Chaosmosis

Chaosmosis
Studio album by Primal Scream
Released	18 March 2016
Recorded	Various Das Bunker, Lynchmob Studio, Narcissus Studio (London, England) Diamond Mine Studio (New York City, New York) INGRID Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) Perfect Sound (Los Angeles, California)
Length	37:43
Label	First International Ignition
Producer	Bobby Gillespie Andrew Innes Björn Yttling
Primal Scream chronology
More Light (2013) Chaosmosis (2016)
Singles from Chaosmosis
"Where the Light Gets In" Released: 1 February 2016 "I Can Change" Released: 14 March 2016

Chaosmosis is the eleventh studio album by Scottish band Primal Scream. It was released on 18 March 2016 on the band's First International label, through Ignition Records.^[1] The album's lead single, "Where the Light Gets In", was released on 1 February 2016 and features American singer Sky Ferreira.^[2][3] The second single from the album, "I Can Change", was released on 14 March 2016.^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The A.V. Club	B[7]
Clash	7/10[8]
DIY	[9]
Exclaim!	6/10[10]
The Guardian	[11]
NME	4/5[12]
Pitchfork Media	6.0/10[13]
PopMatters	[14]
Spin	6/10[15]

On Metacritic, Chaosmosis received a score of 65 out of 100, based on 25 reviews.^[5] Writing for Exclaim!, Cam Lindsay called the record "an uneven effort by a band that specializes in doing whatever the hell feels right."^[10]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Trippin' on Your Love"		Björn Yttling Innes Gillespie	3:30
2.	"(Feeling Like A) Demon Again"	Gillespie Innes Yttling	Innes Gillespie Yttling^[a]	4:35
3.	"I Can Change"		Innes Gillespie	3:17
4.	"100% or Nothing"		Innes Gillespie	3:54
5.	"Private Wars"		Innes Gillespie Yttling^[a]	2:30
6.	"Where the Light Gets In"		Yttling Innes Gillespie	3:47
7.	"When the Blackout Meets the Fallout"		Innes Gillespie	1:48
8.	"Carnival of Fools"	Gillespie Innes Yttling	Innes Gillespie Yttling^[a]	3:41
9.	"Golden Rope"		Innes Gillespie	5:37
10.	"Autumn in Paradise"	Gillespie Innes Yttling	Innes Gillespie Yttling^[a]	5:04

Japanese edition bonus track[16]
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Where the Light Gets In" (U-Bahn Zum Hansaplatz Remix)

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Chaosmosis.^[17]

Primal Scream

• Bobby Gillespie – production, vocals (all tracks); synthesiser (track 2); design
• Andrew Innes – production (all tracks); guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4–10); engineering (tracks 1, 3–10); loops (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7–9); plug-ins (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–9); synthesiser (tracks 2, 6, 7, 9, 10); dulcimer (track 5)
• Martin Duffy – organ (track 1); piano (tracks 1, 6); vibraphone (track 4)
• Darrin Mooney – percussion (tracks 1, 9); drums (track 3)

Additional personnel

Deborah Chandler – cello (track 5) Grace Cockell – backing vocals (track 9) Matthew Cooper – design John Eriksson – drums (tracks 5, 10) Jason Falkner – bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 9) Sky Ferreira – vocals (track 6) Alana Haim – backing vocals (tracks 1, 4) Danielle Haim – backing vocals (tracks 1, 4) Este Haim – backing vocals (tracks 1, 4) Joe Harrison – assistant engineering (track 6) Max Heyes – engineering (track 6) Jim Hunt – flute (track 3); saxophone (tracks 7, 9) Mick Hutson – original photography Sean Kellet – engineering (track 6)

Jim Lambie – artwork Gustav Lindelow – engineering (track 2) Brendan Lynch – engineering (track 1) Lasse Mårtén – mixing Ross Matthews – engineering (tracks 1, 4) Sophie Nevrkla – backing vocals (track 9) Hans Stenlund – engineering (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 10) Björn Yttling – production (tracks 1, 6); synthesiser (track 2); additional production (tracks 2, 5, 8, 10); celeste (track 5); piano (track 8) Christoffer Zachrisson – zither (track 2) Rachel Zeffira – viola, violin, vocals (track 5); backing vocals (tracks 8–10); cor anglais (track 9)

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[18]	100
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19]	121
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20]	73
French Albums (SNEP)[21]	184
Irish Albums (IRMA)[22]	70
Italian Albums (FIMI)[23]	78
Scottish Albums (OCC)[24]	3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25]	84
UK Albums (OCC)[26]	12
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[27]	3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[28]	49
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[29]	14

References

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