Scum
Studio album by Napalm Death
Released	July 1987
Recorded	August 1986, May 1987
Genre	Grindcore
Length	33:04
Label	Earache
Producer	Dig
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Metal Hammer
Napalm Death chronology
Scum (1987) From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988)

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The Side A of the Scum album 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 the English hardcore thrash group Atavistic on Manic Ears records (Bristol, England). After an extensive line-up change, the second half of Scum was recorded in May 1987 at Rich Bitch studio. The album was released as a single album through Earache Records in July 1987. Earache Records is a heavy metal-orientated record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme music by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records, in the period 1988-1992. ...

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. You Suffer is a song by the British grindcore band Napalm Death. ... Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World, Brampton. ...

Only drummer Mick Harris played on both sides. Mick Harris (full name: Michael John Harris) is a British musician. ...

The first pressing of the CD (1988) came as a 54-track CD including the From Enslavement To Obliteration album and 4 bonus tracks. In 1994, the first two albums were re-released separately. From Enslavement to Obliteration is the second album by grindcore band Napalm Death, released in 1988. ...

The album cover was designed by Bill Steer's Carcass bandmate, Jeffrey Walker. The album covers came in varied colors: orange, gold, green, blue, yellow. Bill Steer (William Geoffrey Steer) (born December 3, 1969 in Stockton-on-Tees, England) is an English guitar player. ... Carcass were a British band formed by Napalm Death guitarist Bill Steer together with drummer Ken Owen in 1985. ... Jeffrey Walker is a bass guitarist and singer from St Helens, UK. He is best known for his work with the death metal/grindcore band Carcass for which he was also the main lyricist. ...

In 2005, it was voted the 50th best British album of all time by Kerrang! readers. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

Track listing

Side A

1. "Multinational Corporations" (Bullen) – 1:06
2. "Instinct of Survival" (Broadrick / Bullen) – 2:26
3. "The Kill" (Broadrick / Bullen) – :23
4. "Scum" (Broadrick / Bullen) – 2:38
5. "Caught... In a Dream" (Broadrick / Ratledge / Bullen) – 1:47
6. "Polluted Minds" (Broadrick) – 0:58
7. "Sacrificed" (Bullen) – 1:06
8. "Siege of Power" (Bullen) – 3:59
9. "Control" (Broadrick / Bullen) – 1:23
10. "Born on Your Knees" (Broadrick / Bullen) – 1:48
11. "Human Garbage" (Broadrick / Bullen) – 1:32
12. "You Suffer" (Broadrick / Bullen) – 0:01 (:05 on the disc)

You Suffer is a song by the British grindcore band Napalm Death. ...

Side B

1. "Life?" – :43
2. "Prison without Walls" – :38
3. "Point of No Return" – :35
4. "Negative Approach" – :32
5. "Success?" – 1:09
6. "Deceiver" – :29
7. "C.S." – 1:14
8. "Parasites" – :23
9. "Pseudo Youth" – :42
10. "Divine Death" – 1:21
11. "As the Machine Rolls On" – :42
12. "Common Enemy" – :16
13. "Moral Crusade" – 1:32
14. "Stigmatized" – 1:03
15. "M.A.D." – 1:34
16. "Dragnet" – 1:01

Credits

Side A

• Nicholas Bullen – Vocals, Bass
• Justin Broadrick – Guitar, Vocals
• Mick Harris – Drums

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Side B

• Lee Dorrian – Vocals
• Jim Whitely – Bass
• Bill Steer – Guitar
• Mick Harris – Drums

Lee Dorrian is a singer from Birmingham, UK. He started as the singer of Napalm Death and recorded one and a half albums with them, namely the second half of Scum and From Enslavement To Obliteration. ... Bill Steer (William Geoffrey Steer) (born December 3, 1969 in Stockton-on-Tees, England) is an English guitar player. ... Mick Harris (full name: Michael John Harris) is a British musician. ...

References

• "The Story Behind Scum", Metal Hammer issue 120, December 2003.