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Echo Dek
Remix albumby
Released27 October 1997
RecordedRe-recorded and mixed at On-U Sound Studios, London E17
Genre
Length44:23
LabelCreation
ProducerBrendan LynchandPrimal Scream(Original production)
Adrian Maxwell Sherwood(Mix and Additional Production)
Primal Screamchronology
Vanishing Point
(1997)
Echo Dek
(1997)
XTRMNTR
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Q[2]
Uncut[3]

Echo Dekis aremix albumby the Scottishalternative rockbandPrimal Scream.It was released in October 1997 and followed the group's fifth studio album by less than four months. It peaked at number forty-three on theUK Album Chart[4]and number ninety-seven on the JapaneseOriconAlbum Chart.[5]

The album is an experimentaldubremix ofVanishing Point.The album was extensively reworked with additional production byEnglishrecord producerAdrian Sherwood.Sherwood sampledJamaicanreggaemusicianPrince Far Ion "Wise Blood". Eight ofVanishing Point's tracks were remixed for the album – two mixes of "Stuka" appear – "Burning Wheel", "If They Move Kill 'Em" and "Motörhead" are the three songs not included.

Track listing

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All tracks written byGillespie,Innes,YoungandDuffy;except where indicated.

  1. "Living Dub" – 5:30 (Remix of "Long Life" )
  2. "Duffed Up" – 3:09 (Remix of "Get Duffy" )
  3. "Revolutionary" – 5:20 (Remix of "Star" )
  4. "Ju-87" – 5:46 (Remix of "Stuka" )
  5. "First Name Unknown"(Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy andMounfield) – 5:01 (Remix of "Kowalski" )
  6. "Vanishing Dub" – 4:51 (Remix of "Out of the Void" )
  7. "Last Train" – 6:22 (Remix of "Trainspotting" )
  8. "Wise Blood" – 5:15 (Remix of "Stuka" )
  9. "Dub in Vain" – 3:10 (Remix of "Medication" )

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^http:// allmusic /album/echo-dek-r330112allmusic review
  2. ^http:// q4music /nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=131319&resource=131319&fixture_artist=146596Q Magazine review
  3. ^Bonner, Michael (November 1997). "Primal Scream:Echo Dek".Uncut.No. 6. p. 87.
  4. ^"The Official Charts Company – Primal Scream".Official Charts Company.Retrieved17 June2009.
  5. ^"Primal Scream Release list".oricon.co.jp.Retrieved30 June2009.
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