| Vanishing Point | 
 enlarge | Artist: Primal Scream
Label: Reprise / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 19413
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.4
UPC: 936246559234
EAN: 0093624655923
ASIN: B000002NET
Release Date: July 15, 1997
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Condition: The CD will be shipped using USPS First Class Mail at NO extra cost. There are some minor surface mars.
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| Tracks:
| • | Burning Wheel | | • | Get Duffy | | • | Kowalski | | • | Star | | • | If They Move, Kill 'Em | | • | Out of the Void | | • | Stuka | | • | Medication | | • | Motorhead - Primal Scream, Kilmister, Lemmy | | • | Trainspotting | | • | Long Life |
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Amazon.com
Following the Rolling Stones-meets-Black Crowes monstrosity Give Out But Don't Give Up three years ago, Glasgow's Bobby Gillespie and pals are back at the cutting edge with a trippy collection that could rightly be tagged analog electronica. Their Trainspotting soundtrack contribution (included here) melded bluesy harp with contemporary beats and it sets the tone for 11 tracks that use thick swaths of dub, Superfly funk, cheesy electronics, and ambient dance to redefine what was once quaintly known as "head music." Loaded with samples from the cult flick Vanishing Point, the killer "Kowalski" is perhaps the best among a batch of highlights ("Burning Wheel," "Stuka"). All that's missing is a freeform FM station or two to turn it into a classic. --Jeff Bateman
Album Description
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 Music for the 21st Century June 11, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Along with Radiohead's "OK Computer", Prodigy's "Fat Of The Land" and The Verve's "Urban Hymns", Primal Scream's "Vanishing Point" is truly music for the next millenium. From the sitars of the opener to the final sonic chaos of the last track this truly is a great album. This is not to say, however, that it is everyone's cup of tea, far from it. As with most great recordings it takes a few listens before the music really grips you. This is a highly recommended CD for the person who thinks a little bigger than college radio!
Goes Out On A Limb and Hangs On March 10, 2001
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This album contains a very eclectic mix of musical and production styles. While it is often compared to Dark Side of the Moon, the melodies which are reminiscent of Pink Floyd sound a lot more like early Floyd than any of Floyd's hit albums. But this album is much more diverse in style than that. "Get Duffy" is an instrumental that reminds me of Kruder & Dorfmeister or Air in its analog techno sound. "Motorhead" has enough grit and samples to pass for a Ministry song. This album will hook you on Primal Scream. It is easier to listen to than XTRMNTR, and is a better place to start for a first time listener. I also think this album has a more mature sound than their earlier albums: less ear candy and more song crafting.
if there isn't medication i will put 5 stars September 9, 2001
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
An excellent album. as i'm a big fan of Verve,i always love to explore more about the acid-daydream-dance-psyco british scence. and i found that Verve really got somekind of influence from Primal Scream. and i love them.
VP is a very cool ablum. specially the groove lines are one of the kind,but guitars really are poor(compared to Verve). you guys who like this album really should take 10 minutes to try on the taste of Verve, whitch is even more innovantive than PS.
if there isn't that silly song called 'medication',whitch is almost identical with all those songs they made with a 'stone' touch(if not copy), i really think this album is of a 5star category.
A Gem December 31, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This album tempts one to be fascist about their musical taste. I rarely comment on an album unless it is so good that I am driven to power up my laptop, fire up amazon.com, search for "primal scream" and choose to write a review. There's a lot of talent on this album, and it can appeal to the electronic/dance spinners as well as the "wall of sound/not quite industrial" new-wavers. Pick it up. It's very good.
Killer waves January 15, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I popped this CD in for the first time my head literally exploded in deep-seated audio delight! Burning Wheel is a masterpiece of spatial sound and music being combined into one super smooth burst of energy. It only gets better from there, trust me.
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