Length 33:04 Release date 1 July 1987 | ||
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Released 1 July 1987 (1987-07-01) Recorded August 1986 (1986-08)–May 1987 (1987-05) Similar From Enslavement to Obliter, Harmony Corruption, Utopia Banished, Fear - Emptiness - Despair, Time Waits for No Slave | ||
Scum is the debut album by English grindcore band Napalm Death. It was released on 1 July 1987 through Earache Records.
Contents
Side A of Scum was originally recorded for £50.00 at Rich Bitch studio (Birmingham, England) in August 1986. It was intended to form part of a split release with English crossover thrash band Atavistic on Manic Ears (Bristol, England). After an extensive line-up change, the second half of Scum was recorded in May 1987 at Rich Bitch studio. The two sides were combined and released as a single album. Only drummer Mick Harris played on both sides of the album.
The first pressing of the CD (1988) came as a 54-track CD, which included the From Enslavement to Obliteration album and four bonus tracks. In 1994, the first two albums were re-released separately. A remastered version was released on 27 January 2012. The album cover was designed by Bill Steer's Carcass bandmate Jeffrey Walker. The album covers came in varied colours: orange, gold, green, blue, and yellow. The song "You Suffer" was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's shortest song; the track is precisely 1.316 seconds long.
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Reception
In 2005, Scum was voted the 50th best British album of all time by Kerrang! readers, and in 2009 was ranked number 5 in Terrorizer's list of essential European grindcore albums. Scum is listed in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Nik Bullen and Justin Broadrick; all music composed by Napalm Death.
All lyrics written by Jim Whitely; all music composed by Napalm Death.
Side one
Side two
Additional personnel
Songs
1Multinational Corporations1:06
2Instinct of Survival
3The Kill0:23