Primal Scream found themselves in danger of losing their hip audience in the wake of their misconceived trad-rock record, Give Out But Don't Give Up. As a reaction, they returned to the genre-bending, electronic dance-rock of the seminal Screamadelica for Give Out's follow-up, Vanishing Point. Instead of recycling the dazzlingly bright neo-psychedelia of Screamadelica, Primal Scream reaches deep into cavernous dub and '60s pop. Vanishing Point is a dark, trippy album, filled with mind-bending rhythms and cinematic flourishes. The addition of former Stone Roses bassist Mani to the Scream gives their music an organically funky foundation that had been lacking. Over those rhythms are samples, reverbed guitars, and synthesizers that echo spy movies, Southern soul, and the Stones. Above anything else, Vanishing Point is about sound and groove. Words remain a weak point for Bobby Gillespie, who only manages cohesive lyrics on the swirling Burning Wheel and Star, but that is a secondary concern, since Primal Scream is at its best when working the rhythms. Songs like Kowalski and, in particular, the extended instrumentals of Get Duffy and Trainspotting illustrate that the group is still capable of creating exotic, thoroughly entrancing sounds, which is what makes Vanishing Point a remarkable comeback. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

1		Burning Wheel
2		Get Duffy
3		Kowalski
4		Star
5		If They Move, Kill 'Em
6		Out of the Void
7		Stuka
8		Medication
9		Motorhead
10		Trainspotting
11		Long Life

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