I've fallen in love with 'higher than the sun' since the reissue. Bobby's such a weak singer but somehow transcends this on many points throughout screamadelica. Love the melismatic delivery of the line 'what I've got in my head you can't buy'. Also love the 7" version of come together for similar reasons.
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Saturday, 4 June 2011 07:36 (twelve years ago) link
Funny how people upthread are saying this sounds dated - they're not wrong, but this is the first sign of a full scale stylistic revival
― broodje kroket (dog latin), Saturday, 4 June 2011 07:37 (twelve years ago) link
The Screamadelica EP (with the eponymous track) is as good as anything they ever did, and still sounds great.
― broom air, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
Whoops, Dixie Narco EP I mean. Track is called "Screamadelica"
― broom air, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
Classic Albums - Screamadelica
― john. a resident of chicago., Tuesday, 28 June 2011 09:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://devonrecordclub.com/2013/09/26/primal-scream-screamadelica-round-54-nicks-choice/
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 27 September 2013 06:56 (ten years ago) link
perfect timing Scik as i'm about to see them in a few days here in Los Angeles.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 28 September 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
RIP Denise Johnson
https://louderthanwar.com/denice-johnson-much-loved-manchester-and-primal-scream-singer-rip/
― Oor Neechy, Monday, 27 July 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
RIP Denise. This is great.
― visiting, Monday, 27 July 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
Really cool interview, thanks Visiting
Sad about this, she was so great with Primal Scream back in the day
Was just thinking about her solo single the other day. I bought it as a cassingle!
― umsworth (emsworth), Monday, 27 July 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
listening again thanks to lorde and "higher than the sun" is really one of the coolest psych-rock tracks of all time, wish they'd done a whole album with the orb
― ufo, Sunday, 13 June 2021 08:48 (two years ago) link
Yep, the best thing here.
― Tim F, Sunday, 13 June 2021 08:50 (two years ago) link
Hell yes, altho I’m partial to Shine Like Stars for similar reasons
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 13 June 2021 09:35 (two years ago) link
there are some cool sounds here but it doesn't hang together really does it? maybe you had to be there (like with the stone roses album)
there is also something a bit off that I can't really articulate about the way so many white british bands used gospel in this era
― Left, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
it's also hard for me to hear this band without thinking "you wankers" - maybe I'd like it more if there was a different name on the cover
― Left, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
Funnily enough, their name isn't on the cover.
― Mark G, Sunday, 13 June 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
otm re higher than the sun, don’t really f w the rest of this album
― brimstead, Sunday, 13 June 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
i had the vhs version of this (and only the vhs) and the video for Some Like Stars was gaby agis dancing which gave it a little something extra
― koogs, Sunday, 13 June 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
ok you know what i mean xps
― Left, Sunday, 13 June 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
wtf this album is great fools
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 13 June 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
it seems like the kind of album that would soundtrack a lot of formative experiences so i can sort of imagine why it so special to many people. i don't like it much but i'd probably be into it if i'd heard it at the right time & place (i feel the same way about neutral milk hotel)
unfortunately the first primal scream song i heard was country girl and i was just like fuck off
― Left, Sunday, 13 June 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
Whenever I would finally make it home from God knows how long pillin' it hard to deepest, darkest drum 'n' bass or transcendental progressive house or mad happy trance, (back in '97/'98) I'd go to bed and put this on and the world was aaaaalright 🙂
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Monday, 14 June 2021 02:22 (two years ago) link
You missed everything kid, I feel sorry for you! xp
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Monday, 14 June 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
I am indeed a great fool.
I was at the Palladium show featured on the rerelease, first of four times I saw them over the years. (All of which were really good, oddly enough, because arguably they shouldn't've worked and yet here we are.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 June 2021 02:27 (two years ago) link
Never saw this poll, interesting results. My four favorite tracks placed #2-5, definitely prefer them to the better-known tracks. Didn't realize ILM lately felt the same!
― Vinnie, Monday, 14 June 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
"higher than the sun" is so cool that they could have made an entire career out of that sound. and really should have honestly
― ufo, Monday, 14 June 2021 04:53 (two years ago) link
Echo Dek scratches the "Primal Scream go dub reggae" itch pretty well, even if it's not quite up to the standard of HTTS
― Neil S, Monday, 14 June 2021 10:47 (two years ago) link
there are some cool sounds here but it doesn't hang together really does it?
I thought this when it was first released, and still do. IIRC, it was largely cobbled together from various sources to capitalise on the success of "Loaded", rather than being planned as an album.
― mahb, Monday, 14 June 2021 11:09 (two years ago) link
That's why I've always preferred Morning Dove White to Screamadelica. Both seriously good albums, but the former feels more cohesive, and gives a glimpse of what the latter could have been if Weatherall was more involved.
― henry s, Monday, 14 June 2021 11:48 (two years ago) link