Sonic Flower Groove
| Sonic Flower Groove | ||||
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| Studio album by Primal Scream | ||||
| Released | 5 October 1987 | |||
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| Length | 34:18 | |||
| Label | Elevation | |||
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Mayo Thompson Colin Fairley, Clive Langer on "Imperial" |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Melody Maker | (unfavourable) |
| Underground | (2 3⁄4/3) |
Sonic Flower Groove is the debut album by Scottish indie rock band Primal Scream, released on 5 October 1987. Sonic Flower Groove featured psychedelic, Byrdsy jangle pop and was the only Primal Scream album to feature founder member Jim Beattie (credited as 'Jim Navajo'). The album sold well enough to reach number 62 in the UK Album Chart, but performed poorly by major-label standards. The disappointment was a major reason for the original Primal Scream splitting up shortly after Sonic Flower Groove, leaving vocalist Bobby Gillespie and the guitar duo of Andrew Innes and Robert "Throb" Young to reorganize the band.
Mayo Thompson of Red Krayola was the producer of the album, after work with Stephen Street did not please the band.
At the time of its release, critical reception was mixed. Underground called it "a real gem of a debut album" and "one that's sure to top all the polls come the end of the year", but others were less impressed. Melody Maker were impressed with "Gentle Tuesday" but said "the rest is not pop. It is dandelion fluff", stating that the album was "swamped with problems" with "no songs, just a dusty pile of dull leftovers".
A later Allmusic review called it "one goofy headscratcher of a release, the sound of a band that didn't quite know exactly what to do yet trying to record a big-budget (of sorts) debut album and ending up with little more than a pristine but dull photocopy of Turn! Turn! Turn!". In 2002, the Evening Times stated that it is "now regarded as a retro masterpiece".
All songs written by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie, except as noted
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