Vinyl Record

Primal Scream - Vanishing Point

Primal Scream - Vanishing Point on 2LP vinyl. A 1997 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

2LP · 1997

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1997 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Vanishing Point is Primal Scream's 1997 fifth album, the record that pulled them away from the retro-rock posture of Give Out But Don't Give Up and back into danger, rhythm and experiment. Named after the 1971 road movie and imagined as an alternative soundtrack to its paranoia and speed, it was written and recorded quickly around Chalk Farm with Brendan Lynch, Andrew Weatherall and the band pushing dub, electronic rock, krautrock, punk and cinematic samples into a moving target. Kowalski is the obvious engine, built like a car chase through dub smoke; Burning Wheel and Star stretch the groove into darker space; If They Move, Kill 'Em turns film language into threat; the cover of Motorhead makes the band's rock appetite explicit without calming the record down. The album also marked the arrival of Mani from the Stone Roses on bass. In 1997, when British guitar culture was often congratulating itself, Vanishing Point sounded like Primal Scream choosing escape velocity instead.

Vanishing Point matters because it reasserted Primal Scream's refusal to become one fixed band. After Screamadelica and the southern-rock turn that followed, this album proved their best work could still come from collision: dub systems, road cinema, punk speed, electronic texture and rock mythology fused into one anxious 1997 statement.

For collectors, Vanishing Point is a core Primal Scream album and the natural bridge between Screamadelica's dance-rock revolution and XTRMNTR's harsher attack. It belongs on the shelf for Kowalski, but also for the full sequence's sense of motion, threat and smoke-blackened reinvention.

Dub-heavy electronic rock with krautrock motion, road-movie paranoia, distorted bass, post-acid-house rhythm, punk edges, cinematic samples and a nocturnal sense of forward speed.

Recommended for: Primal Scream collectors beyond Screamadelica; Fans of 1990s rock albums shaped by dub and electronic rhythm; Listeners drawn to road-movie atmosphere and paranoid grooves; Shelves focused on British alternative records that resisted Britpop neatness.

When was Vanishing Point released? Vanishing Point was released in 1997 as Primal Scream's fifth studio album. Why is the album called Vanishing Point? The album takes inspiration from the 1971 film Vanishing Point, especially its atmosphere of speed, paranoia and underground road mythology. Which tracks define Vanishing Point? Kowalski, Burning Wheel, Star, If They Move, Kill 'Em and Motorhead capture the album's mix of dub pressure, rock force and cinematic motion.