Come Ahead

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Come Ahead
Come Ahead album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released8 November 2024 (2024-11-08)
Length64:39
Label BMG
Producer David Holmes
Primal Scream chronology
Chaosmosis
(2016)
Come Ahead
(2024)

Come Ahead is the twelfth studio album by Scottish band Primal Scream. It was released on 8 November 2024, and it is the band's first album in eight years. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [5]

Come Ahead received mostly positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on 15 reviews. [3]

Track listing

Come Ahead track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ready to Go Home"4:41
2."Love Insurrection"
  • Gillespie
  • Innes
  • Holmes
6:19
3."Heal Yourself"
  • Gillespie
  • Holmes
5:32
4."Innocent Money"
  • Gillespie
  • Innes
  • Holmes
6:30
5."Melancholy Man"
  • Gillespie
  • Innes
  • Holmes
5:15
6."Love Ain't Enough"
  • Gillespie
  • Holmes
4:44
7."Circus of Life"
  • Gillespie
  • Holmes
5:52
8."False Flags"
  • Gillespie
  • Holmes
  • Brian Irvine
8:11
9."Deep Dark Waters"
  • Gillespie
  • Innes
  • Holmes
4:49
10."The Centre Cannot Hold"
  • Gillespie
  • Holmes
3:42
11."Settler's Blues"
  • Gillespie
  • Holmes
9:04
Total length:64:39

Personnel

Primal Scream [a]

Additional musicians

Technical

Notes

  1. Band member Darrin Mooney is not credited for performing or writing on the album.
  2. The House Gospel Choir consists of altos Liza Jennings, Martha Evans, and Shayanne Campbell; sopranos Renee Alleyne, Roslyn Adonteng, and Zehra Lewis-Wright; and tenors Lewis Daniels and Ste Sinclair.

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