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After 1994's Give Out But Don't Give Up, many critics wrote off Primal Scream as a drug-addled nostalgics, retreading lame rock clichés. Vanishing Point, while not a return to the sun-addled acid house fusion of Screamadelica was another voyage into the Scream's expansive mindscape. This time, however, the trip was bad. "Kowalski" heralded the album like a dark portent. Bobby Gillespie whispers bitter nothings over a distorted Krautrock groove that effortlessly melds Primal Scream's melting pot of influences--The Stooges, CanCan and Sun Ra. Vanishing Point seems propelled by demons, with the metallic funk of "If They Move, Kill 'Em" and "Stuka" providing dirty highlights--the latter threatening "If you play with fire, you're gonna get burned / some of my friends are gonna die young". It's not as essential as Screamadelica, but Vanishing Point finds Primal Scream at a terrifying and compelling depth. --Louis Pattison
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PRIMAL SCREAM Vanishing Point (1997 UK Creation Records 11-track CD album named after the 1971 film of the same name. Includes the brilliant Burning Wheel Kowalski If They Move Kill Em as well as their amazing cover of the Lemmy penned Motorhead complete with picture sleeve booklet CRECD178)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Time after time Screamadelica is ranked as one of THE albums of all time, but personally Vanishing Point ranks higher than it anyday...Dub beats, fantastic samples, dirty bass and gritty guitar all add to Bobby's fantastic 'stuff you' vocals...I don't like to compare bands, but if you like Death in Vegas...you'll love this. Classic.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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If it's really for sale for less than £2, then you can't afford to not own this album. Somewhat undervalued, I bet that in 5 to 10 years time, bands will be namedropping this album as a must-mention major influence.
Brilliant, dark, druggy and unlike anything anyone else was doing (the others were flogging the exhausted pony that was Brit Pop, probably), Vanishing Point was new territory for Primal Scream and for British rock. While the Brit Poppers were riding a cocaine wave of increasingly banal, mainstream success, our then Brighton-based heroes Primal Scream (increasingly seen as veteran rock n rollers even back then) appeared to be exploiting the anxieties, paranoia and 'strung-outness' of a speed/e/whatever comedown to move away from Stones wannabe territory and show their potential, find their voice, and begin mining a very dark and twisted seem indeed. Flashes (flashbacks?) of Screamadelica and Give Out are evident, as are nods to the drrty techno sounds they went on to produce. In this way, VP is something of a link in the Primal Scream evolutionary chain, but it's also much, much more - it's a trip, a dark and twisting road trip.
Brilliant, dark, druggy and unlike anything anyone else was doing (the others were flogging the exhausted pony that was Brit Pop, probably), Vanishing Point was new territory for Primal Scream and for British rock. While the Brit Poppers were riding a cocaine wave of increasingly banal, mainstream success, our then Brighton-based heroes Primal Scream (increasingly seen as veteran rock n rollers even back then) appeared to be exploiting the anxieties, paranoia and 'strung-outness' of a speed/e/whatever comedown to move away from Stones wannabe territory and show their potential, find their voice, and begin mining a very dark and twisted seem indeed. Flashes (flashbacks?) of Screamadelica and Give Out are evident, as are nods to the drrty techno sounds they went on to produce. In this way, VP is something of a link in the Primal Scream evolutionary chain, but it's also much, much more - it's a trip, a dark and twisting road trip.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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made using a wide range of mind altering drugs, vanishing point is the ultimate fusion of trips, giving the agression,the soul,the speed and the unalloyed mind of prml scrm.the finest track,to me,is kowalski due to the sounds and the sweet drugged up lyrics.amazing.it plays in my mind continuously tripping me out.who needs drugs when they give you every mood and trippy visions i need to pass away my days.let your mind play with your vision and feelings.
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The One and Only...
I'm sure that many will disagree, but I think that this is the best album that Primal Scream have ever made. All the rest fade into insignificance and are pretty damn poor anyway. Read more
Published on 4 July 2009 by J. Harrison
1997's classic return to form...
The addition of former Stone Rose Mani to the line-up certainly invigorated Primal Scream, as did Martin Duffy's contribution to The Charlatans' 'Tellin'Stories. Read more
Published on 29 April 2006 by Jason Parkes
Worth another go.....
I have far too many albums which I have bought over the years, played once and if they don't grab me over another couple of spins I give up. My collection is full of them. Read more
Published on 20 July 2005
Mmmm....Trippy.
Primal Scream's music has a reputation for being largely influenced by ecstasy, but thankfully it can be enjoyed by non drug users aswell. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2000 by paul.yallop@dtn.ntl.com
Very nasty indeed...
Everyone knows and probably owns Screamadelica, it's one of thealbums so often heard in the wee small hours. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 1999
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