More Light (Primal Scream album)

More Light is the tenth studio album by Scottish band Primal Scream, released on 13 May 2013. The single "It's Alright, It's OK" received airplay on national stations including BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music and Absolute Radio and on music channel MTV Rocks, whilst it has also been played on a number of smaller stations including 106.9FM WHCR and Kingstown Radio. It is the first Primal Scream album after the departure of bassist Mani. It references influential The Gun Club singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce with a take on his song 'Goodbye Johnny' and use of the track title 'Walking with the Beast'.[4] This is their first album since Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994) to not featured the bassist Mani.

More Light
Studio album by
Primal Scream
Released13 May 2013 (2013-05-13)
Genre
Length68:28
LabelIgnition
ProducerDavid Holmes
Primal Scream chronology
Beautiful Future
(2008)		 More Light
(2013)		 Chaosmosis
(2016)
Singles from More Light
  1. "2013"
    Released: 25 March 2013
  2. "It's Alright, It's OK"
    Released: 7 May 2013
  3. "Invisible City"
    Released: 2 August 2013

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10[5]
Metacritic77/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The A.V. ClubB+[8]
The Guardian[9]
The Independent[10]
Mojo[11]
NME8/10[12]
Pitchfork7.7/10[13]
Q[14]
Rolling Stone[15]
Uncut7/10[3]

More Light received highly positive reactions from critics, and is perhaps their most critically acclaimed album since XTRMNTR. On Metacritic, the album has a score of 77 out of 100, based on 29 reviews.[6] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph gave a positive review of the album, describing it as "mesmerising" and containing "big, monstrous, mantra-like, psychedelic grooves". He went on to add that More Light should do much to restore Primal Scream’s reputation as one of the country’s most creative and ambitious rock bands. The music is dense yet uplifting, creating its own tensions with Gillespie’s dark, stream-of-consciousness lyrics. Songs like "2013", "Culturecide", "Tenement Kid" and "Walking with the Beast" convey an impression of a highly-strung, heartfelt assault on the inequities of the modern world, before building to the euphoric gospel release of closing track "It’s Alright, It’s OK".[16]

Artwork

The artwork, designed by Scottish artist Jim Lambie, is based on the artwork from Scottish musician Momus' 1988 album, Tender Pervert.

Track listing
More Light
No.TitleLength
1."2013"9:01
2."River of Pain"6:59
3."Culturecide"4:36
4."Hit Void"4:10
5."Tenement Kid"4:46
6."Invisible City"4:41
7."Goodbye Johnny"3:29
8."Sideman"3:54
9."Elimination Blues"5:47
10."Turn Each Other Inside Out"4:35
11."Relativity"7:29
12."Walking with the Beast"3:58
13."It's Alright, It's OK"5:09
Total length:68:28
Extra Light
No.TitleLength
1."Nothing Is Real / Nothing Is Unreal"5:07
2."Requiem for the Russian Tea Rooms"3:14
3."Running Out of Time"2:37
4."Worm Tamer"5:37
5."Theme from More Light"2:29
6."2013 (Weatherall remix)"8:20
Total length:27:24

Personnel
Primal Scream
  • Bobby Gillespie – vocals, tambourine, handclaps, mellotron, electric piano, drums, percussion
  • Andrew Innes – electric, acoustic, and twelve-string guitars, bass guitar, six-string bass, keyboards, electric sitar, synthesizer, autoharp, dulcimer, drones
  • Martin Duffy – keyboards
  • Darrin Mooney – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
  • Fred Adams – trumpet
  • Marshall Allen – alto saxophone
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Nicky Brown – vocal arrangements
  • Barrie Cadogan – guitar, backing vocals
  • Davey Chegwidden – drums, guiro, percussion, tom-toms
  • Keefus Cianca – bells, piano
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Jason Falkner – bass guitar, six-string bass, guitar, synthesizer, engineer
  • Geo Gabriel – backing vocals
  • Michael Harris – engineering
  • Sharlene Hector – backing vocals
  • David Henderson – guitar
  • Max Heyes – engineering
  • David Holmes – engineering, producer
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone, flute
  • Eric Islip – engineering
  • Woody Jackson – engineering, guitar, orchestration
  • Sam Johnston – engineering
  • Chris Kasych – Pro-Tools
  • Jim Lambie – sleeve art
  • Brendan Lynch – production, engineering, mixing
  • David Meltzer – composer
  • Marco Nelson – bass guitar
  • Niall O'Brien – photography
  • Ladonna Harley Peters – background vocals
  • Lee Pierce – composer
  • Robert Plant – backing vocals
  • Noel Scott – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Kevin Shields – guitar
  • Todd Simon – trumpet
  • Paul Stanborough – engineering
  • Mark Stewart – backing vocals, whistle
  • Steve Tavaglione – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone
  • Valente Torrez – engineering
  • Masa Tsuzki – engineering
  • The Unloved – backing vocals
  • Tracy Wannomae – alto saxophone

References
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  3. Thomson, Graeme (June 2013). "Primal Scream – More Light". Uncut (193): 66. ISSN 1368-0722. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. https://www.electronicbeats.net/primal-scream-bobby-gillespie/
  5. "More Light by Primal Scream reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  6. "Reviews for More Light by Primal Scream". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  7. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "More Light – Primal Scream". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  8. Zaleski, Annie (18 June 2013). "Primal Scream: More Light". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  9. Hann, Michael (9 May 2013). "Primal Scream: More Light – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  10. Gill, Andy (10 May 2013). "Album review: Primal Scream, More Light (First International)". The Independent.
  11. Wilson, Joe (June 2013). "Look on the bright side: Bobby Gillespie's men diagnose social ills in order to transcend them on 70-minute, double disc tenth LP". Mojo (235): 82. ISSN 1351-0193.
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  13. Berman, Stuart (8 May 2013). "Primal Scream: More Light". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  14. "Primal Scream: More Light". Q (323): 97. June 2013. ISSN 0955-4955.
  15. Gross, Joe (15 July 2013). "More Light". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  16. McCormick, Neil (11 May 2013). "Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie interview: 'drugs put my life in chaos'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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