Screamadelica
by Primal Scream
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Screamadelica is ranked as the best album by Primal Scream.
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Screamadelica track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Screamadelica rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lidiotduvillage | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 99/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | occasionalrain | Top 75 Greatest Music Albums | 12/75 | 84 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 21 Music Albums of 1991 | 11/21 | 3 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1991 | 5/15 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | WayneMC | BBC Music Magazine: 1991-The 17 Greatest Albums | 14/17 | - |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 59/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 95 Music Albums of 1991 | 39/95 | 3 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 74/100 | 26 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 32 Music Albums of 1991 | 9/32 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 770 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 5,286 | |||
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Screamadelica ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/28/2026 03:00 | stareaterogni0n | 593 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2026 14:26 | emiro | 148 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2026 18:17 |  imimesis | 2,125 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.0/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Screamadelica forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5465): By elton229View latest topic →
Musicbuff123 10/08/2026 18:06 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026View latest topic →
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Screamadelica comments
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bonafini 11/04/2015 03:14 | #152449 | TOP COMMENT
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This thing slaughters the English rock of the '60s and '80s and attach their cut off limbs on the dumbest type of EDM. Its most powerful statement is "let's get high and not care" -- and it doesn't even care to say it in a crafty manner, if that's even possible. Screamadelica is the perfect picture of a mindless but well-dressed bourgeois youth that is willing to give a middle-finger to all of the world but can't get past the condo gates -- well secured so they can take their drugs and woo around.
(And I certanly don't say it from the viewpoint of the boring rockist that thinks sampling is lack of musicianship; i'm a big M.I.A., Animal Collective and Kanye West fan.)
Takes you at time when things were a little different, when with a little help from your friends we were together as one for those long nights and chilled mornings at least!!
HigherThanTheSun 01/26/2012 00:26 | #35891 | TOP COMMENT
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Incredible album, so chilled and the perfect soundtrack to getting completely mashed. Higher Than The Sun one of my favourite tracks ever.
Primal Scream fuse together a diverse range of genres to create one big, juicy masterwork. "Screamadelica" is melodic, trippy, jazzy, worldly and innovative throughout. It's downtempo and yet it manages to radiate heat. Repetition throughout its long compositions serve purpose; these kaleidoscopic tracks draw you in and make you never want to leave. A wonderful record.
THE most overrated album of all-time! Two decent songs - Loaded & Come Together - everything else is no more than a patchwork of borrowed idea's and sounds stitched together by the producers. It represented the success of superficial trendiness over true talent. And THE worst lead vocals in pop music history!
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