Napalm Death — Scum [Limited Edition White Vinyl LP · Plastichead Exclusive]

Napalm Death — Scum [Limited Edition White Vinyl LP · Plastichead Exclusive] 

Details

• Format: Vinyl LP, White Vinyl, Limited Edition
• Catalogue Number: MOSH003PHD / MOSH3 / MOSH003FDRUS
• Barcode: 5055034900319
• Genre: Metal / Grindcore
• Label: Earache
• Originally Released: 1st July 1987
• Reissue Released: 20th November 2025
• Pressing: Limited edition white vinyl, Plastichead exclusive reissue
• Condition: New & Sealed

Description

Napalm Death's Scum was originally released on Earache Records in July 1987 and is the record that codified grindcore. The Birmingham band's debut compresses 28 tracks into little over half an hour, fusing hardcore punk, crust and extreme metal at an intensity no other group had attempted at the time. The album is famously split across two sides recorded by two entirely different line-ups, with drummer Mick Harris as the only common member.

Side A, recorded at Rich Bitch 8-track studio in Birmingham on 11th August 1986, features Nicholas Bullen on bass and vocals and Justin Broadrick on guitar, and includes Multinational Corporations, The Kill, the title track Scum, and You Suffer — at roughly one second, listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest song ever recorded. Side B, cut at the same studio in May 1987, introduces the line-up that became most associated with the band's early sound, with Lee Dorrian (later of Cathedral) on vocals, Bill Steer (later of Carcass) on guitar and Jim Whitely on bass.

This 2025 Plastichead exclusive reissue presents the album on limited edition white vinyl on Earache, with cover art by Jeff Walker.

Tracklist

Side A (recorded August 1986)

1. Multinational Corporations
2. Instinct Of Survival
3. The Kill
4. Scum
5. Caught....In A Dream
6. Polluted Minds
7. Sacrificed
8. Siege Of Power
9. Control
10. Born On Your Knees
11. Human Garbage
12. You Suffer

Side B (recorded May 1987)

1. Life?
2. Prison Without Walls
3. Point Of No Return
4. Negative Approach
5. Success?
6. Deceiver
7. C.S.
8. Parasites
9. Pseudo Youth
10. Divine Death
11. As The Machine Rolls On
12. Common Enemy
13. Moral Crusade
14. Stigmatized
15. M.A.D.
16. Dragnet

Credits

• Nicholas Bullen — Vocals, Bass (Side A)
• Justin Broadrick — Guitar, Vocals on "Polluted Minds" (Side A)
• Mick Harris — Drums (both sides)
• Lee Dorrian — Vocals (Side B)
• Bill Steer — Guitar (Side B)
• Jim Whitely — Bass (Side B)
• Digby Pearson — Producer (Side B)
• Mike Ivory — Engineer
• Jeff Walker — Cover Art