Everyone puts 1991's "sceamadelica" on every "classics" list but this 2000 release surpasses it with all the style. Theres no trace of the band who recorded the lame "give out but dont give up", its almost as if they pick again their dance-rock combo from screamadelica and infused it with a dark, punk-angry attitude, and the result was a total bomb! So say goodbye to the rolling stones impressonators...
Try to imagine the stooges, my bloody valentine and new order all mixed up on a car crash and you get a somewhat vague clue of this record, this is the kind of sound that puts itself on the border between masterpiece and pointless annoying noise, and eventually falls on the right side of the fence. Its the kind of music suited for our era, noisy, agressive and explosive, everything orks fine in here, even bobby gillespie's rapping on "pills"! No weird sound turns to be superfluous in the songs, theyre all necessary to their structure, as weird as cut-up as it may sound on a first listening. So, if you liked the give out but dont give up-period primal scream, keep away from this record, this is the punk rock version of scremadelica. Some of the lyrics may sound a bit clicheed but they suit the sound like a glove, mr gillespie isnt reaching for no gospel "movin on up" kind of thing, this is the dark and dirty side.

And, Kasabian, i bet you guys loved to be Primal Scream...but you cant.