Evil Heat

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title: "Evil Heat" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2002-albums", "primal-scream-albums", "columbia-records-albums", "albums-produced-by-kevin-shields"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Heat" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Evil Heat
type	studio
artist	Primal Scream
cover	Evil_heat_album_cover.jpg
released
genre	{{flatlist
length	41:52
label	{{flatlist
producer	{{flatlist
prev_title	XTRMNTR
prev_year	2000
next_title	Dirty Hits
next_year	2003
misc	{{Singles
name	Evil Heat
type	studio
single1	Miss Lucifer
single1date	June 2002
single2	Autobahn 66
single2date	November 2002
single3	Some Velvet Morning
single3date	November 2002
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| name = Evil Heat | type = studio | artist = Primal Scream | cover = Evil_heat_album_cover.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist|

• Electronic rock
• synthpunk
• alternative rock
• alternative dance
• electroclash | length = 41:52 | label = {{flatlist|
• Columbia (UK and Europe)
• Epic (US) | producer = {{flatlist|
• Two Lone Swordsmen
• Kevin Shields
• Jagz Kooner | prev_title = XTRMNTR | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Dirty Hits | next_year = 2003 | misc = {{Singles | name = Evil Heat | type = studio | single1 = Miss Lucifer | single1date = June 2002 | single2 = Autobahn 66 | single2date = November 2002 | single3 = Some Velvet Morning | single3date = November 2002 Evil Heat is the seventh studio album by Scottish rock band Primal Scream. It was first released on 5 August 2002 in the United Kingdom by Columbia Records and on 26 November 2002 in the United States by Epic Records. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart. Musically, its style forms a link between two of the band's previous albums: the aggressive protest of XTRMNTR (2000), and the acid house psychedelia of Screamadelica (1991).

Composition

The track "Rise" was originally titled "Bomb the Pentagon", and debuted as part of the band's live set in summer 2001. In light of the 11 September 2001 attacks, both the lyrics and title of the song were reworked, and the revised version appears on the album. "Space Blues #2", written and performed solely by Martin Duffy, is a follow-up to "Space Blues", a song by his previous band Felt.

Critical reception

| MC = 68/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = Blender | rev2score = | rev3 = Dotmusic | rev3score = | rev4 = The Guardian | rev4Score = | rev5 = Mojo | rev5score = | rev6 = NME | rev6Score = 8/10 | rev7 = Pitchfork | rev7Score = 6.0/10 | rev8 = Playlouder | rev8score = | rev9 = Rolling Stone | rev9Score = | rev10 = Spin | rev10score = 8/10 At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 24 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Playlouder ranked the album at number 35 on their list of the top 50 albums of 2002.

Track listing

| all_writing = Primal Scream, except where noted | title1 = Deep Hit of Morning Sun | length1 = 3:44 | title2 = Miss Lucifer | length2 = 2:28 | title3 = Autobahn 66 | length3 = 6:15 | title4 = Detroit | length4 = 3:03 | title5 = Rise | length5 = 4:21 | title6 = The Lord Is My Shotgun | length6 = 3:56 | title7 = City | length7 = 3:22 | title8 = Some Velvet Morning | note8 = featuring Kate Moss | writer8 = Lee Hazlewood | length8 = 3:40 | title9 = Skull X | length9 = 3:52 | title10 = A Scanner Darkly | length10 = 4:30 | title11 = Space Blues #2 | writer11 = Martin Duffy | length11 = 2:28 | headline = Japanese edition bonus track | title12 = Substance D | length12 = 3:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Primal Scream

• Bobby Gillespie – vocals, guitar, programming
• Andrew Innes – guitar
• Robert Young – guitar, programming
• Martin Duffy – keyboards, programming, samples
• Gary 'Mani' Mounfield – bass
• Darrin Mooney – drums, programming

Additional musicians

• Jim Reid – lead vocals (4)
• Kate Moss – additional vocals (8)
• Robert Plant – harmonica (6)
• Kevin Shields – guitar effects (7)
• Paul Harte – guitar effects (9)
• Phil Mossman – harmonica (2)
• Darren Morris – synthesizer (5)
• Chris Mackin – bass guitar (3)
• Marco Nelson – harmony voice (3)
• Brendan Lynch – synthesizer (7)

Charts

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References

References

1. "Evil Heat - Primal Scream ǀ Releases".
2. "Evil Heat by Primal Scream". [[CBS Interactive]].
3. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/evil-heat-r598042/review AllMusic]
4. Collis, Clark. "Primal Scream Evil Heat". [[Blender (magazine).
5. Ward, Simon P. (7 August 2002). "PRIMAL SCREAM - 'EVIL HEAT' (COLUMBIA)".
6. (2002-08-02). "CD of the week: Primal Scream: Evil Heat".
7. Less conceptually pure than its predecessor in terms of tone and motivation it may be, but Evil Heat's bespoke tailoring pays dividends time and time again. [Aug 2002, p.94]
8. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061216053321/https://www.nme.com/reviews/primal-scream/6595 NME]
9. [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6475-evil-heat/ Pitchfork]
10. James, Martin. (12 August 2002). "Evil Heat - Primal Scream".
11. [https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/189782/evil_heat Rolling Stone] {{webarchive. link. (October 1, 2007)
12. Dark, electroshocked eighth album from Brit rock's premier party people. [Jan 2003, p.99]
13. "Top 50". Playlouder.

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