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  "slug": "primal-scream",
  "name": "Primal Scream",
  "description": "Primal Scream appears 2 times in our Madchester and The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms lists, placing as high as No. 4. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/primal-scream/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1990,
    "last": 1990
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 4,
    "list": "Madchester"
  },
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      "slug": "madchester",
      "name": "Madchester",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/madchester/",
      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "the-desk-both-rooms",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-both-rooms/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
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    {
      "trackKey": "primal-scream--loaded",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/primal-scream--loaded/",
      "title": "Loaded",
      "year": 1990,
      "label": "Creation",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Andrew Weatherall took a mediocre rock song, kept almost none of it, and handed the band a career. The most consequential remix in British music.",
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        {
          "kind": "curator",
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        }
      ],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Primal%20Scream%20Loaded",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ixEzKA4k0",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 4,
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        "slug": "madchester",
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        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/madchester/"
      },
      "artist": "Primal Scream"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "primal-scream--loaded",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/primal-scream--loaded/",
      "title": "Loaded",
      "year": 1990,
      "label": "Creation",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A remix that kept almost none of the original and handed a band a career. The clearest case in British music for a remixer owing the record they were given nothing whatsoever.",
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        }
      ],
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        },
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      },
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      },
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