''Beautiful Future'' is the ninth studio album by Scottish

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band Primal Scream. It was released on 21 July 2008 by B-Unique Records. It peaked at number 9 on the

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. It was promoted with the single " Can't Go Back", and was produced by Björn Yttling and

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. According to the press release, "the album displays a heady mix of genre crunching taking in Philly soul, dark electro, accelerated rock'n'roll riffs and pure British pop, all given that particular Scream edge." The album features special guest appearances from

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(of

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), Josh Homme (of

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) and folk legend Linda Thompson. With the extended edition of ''Beautiful Future'', as well as the album featuring two extra songs ("Urban Guerrilla", "Time of Assassins"), the album also includes the video for the single, "Can't Go Back". It is the first album not to feature the guitarist Robert "Throb" Young, who left after the release of their previous album '' Riot City Blues'' in 2006 due to his retirement for personal reasons, and it is also the last studio album to feature the bassist

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, who departed after '' Screamadelica Live'' in 2011, and then re-formed his past band

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in the same year.

Critical reception

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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. Primal Scream * Bobby Gillespie – vocals *

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– guitar, synthesizer *

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– bass guitar * Martin Duffy – keyboards * Darrin Mooney – drums, percussion Additional musicians *

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– vocals * Ellekari Larsson – vocals * Lykke Li Zachrisson – vocals * Maria Andersson – vocals *

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– vocals *

– vocals * Linda Thompson – vocals *

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– violin * Andreas Forsman – violin * Christopher Öhman – viola * Emma Lindhamre – cello *

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– guitar, slide guitar * Bjorn Yttling – keyboards * Josh Homme – guitar

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2008 albums Primal Scream albums B-Unique Records albums Albums produced by Björn Yttling Albums produced by Paul Epworth