Vanishing Point (Primal Scream album)
Vanishing Point | ||||
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Released | 7 July 1997 | |||
Studio | Chalk Farm Studios, London | |||
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Length | 53:31 | |||
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Singles from Vanishing Point | ||||
Vanishing Point is the fifth
Background
Gillespie has described the album as an
Recording
The album was written and recorded with the aid of two portable eight-track recording studios at the band's Chalk Farm rehearsal rooms.[2] The entire album was written and recorded in two months and mixed an additional month.[2] On their cover of "Motorhead", Gillespie sung the first verse through a Darth Vader mask.[3] According to an article, much of the album came from live improvisation and, "Then later on we'd layer other sounds and loops over the top, and the vocals," Gillespie said in an interview.[3] The track "If They Move, Kill 'Em" was originally to have included a sample from Sam Peckinpah's film The Wild Bunch (the song title is one of the earliest lines of dialogue spoken in the film), but it could not be cleared in time.[3]
Release
Vanishing Point was released on 7 July 1997 in the United Kingdom by Creation Records and in the United States by Reprise Records. It is the fifth album by Primal Scream.
Author
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A[5] |
The Guardian | [6] |
Los Angeles Times | [7] |
NME | 9/10[8] |
Pitchfork | 8.3/10[9] |
Rolling Stone | [10] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [11] |
Spin | 8/10[12] |
The Village Voice | B+[13] |
Vanishing Point received positive reviews from critics, who welcomed it as a return to form after 1994's
Track listing
All tracks are written by
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.[17]
- Bobby Gillespie – vocals
- Andrew Innes – guitar, bass
- Robert Young – guitar, programming, keyboards
- Martin Duffy– keyboards, programming, melodica
- Gary 'Mani' Mounfield– bass
- Paul Mulreany – drums
Production
- Primal Scream – production (except 10)
- Brendan Lynch – production (except 10)
- Andrew Weatherall – production (10)
- Max Hayes – engineering (except 10)
- Tim Holmes – engineering (10)
- George Shilling – mix engineering (2, 3, 11)
Guests
- Marco Nelson – bass guitar (1, 4, 5, 7)
- Augustus Pablo – melodica (4)
- Glen Matlock – bass guitar (8)
- Pandit Dinesh – tablas (4, 6)
- Iain Dixon – bass clarinet (2)
- Duncan Mackay – trumpet (2, 5)
- Jim Hunt – saxophone (2, 5)
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet (4)
- Andrew Love – saxophone (4)
- Paul Harte – harmonica (8), synthesizer (9)
Charts
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] | 64 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19] | 31 |
Finnish Albums ( Suomen virallinen lista)[20]
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31 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21] | 97 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] | 23 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] | 2 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24] | 3 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] | 47 |
UK Albums (OCC)[1] | 2 |
US | 34 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Japan (RIAJ)[27] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d Kessler, Ted (3 May 1997). "Vortex, Drug & Rock n Roll". NME. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
- ^ a b c d Perry, Andrew (June 1997). "Freeze!". Select. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Vanishing Point – Primal Scream". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Browne, David (11 July 1997). "Vanishing Point". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
- ^ Garratt, Sheryl (27 June 1997). "Back to life". The Guardian.
- ^ Masuo, Sandy (13 July 1997). "Primal Scream, 'Vanishing Point,' Reprise". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Dalton, Stephen (5 July 1997). "Primal Scream – Vanishing Point". NME. Archived from the original on 15 October 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Wisdom, James P. (August 1997). "Primal Scream: Vanishing Point". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 17 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Cohen, Jason (7 July 1997). "Primal Scream: Vanishing Point". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Hunter, James (September 1997). "Primal Scream: Vanishing Point". Spin. Vol. 13, no. 6. pp. 159–60. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (21 April 1998). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1997". NME. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Beaumont, Mark (10 January 2012). "Primal Scream – Rank The Albums". NME. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
- ^ "Primal Scream . Webadelica". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 224.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Primal Scream – Vanishing Point" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Primal Scream – Vanishing Point". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Primal Scream – Vanishing Point". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Primal Scream – Vanishing Point". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Primal Scream Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Japanese album certifications – Primal Scream – Vanishing Point" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1997年7月 on the drop-down menu
External links
- Vanishing Point at Discogs (list of releases)