Evil Heat [Import]

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Album Description
Japanese edition of 2002 album includes one Japanese only bonus track, 'Substance D'.

Tracks:

Deep Hit Of Morning Sun
Miss Lucifer
Autobahn 66
Detroit
Rise
The Lord Is My Shotgun
Skull X
City
A Scanner Darkly
Space Blues No. 2

Album Description

Import pressing of their 2002 album long out-of-print in the US. Sexually charged electro rock 'n roll blasting from your speakers at a million miles an hour, the album features the singles 'Autobahn 66' and 'Miss Lucifier'. Sony.

Album Details

Features Guests Andy Weatherall, Kevin Shields and Kate Moss.

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Manchester style fuzzy beats for the 21st century
EV IL GENIUS
A Sexy Rush of Dance, Decadence, and R&R
Lucifer
more like "Somewhat Threatening Warmth"

Evil Heat (with Bonus DVD)
Primal Scream
Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD

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XTRMNTR
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Give Out But Don't Give Up

ASIN: B00007E8SU
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

Deep Hit Of Morning Sun
Miss Lucifer
Autobahn 66
Detroit
Rise
The Lord Is My Shotgun
City
Some Velvet Morning
Skull X
A Scanner Darkly
Space Blues Number 2

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On their new album, Evil Heat, Primal Scream set out to streamline the massive sound of 2000's superb Xtrmntr and to combine raw, sexually charged electro with raw, sexually charged rock & roll. That they succeed has much to do with the band's collaborators. Andy Weatherall returns to the fold and transforms "Autobahn 66" into a beautiful meditation that recalls Primal Scream's earlier Screamadelica and the autobahn fantasies of Krautrockers Neu!. Meanwhile, My Bloody Valentine's genius leader, Kevin Shields, feeds most of the other tracks through his disorientation and distortion effects deck, so that even the most punk tracks ("Skull X," "City") sound original. In the midst of it all, there's Bobbie Gillespie, posing furiously. But Evil Heat, perhaps accidentally, captures the paradox at the heart of great rock & roll: that the old ideas can be reinvented, sometimes as comedy, sometimes as revolution, and sometimes as both. --John Mulvey

Customer Reviews:

Manchester style fuzzy beats for the 21st century.......2005-03-29

Primal Scream remains one of the most enduring and changing bands of the early Manchester sound. CD highlights (for me): Autobahn 66, Detroit Rise, Skull X, MIss Lucifer. Their emphasis on the dark beats and fuzzy guitars comes even more to light with the addition of Kevin Sheilds (My BLoody Valentine) and Jim Reid (Jesus and Mary Chain). The cd holds together quite well and the sense of pounding, danceable rock-etronica is what makes Primal Scream so great. When they are not channeling heroin era Rolling Stones and American 70's funk or Ride with fuzz boxes they are being purely P. Scream and that's a great thing. This cd has a continuity and a pace that lifts the dreamy side of My Bloody Valentine into a kind of psychedelic dance tract party disc while holding as both atmospheric and dance. What a blast! And this is what has always made Primal Scream such a great ensemble, that they can translate the Rolling Stones with gospel grooves to Chemical Brothers with soul. This is the way that rock and roll should evolve, and as rock and roll Evil Heat works as car music, work music and party music. This is a must have to any collection of the British dark wave and Manchester sound.
And the DVD? Enjoyable and lively. Nice to see closeups of all the guitar work. Kowalski is OK but studio version is much better, other than that it's what you would expect of them live. I just wish that there was a bit more charisma or that unknown something that would have been able or is able to push them over the top. This is one of the best Brit bands along the lines of Ride, Rolling Stones, Stone Roses, Cure (early work), Chameleons UK, My Bloody Valentine (without the daydreaming), Happy Mondays (on a good day), Electronic, the Echo And The Bunneymen side project Electrafixion, Johnny Marr Band, even some Stooges and MC5!, Tin Machine, then onto parts of Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method and Prodigy. So many bands, so much music, and Primal Scream touches on them all with the wild abandon of a music fan and a band in love with music. What more could you want from a group that loves music and loves to make music? Just wish that they could capture more attention in the US.

EV IL GENIUS.......2005-02-09

Astonishing. Simply amazing. The guest players on this cd range from the obvious ( the Reid brother from Jesus and Mary Chain, for whom Bobbie Gillespie used to drum, singing lead on one cut )to the inspired ( Robert Plant's blistering harmonica wailing on another) to the down right bizarre ( guest vocalist Kate Moss has a serviceable voice with a limited range but somehow it works). Most track is radically different from the one that preceeded it, and the one that follows it, actually. This one is all over the place, but it hangs together very well. The full time addition of Kevin Shields on guitar was a smart move, as he adds not only incredible guitar textures and sounds to the mix, but offers a lot in the way of overall sound and production.

A Sexy Rush of Dance, Decadence, and R&R.......2004-10-29

Every once in a while, a new album comes along that perfectly nails the spirit of rock n' roll without bowing to the age-old guitar, bass, drums formula. Well, this my friends, is one of those. "Evil Heat" is chalk full of electronics, but shakes and grooves along like a futuristic version of the Rolling Stones with contributors from all across the musical spectrum.

With glitter and sas, Primal Scream delivers a sonically blistering testament to living and partying hard, only to wake up, shake it off, and start all over again. "Miss Lucifer" is trancey and pulsing and sounds almost as dangerous as anything The Jesus and Mary Chain ever recorded. Speaking of the JAMC, Jim Reid moonlights as lead vocalist on the slamming and slivering "Detroit," delivering a bucket full of piss and vinegar irreverence. Without warning, Robert Plant (yes, THAT Robert Plant) handily lends his sensual blues harmonica gymnastics to the distorted, techno breakout "The Lord Is My Shotgun." Although the Scream rarely rely on guitars, "City," featuring Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, proves that they can kick out the jams with the best of 'em. Featuring a rip roaring chorus, it's sure to blow some eardrums. Droning, sexy, and exuberant, Evil Heat is a truly underrated document as Primal Scream deftly embodies the dark side of Rock n' Roll.

Lucifer.......2004-04-21

The follow up to Exterminator, which it resembles more or less, I guess Primal Scream now can be seen as a leader in the movement of bands trying to be the MC5. I guess that they may have some more legitimacy since they played with Wayne Kramer on occasion. Things start off with "Miss Lucifer" which gets off to a good electro start. "Autobahn 66" tips a hat to their obsession with Kraftwerk. The two rockers are "City" and "Skull X" which are stand out tracks. The song "Rise" was called "Bomb The Pentagon" before pushing the envelope was becoming bad taste. There is more psychedelia on this recording that previous releases. People as diverse as Kate Moss and Robert Plant show up on various tracks. It doesn't matter in the end. It's a great record, but just another notch in the belt for a band who has rode every possible trend. People in America are still trying to figure out if Primal Scream is a jam band or the English Black Crowes. The American release includes a DVD so you can see the band for itself, which is a great live act, and bridges the gap between rock, soul and techno.

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more like "Somewhat Threatening Warmth".......2004-03-14

Pretty basic stuff covered in electronic fuzz. It's cool sounding but not that challenging musically. But they do build on this basic bedrock with additional electronic layers and tangents which are kinda trippy. The songs themselves are rather repetitive. "Rise" and "Miss Lucifer" are particularly lukewarm and monotonous. A bit tired really. And the lyrics are pretentious and just try too hard to be cool, but still, they're easy to ignore.

Many will no doubt like the repetition and other aspects I'm criticising. Jim Reed of Jesus & Mary Chain sings on "Detroit" and, although that band made surf music with heavy guitar distortion (the early stuff at least), a lot of their music is basic, simple chord progressions (although my fav album of theirs HONEY'S DEAD has a lot more going for it). Anyway, if you like that band you might go for EVIL HEAT even though it's basically electro.

Things get better starting with "The Lord Is My Shotgun" which is cool and subversively intense. Robert Plant of all people blows some harp on it. None of this album is as good as Kevin Shields' My Bloody Valentine, but he contributes some cool acid-wash guitar to EVIL HEAT. And "Some Velvet Morning" and "Skull X" get a bit more musical, too.

Pretty good album, not bad, but not great.

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WOW !!!

Evil Heat
Primal Scream
Manufacturer: Sony/Epic
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00006JJ0N

Tracks:

Deep Hit of Morning Sun - Primal Scream
Miss Lucifer - Primal Scream
Autobahn 66 - Marco Nelson, Primal Scream
Detroit - Primal Scream,
Rise - Darren Morris, Primal Scream
Lord Is My Shotgun - Robert Plant, Primal Scream
City - Brendan Lynch, Primal Scream, Kevin Shields
Some Velvet Morning - Kate Moss, Primal Scream
Skull X - Paul Harte, Primal Scream
Skanner Darkly - Primal Scream
Space Blues #2 - Primal Scream

Album Details

Pure Sexually Charged Electro Rock N Roll! One of the Most Anticipated Albums of 2002 features Guests Andy Weatherall, Kevin Shields and Even Kate Moss!

Customer Reviews:

WOW !!!.......2002-10-19

It's been more than 2 years since Primal Scream released the intoxicating XTRMNTR and this follow up was well worth the wait. I was wondering if the band could expand from that release into something even greater...and they have.
This CD is crafted to perfection and blows away anything I've heard since XTRMNTR. Guests include Robert Plant, Kate Moss, Kevin Shields & Andy Weatherall (among others)and they help to add even more dimension to this great recording. Bobby Gillespie,Gary Mounfield,Robert Young, Andrew Innes,Martin Duffy and Darrin Mooney have really outdone themselves on Evil Heat.In addition to the 10 new songs they wrote for this you will also find a dark, haunting version of the old Lee Hazlewood song "Some Velvet Morning" with Kate Moss vocalizing ala Nancy Sinatra, although Nancy never sounded like this!
"The Lord Is My Shotgun" is reminiscent of something from XTRMNTR with bluesy harmonica added by Robert Plant. "Deep Hit Of The Morning Sun"opens the CD and is a fantastic song that gets you excited right from the start. You just know that this CD is going to be something special.This song is followed up by "Miss Lucifer", breakbeat filled with masterful electronic imagry. "Autobahn 66" shows that, as usual, Primal Scream aren't afraid to include instrumentals and this one fits right in with the Euro-techno style."Detroit", with Jim Reid adding vocals done to perfection, is a pounding thrill ride into electronica.
In fact, every song on "Evil Heat" is a thrill in itself, except for "Substance D", which sounds like a bored Spiritualized song. But I can overlook that anytime.
This is definately a 5 star offering and the best work Primal Scream has ever done, which to me is really saying something.Now, will they ever be able to top this ? Hard to say, but I can't wait for them to come through Los Angeles on the tour for this CD. In the meantime I'll just keep listening to this over and over and over. I'm a Primal Scream junkie and proud of it.

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Pretty Crummy Album
My favorite album of 2002 so far.
Listen to Once, then Shelve
TURN UP THE HEAT!
Not at their best.

Evil Heat
Primal Scream
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
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ASIN: B00006AO0U
Release Date: 2002-08-13

Customer Reviews:

Pretty Crummy Album.......2002-10-10

This isn't very good and I'm bummed that I shelled out the extra money to buy an import copy of it. I was really taken with their previous album, XTRMNTR, and the one before that, Vanishing Point, but as others have said, this album just seems to be treading water. It doesn't move their sound forward or challenge the listener. It does NOT sound like XTRMNTR, so save your money if that's what you're looking for. With all the talent and famous collaborators who put time in on this, I was sure expecting something more. If you must have this album, save your money and buy a used copy.

My favorite album of 2002 so far........2002-09-10

When I first heard the album I found it to be very similar to "Xtrmntr". I adore every song on this album except "Space Blues No.2". Their two singles (Miss Lucifer & Autobahn 66) are some of the best songs they've ever made. However, I can't stop playing "The Lord Is My Shotgun" over and over again. It has some serious soul to it. He repeats Bang Yer Alive throughout the song like he kept repeating Sck Fck on "Pills".

This is a band who is on top of their game now. Since "Vanishing Point" they been on an impecable run (I won't count Echo Dek). When you have people in the album that were involved in four of the most important albums of all time (Psychocandy, Loveless, Screamadelica and Stone Roses) something good is gonna happen. A must buy, it may sound like "Xtrmntr" but it's one hell of a listen, very demanding album. Best of 2002. You can bank on it.

Listen to Once, then Shelve.......2002-09-02

The Chemical Brothers, Death in Vegas, David Holmes. All had albums featuring Bobby G on guest vocals. All those cameos sound like Evil Heat.
Electro music as a genre has roughly 10 'noises'. You know, football clacker clicking noises, tinny metronomic percussion, hissy highhats. All have been embraced by the 'Scream, and boy do they sound dull.
Weatherall may well have been a super producer, but listen to his '9 o'clock drop' compilation to see where Evil Heat's sound originates from. Or indeed, the Sabres remix of 'Stuka'.
Buy if you liked 'Bow Down to the Exit Sign' by Holmes.

TURN UP THE HEAT!.......2002-08-28

Several years have passed since XTRMNR, and now that Evil Heat has finally arrived, it doesn't feel quite as vital as it's predecessor. XTRMNR was a great album with some truelly jaw dropping moments such as Swastika Eyes, Accelerator and Shoot Speed/Kill Light. All classic songs, all produced and mixed in ways that sounded fresh, and their greatness seemed to surface after repeated listens. Like the album before that, the underated Vanishing Point, it was a real grower.

As for Evil Heat, well, there are scarceley any tracks on here that will be as awe inspiring as anything off those two albums. Obviousley, thats not the point. Primal Scream have always been about pushing the boundaries in music which climaxed with XTRMNR, and now that their duty has been done, they have every reason to pay tribute to themselves and to the music they love best- rock n' roll.

You could say that with each album the Scream have tried to capture a certain spirit in music, and with this, the spirit is rock n' roll. What makes this tribute so different and the reason why it actually works is because Primal Screams' (or mainly frontman Bobby Gillespie's) taste in rock n roll music is of the unique, real and uncompromised variety rather than the obvious (Oasis emulating the Beatles this is not). The result is a very dirty, sleazy and angry sounding record (not unlike the Stooges). There are tracks on here that are far more aggressive than anything on XTRMNTR (such as Rise, Detroit, Skull X and City) so if your worried that Primal Scream have wimped out, then think again.

Whereas XTRMNR had a well rounded set of songs with proper lyrical motivation (politics, the corruptancy of capitalism, the suffering of youth in the new world order) some of these feel like unfinished mixes of songs with no lyrical vitality that could have been so much better. The sonic envelope has still been pushed, but the melodies and deep substance of the songs is sadly missing (other than a few notable exceptions like Deep Hit of Morning Sun, Skull X and Space Blues #2). Still, a Primal Scream only half trying is far more intresting than any modern tradional rock band giving everything they've got and trying to be different, and Evil Heat...

Not at their best........2002-08-26

I have been following the Primals from 'Screamadelica' onwards. While 'Vanishing point' had a cool '70's road movie soundtrack feel to it, and 'XTRMNTR' was more violent in it's MC5 by way of 'Road Warrior the Movie' vibe, 'Evil Heat' finds Gillespie and Co. treading water and maybe even moving to the shallow side. Long gone are the happy euphoric danceability of their finest moment 'Sreamadelica'. Even though that album's mastermind Andrew Weatherall lends talent to this new outing that feeling is barely present. 'Miss Lucifer' is an aggro industrial rant that shows some of the power of the groove that the 'Scream used to spit with regularity. Other tracks like 'Autobahn '66' could be spurted out by the most novice computer music-maker who has a jones for Kraftwerk. 'Rise' is the overhauled version of their controversial 'Bomb the Pentagon' they played live last summer. Anchored by a cool tribal native-American beat and Mani's bass, the rest sounds thrown together. 'City' appears here as it did on David Holmes ' Bow down to the exit sign', but it lacks the punch of that version. His scream at the intro is missing and it just sounds hurried through. Quit trying to be so punk in your recording. Your known for being more adventurous with your sound Bobby! 'The lord is my shotgun' has a cool guitar riff probably courtesy of Kevin Shields and some great harmonica by Robert Plant. Would pass as a great strippers tune in post-apocalyptic England. The best track on the album is 'Some velvet morning'. This old Lee Hazelwood song is infused with a minimalist electro beat and a swinging bass line. Bobby duets with Kate Moss (of heroin-chic super-model fame). And it makes you want to dance the seductive dance. The rest is all just either sub-par industrial-lite, poor kraftwerk-Neu impersonations, or half-thought out balladry. Buy the Singles, and hope that Bobby and Co. can give us a more consistent effort next time.

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Evil Heat
Primal Scream
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000065VO1
Release Date: 2002-07-31

Tracks:

Deep Hit of Morning Sun - Primal Scream
Miss Lucifer - Primal Scream
Autobahn 66 - Marco Nelson, Primal Scream
Detroit - Primal Scream,
Rise - Darren Morris, Primal Scream
Lord Is My Shotgun - Robert Plant, Primal Scream
City - Brendan Lynch, Primal Scream, Kevin Shields
Some Velvet Morning - Kate Moss, Primal Scream
Skull X - Paul Harte, Primal Scream
Skanner Darkly - Primal Scream
Space Blues #2 - Primal Scream

Album Description

Japanese edition of 2002 album includes one Japanese only bonus track, 'Substance D'.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: "Substance D", which features Kevin Seals (Of My Bloody Valentine).

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Dvorak: Vanda

Manufacturer: Supraphon
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ASIN: B00000350P
Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

Ov - Dyk/Prague RO
Act One, Scene 1 & 2: 'The sun is shining' - Tikalova/Petrova
Act One, Scene 3: 'Confide in me, Vanda' - Tikalova/Petrova
Act One, Scene 4 & 5 (beginning): 'Dear Bozena, grant us privacy' - Tikalova/Petrova/Blachut
Act One, Scene 5 (concl): 'Good Heavens!' - Tikalova/Petrova/Blachut
Act One, Scene 6: 'My lord & master' - Tikalova/Jankovsky
Act One, Scene 7 (beginning): 'Krak's daughter' - Kalas/Tikalova/Rujan
Act One, Scene 7 (concl): 'I believe steadfastly' - Tikalova
Act One, Scene 8 (beginning): 'Look here, a bright star' - Pinkas/Prague RC
Act One, Scene 8 (concl): 'Before you and the gods' - Tikalova/Rujan/Kalas/Petrova/Blachut

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Act Two, Scene 1: 'On the majestic throne' - Tikalova/Blachut/Kalas
Act Two, Scene 2: 'Here is Vitomir' - Rujan/Kalas/Blachut/Tikalova/Petrova
Act Two, Scene 3 (beginning): 'A new dreadful burden is falling upon us' - Tikalova/Kalas/Bednar/Blachut
Act Two, Scene 3 (concl): 'How the sword flies!' - Blachut/Tikalova/Kalas/Petrova
Act Three, Scene 1: 'Here is the God of Evil's realm!' - Tikalova
Act Three, Scene 2: 'Ah, Vanda, my precious one' - Tikalova/Blachut
Act Three, Scene 3: ' Already midnight is approaching' - Hanzalikova
Act Three, Scene 4, 5 & 6: 'There is the heathen sorceress' - Bednar/Tikalova/Hanzalikova/Blachut
Act Four, Scene 1 & 2: 'Not peace, but rather the heat of war' - Kalas/Tikalova
Act Four, Scene 3: 'Then let's offer up to Svantevit a prayer for victory' - Kalas
Act Four, Scene 4: 'First it is fit to offer thanks to the gods!' - Tikalova/Blachut/Petrova/Kalas
Act Four, Scene 5 & Act Five, Scene 1: 'Accept my thanks' - Tikalova/Blachut/Kalas

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Evil Heat
Primal Scream
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000LYCOOA

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Wonderfully demented & sick stuff but great music
murderer
Wow! And a handful!...

An Evil Heat
Oxbow
Manufacturer: Neurot Recordings
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Release Date: 2002-03-19

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Customer Reviews:

Wonderfully demented & sick stuff but great music.......2006-09-21

These guys should get a prize for sounding lyrically & sonically twisted & yet they are brilliant musicians. I especially like the 20 minute dronefest last track that sounds like Tony Conrad's "Live at the Dream Syndicate". Music to go Psychopathic to.

murderer.......2002-07-22

if I was a murderer--and I'm not saying I AM one; a murderer that is--I think I'd blame this record if I got caught--and I'm not saying I WILL; get caught that is. But I'd say this just about makes the perfect soundtrack for the kind of killing I like.

Wow! And a handful!..........2002-04-02

If you like bands like Jesus Lizard, Neurosis, Idiot Flesh, and other bands that play music in a similar vein, then you will probably really enjoy listening to this album. Lots of great, screwed up vocals, Albini-esque production, and a thumping/thwapping snare-drum sound that sounds occassionally like a string of firecrackers going off simultaneously. Great stuff, and highly recommended for connoisseurs of only the finest.

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Skip this CD
Great soundtracks "from the original films!"
Good for fans
It's at today missing for me.
Not For Audiophiles, But Wonderful for the Rest of Us!

Legendary Film Noir Movies

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