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Riot City Blues
Rock · 2006 · 11 tracks · 50m

Riot City Blues

A hard-driving pivot into seedy bar-room blues and country rock. No synths, just harmonicas, slide guitars, and pure leather-jacket swagger.

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It's Primal Scream doing their best 'Exile on Main St.' impression in a Glasgow dive bar.

A rowdy, leather-clad celebration of rock-and-roll clichés that hides a weary, hungover heart.

Riot City Blues · vs · Primal Scream
Storytelling+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into storytelling than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 50m
02
Nitty Gritty
3:40
03
Suicide Sally & Johnny Guitar
3:16
04
When the Bomb Drops
4:37
05
Little Death
6:24
06
The 99th Floor
3:52
07
We’re Gonna Boogie
2:54
08
Dolls (Sweet Rock and Roll)
4:00
09
Hell’s Comin’ Down
3:29
10
Sometimes I Feel So Lonely
5:07
11
Stone Ya to the Bone
2:37
13
Gimme Some Truth
2:30
Moments Worth Waiting For
The relentless, foot-stomping harmonica blast that drives the opening of Country Girl.
The weary, gospel-tinged backing vocals that elevate the melancholic drift of Sometimes I Feel So Lonely.
The jagged, twin-guitar interplay on Suicide Sally & Johnny Guitar that channels pure 1970s sleaze.
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