After various adventures in electronica, Riot City Blues is Primal Scream’s return to straightforward rock and blues. They’ve done it before but never while sounding so vital or natural. Setting the tone, “Country Girl” is rousing, irrepressible and charged by some fierce mandolin playing, while the scuzzy garage-glam of “Dolls” highlights the appealing rawness and spontaneity to the album. It wouldn’t be a Primal Scream record without a disarming moment of tenderness though, and the country-gospel of “Sometimes I Feel So Lonely” fills that slot gracefully.
Tracklisting
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| A1 | Country Girl |
| A2 | Nitty Gritty |
| A3 | Suicide Sally & Johnny Guitar |
| A4 | When the Bomb Drops |
| A5 | Stone Ya To The Bone |
| B1 | Gamblin’ Bar Room Blues |
| B2 | Country Blues # 1 / Will I Be Forgiven? |
| B3 | Little Death |
| B4 | To Live Is To Fly |
| C1 | Zeppelin Blues While Thinking Of Robert Parker |
| C2 | The 99th Floor |
| C3 | We’re Gonna Boogie |
| C4 | Gimme Some Truth |
| D1 | Dolls (Sweet Rock ‘N’ Roll) |
| D2 | It’s Not Enough |
| D3 | Hell’s Comin’ Down |
| D4 | Sometimes I Feel So Lonely |
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Release Information
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | 1× Vinyl (Red Translucent) LP |
| Label | Columbia |
| Catalog Number | 19439873831 |
| Notes | RSD June 2021 release. Gatefold sleeve with two inner sleeves with images, credits, lyrics, and new sleevenotes by Bobby Gillespie. Includes code for digital download, in 320kbps MP3 format. On the downloaded files, the last note of ‘Zeppelin Blues While Thinking Of Robert Parker’ is mistakenly indexed as the first note of the following track, ‘The 99th Floor’. Matrix/Runout note: All sides - number/letter strings stamped, text strings etched. |
| Discogs URL | Primal Scream - Riot City Blues Sessions |