Screamadelica

Screamadelica
Studio album by
Primal Scream
Released23 September 1991 (1991-09-23)
Recorded1990–1991
Studio
Genre
Length62:31
LabelCreation (UK)
Sire/Warner Bros. (US)
Producer
Primal Scream chronology
Primal Scream
(1989) 		Screamadelica
(1991) 		Give Out But Don't Give Up
(1994)
Singles from Screamadelica
  1. "Loaded"
    Released: February 1990
  2. "Come Together"
    Released: August 1990
  3. "Higher than the Sun"
    Released: June 1991
  4. "Don't Fight It, Feel It"
    Released: August 1991
  5. "Movin' On Up"
    Released: October 1991 (United States); January 1992 (as the Dixie-Narco EP; United Kingdom)
  6. "Damaged"
    Released: August 1992 (Japan)

Screamadelica is the third studio album by Scottish rock 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.[11]

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.[12] 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[13] and has sold over three million copies worldwide.

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