Give Out But Don't Give Up

Give Out But Don't Give Up is the fourth studio album by Scottish rock band Primal Scream. It was released on 28 March 1994 in the United Kingdom by Creation Records and in the United States by Sire Records. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.[8] Musically, it marked a massive departure from the psychedelic sound of their previous studio album Screamadelica (1991) into one influenced by classic rock and blues music. Its cover photo is a cropped version of Troubled Waters by American photographer William Eggleston.

Give Out But Don't Give Up
Studio album by Primal Scream
Released	28 March 1994 (1994-03-28)
Length	61:00
Label	Creation Sire
Producer	David Bianco George Clinton Tom Dowd George Drakoulias
Primal Scream chronology
Screamadelica (1991) Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994) Vanishing Point (1997)
Singles from Give Out But Don't Give Up
"Rocks" Released: 28 February 1994 "Jailbird" Released: 6 June 1994 "(I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind" Released: 28 November 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Q	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]
Select	5/5[7]

The album peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Heatseekers chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, and Robert Young, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jailbird"		3:46
2.	"Rocks"		3:37
3.	"(I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind"		4:30
4.	"Funky Jam"		5:24
5.	"Big Jet Plane"		4:15
6.	"Free"		5:30
7.	"Call on Me"		3:50
8.	"Struttin'"		8:29
9.	"Sad and Blue"		3:27
10.	"Give Out But Don't Give Up"	George Clinton Gillespie Innes Young	6:16
11.	"I'll Be There for You"		6:34
12.	"Everybody Needs Somebody"		5:22

2009 Japanese reissue edition: Disc 1 bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Rocks (Live at Glastonbury)"	3:56
14.	"Rocks (Jimmy Miller Remix)"	3:42
15.	"Rockers Dub (Kris Needs Mix)"	5:04

2009 Japanese reissue edition: Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Funky Jam (Club Mix)"		5:25
2.	"Funky Jam (Super Droog Mix)"		8:30
3.	"Jailbird (The Dust Brothers Mix)"		5:39
4.	"Jailbird (The Toxic Trio Stay Free Mix)"		10:28
5.	"Jailbird (Sweeney 2 Sabres of Paradise Mix)"		5:48
6.	"Jailbird (Weatherall Dub Chapter 3 Mix)"		12:49
7.	"Struttin' (Back in Our Minds)"		9:54
8.	"Give Out But Don't Give Up (Portishead Remix)"	Clinton Gillespie Innes Young	5:51
9.	"Ramblin' Rose (Live)"		2:28
10.	"I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have (Live)"		4:52

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Bobby Gillespie – lead vocals
• Denise Johnson – vocals (4, 6, 10)
• George Clinton – vocals (4, 10)
• Jackie Johnson – vocals
• Susan Marshall – vocals
• Robert Young – guitar
• Andrew Innes – guitar
• Martin Duffy – keyboards
• Jim Dickinson – keyboards
• Amp Fiddler – keyboards
• Benmont Tench – keyboards
• David Hood – bass guitar
• George Drakoulias – bass guitar, drums
• Henry Olsen – bass guitar
• Marco Nelson – bass guitar
• Roger Hawkins – drums
• Tony Brock – drums
• Phillip "Toby" Tomanov – drums
• Greg Morrow – percussion
• David Minnick – percussion
• Andrew Love (The Memphis Horns) – horn section
• Wayne Jackson (The Memphis Horns) – horn section
• Charlie Jacobs – harmonica
• William Eggleston – cover photography

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	28
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	31
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11]	56
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12]	12
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13]	15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	41
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	2
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16]	22

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Give Out But Don't Give Up – Primal Scream". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
2. Kening, Dan (26 May 1994). "Primal Scream: Give Out But Don't Give Up (Sire)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
3. Steffens, Daneet (15 April 1994). "Give Out But Don't Give Up". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
4. Ali, Lorraine (24 April 1994). "Primal Scream: 'Give Out but Don't Give Up;' Sire/Warner Bros". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
5. "Primal Scream: Give Out But Don't Give Up". Q. No. 171. December 2000.
6. Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Primal Scream". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 654. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
7. Higginbotham, Adam (April 1994). "On a Jagger tip!". Select. No. 46. p. 86.
8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
9. "Australiancharts.com – Primal Scream – Give Out But Don't Give Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
10. "Austriancharts.at – Primal Scream – Give Out But Don't Give Up" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Primal Scream – Give Out But Don't Give Up" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
12. "Charts.nz – Primal Scream – Give Out But Don't Give Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
13. "Norwegiancharts.com – Primal Scream – Give Out But Don't Give Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
14. "Swedishcharts.com – Primal Scream – Give Out But Don't Give Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
15. "Swisscharts.com – Primal Scream – Give Out But Don't Give Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
16. "Primal Scream Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

External links

• Give Out But Don't Give Up at Discogs (list of releases)