Sonic Flower Groove

Sonic Flower Groove
Studio album by
Primal Scream
Released5 October 1987 (1987-10-05)
Genre
Length34:18
LabelElevation
Producer
Primal Scream chronology
Sonic Flower Groove
(1987) 		Primal Scream
(1989)
Singles from Sonic Flower Groove
  1. "Gentle Tuesday"
    Released: June 1987
  2. "Imperial"
    Released: September 1987

Sonic Flower Groove is the debut studio album by Scottish rock band Primal Scream, released on 5 October 1987 by Elevation Records. Mayo Thompson of Red Krayola was the producer of the album, after work with Stephen Street did not please the band.[1] Musically, Sonic Flower Groove features psychedelic, Byrdsy jangle pop, being the only Primal Scream album to feature founding member Jim Beattie (credited as Jim Navajo).

The album sold well enough to reach number 62 on the UK Albums Chart,[2] but performed poorly by major-label standards.[3] The disappointment was a major reason for the original Primal Scream splitting up shortly after Sonic Flower Groove, leaving vocalist Bobby Gillespie and the guitar duo of Andrew Innes and Robert "Throb" Young to reorganize the band.

  1. ^ Green, Jim; Aswad, Jem & Neate, Wilson "Primal Scream", Trouser Press, retrieved 2010-07-04
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference UKchart was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2002) "The Great Rock Discography (6th edition)", Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-312-1