Skream! Explained

Skream!
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Skream
Cover:	Skream!_(album).jpeg
Released:	30 October 2006
Genre:	Dubstep, dub
Length:	61:16
Label:	Tempa
Next Title:	Outside the Box
Next Year:	2010

Skream! is the self-titled, debut album by dubstep producer Skream. It was released in 2006 on the Tempa label.^[1] The album is considered to be an important stepping stone for dubstep. BBC Music described it as having "accelerated dubstep’s transformation from hyped underground scene to [a] sort of influential [genre]", as it fuzes more "old-school rave" sounds with more accessible "pop" sounds.^[2] The album predates the highly popular and influential dubstep works by producers such as Skrillex, sometimes disparagingly referred to as "brostep". It essentially serves as an accessible entry into "classic dubstep".^[3]

The album received positive reviews from critics. Ben Thompson of the Guardian described the track Summer Dreams as "a moving tribute to the last indigenous British dance upsurge...".^[4] Eddy Lawrence from Time Out commented that "Skream finds beauty in the least obvious places".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Tortured Soul" 4:18
2. "Midnight Request Line" 3:56
3. "Blue Eyez" 4:39
4. "Auto-Dub" 2:50
5. "Check It" (featuring Warrior Queen) 4:12
6. "Stagger" 4:41
7. "Dutch Flowerz" 4:21
8. "Rutten" 6:32
9. "Tapped" (featuring JME) 3:38
10. "Kut-Off" 4:33
11. "Summer Dreams" 7:58
12. "Colourful" 5:13
13. "Emotionally Mute" 4:35

Expanded Edition

1. "Check-It (Instrumental)" 4:13
2. "Midnight Request Line (Mala Remix)" 5:22

The album was also released on vinyl across three plates, with a different track listing.

Vinyl track listing

• A1 "Stagger"
• B1 "Blue Eyez"
• B2 "Tortured Soul"
• C1 "Kut-Off"
• D1 "Rutten"
• D2 "Colourful"
• E1 "Check-It" (Instrumental)
• F1 "Dubbers Anonymous"
• F2 "Midnight Request Line" (Digital Mystikz Remix)

Notes and References

1. IMO Records "Skream Biography", IMO Records, London, 20 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
2. Web site: Power . Chris . Dubstep producer's second LP incorporates pop accessibility and old-school rave. . BBC Music . BBC . 13 May 2021.
3. News: Sunkel . Cameron . SKREAM TEARS INTO RIDDIM, DISTANCES IT FROM CLASSIC DUBSTEP . Edm.com - the Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists . 13 May 2021.
4. News: Thompson . Ben . Skream, Skream! . The Guardian . 15 October 2006 . 13 May 2021.
5. Web site: Lawrence . Eddy . Skream! - Skream! . Time Out London . Time Out Group Ltd . 13 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20071226083920/http://www.timeout.com/london/music/review/audio/559/skream_skream.html . 26 December 2007.