuring bass from Public Image Limited's Jah Wobble. Brilliant, loopy, psychedelic chillout bliss. TRACKLISTING: 1. Higher Than The Sun (Single Mix), 2. Higher Than The Sun (Full Length), 3. Higher Than The Sun (American Spring Mix by Boys Own Productions), 4. Higher Than The Orb, 5. Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts - Featuring Jah Wobble). Comes in digipak case with white insert tray.

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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
Manufacturer: Creation
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Movin' On Up / You're Just Too Dark To Care / Don't Fight It Feel It (REMIXES) 6 track EP

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Movin' On Up / You're Just Too Dark To Care / Don't Fight It Feel It (REMIXES) 6 track EP
Primal Scream
Manufacturer: Sire/Warner Bros.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000QHOPGC

Product Description

1991 EP release from the great Primal Scream. The "Movin' On Up" EP features production from Jimmy Miller (Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street") as well as stellar remixes of "Don't Fight It, Feel It" by Andrew Weatherall and Hugo Nicholson of Boys Own Productions. TRACKLISTING: 1. Movin' On Up (Single Version), 2. Don't Fight It Feel It (Single Mix), 3. Don't Fight It Feel It (Whistling Mix), 4. You're Just Too Dark To Care, 5. Don't Fight It Feel It (Scat Mix), 6. Don't Fight It Feel It (Remix by Graham Massey). The final remix, track 6, is the best one and features a cool nod to The Beatles song "Hey Bulldog". Comes in digipak case.

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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007LVBQ
Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

Movin On Up
Slip Inside This House
Dont Fight It Feel It
Higher Than The Sun
Inner Flight
Come Together
Loaded
Damaged
Im Comin Down
Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)
Shine Like Stars

Album Description

2002 reissue of 1991 album, packaged in a digipak. Sony.

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