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8.0
139503
8.0 |
Clash
As righteously indignant and vital as ever, ‘Come Ahead’ is another high in a career full of them
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8.0
139504
8.0 |
Record Collector
Gillespie's words can sound like platitudes when they're written down, but his sincerity and the music's sonic freshness and influence-exposing urgency elevate the material, evoking the Primal Scream of 30 years ago. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
A triumph in thematic/aural juxtaposition, Come Ahead is up there with Primal Scream’s best. Print edition only
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8.0
139515
8.0 |
The Independent
At 63, Bobby Gillespie can still channel the back-alley menace of a truant teen while embracing full-blown hedonism in his music
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8.0
139519
8.0 |
NME
Personal and political, Bobby Gillespie and co’s David Holmes-assisted first album in eight years wants us to dance our way to justice
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8.0
139521
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
A band back on top of their song writing game after so many years of never quite doing the business
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8.0
139548
8.0 |
DIY
Another chapter in a band priding themselves on forward movement while celebrating their storied past
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7.0
139544
7.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
While not a top-notch epic, the record successfully starts a new era for the group, albeit in quite an unusual retro fashion for them. Finally, Bobby released a big budget sounding album to match the shiny suits he wears these days
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6.8
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6.8 |
Pitchfork
The first Primal Scream album in eight years gives Bobby Gillespie’s acid-dipped grooves a funky, cinematic sheen
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
The frontman of the Scottish rockers contemplates mortality and more on an album with shades of 70s Philly soul
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6.0
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6.0 |
musicOMH
Bobby Gillespie and co’s first album in eight years offsets brittle plastic funk and syrupy ballads with meaty riffs and disco beats
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6.0
139516
6.0 |
The Guardian
The frontman of the Scottish rockers contemplates mortality and more on an album with shades of 70s Philly soul
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5.9
139517
5.9 |
Northern Transmissions
The writing was often times uncomplying and Gillespie’s singing was unfortunately lacking of emotion and passion which caused it to feel boring and flat; a stark contrast to the interesting composition of the instruments
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4.0
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The FT
Bobby Gillespie is good at posturing, as rock frontmen ought to be, but emotional depth isn’t his thing
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3.0
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3.0 |
The Quietus
t would take a hell of a reinvention to pull back Primal Scream from this stinking brink. Come Ahead is a record that fails, fatally, to recognise that Bobby Gillespie was always Primal Scream’s least compelling element
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2.0
139514
2.0 |
The Irish Times
Ethical concerns are the least of fans’ worries, as not even David Holmes’s involvement can save this woefully inadequate collection
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