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Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings
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Positive: 21 out of 31
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Mixed: 4 out of 31
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Negative: 6 out of 31
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MichaelMJul 30, 2006All I can say is, "What the Hell?!?" At the first song, I thought they were kidding. By the last, I was still hoping that they were, because offering this turd of a Stones rip-off with a straight face would mean that this once mind-melting band has truly given out and given up.
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SteveJun 19, 2006Extremely disapointing. I love Primal Scream and was expecting something innovative and catchy, which they always manage to do, until now. There's absolutely nothing interesting here. Just a very bland, shallow album.
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BenGOct 23, 2006Pitchfork are not the gatekeepers of quality. Sometimes music should be fun, not innovative. I like Primal Scream's forays into electronic music, but it's nice to hear some Give Out-type tunes again.
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GiulioJun 14, 2006classic 70's stones sound but extremely amusing! It's only rock'n'roll... and I like it!
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malfaitkJun 14, 2006This is certainly something completely different than Evil Heat and Exterminator, which both were great records. Anyway, it still is fun, different but OK.
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JohnoJun 24, 2006
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PaulKAug 30, 2006fuck Pitchfork
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AlexASep 18, 2006It's good.
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BarryMFeb 14, 2007
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AndrewAOct 30, 2006There are some good old rock songs in this cd. Primal Scream is a band to have fun at, not to really think it.
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[Anonymous]Jun 15, 2006Rawk and Roll
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mikes.Jun 18, 2006Disappointed, been a fan of them because of their unique sound. They just haven't come up with anything as innovative Xtrmntr, Evil Heat was like Xtrmntr but not as good. Riot City Blues is a complete change in genre and a big disappointment, songwriting is crap, nothing interesting production wise either.
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LeonardoFJun 22, 2006Very very poor and uninspired album. C'mon guys, hope you return next time with a new 'Vanishing Point', like you did after the catastrophic 'Give Out But Don't Give Up'.
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MarcoRJun 27, 2006This album completes the rock triad together with Primal Scream (1989) and Give Out.. (1994).
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BeanoFJul 18, 2006Class album, all ya'll need to chill the fark out and listen to a bit of guitar music, ok it's different than their last album, but if you want to hear that then listen to that and leave this album to people with a more varied taste
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moschopsSep 16, 2006So they've retreated from doing the more experimental stuff of their best work to do an album of big, dumb, retro party songs. But they are very good at doing big, dumb, retro party songs. You can kind of bet that the next album will be wigged-out electronica...
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gastonmNov 12, 2006It's a great album.and with this album they show they're just not electronic music. pd1:i love the mandolin solos pd2:the song when the bomb drops is fuckin' great pd:fuck pitchfork and stylus magazine
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Dagger.Nov 21, 2006
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jonsJun 22, 2006what a load of bollocks!!
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"Riot City Blues" starts fairly poorly and gets progressively worse.
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Stupid, clichéd, utterly ridiculous for sure, but done with so much pizazz that you can't help but fall for its charms.
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It's as if Primal Scream have run completely out of ideas and so they've reverted to the detestable fallbacks of honking harmonicas and bar-band choogles, acting like college freshmen who just discovered blues.