Give Out but Don't Give Up

Give Out but Don't Give Up
Studio album by
Primal Scream
Released28 March 1994 (1994-03-28)
Genre
Length61:00
Label
Producer
Primal Scream chronology
Screamadelica
(1991) 		Give Out but Don't Give Up
(1994) 		Vanishing Point
(1997)
Singles from Give Out but Don't Give Up
  1. "Rocks"
    Released: 28 February 1994
  2. "Jailbird"
    Released: 6 June 1994
  3. "(I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind"
    Released: 28 November 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Chicago Tribune[6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[8]
The Great Rock Discography7/10[3]
Los Angeles Times[1]
Q[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Select5/5[11]
Vox7/10[12]

Give Out but Don't Give Up is the fourth studio album by Scottish rock band Primal Scream. It was released on 28 March 1994 in the United Kingdom by Creation Records and in the United States by Sire Records. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.[13] Musically, it marked a massive departure from the psychedelic sound of their previous studio album Screamadelica (1991) into one influenced by classic rock and blues music. Its cover photo is a cropped version of Troubled Waters by American photographer William Eggleston. Eggleston included the album in his 2017 Pitchfork list of "the Music That Made Him a Photography Legend."[14]

The album peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Heatseekers chart.

A second version of the album, featuring previously lost recordings, was released in 2018 as Give Out But Don’t Give Up: The Original Memphis Recordings.

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  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Strong was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Give Out But Don't Give Up – Primal Scream". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. ^ Kening, Dan (26 May 1994). "Primal Scream: Give Out But Don't Give Up (Sire)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (1997). "Primal Scream". Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 976. ISBN 1-85227 745 9.
  8. ^ Steffens, Daneet (15 April 1994). "Give Out But Don't Give Up". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Primal Scream: Give Out But Don't Give Up". Q. No. 171. December 2000.
  10. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Primal Scream". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 654. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  11. ^ Higginbotham, Adam (April 1994). "On a Jagger tip!". Select. No. 46. p. 86.
  12. ^ Bell, Mark (April 1994). "Primal Scream: Give Out But Don't Give Up (Creation CRE 146)". Voc. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference UKchart was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Hogan, Marc (15 November 2017). "William Eggleston on the Music That Made Him a Photography Legend". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 August 2023.