Chaosmosis Explained

Chaosmosis is the eleventh studio album by Scottish band Primal Scream. It was released on 18 March 2016 on the band's First International label, through Ignition Records.^[1] The album's lead single, "Where the Light Gets In", was released on 1 February 2016 and features American singer Sky Ferreira.^{[2] [3]} "I Can Change" was released on 14 March 2016 as the second single from the album.^[4] "Trippin' on Your Love" was released to US submodern rock radio on 16 March 2016 as the album's third single.^[5] The fourth single, "100% or Nothing", was released as a 12-inch single on 19 August 2016.^[6]

The album is the last to feature band member Martin Duffy prior to his death in December 2022.

Critical reception

Chaosmosis received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 65, based on 25 reviews. Writing for Exclaim!, Cam Lindsay called the record "an uneven effort by a band that specializes in doing whatever the hell feels right."

Track listing

Notes

• signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Chaosmosis.^[7]

Primal Scream

• Bobby Gillespie – vocals ; synthesiser
  • Andrew Innes – guitar ; loops ; plug-ins ; synthesiser ; dulcimer Martin Duffy – piano ; organ ; vibraphone
• Darrin Mooney – percussion ; drums

Additional musicians

• Danielle Haim – backing vocals
• Este Haim – backing vocals
• Alana Haim – backing vocals
• Jason Falkner – bass
• Björn Yttling – synthesiser ; celeste ; piano
  • Christoffer Zachrisson – zither Jim Hunt – flute ; saxophone
  • Rachel Zeffira – vocals, viola, violin ; backing vocals ; cor anglais Deborah Chandler – cello
• John Eriksson – drums
• Sky Ferreira – vocals
• Sophie Nevrkla – backing vocals
• Grace Cockell – backing vocals

Technical

• Björn Yttling – production ; additional production
• Andrew Innes – production ; engineering
• Bobby Gillespie – production
• Lasse Mårtén – mixing
• Brendan Lynch – engineering
• Ross Matthews – engineering
• Gustav Lindelow – engineering
• Hans Stenlund – engineering
• Max Heyes – engineering
• Sean Kellet – engineering
• Joe Harrison – engineering assistance

Artwork

• Jim Lambie – artwork
• Mick Hutson – original photography
• Matthew Cooper – design
• Bobby Gillespie – design

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monroe . Jazz . Primal Scream Announce New Album Chaosmosis . . 7 December 2015 . 4 February 2016.
2. Web site: Minsker . Evan . Primal Scream and Sky Ferreira Vamp It Up in "Where the Light Gets In" Video . Pitchfork . 1 February 2016 . 7 February 2016.
3. Web site: Where The Light Gets In: Primal Scream: MP3 Downloads . . United Kingdom . 7 February 2016.
4. Web site: Gordon . Jeremy . Primal Scream Share "I Can Change" . Pitchfork . 14 March 2016 . 14 March 2016.
5. Web site: Available For Airplay Archive: SubModern Rock . . 31 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171231070135/http://info.fmqb.name/available-for-airplay-archive/ . 31 December 2017.
6. Web site: 100% Or Nothing [12" VINYL] ]. Amazon . United Kingdom . 1 October 2016.
7. Chaosmosis . liner notes . . First International . 2016 . SCRMCD008.
8. ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 28th March 2016 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20160330031200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20160330-1412/Issue1361.pdf . dead . 2016-03-30 . . 1361 . 6 . 28 March 2016 . 19 June 2021 . National Library of Australia.