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Riot City Blues | 
| Artist: Primal Scream
Label: Columbia
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 25610
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.4
UPC: 828768316528
EAN: 0828768316528
ASIN: B000FG5Q1W
Release Date: June 5, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Country Girl | | • | Nitty Gritty | | • | Suicide Sally And Johnny Guitar | | • | When The Bomb Drops | | • | Little Death | | • | 99th Floor | | • | We're Gonna Boogie | | • | Dolls (Sweet Rock 'n' Roll) | | • | Hell's Comin' Down | | • | Sometimes I Feel So Lonely |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
First listen, IRiot City Blues/I--the ninth album from genre-mashing Scottish rock hedonists Primal Scream--feels like a conscious shift away from the politicised punk futurism that's guided their output since "Swastika Eyes", harking back instead to the Southern-fried blues-rock that inspired their ill-received 1994 album IGive Out But Don't Give Up/I. No question, "Boogie Disease" and "Nitty Gritty" have fairly myopic horizons, beyond a desire to make what frontman Bobby Gillespie hails "that sweet, sweet, sweet rock'n'roll". IRiot City/I, however, seldom sinks to the narcotic lulls that characterised their last foray into the Memphis swamps. Accompanied by haywire mandolin, "Country Girl" bounces along at a tempo that somehow reminds both of four-to-the-floor techno, and The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". Kevin Shields, the eccentric guitar genius that helped shape the last two Scream records, is gone, but new special guests include Will Sergeant of Echo And The Bunnymen and The Kills' Alison Mosshart (who contributes a great guest verse to "Dolls (Come On Baby Let's Have A Good Time)". Meanwhile, "Sometimes I Feel So Lonely" is a blissful gospel hymn to anarchy ("Everything's permitted/Nothing's really true") in the vein of past Scream landmark "Star". Pastiche, but fun with it.--ILouis Pattison/I
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 TURN IT UP! May 15, 2006
J. S. Meins (UK)
25 out of 27 found this review helpful
When Primal Scream followed "Screamadelica" with (the completely underated) "Give Out But Don't Give Up it" it was generally considered to be too massive a change of direction. Riot City Blues dwarfs even that as a radical departure, but fortunately this time there can be absolutely no denying that the move is 100% successful. The album is their most cohesive yet and is the best, uncomplicated, euphoric, party record made for years and years. It's the record they should have made when Mani first joined (a stunning free transfer comparable to Ronnie Wood joining The Stones - can you imagine The Scream without Mani?) and features songs that will blow the roof off any venue when played live; "Country Girl", "The 99th Floor" and "Hell's Coming Down" sound like an unholey union of The Pogues, Clash, Stones and Stooges (fighting in a drunken hoare house), "Little Death" is sex between Jim Morrison and John Cale, and "Sometimes I Feel So Lonely" keeps all the Bobby-G-in-Fragile-Epic fans happy, what a gorgeous song. Anyway, RCBs is just fantastic and as a life long fan I'm over the moon. Bobby and Mani have been telling anyone that they are the best rock 'n' roll band in the world - now they've got the album to back the statement up. Buy it and TURN IT UP.
Sweet Rock N Roll May 23, 2006
CraigAA (Hull)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Primal Scream's new album Riot City Blues shows primal Scream doing what they do best, good old rock and roll at lightning fast speed. Bobby and Mani and Co have hit the nail on the head once again, no more experimental techno beats instead a mix of country rock and roll guitar crunching sounds with a suicidal headonistic swagger. This album flows like every Primal Scream fan wants it to from start to finish a delight, long live the Scream.
Primal Scream have let it bleed June 6, 2006
.Richard (england)
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
this has to be one of the most entertaining no nonsense albums released in 2006 with all the emo bands around now days it's nice to have an band,venturing back into the days gone..
br /I.E beggar's banquet, or more correctly as some have stated in reviews the stones 1969 classic "let it bleed" yes i can see the simualar musical styles that primal scream present, but it's still their own work, and it's a foot stomper, rock and roll album they've left behind the electronic sound of their 2002 album "evil heat" and given us an scorching slice of rock with an hint of country,
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br /reccomended if you like you're rock scolding and in the vein of the great rolling stones
br /also features the single "country girl"
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br /we're gonna boogie"
Album of the year..? June 14, 2006
Grue (UK)
10 out of 18 found this review helpful
I love this album. I can't stop wiggling and dancing in my office chair.. It's very rock n' roll, the attitude is great, and has some of their most catchy tunes to date. There isn't a bad track on the album, which makes a change in this year of insipid indie.
Primal Scream June 19, 2006
P. G. Graham
9 out of 20 found this review helpful
Allright not all the songs on this album are brilliant but its one of the best albums released of this decade and it is definately Primal Screams album.Very blues and country influenced,well worth buying.
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