Track Listing 1. Country Girl 2. Nitty Gritty 3. Suicide Sally & Johnny Guitar 4. When the Bomb Drops 5. Little Death 6. 99th Floor, The 7. We're Gonna Boogie 8. Dolls (Sweet Rock and Roll) 9. Hell's Coming Down 10. Sometimes I Feel So Lonely 11. Gimme Some Truth 12. Country Girl - (Live) 13. Suicide Sally & Johnny Guitar - (X-fm)
| Details | | Producer: | Andrew Innes, Youth | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Primal Scream: Bobby Gillespie (vocals); Andrew Innes (guitar, banjo, mandolin, Moog synthesizer); Robert Young (guitar, harmonica); Martin Duffy (harmonica, piano, harmonium, organ); Gary Mounfield (bass guitar); Darrin Mooney (drums, percussion). Recording information: 2006. On 2006's RIOT CITY BLUES, the revered U.K. alternative-rock band Primal Scream acts as if its late-1990s/early-2000s foray into electronica was nothing but a vivid dream, opting instead to pick up where '94's Stones-worshiping GIVE OUT BUT DON'T GIVE UP left off. With production handled by former Killing Joke bassist Youth and violinist Warren Ellis, a frequent Nick Cave foil, on board for several tracks, it's not surprising that the album often has a moody, angular sound (see the brooding "Little Death"), but frontman Bobby Gillespie's love of '70s glam and pub rock looms even larger, as on the searing Bowie-indebted "Suicide Sally & Johnny Guitar." Though it may perplex many fans, RIOT CITY BLUES is a fun tour through rock history, as seen through Gillespie's proudly blurry vision.
Editorial Reviews Ranked #70 in Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums of 2006. Q
[T]he Brits' ninth studio album sounds like a collection of EXILE ON MAIN STREET outtakes -- and often good ones at that. -- Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- [I]t's like Booker T. & the M.G.'s jamming with the Jesus and Mary Chain. Spin
3 stars out of 5 -- [I]t returns to the scuzz blues of their mid-Nineties work....[With] party-ready stuff like 'Country Girl' and meaty rock sonics. Rolling Stone
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