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"Sonic Flower Groove" is the first album by Primal Scream, a British band led by the legendary Bobbie Gillespie and his genius, yet scattered and confused personality. Released in 1987, "Sonic Flower Groove" is the manifesto of those Primal Scream that had become, in the second half of the '80s, the standard-bearers of British acid-rock, before shifting, with "Screamadelica", towards a mix of rock, techno, and dance that would characterize their subsequent and inconsistent musical production.
In any case, the album in question remains a true gem, undoubtedly worth having in your collection: 10 perfect tracks between pop and psychedelic revival, in which our biggest references, the Beatles and the psychedelia of the second half of the '60s, seem to emerge right from the first song, the wonderful "Gentle Tuesday".
Continuing with the listening, you encounter other magnificent pieces, like the slow "May The Sun Shine Bright For You," "Silent Spring" with its long psychedelic tail, and the final "We Go Down Slowly Rising," which seal a perfect, compact album with no stylistic slips, perhaps not a masterpiece, but still a record you will listen to over and over without tiring.
After "Sonic Flower Groove," Primal Scream would significantly change their sound, alternating excellent works with others rather flat and banal, but it matters little: "Sonic Flower Groove" remains there, untouchable, in all its splendor, the typical splendor of the classics that today, 17 years later, never ceases to amaze.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Gentle Tuesday (03:49)
Shadow masking matters
Can't conceal the way you really feel
It doesn't fit our souls exist
That of they asked me how it is
New morning dew for you
Sweet honey hips your lips
Hold spells when cast they dwell
Like magic in your kiss
Confusion colours cruel designs
Unhappy girl, you're out of time
Gentle Tuesday
Sad and lonely eyes
Gentle tuesday
See yourself tonight
Memories as fat as bees
Presents a mess of poison tears
A word unkind that tricks our minds
We really warned before your time
Happiness, nothing less
A universal way
Bad seeds but fruit are sweet
You choke on empty days
Confusion colours cruel designs
Unhappy girl you're out of time
Chorus (x2)
08 Leaves (03:32)
All I ever wanted
Was a chance but you
Are never one to change
All of the excuses
That i've heard from you
Are as tired as they are lame
Cannot rhyme nor reason with
Your actions anymore
Oh i guess I should be leaving
I won't miss you when you're gone
If you care about me
Iike you say you do
Then why are we this way
Care for no one else
Except yourself it's true
No matter what you say
Chorus
And all those promises you've made
Were never kept
You know you're lyin'
When you say that you forgot
That you'd for - oh
Just go away, just go away
Chorus
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By popoloitaliano
This is the best LP by Primal Scream.
Simple guitar feedback over pure sweet melody "english NME wanted."
