More Light (Primal Scream album)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.3/10[5]
Metacritic	77/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The A.V. Club	B+[8]
The Guardian	[9]
The Independent	[10]
Mojo	[11]
NME	8/10[12]
Pitchfork	7.7/10[13]
Q	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]
Uncut	7/10[3]

More Light received highly positive reactions from critics, and is perhaps their most critically acclaimed album since XTRMNTR. On Metacritic, the album has a score of 77 out of 100, based on 29 reviews.[6] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph gave a positive review of the album, describing it as "mesmerising" and containing "big, monstrous, mantra-like, psychedelic grooves". He went on to add that More Light should do much to restore Primal Scream’s reputation as one of the country’s most creative and ambitious rock bands. The music is dense yet uplifting, creating its own tensions with Gillespie’s dark, stream-of-consciousness lyrics. Songs like "2013", "Culturecide", "Tenement Kid" and "Walking with the Beast" convey an impression of a highly-strung, heartfelt assault on the inequities of the modern world, before building to the euphoric gospel release of closing track "It’s Alright, It’s OK".[16]

The artwork, designed by Scottish artist Jim Lambie, is based on the artwork from Scottish musician Momus' 1988 album, Tender Pervert.

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Primal Scream

• Bobby Gillespie – vocals, tambourine, handclaps, mellotron, electric piano, drums, percussion
• Andrew Innes – electric, acoustic, and twelve-string guitars, bass guitar, six-string bass, keyboards, electric sitar, synthesizer, autoharp, dulcimer, drones
• Martin Duffy – keyboards
• Darrin Mooney – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Fred Adams – trumpet
• Marshall Allen – alto saxophone
• Jay Bellerose – drums
• Nicky Brown – vocal arrangements
• Barrie Cadogan – guitar, backing vocals
• Davey Chegwidden – drums, guiro, percussion, tom-toms
• Keefus Cianca – bells, piano
• Matthew Cooper – design
• Rich Costey – mixing
• Jason Falkner – bass guitar, six-string bass, guitar, synthesizer, engineer
• Geo Gabriel – backing vocals
• Michael Harris – engineering
• Sharlene Hector – backing vocals
• David Henderson – guitar
• Max Heyes – engineering
• David Holmes – engineering, producer
• Jim Hunt – saxophone, flute
• Eric Islip – engineering
• Woody Jackson – engineering, guitar, orchestration
• Sam Johnston – engineering
• Chris Kasych – Pro-Tools
• Jim Lambie – sleeve art
• Brendan Lynch – production, engineering, mixing
• David Meltzer – composer
• Marco Nelson – bass guitar
• Niall O'Brien – photography
• Ladonna Harley Peters – background vocals
• Lee Pierce – composer
• Robert Plant – backing vocals
• Noel Scott – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Kevin Shields – guitar
• Todd Simon – trumpet
• Paul Stanborough – engineering
• Mark Stewart – backing vocals, whistle
• Steve Tavaglione – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone
• Valente Torrez – engineering
• Masa Tsuzki – engineering
• The Unloved – backing vocals
• Tracy Wannomae – alto saxophone

• More Light at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)