Screamadelica
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| Studio album by Primal Scream | ||
| Released | October, 1991 | |
| Genre | House, Alternative | |
| Length | 65:10 | |
| Label | Creation Records | |
| Producer(s) | The Orb, Hypnotone, Andrew Weatherall, Hugo Nicolson | |
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| Primal Scream chronology | ||
 Primal Scream (1989) |
 Screamadelica (1991) |
 Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994) |
Screamadelica is a 1991 album by Primal Scream and was their first to be a commercial success. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 27th greatest album of all time.
The album was a massive departure from the band's early indie rock sound, drawing inspiration from the house music scene (and associated drugs) that was becoming popular at the time of its production. The band enlisted house DJs Andrew Weatherall and Terry Farley on producing duties, although the album also contained a wide range of other influences including gospel and dub.
Screamadelica won the inaugural Mercury Music Prize in 1992. In 2000 Q magazine placed it at number 18 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. It was ranked 81st in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.
The album's title track did not appear on the album itself, the ten minute dance track was also produced by Andrew Weatherall and sung by Denise Johnson. It appears on the Dixie Narco EP released in 1992, and featured in the opening credits of the now rare Screamadelica VHS.
The album includes "Loaded", which was a top twenty hit single in the UK. Dance DJ Andrew Weatherall began remixing "I'm Losing More than I'll Ever Have", from their previous album, and the resulting track disassembled the song, adding a drum loop from an Italian bootleg mix of Edie Brickell's "What I Am", a sample of Gillespie singing a line from Robert Johnson's "Terraplane Blues" and the central introductory sample from the Peter Fonda B-movie The Wild Angels.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Movin' on Up" – 3:47
- "Slip Inside This House" – 5:14 (Erickson/Hall)
- "Don't Fight It, Feel It" – 6:51
- "Higher Than the Sun" – 3:36
- "Inner Flight" – 5:00 (instrumental)
- "Come Together" – 10:21 (UK Version)
- "Loaded" – 7:01
- "Damaged" – 5:37
- "I'm Comin' Down" – 5:59
- "Higher Than the Sun [A Dub Symphony In Two Parts]" – 7:37
- "Shine Like Stars" – 3:45
All songs written by Gillespie/Innes/Young, unless noted.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Band (uncredited)
- Bobby Gillespie
- Andrew Innes
- Robert Young
- Martin Duffy
- Henry Olsen
- Phillip 'Toby' Tomanov
[edit] Guests
- Denise Johnson - lead vocals on track 3
- Jah Wobble - bass on track 10
