Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

2. Primal ScreamScreamadelica

This was when Madness were out of action, and ecstasy was in the air, I was checking out this and checking out that, and I remember hearing โ€˜Loadedโ€™ in a supermarket in Kilburn High Road and I said โ€œFuck, whatโ€™s this coming through the speakers?โ€ But I was reminded of it because I saw Primal Scream at Glastonbury this year, doing the whole album, and it just reminded me what a fucking great album it was. โ€˜Higher Than The Sunโ€™, I think, was their masterpiece. I donโ€™t think anyone got it better, that ethereal space between rock and dance music, than them with Andy Weatherall. I thought Happy Mondays were great, and The Stone Roses, but I thought Screamadelica was really sensational.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: EOB, Chris Packham
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