History Music / Screamadelica

* GospelChoirsAreJustBetter and GospelMusic: "Movin' On Up" is clearly inspired by this genre.

* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: The album draws from a wide variety of influences, including GospelMusic, dub, HouseMusic, and {{Techno}}.

* TextlessAlbumCover: A well-known example. The front cover just features Paul Cannell's primary-coloured artwork.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Guitarist Robert Young sings "Slip Inside This House" in Bobby Gillespie's vocal style, due to Bobby not being in the studio at the time.

** "Higher Than the Sun" is reprised and remixed in a Dub style by [[Music/PublicImageLtd Jah Wobble]] as the penultimate song of the album.

* OneWordTitle: The album's title, "Loaded", and "Damaged".

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''Screamadelica'' is a 1991 album by Music/PrimalScream, the third in their catalogue and their commercial breakthrough. Compared to their first two {{Indie}} albums, which the band now sees as an OldShame "Screamadelica" proved to be the NewSoundAlbum that won both the critics and the public over. It scored hits such as "Loaded", "Slip Inside This House" and "Movin' On Up". The record was also subject of an episode of the TV documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''.

'''Personnel'''
* Bobby Gillespie: lead vocals
* Andrew Innes: guitar
* Robert Young: guitar, vocals on "Slip Inside This House"
* Martin Duffy: keyboards, piano
* Henry Olsen: bass, guitar solo on "Damaged"
* Phillip "Toby" Tomanov: drums, percussion

* EpicRocking: The 10:21 "Come Together", the 7:37 "Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)", and the 6:51 "Don't Fight It, Feel It".
** "Loaded" also hits the 7-minute mark, and the Farley mix of "Come Together", which appears on American versions of the album, clocks in at 8:06.
* TheFaceOfTheSun: The image on the album cover.

* HouseMusic: The album saw the band take influence from house music.
* MinimalisticCoverArt: An abstract sun shaped image.
* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: The album draws from a wide variety of influences, including GospelMusic ("Movin' On Up"), dub, HouseMusic and {{Techno}}.
* NewSoundAlbum: The band's previous album was a rough Rock album. Influenced by the House club scene, they decided to make an album that broke all of the traditional band rules.

** Their version of "Slip Inside this House" changes the song's style from PsychedelicRock to Acid House.

** "Slip Inside This House" samples Sly Stone's laugh from "Sex Machine" from ''Music/{{Stand}}'' by Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone, as well as the AmenBreak.

** "Loaded" has a sample from Creator/PeterFonda in ''Film/TheWildAngels'' (1966), Andie [=MacDowell=] in ''Music/SexLiesAndVideotape'', and a drum loop from an Italian bootleg mix of Edie Brickell's "What I Am", as well as The Emotions "I Don't Want To Lose Your Love".

** The first verse of "Movin' On Up" was borrowed from Music/{{Can}}'s "Yoo Doo Right" from their 1968 debut album ''Monster Movie''.
** The album title is based on [[Music/GeorgeClinton Funkadelic]], formed after a long day of attempting to come up with a title that had the word "scream" in it.

** The sample in "Loaded" is lifted from ''Film/TheWildAngels'' and has a monologue by Peter Fonda:

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Guitarist Robert Young sings "Slip Inside this House" in Bobby Gillespie's vocal style, due to Bobby not being in the studio at the time.

* AllLowerCaseLetters: The typography on the album.
* AmenBreak: Sampled during "Slip Inside This House".

* EpicRocking: The 10:21 "Come Together", the 7:37 "Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)" and the 6:51 "Don't Fight It, Feel It".
** "Loaded" also hits the 7-minute mark, and the Farley mix of "Come Together" clocks in at 8:06.

* HouseMusic: The album saw the band move from alternative rock to house.

* OneWordTitle: ''Screamadelica'', "Loaded" and "Damaged".

** "Loaded" is Andrew Weatherall's remix of their earlier song "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have", turning the original Rock ballad into unrecognizable Acid House.
** "Higher than the Sun" is reprised and remixed in a Dub style by [[Music/PublicImageLtd Jah Wobble]] as the penultimate song of the album.
* RecordProducer: Jimmy Miller.
* RepurposedPopSong: "Loaded" is a remix of an earlier Primal Scream song: "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have".
* {{Sampling}}:

** "Loaded" has a sample from Creator/PeterFonda in ''Film/TheWildAngels'' (1966), Andie [=MacDowell=] in ''Music/SexLiesAndVideotape'' and a drum loop from an Italian bootleg mix of Edie Brickell's "What I Am" and The Emotions "I Don't Want To Lose Your Love".
** "Come Together" has a sample from Jesse Jackson's speech at ''Film/{{Wattstax}}'' (1972).

** The first line of "Movin' On Up" was borrowed from Music/{{Can}}'s "Yoo Doo Right" from their debut "Monster Movie" (1968).
** The album title is based on [[Music/GeorgeClinton Funkadelic]], formed after a long day of attempting to come up with a title that had "scream" in it.

--> ''Just what is it that you want to do?''
--> ''We wanna be free''
--> ''We wanna be free to do what we wanna do''
--> ''And we wanna get loaded''
--> ''And we wanna have a good time''
--> ''That's what we're gonna do''
--> ''(No way baby let's go)''
--> ''We're gonna have a good time''
--> ''We're gonna have a party''

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Guitarist Robert Young sings "Slip Inside this House" in Bobby Gillespie's vocal style, due to Bobby not being in the studio at the time.
* TextlessAlbumCover: The original CD.

'''Screamadelica''' is a 1991 album by Music/PrimalScream, the third in their catalogue and their commercial breakthrough. Compared to their first two {{Indie}} albums, which the band now sees as an OldShame "Screamadelica" proved to be the NewSoundAlbum that won both the critics and the public over. It scored hits such as "Loaded", "Slip Inside This House" and "Movin' On Up". The record was also subject of an episode of the TV documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''.

** "Loaded" also hits the 7-minute mark, and the Farley mix of "Come Together" clocks in at 8:06.

* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly and NewSoundAlbum: The album draws from a wide variety of influences, including GospelMusic ("Movin' On Up"), dub, HouseMusic and {{Techno}}.

'''Screamadelica''' is a 1991 album by Music/PrimalScream, the third in their catalogue and their commercial breakthrough. Compared to their first two {{Indie}} albums, which the band now sees as an OldShame "Screamadelica" proved to be the NewSoundAlbum that won both the critics and the public over. It scored hits such as "Loaded", "Slip Inside This House" and "Movin' On Up". Widely seen as the band's MagnumOpus the record was also subject of an episode of the TV documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''.

** "Loaded" has a sample from Creator/PeterFonda in ''Film/TheWildAngels'' (1966) and a drum loop from an Italian bootleg mix of Edie Brickell's "What I Am" and The Emotions "I Don't Want To Lose Your Love".

* PunBasedTitle: "Screamadelica" is a pun on the band's name and "Psychedelica", a lesser-used name for "Psychedelia".

* ShoutOut: The first line of "Movin' On Up" was borrowed from Music/{{Can}}'s "Yoo Doo Right" from their debut "Monster Movie" (1968).

* AlliterativeTitle: "Don't '''F'''ight It, '''F'''eel It"

* BoDiddleyBeat: "Move On Up"

# "Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts" (7:37)

* CoverVersion: "Slip Inside This House", a cover of the 1967 song by the 13th Floor Elevators.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover was painted by Paul Cannell.

* OneWordTitle: "Screamadelica", "Loaded" and "Damaged".
* PunBasedTitle: The word "screamadelica" is a pun on "psychedelica".

** "Loaded" has a sample from Creator/PeterFonda in ''Film/TheWildAngels'' (1966) and a drum loop from an Italian bootleg mix of Edie Brickell's "What I Am" and The Emotions "I Don't Want To Lose

* ShoutOut:
** The first line of "Movin' On Up" was borrowed from Music/{{Can}}'s "Yoo Doo Right" from their debut "Monster Movie" (1968).
* SiameseTwinSongs: "Higher and the Sun" consists of two different tracks.