Primal Scream - Damaged

You were my addiction I got strung out and crazy. Hit me like a fever when you left me baby.

Album: Screamadelica [3rd album]
Recorded: London, England
Genre: Blues, Rock
Album Release: September 23rd 1991
Single Release: August 1992 [6th single]
Length: 5.37
Producer: Jimmy Miller
Vocalist: Bobby Gillespie [age 30]
Label: Creation Records

Music Video


Live from 1992


Live from 1994

Charts, Streams & Sales

Spotify: Over 2.5 million
YouTube Music: Over 1 million

Credits

Acoustic guitar, drums, electric guitar, piano, stand up bass

Details

• Frontman Bobby Gillespie started off as the drummer for Jesus and Mary Chain. He couldn't play very well so instead of a full kit he just had two drums.
  
  
• 'Damaged' is about a guy who's loved and lost. Even though he's hurting, he's grateful for the experience. It has a 'these are the days of our lives' quality to it, like it's better to have loved and lost than never loved at all. We might get chunks taken out of us along the way but to have lived a full life is really what it's about. The bruises are an afterthought. Nostalgia is to look back with rose-tinted glasses.
  
  
• One of the more traditional efforts on the album. The producer, Jimmy Miller, is well known for his work with The Rolling Stones.
  
  
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