Joan Osborne

"One Of Us" is used as the theme song to the CBS television series Joan of Arcadia. Did not have any US Top 40 hits. She and her band accompanied the Dixie Chicks for a national tour in the summer of 2003, during which time she also joined veteran San Francisco jam-rockers The Dead (see Grateful Dead) as a vocalist, and released her third album, titled How Sweet It Is, a collection of classic rock and soul covers. The consistent lineup has also allowed the band to coalesce as a live act not only reproducing their studio albums live but also able to recreate the band's entire back catalogue. Osborne was featured in the 2002 film Standing in the Shadows of Motown and toured with legendary Motown sidemen The Funk Brothers. Vanishing Point revitalised the band and introduced a far more complex musical dynamic that has so far have produced increasingly complex yet accessible albums in the form of XTRMNTR and Evil Heat in a surprisingly short period of time. Her second studio album was Righteous Love, which was a long-delayed commercial failure; it fell off the charts quickly. Starting with the Vanishing Point album (influenced by the film of the same name) a new complex dance/dub rhythm was present in most of the tracks harking back to the crossover success of Screamadelica.

Doing so placed her in the same school of female singer-songwriters as Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan. Mani was the key addition though. Teresa" were minor hits following the success of "One of Us", and Osborne's audience grew significantly with her appearance at Lilith Fair. Shields brought a great deal of producing talent and a third guitarist to the live band. "Right Hand Man" and "St. More line up changes added Mani and Kevin Shields to the group. The song was much more pop-oriented than the rest of the album, which was steeped in country, blues and folk music. More of an out and out rock and roll record, critics compared it in style and sound to the early Rolling Stones.

Her first album was Relish, which became a hit due to the single "One of Us". Give Out But Don't Give Up, recorded in Nashville, was another radical departure. After moving to New York City in the early 1990s, Osborne formed her own record label, Womanly Hips, to release a few independent recordings before signing to Mercury Records. Screamadelica was blending rock with dance music. Joan Osborne (born July 8, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter originally from Anchorage, Kentucky (now part of Louisville). This remix has since become the most well-known version of the track and failing to put the definitive original version on any album has (as with "Velocity Girl") damned what may be the group's finest moment to obscurity. "Loaded" was followed by "Come Together" - a remarkable psychedelic gospel track sampling Nastassja Kinski from Wim Wender's 'Paris, Texas' and the guitar riff from Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds." The original track was backed by a Terry Farley produced version with added beats and an instrumental mix by Weatherall containing a sample of the Reverend Jesse Jackson ("You will hear gospel and rhythm and blues and jazz, all those are just labels, we know that music is music") which became another dance classic and highpoint of the Ibiza scene.

The track was a phenomenal critical success, played everywhere from Ibiza to Glasgow and, along with The Stone Rose's "Fool's Gold" and The Happy Mondays' "Step On," marks the point where white indie music got funky. "Loaded" took the piano motif (provided by new recruit, former member of Felt, Martin Duffy), the horn section and bassline from the climax of "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have," added a drum loop from an Italian bootleg mix of Edie Brickell's "What I Am", a sample of Gillespie singing a line from Robert Johnson's "Terraplane Blues" and the central introductory sample from the Peter Fonda B-movie The Wild Angels. Employing methods of deconstructing and layering grooves normally found in the Jamacian dub music of King Tubby and The Scientist. Standout track "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have" was remixed by Dance DJ Andrew Weatherall (Sabres of Paradise/Two Lone Swordsmen).

Today "Primal Scream" remains a curiously underrated album and several critics have voiced the opinion that a critical reassessment is overdue particularly given its relatively contemporary style. Founder member Jim Beattie left to form Spirea X, continuing that early psychedelic sound, the central trio of Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes and Rob Young (augmented by drummer Philip "Toby" Tomanov and bassist Henry Olsen of Nico's band The Faction) relocated to Brighton and ditched their trademark jangly sound for good. Due to their dramatic change in sound the band risked alienating their initial fanbase and the album was criticised in the music press. The following self-titled album had a much heavier edge influenced by MC5, Iggy Pop and The Stooges and the sixties Detroit garage scene.

The highlight of their early work is undoubtedly the "Crystal Crescent" B-side "Velocity Girl" which was effectively the melodic template for most indie music for the next decade, The Stone Roses' "Made Of Stone" and their debut album in particular are indebted to it's sound as are a host of others. Debut album Sonic Flower Groove was heavily influenced by The Byrds, The Velvet Underground and the C86 shoegazing scene (eg My Bloody Valentine, The Wedding Present etc) of which they were pioneers. The music was meant to be somewhat instinctual and primal in nature. Initially a psychedelic rock group with a formless loud guitar based sound influenced by the primal scream therapy theory (which also gave the band their name).

The band has been through several lineups and musical styles with Gillespie being the only constant element. The band was signed to Alan McGee's Creation label. Other members include guitarists Andrew Innes and Robert 'Throb' Young, former Felt keyboardist Martin Duffy, former Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield, and touring guitarist and producer Kevin Shields, formerly of My Bloody Valentine. Primal Scream is a rock band from Scotland and headed by former Jesus & Mary Chain drummer Bobby Gillespie.

2002 "Miss Lucifer" #25. 2000 "Accelerator" #34. 2000 "Kill All Hippies" #24. 1999 "Swastika Eyes" #22.

1997 "Burning Wheel" #17. 1997 "Star" #16. 1997 "Kowalski" #8. 1996 "The Big Man and the Scream Team Meet the Barmy Army Uptown" (with Irvine Welsh and On-U Sound) #17.

1994 "Jailbird" #29. 1994 "Rocks/Funky Jam" #7. 1992 "Dixie-Narco EP/Movin' on Up" #11. 1991 "Higher Than the Sun" #40.

1990 "Come Together" #26. 1990 "Loaded" #16. Dirty Hits (2003) ("Greatest Hits" compilation); #25. Evil Heat (2002); #9.

XTRMNTR (2000); #3. Echo Dek (1997). Vanishing Point (1997); #2. Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994, featuring George Clinton); #2.

Screamadelica (1991); #8. Primal Scream (1989). Sonic Flower Groove (1987).