Dirty Hits

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Dirty Hits
Dirty hits album cover.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Released3 November 2003
Recorded1990–2003
Label Columbia
Primal Scream chronology
Evil Heat
(2002)
Dirty Hits
(2003)
Shoot Speed – More Dirty Hits
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Stylus Magazine C+ [2]

Dirty Hits is a greatest hits album by Scottish rock band Primal Scream. [3] [4] It was released on 3 November 2003 by Columbia Records. The album is generally made up of chronologically listed singles, except the album tracks "Long Life", "Shoot Speed/Kill Light", and "Deep Hit of Morning Sun". The rare C86 single "Velocity Girl" is not included, neither is anything from Sonic Flower Groove or their self-titled 1989 album. Tracks from this period appeared on the compilation's sequel; Shoot Speed – More Dirty Hits , released five months later.

Contents

Early limited versions came in a card sleeve with a bonus disc of remixes; most had previously appeared as B-sides.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Primal Scream; except "Some Velvet Morning" written by Lee Hazlewood.

No.TitleLength
1."Loaded" (Edit)4:34
2."Movin' on Up"3:44
3."Come Together" (Edit)4:53
4."Higher Than the Sun"3:37
5."Rocks"3:35
6."Jailbird"3:35
7."(I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind"4:26
8."Burning Wheel" (Edit)4:34
9."Kowalski" (Edit)4:31
10."Long Life"3:49
11."Swastika Eyes"3:52
12."Kill All Hippies"4:07
13."Accelerator"3:38
14."Shoot Speed/Kill Light"5:15
15."Miss Lucifer"2:28
16."Deep Hit of Morning Sun"3:45
17."Some Velvet Morning" (featuring Kate Moss) (new version)3:50
18."Autobahn 66"6:16
Bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Come Together (Hypnotone Brain Machine Mix)"5:17
2."Higher Than The Sun (The Orb Extended Extended Mix)"5:00
3."Loaded (Terry Farley Remix)"5:59
4."Rocks (Jimmy Miller Mix)"3:42
5."Jailbird (Sweeney 2 Sabres of Paradise Remix)"5:46
6."Kowalski (Automator Mix)"5:12
7."Living Dub (Long Life Adrian Sherwood Remix)"5:31
8."Stuka (Two Lone Swordsmen Mix)"10:14
9."Swastika Eyes (Chemical Brothers Mix UK Edit)"3:55
10."Exterminator (Massive Attack Remix)"5:08
11."Miss Lucifer (Bone to Bone Alec Empire Remix)"3:23
12."Some Velvet Morning (Two Lone Swordsmen Alternative Mix)"6:54
13."Autobahn 66 (Alter Ego Remix)"6:41

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