Skream!

Skream!
Studio album by
Skream
Released30 October 2006
GenreDubstep, dub
Length61:16
LabelTempa
Skream chronology
Skream!
(2006) 		Outside the Box
(2010)
Singles from Skream!
  1. "Midnight Request Line"
    Released: 31 October 2005[1]
  2. "Tapped / Dutch Flowerz"
    Released: 2 October 2006[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Guardian[4]
Time Out London[5]

Skream! is the self-titled, debut album by dubstep producer Skream. It was released in 2006 on the Tempa label.[6] 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.[7] 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".[8]

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...".[9] Eddy Lawrence from Time Out commented that "Skream finds beauty in the least obvious places".[10]

  1. ^ "Chemical Ltd | Buy Tempa - Skream - Midnight Request Line / I - 12" Vinyl at Chemical Ltd". Chemical-records.co.uk. 31 October 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Chemical Ltd | Buy Tempa - Skream - Tapped / Dutch Flowers - 12" Vinyl at Chemical Ltd". Chemical-records.co.uk. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Thompson, Ben (15 October 2006). "Skream, Skream!". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  5. ^ Lawrence, Eddy. "Skream! - Skream!". Time Out London. Time Out Group Ltd. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  6. ^ IMO Records "Skream Biography", IMO Records, London, 20 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  7. ^ Power, Chris. "Dubstep producer's second LP incorporates pop accessibility and old-school rave". BBC Music. BBC. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  8. ^ Sunkel, Cameron. "SKREAM TEARS INTO RIDDIM, DISTANCES IT FROM CLASSIC DUBSTEP". Edm.com - the Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. ^ Thompson, Ben (15 October 2006). "Skream, Skream!". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  10. ^ Lawrence, Eddy. "Skream! - Skream!". Time Out London. Time Out Group Ltd. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2021.