The Scream (album)

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The Scream
Studio album by Siouxsie & the Banshees
Released	13 november 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Post-punk
Length	39:04
Label	Polydor
Producer	Steve Lillywhite
Professional reviews
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Siouxsie & the Banshees chronology
The Scream (1978) Join Hands (1979)

The Scream is the debut album by Siouxsie & the Banshees, released in November 1978 on Polydor Records. Even before this release, the band already had a strong reputation as a live act, as well as having a Top 10 UK single under their belt with "Hong Kong Garden" (which did not appear on the original album).

Nick Kent wrote in the NME : the band sounds like some unique hybrid of the Velvet Underground mated with much of the ingenuity of "Tago Mago" era Can. "Pure" takes the sound to its ultimate juncture, leaving spaces that say as much as the notes being played. Certainly, the traditional three-piece sound has never been used in a more unorthodox fashion with such stunning results. ^[1]

The razor-sharp, slashing strings of Bernard Herrmann's score to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho particularly inspired the band for the music of "Suburban Relapse", where the guitars echo the knife-screeching violins of the famous shower scene.

The record was hailed by various bands :

• Massive Attack covered and sampled "Metal Postcard" on their song "Superpredators (Metal Postcard)" for the movie soundtrack The Jackal ^[2][3]
• The Scream is one Morrissey-composer Boz Boorer's top seven "desert island albums".^[4]
• "Mirage" is also one of Morrissey's favorite songs: he featured it as part of his introduction tape on his Your Arsenal tour in 1992.

Contents 1 Reissues 2 Track listing 2.1 2005 Deluxe Edition 3 Remastered single disc digipack : 2006 (bad pressing), 2007 (good pressing) 4 Personnel 5 References

[edit] Reissues

The Scream was reissued in the UK 27 October, 2005 (28 October in the USA) as part of Universal's Deluxe Edition series. The new edition featured a remastered version of the album on the first disc, while the second disc contained demo and live tracks together with the singles from that period.

A first single disc edition was edited in 2006 with a noticeable digital distortion : so, a flawless remastered version was reissued in 2007.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Pure" (McKay, Severin, Morris, Sioux)
2. "Jigsaw Feeling" (Severin, McKay)
3. "Overground" (Severin, McKay)
4. "Carcass" (Severin, Sioux, Fenton)
5. "Helter Skelter" (Lennon, McCartney)
6. "Mirage" (Severin, McKay)
7. "Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)" (McKay, Sioux)
8. "Nicotine Stain" (Severin, Sioux)
9. "Suburban Relapse" (McKay, Sioux)
10. "Switch" (McKay, Sioux)

[edit] 2005 Deluxe Edition

CD One:

1. "Pure" (McKay, Severin, Morris, Sioux)
2. "Jigsaw Feeling" (Severin, McKay)
3. "Overground" (Severin, McKay)
4. "Carcass" (Severin, Sioux, Fenton)
5. "Helter Skelter" (Lennon, McCartney)
6. "Mirage" (Severin, McKay)
7. "Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)" (McKay, Sioux)
8. "Nicotine Stain" (Severin, Sioux)
9. "Suburban Relapse" (McKay, Sioux)
10. "Switch" (McKay, Sioux)

CD Two:

1. "Make Up to Break Up" (Riverside Session)
2. "Love in a Void" (Peel Session 1)
3. "Mirage" (Peel Session 1)
4. "Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)(Peel Session 1)
5. "Suburban Relapse" (Peel Session 1)
6. "Hong Kong Garden" (Peel Session 2)
7. "Overground" (Peel Session 2)
8. "Carcass" (Peel Session 2)
9. "Helter Skelter (Peel Session 2)
10. "Metal Postcard" (Pathway Session)
11. "Suburban Relapse" (Pathway Session)
12. "The Staircase (Mystery)" (Pathway Session)
13. "Mirage" (Pathway Session)
14. "Nicotine Stain" (Pathway Session)
15. "Hong Kong Garden" (7" Single Version)
16. "The Staircase (Mystery)" (7" Single Version)

[edit] Remastered single disc digipack : 2006 (bad pressing), 2007 (good pressing)

1. "Pure" (McKay, Severin, Morris, Sioux)
2. "Jigsaw Feeling" (Severin, McKay)
3. "Overground" (Severin, McKay)
4. "Carcass" (Severin, Sioux, Fenton)
5. "Helter Skelter" (Lennon, McCartney)
6. "Mirage" (Severin, McKay)
7. "Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)" (McKay, Sioux)
8. "Nicotine Stain" (Severin, Sioux)
9. "Suburban Relapse" (McKay, Sioux)
10. "Switch" (McKay, Sioux)
11. "Hong Kong Garden" (7" A-Side)
12. "The Staircase (Mystery)" (7" A-Side)

[edit] Personnel

• Siouxsie Sioux: vocals
• John McKay: guitars, saxophone
• Steven Severin: bass guitar
• Kenny Morris: drums, percussion
• Steve Lillywhite: producer, mixer
• Siouxsie & the Banshees: producers

[edit] References

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