Beautiful Future

Beautiful Future
Studio album by Primal Scream
Released 21 July 2008 (2008-07-21)
Recorded 2008
Genre Alternative rock
Length 54:00
Label B-Unique
Producer
Primal Scream chronology
Riot City Blues
(2006)		 Beautiful Future
(2008)		 More Light
(2013)
Singles from Beautiful Future
  1. "Can't Go Back"
    Released: 14 July 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
OMM[3]
Pitchfork Media(7.0/10)[4]
NME(8/10)[5]
Digital Spy[6]
Gigwise[7]
The Guardian[8]
The Independent[9]
The Times[10]
Virgin Media[11]

Beautiful Future is the ninth studio album by Scottish rock band Primal Scream, released on 21 July 2008 by B-Unique Records. It was promoted with the single "Can't Go Back", and was produced by Björn Yttling and Paul Epworth.

According to the press release, "the album displays a heady mix of genre crunching taking in Philly soul, dark electro, accelerated rock'n'roll riffs and pure British pop, all given that particular Scream edge."[12] The album features special guest appearances from Lovefoxxx (of Cansei de Ser Sexy), Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age) and folk legend Linda Thompson. With the extended edition of Beautiful Future, as well as the album featuring two extra songs ("Urban Guerrilla", "Time of Assassins"), the album also includes the video for the single, "Can't Go Back".

It is the first album not to feature the guitarist Robert "Throb" Young, who left after the release of their previous album Riot City Blues in 2006 due to his retirement for personal reasons, and it is also the last studio album to feature the bassist Mani, who departed after Screamadelica Live in 2011, and then re-formed his past band The Stone Roses in the same year.

Track listing

All songs by Primal Scream, except "Over & Over" by Fleetwood Mac and "Urban Guerrilla" by Hawkwind.

  1. "Beautiful Future" – 5:09
  2. "Can't Go Back" – 3:44
  3. "Uptown" – 4:50
  4. "The Glory of Love" – 3:11
  5. "Suicide Bomb" – 5:51
  6. "Zombie Man" – 3:37
  7. "Beautiful Summer" – 4:43
  8. "I Love to Hurt (You Love to Be Hurt)" (featuring Lovefoxxx) – 4:32
  9. "Over & Over" (featuring Linda Thompson) – 4:33
  10. "Necro Hex Blues" (featuring Josh Homme) – 3:34
  11. "The Glory Of Love" (Single Version) – 3:13

Bonus Tracks

  1. "Urban Guerrilla" – 3:25
  2. "Time of the Assassins" – 3:38

Personnel

Band

Guests

References

  1. ↑ Beautiful Future at Metacritic Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ OMM review
  4. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  5. ↑ NME review
  6. ↑ Digital Spy review
  7. ↑ Gigwise review
  8. ↑ The Guardian review
  9. ↑ The Independent review
  10. ↑ The Times review
  11. ↑ Virgin Media review
  12. ↑ "Primal Scream Beautiful Future UK CD ALBUM (438334)". eil.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
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