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Mercury Prize Winner 1992: Primal Scream – Screamadelica

Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie talks to Davie Scott about the classic Screamadelica, released in 1991 and the winner of the first ever Mercury prize the following year.

A series in which musician Davie Scott reveals the stories behind classic Scottish albums.

In this episode, first broadcast on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland in 2005, Davie talks to Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie about the classic Screamadelica, released in 1991 and the winner of the first ever Mercury prize the following year. Bobby takes us back to the heady recording sessions and describes the ways in which politics and hedonism fuelled the music of the band. We also hear from Andrew Weatherall, who co-produced the album, and sadly died in 2020.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 6 Sep 2023 01:00

Music Played

  • Primal Scream

    Movin' On Up

    • Screamadelica.
    • Creation Records.
    • CRECD-076.
  • Primal Scream

    Come Together

    • Screamadelica.
    • Creation Records.
    • CRECD-076.
  • Primal Scream

    Loaded

    • Screamadelica.
    • Creation Records.
    • CRECD-076.
  • Primal Scream

    Higher Than The Sun - A Dub Symphony in Two Parts

    • Screamadelica.
    • Creation Records.
    • CRECD-076.
  • Primal Scream

    I'm Coming Down

    • Screamadelica.
    • Creation Records.
    • CRECD-076.
  • Primal Scream

    Higher Than The Sun

    • Screamadelica.
    • Creation Records.
    • CRECD-076.
  • Primal Scream (feat Denise Johnson)

    Don't Fight It, Feel It

    • Screamadelica.
    • Creation REcords.
    • CRECD-076.
  • Primal Scream

    Shine Like Stars

    • Screamadelica.
    • Creation Records.
    • CRECD-076.
  • Primal Scream

    Slip Inside This House

    • Screamadelica.
    • Creation REcords.
    • crecd-076.
  • Camera Obscura

    Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Elefant Records.
  • Primal Scream

    Higher Than The Sun - London Olympia 2010

  • Foals

    Red Socks Pugie

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Transgressive Records.
    • 1.
  • Sea Power

    Who's In Control?

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 1.
  • The Beatles

    Hey Bulldog

  • Chairmen of the Board

    Finders Keepers

    • HDH.
  • PJ Harvey

    The Community Of Hope

    • Island Records.
  • Primal Scream

    Don't Fight It, Feel It (feat. Denise Johnson) (feat. Denise Johnson)

    • Creation Records.
  • Primal Scream

    Slip Inside This House - London Olympia 2010

  • Primal Scream

    Loaded

Broadcasts

  • Wed 22 Mar 2017 02:00
  • Tue 24 Apr 2018 02:00
  • Tue 23 Apr 2019 02:00
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  • Tue 14 Apr 2020 03:30
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  • Wed 5 Apr 2023 01:00
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