Riot City Blues
by Primal Scream
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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 321 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,151.
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Riot City Blues track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/17/2025 15:17 | Leginlists | 3,786 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2025 10:56 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,361 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2024 22:42 | mash | 1,490 | 89/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2023 07:23 | cicadelic | 13,764 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2023 10:01 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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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 (Edited)
imacgill 08/25/2022 02:03 | #288902
Riot City Blues is probably Primal Scream's most authentic rock record channelling The Rolling Stones throughout. (Edited)
drstuey 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.
Feels like a huge regression in comparison to their stomping great LPs "XTRMNTR" and "Evil Heat". This is Primal Scream at their weakest.
Not good, but also not bad. "Riot City Blues" may have reverted back into forgettable garage-rock territory after the interesting electro-industrial of their underrated "Evil Heat", but a good proportion of it is catchy & feel-good (especially the country-pop diversions). Just don't expect any complex arrangements or experimentation of any sort.
Brad1770 01/06/2018 01:07 | #204670
I didn't really dig this album unfortunately. (Edited)
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