Product Description

Before transforming into druggy dance-groovers with 1990's awesome and influential acid-house single "Loaded", Primal Scream, led by vocalist/ex-Jesus and Mary Chain drummer BobbyGillespie, started life as a crew of anorak-wearing guitar-popsters in the mid-'80s UK tradition of The Pastels or The Television Personalities. Four years later, Primal Scream reinvented itself once again. The cover's images of a neon Confederate flag and a photo of late Funkadelic guitarist EddieHazel scream the band's intent: GIVE OUT BUT DON'T GIVE UP is a '70s-style Southern rock album given a massive infusionof funk. Recorded at Memphis' legendary Ardent Studios by Black Crowes mastermind George Drakoulias, and featuring guest spots by everyone from George Clinton to Tom Petty sidemanBenmont Tench, the album mixes its musical metaphors well. The clear highlight is "Rocks", a brilliant stomping single that sounds so much like the Faces that Rod Stewart himself later covered it.

Track Listing

1. Jailbird
2. Rocks
3. (I'm gonna) cry myself blind
4. Funky jam
5. Big jet plane
6. Free
7. Call on me
8. Struttin'
9. Sad and blue
10. Give out but don't give up
11. I'll be there for you

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4490 in Music
• Released on: 2001-01-15
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
The fourth album by Primal Scream, Give Out But Don't Give Up caused something of a stir amongst critics and fans alike for being so overtly rock & roll after their acid-tinged Screamadelica. With an obvious nod to the blues-rock of the Rolling Stones, Primal Scream explored the roots of their funky psychedelia, resulting in such outstanding tracks as "Jailbird" and "Rocks". Elsewhere, they get a little help from Grand Jester of Funk George Clinton on "Funky Jam" (which does exactly what it says on the tin). Initially written off as a temporary loss of direction for Primal Scream, this album deserves another chance. --Carina Trimingham

Customer Reviews

Below par compared their usual standards...
Having loved Screamadelica I bought this album on CD when it was released back in 1994. After the excellence of Screamadelica I thought this would be a safe purchase based on some glowing reviews but sadly I was wrong.
The album sounds very uneven, with Stones clone tracks like Rocks and Jailbird jarring against tracks like Funky Jam, despite the presence of George Clinton on 2 tracks. A few weeks after buying this CD I remember trading it in against something else, but at the end of the day I think we can forgive them for this temporary loss of direction because by 1997 the Scream were back on form with Vanishing Point - Burning Wheel on that album is an amazing track.

A Complete Scream
This album is remarkable in that it has tracks that appeal to virtually all musical tastes and all moods. It is the quintessential desert island disc, in that you could bung it on anytime and be refreshed/consoled/cheered up/made to cry and you could strut around the palm tree hollering Jailbird to your heart's content.
I fail to see how anybody interested enough in the Scream's sort of sound could get as far as reading a review of this and not be repaid a thousandfold by buying it.

Give out but don't give up
Last song is called 'Everybody Needs Somebody'. Unfortunate thing is that PS don't seem to bother much with some of the more laid back songs from this album in their live sets anymore. Would love them to try to bring them in a bit more with their newer stuff.