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| Artist: Primal Scream
Label: B-Unique
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 2557
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5051442923728
ASIN: B001B0DUWS
Release Date: July 21, 2008
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 not even bought it August 10, 2008
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
After reading the other reviews on this page I have decided not to buy this album.....I have been a loyal scream fan for many a year but riot city blues was absolutely awful and I have had my reservations about buying this one after listening to the single which is only just ok! From what other reviews say then all the album is like this......only thing I feel bad about is giving them 1 star because I have to do a star rating. Sorry scream I love you doods get back to the evil music x
 What An Album ! July 26, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A STUNNER.
love the versions of Urban Guerilla and Over and Over !!!
This is a Classic In the making.
If you like the primals from Start to Now - Enjoy !
Cant wait to see them play.
ps. Bobby G. Thought the wake were great in their day !
 Testing the patience of the faithful July 25, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
At first listen, most of these songs have an attention-grabbing intro and a half-decent, anthemic quality. Only after listening to the album a couple of times did I notice that none of the tracks appear to have a middle-eight. They chug on relentlessly - verse, chorus, verse, chorus, fade. This leaves the listeners with the feeling that they have only heard a snatch of a song as it passes along a conveyor-belt. This is a plasticized Primal Scream. A more forgiving reviewer might suggest that this was PS's intent, to produce an album that embodied the mass-produced, disposal culture we now inhabit. But, whether that was the intention or not, it leaves the consumer with a product of limited shelf-life - an album of ring-tones. And this from the architects of 'Gentle Tuesday', 'Velocity Girl', and 'Higher Than The Sun' - it is a real shame. I would rank this alongside REM's Around the Sun and Morrissey's Southpaw Grammar - albums that test the patience of the faithful.
 beautiful future... meagre present July 24, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I became a Primal Scream fan in 2000 with the release of XTRMNTR, and then after investigating their back catalogue from there, rejoiced that Evil Heat was exactly what I wanted from the band; hot, angry, a little sleazy, blissed out - all of these in equal measure. That album remains a standout of the decade for me. Then came Riot City Blues. Talk about the sublime to the ridiculous. Its retro faux-country posturing was genuinely insipid.
I came to Beautiful Future with much trepidation then, unsure what the mighty Scream may have managed to do to pull themselves back from the brink. Initial whispers and reviews suggested a return to the claustrophobic electro-rock of XTRMNTR and Evil Heat, but how reliable were these rumours?
Turns out, not reliable at all. Beautiful Future is not a return to the band's previous pattern, but instead a shimmering pop record. This is an album concerned primarily with having fun and being a bit daft - nothing wrong with that - which brings about something of a conundrum. Though definitely an improvement on Riot City Blues, Beautiful Future is the band's most disposable album to date. Little here is really bad (though Zombie Man gets perilously close), but there is absolutely nothing that comes close to their best work. No danger of any of these songs being worthy of a place on any future Greatest Hits.
Like I say, nothing is really wrong with this record. You can listen to it, like it, fine. But I seriously doubt I'll be returning to it a fortnight from now. Two strikes Primal Scream... next record's the decider.
 A different viewpoint on Primal Scream July 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Reading through other peoples reviews, it seems that the previous few albums are prefered to "Beautiful Future". I only have "Screamadelica" , "Vanishing Point" and "Dirty Hits", and my initial thoughts were how different in style this album is compared to the others I have listened to. This is not neccessarily a bad thing, however.
The album is more rock than the previous electronic processed sound I am used to associating Primal Scream with (such as "Kowalski" and "Get Duffy" from the album "Vanishing Point") or numbers like "Swastika Eyes". I was disappointed in the aspect that I was hoping for more of this type of music, and by judging the latter half of "Dirty Hits", I assume to be the style of most albums post-Vanishing Point era.
However, despite this new musical path, I have to admit I do like the album, as I am a fan of this brand of 'light' rock. "Zombie Man" is a very anthemic track, which is groovy to listen to but will probably be one of those tracks I get bored of from being overheard in a short space of time. "Uptown" and "Can't Go Back" are good songs to kick the album off to, whilst "Beautiful Summer" is a slower paced song with a relaxing feel to it during the middle.
I can't help feel that the band is trying to attract a more mainstream audience, as musically the songs are a lot more plain in progression and structure compared to past songs which seemed more innovative and electronica-based (The bass line of "If They Move, Kill 'Em" springs to mind). Not very Primal Scream-y, this aside, I think it is a comprehensive and casual album to enjoy.
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