Primal Scream - Maynard Ferguson

Advantages: The tracks are all hits and the playing is out of this world
Disadvantages: None

...This album is a great introduction to Maynard Ferguson's music and includes all his best known and loved hits. If you've never heard him play before you will be awestruck. There is still no one to rival his amazing upper register playing. All the recordings are good quality and unlike some compilations, there are detailed sleeve notes including band personnel and origins of the recordings (for some tracks) and a biography. The first track, Birdland, is one that just listening to it makes you feel happy and all the playing is superb. Then Everybody loves the Blues really showcases Maynard's talents with some beautifully subtle, laid-back playing in the opening and some real screaming at the end. MacArthur Park is just a great tune and Maynard simply soars over the band. The Fox Hunt is an exciting, fast and furious live... Read review

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Advantages: great melodies
Disadvantages: some weak songs

...Vanishing point is an excellent album from the primal scream boyz, it has a rebellious feel as it is based on the tale of an american outlaw called Kowalski. The album has a variety of other influences, If they move kill em ‘ is based on the Nazi Stuka squadrons, ( a german tank busting plane the junkers ju 87). Burning Wheel opens up the album with an epic melanchonic feel with some inspirng lyrics and melodies. Star is in a similar vein and is one of the poppiest songs the screm have produced.... Read review

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Advantages: loaded is great
Disadvantages: Some mediocre songs

...Screamadelica is a seminal polemic album by the Primal scream crew. The likes of Mani and gillespie combine to make an excellent melange of sounds. The most popular and pervasive tune from the album is loaded, it starts with a lo fi american actor shouting ‘we want to be free, we want to have some fun. Other tracks like come together give the album a more mellow feel. It is definitely an album to appreciate under the influence of chemicals evident in titles like higher than the Sun and I’m comin down.... Read review

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