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Screamadelica is the third studio album by Scottish dance band Primal Scream. It was first released on 23 September 1991 in the United Kingdom by Creation Records and on 8 October 1991 in the United States by Sire Records. The album marked a significant departure from the band's early indie rock sound, drawing inspiration from the blossoming house music scene and associated drugs such as LSD and MDMA. Much of the album's production was handled by acid house DJ Andrew Weatherall and engineer Hugo Nicolson, who remixed original recordings made by the band into dance-oriented tracks.

Release · MusicBrainz

Type
Album
Artist
Primal Scream
First released
1991-09-23

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Listeners
1,411,264
Total plays
27,674,928

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Primal Scream are a Scottish rock band formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie (vocals) and Jim Beattie (guitar). The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes (guitar) and Darrin Mooney (drums). The band initially performed live between 1982 and 1984, but their profile increased after Gillespie left his role as drummer of the Jesus and Mary Chain. Primal Scream were associated with the mid-1980s indie pop scene before incorporating psychedelic, garage rock, and dance music influen

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Music

Genre
Alternative
Year
1991
Tracks
11

Key facts

Album.name
Screamadelica
Album.type
studio
Album.artist
Primal Scream
Album.cover
Primal Scream - Screamadelica.png
Album.recorded
1990–1991
Album.genre
Alternative rock alternative dance neo-psychedelia Madchester dance-rock acid house baggy
Album.label
Creation (UK)Sire/Warner Bros. (US)
Album.producer
Andrew Weatherall Hugo Nicolson The Orb Hypnotone Jimmy Miller
Album.prev_title
Primal Scream
Album.prev_year
1989
Album.next_title
Give Out But Don't Give Up
Album.next_year
1994

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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • Background and recording
  • Music
  • Artwork
  • Release and commercial performance
  • Critical reception and legacy
  • Track listing
  • 20th Anniversary Limited Collector's Edition
  • Personnel
  • Primal Scream
  • Guests
  • Additional personnel
  • Charts
  • Certifications
  • Release history
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Screamadelica is the third studio album by Scottish dance band Primal Scream. It was first released on 23 September 1991 in the United Kingdom by Creation Records and on 8 October 1991 in the United States by Sire Records. The album marked a significant departure from the band's early indie rock sound, drawing inspiration from the blossoming house music scene and associated drugs such as LSD and MDMA. Much of the album's production was handled by acid house DJ Andrew Weatherall and engineer Hugo Nicolson, who remixed original recordings made by the band into dance-oriented tracks.

Screamadelica, featuring Manchester-born singer Denise Johnson, was the band's first album to be a commercial success, peaking at number eight on the UK Albums Chart upon its release. It received wide praise from critics, and has been frequently named one of the best albums of the 1990s in various polls. It won the first Mercury Music Prize in 1992 and has sold over three million copies worldwide.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Screamadelica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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