Riot City Blues
by Primal Scream

Riot City Blues by Primal Scream
Year: 2006
Release date: 2006-05-31
Overall rank: 16,886th   
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 38 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2006 (300th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (3,079th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,886th)

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Primal Scream bestography

Riot City Blues is ranked 8th best out of 26 albums by Primal Scream on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Primal Scream is Screamadelica which is ranked number 324 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,245.

Primal Scream album bestography « Higher ranked (11,742nd)
Give Out But Don't Give Up: The Original Memphis Recordings
This album (16,886th)
Riot City Blues
Lower ranked (19,777th) »
Sonic Flower Groove

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Riot City Blues track list

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Riot City Blues rankings

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Overall rank: 16,886th | 2000s rank: 3,079th | 2006 rank: 300th

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72/100 (from 38 votes)
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85/100
From 03/31/2024 21:43 | #302777
The great thing with Primal Scream is they have such a mix of styles but it can all come under the same umbrella. This boasting a heap of very catchy rock, bluesy rock n roll, psychedelia but all with a country tinge. My favorite Scream album and one I feel is majorly overlooked
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From 08/25/2022 02:03 | #288902
Riot City Blues is probably Primal Scream's most authentic rock record channelling The Rolling Stones throughout.
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From 04/06/2021 07:17 | #268255
Each song is pretty irresistible and feel-good but it's all a bit cliched and Gillespie's drawled slurred vocal (often with an American accent) gets a bit tiresome.
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From 01/06/2018 01:07 | #204670
I didn't really dig this album unfortunately.
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