Screamadelica 20th Anniversary Edition (2CD)

Autumn 1991 saw a wealth of excitement for the indie set. Nevermind was quietly munching its way across the planet, Teenage Fanclub's released Bandwagonesque, Saint Etienne launched Foxbase Alpha but amongst all this, Primal Scream released Screamadelica…. and forever altered and redefined the musical landscape with the first acid house-influenced rock record.

The first signs of the genesis of Screamadelica came in Spring 1990 when they released Loaded. Initially a throwaway dance/rock excursion, Andrew Weatherall took a sample from I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have from their previous album, slipped in some acid-fried funk and threw on a Peter Fonda sample and transformed it into a masterpiece of the era. Loaded was the Primal's passport to Top Of The Pops and elevated Bobby Gillespie to Smash Hits poster-boy status. Subsequent singles were equally potent; Come Together, Higher Than The Sun (one of the most 'out there' singles to have graced the UK Top 40, here in both original and epic dub symphony in two parts) and the MC5 meets rave Italo sensation Don't Fight It Feel It. Kicking off the album with the jubilant Movin' On Up, and the ingredients for something very special indeed were there.

The album was released to widespread critical acclaim, and is still today frequently acknowledged as one of, if not THE, best albums of the 1990s.

Both of its time yet quintessentially timeless, Screamadelica still sounds like nothing else, yet all things at once. Enjoyable in any setting, whether you’re in a club, soundtracking a barbeque or in the mood to chill-out - 20 years down the line, this album remains a solid gold classic.

The band will be playing Auckland’s Big Day Out on January 21st 2011, and playing the album in its entirety. Some of the songs have never been performed live, while many others have not been played for almost 20 years.

This 2CD package includes the re-mastered album on CD1 and the ‘The Dixy Narco E.P’ on CD 2 packaged in a gatefold digipack.