More Light (Primal Scream album)

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More Light
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Studio album by
Primal Scream
Released13 May 2013 (2013-05-13), USA: 18 June 2013 (2013-06-18) [1]
StudioDas Bunker, London; Vox Studios, Los Angeles [2]
Genre
Length68:28
Label Ignition
Producer David 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

More Light is the tenth studio album by Scottish rock 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 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". [6] This is their first album since Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994) to not feature bassist Mani.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10 [7]
Metacritic 77/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]
The A.V. Club B+ [10]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
NME 8/10 [14]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [15]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Uncut 7/10 [5]

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. [8] 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". [18]

Artwork

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

Track listing

All tracks composed by Andrew Innes and Bobby Gillespie; except where indicated

More Light
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."2013" 9:01
2."River of Pain" 6:59
3."Culturecide"Innes, Gillespie, Mark Stewart 4:36
4."Hit Void" 4:10
5."Tenement Kid" 4:46
6."Invisible City" 4:41
7."Goodbye Johnny" Jeffrey Lee Pierce 3:29
8."Sideman" 3:54
9."Elimination Blues" 5:47
10."Turn Each Other Inside Out"Innes, Gillespie, Dave Meltzer 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.TitleWriter(s)Length
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" Jim Sclavunos, Martyn P. Casey, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis 5:37
5."Theme from More Light" 2:29
6."2013 (Weatherall remix)" 8:20
Total length:27:24

Personnel

Primal Scream
Additional personnel

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