The Scream

Coolish

For 1978, this is really amazing production putting it more in the sound of the 1990s than the late 1970s. It really is fantastic production. Especially the cool guitar sound. However, the songs really go nowhere. The vocals are irritating and make no song memorable and the music seems to be the same in each song making a decent run time seem like forever.

Generally I liked women in rock and while this wasnt bad, it was just a bit too messy and all over the place

I like this. Not my all-time favorite, but enjoyable for its time.

Not sure if I would have liked them when they came out. Not sure if I like them now.

-Just not a very interesting post-punk album. I feel like it sounds exactly like another band as well. Nothing really stood out through the album. Maybe a strong 3, which is pretty rough cuz most albums in this genre would easily get a 4

(3.5) Dope.

I had never heard a full album from this band prior, just singles. I had liked what I heard which makes sense as it fits a lot of my tastes and has been suggested listening for ages. I was somewhat disappointed to finally hear a whole album. It was pretty good, but bot compelling. I enjoyed it enough but wasn't super thrilled with much of it. I can still see the influence it had and I'm thinking maybe follow up albums were better. That Beatles cover was, to put it as dumb as I can: omgwtflol

An influential album for anyone that appreciates The Go Go’s, Smashing Pumpkins. Not polished greatness. Not ceiling breaking. An album made of solid enough stuff to stick around after it added its own layers to the post-punk world.

Good, but tiresome.

Fair

Seminal punk, and you can feel the energy, but the vocals are a bit monotonous despite their power.

Classic.

Probably pretty original / edgy when released. I liked it.

better than expected. good female vocals and makes me understand some potential redeeming qualities in noise rock. clearly influential.

A touchstone of new-wave, "The Scream" is very striking for a 1978 release. It could have easily been released ten years later as part of the noise-rock explosion, and would have still sounded fresh and relevant. In 2022, it's easy to see the influence this continues to wield: distorted angular guitars, unconventional progressions, thunderous drums, edgy semi-chanted vocals. On paper, it's everything I love... but not all of it played out as perfectly as I'd hoped. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of great stuff here. "Helter Skelter" is an absolutely inspired Beatles cover which unleashes the song's demonic potential. "Nicotine Stain" and "Mirage" are deceptively upbeat tracks, wearing the inner turmoil on their sleeves. But "Carcass" is the winner for me, telling the disquieting and original tale of a butcher (or serial killer?) falling in love with a slab of meat. Its final minute, all cacophony and freak-out with added handclaps, is a perfect frenzy. All of those tracks are great, but there are some that never really kick off as well. I ended up wishing they'd laid more into all-out aggression than some of the gloomier atmospherics. "Pure" is a bit of a nothing-opener, and "Overground" and "Metal Postcard" are just too dirge-like for me to get much out of. "Suburban Relapse" would have been a better closer than "Switch", which runs out of steam a bit towards the end. Some more catchy, lighter songs like the excellent single "Hong Kong Garden" (left off the original release) wouldn't have gone amiss, though I respect it may not have fit the band's vision for the album. Still, what works really works, and the band's overall style eclipses a lot of the weaker songs. Sioux is the perfect punk singer, hollering and yelping her way through each of the tracks with wild abandon. The drums are given a hypnotic, tribal feel: all toms and very few hi-hats or cymbals. Fascinating to find producer Steve Lillywhite honed this approach with Siouxsie and the Banshees a full two years before taking it to Peter Gabriel. Ultimately it's one I admired more than enjoyed: if I don't listen to it again for a while, I hope I'll come back with even more to get out of it.

The album is not the worst. I actually enjoyed the music but the screeching voice gets old really fast. Yes, I know it's called "The Scream" but punk is really not for me.

An album that was evidently revelatory to a lot of listeners in 1978, and whose influence on a lot of other musicians is something I obviously accept, but to be honest it doesn't do that much for me. Bigger and better things lay ahead for them.

um dia esse povo ainda clica

Non male le canzoni, ma non mi piace la voce della cantante.

Theres a lot going on here but im not sure id add it to my rotation

La première toune jette tout un mood! Clairement un album influent pour joy division et sonic youth entre autres. Helter skelter m'a laissé perplexe... réharmonisé et mélodie assez différente, pas ma préférée... En général j'adore quand elle ne chante pas... elle est pas mal fausse souvent et ça gosse un peu Bjork a clairement écouté ça aussi, il y a une parentée évidente mais Bjork chante juste😄 L'énergie est bonne, ça brasse et les guitares sont bien acérées. Fondateur mais je ne crois pas y revenir souvent

Samey, noisy, good but not great. Really surprised to hear the cover of Helter-skelter, and obviously knew Hong Kong Garden, but nothing else really grabbed me.

Lo-fi punk rock that's just interesting enough to be listenable while still serving as decent background music while I worked today. Will say the energy starts off strong on this one, but the arrangements and vocals became a bit repetitive about midway through - there are still some surprises on the back half, but nothing that blew me away.

Astonishing debut that set the style for Goth. Siouxsie and the Banshees were still finding their feet musically so the sound flits from punk to noise to something new entirely. It doesn't sound pretty in places and regardless of whether or not that was intentional, it does start to grate. Overall it is a good album and worthy of its praise just not one I would revisit regularly. Minus points for Helter Skelter, a terrible cover of a terrible song.

3.2

I've had a hard time connecting with this one. I fully appreciate how people could like (and conversely, could hate) this - it's so radically different and in 1978?? Man - almost unheard of. The part that I'm having most difficulty with is how can I like a lot of Gang of Four and Wire which I hear similarities but not this as much. Is it Siouxsie's voice? I appreciate and enjoy a lot of the non traditional aspects of this...the horror movie intro of "Pure"...the 5/4 time of "Overground" the almost but not quite straightforward "Carcass" - unique use of drums especially in that one, in that almost everything is on toms rather than the standard snare/kick. But then the album almost falls off a cliff... a song like "Metal Postcard" seems droning and doesn't hit the same promise as the songs in the first half of the record. "Nicotine Stain" and "Suburban Relapse" are just not good - bad atonal punk and the vocals are brutal. But then they come back with the excellent "Switch" and...? I have no idea how to rate this...my second time through I confess to starting to "get" this, at least the first half. I'll leave at this: this is not for everyone to be sure. I'll give big marks for being super unique and the best/mysterious songs are really worth a look, but overall it's not an easy listen. 6/10 3 stars for unique highs, but the lows are pretty low.

Creo que en este discose nota más que sin ellas no habría Pixies o Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Me cuesta trabajo sentir lo que quieren comunicar por eso no les puedo dar mayor calificación pero es un muy buen disco.

Como antecedente de muchas cosas sí es quizá algo que tenía que oír, pero la verdad es que no se compara con el otro disco que ya habíamos escuchado de Siouxsie. Quizá lo que más me gustó en algunas rolas es también lo que menos me gustó en otras: su voz. Fuera de eso, pues es el típico disco que viene a proponer algo nuevo y que a ratos se oye demasiado artsy o elevado.

I feel basically the same way on this album as I did on the last Siouxsie and the Banshees album that came up on this list. I do appreciate the instrumentals, but the vocals are really grating to me and it's just not an enjoyable listen, it's uncomfortable to listen to but not in a good way. I can appreciate that this came out in the 70s so it is veery ahead of its time. Aside from that just not for me.

not bad

5/10 Инструментал отличный, особенно мне нравится ритм, но вокал очень раздражает, хоть вполне типичен для панка 1-3 песни мож расслушаю

Decent punk sound but not something I'll add to my rotation

Good

Pretty good album, no real standouts but very enjoyable.

Liked "Overground", builds nicely and a little more melodic. Most lyrics are very dark, but seem to be congruent with the pulsing beats and thrashing guitars. Interesting to finally see them in the video for the last song.

I only know Siouxsie & The Banshees from a few songs ("Happy House"). This is definitely NOT that. I get the experimentation and where this influenced so many other punk bands, but like "Suicide" I can't imagine me listening to this very often. I had to totally pause when "Helter Skelter" came on because I just wasn't sure what that was. It's never good when a song is totally unrecognizable.

Yawn. It felt like the Velvet Underground (and imitators) all over again. Stripped down but trying to do something artsy and unique. Siouxsie had a long career and some decent songs, and they're part of the punk revolution and all, but I don't think they had the stuff to put together an entire album worth of songs worth listening to. Jigsaw Feeling and Switch were alright (each had neat style changes), Mirage was ok, and Carcass and Nicotine Stain had some life to them. The rest were forgettable. Even Hong Kong Garden, their big hit from this album, I don't see what the appeal is.

Not bad, not my style

I didn't understand the lyrics much, but it kind of works. I like the sound, but all of the songs were pretty much the same.

So much rock. So indistinguishable. I thought I had listened to it all.

Auch anstrengend

Besser als befürchtet aber immer noch nicht meins

Estilo ochentero de pop/rock inglés con buena combinación de voces y de instrumentos. Canciones bastante parecidas entre sí. No destaca en nada especial

Hadn’t been familiar with this group. Feels like an influential album for later punk music but perhaps a bit repetitive

So funny how much this sounds like sleater kinney at times. Love the sound but I found the album to feel long as a whole.

I have a Siouxsie and the Banshees "Greatest Hits" album. This album sounded like the band, but almost all of the tracks on this album were unfamiliar to me. I like the band, and some of their songs are tracks that I would replay. "Jigsaw Feeling" is the track that felt like a probable track to revisit. The album as a whole comes in at "okay".

La question que tout le monde se pose à l'écoute de cet album, c'est pourquoi diable Siouxsie and the Banshees se sont retrouvés par deux fois dans le générateur. Je me suis d'ailleurs posé la même question le premier jour de ma classe de 4ème. Après une année de 5ème passée dans la même classe que celui que vous connaissez désormais tous, robpenitencière - la faute à une option Krautrock choisie il est vrai un peu au hasard - je me rejouissais de pouvoir passer une année entière sans avoir à cotoyer cet individu. Alors que je m'installais dans ma nouvelle salle de classe, la 5ème singer-songwriter, pas une trace de rob à l'horizon. Je commençais à prendre des notes sur les instructions du professeur Rock, la mine enjouée grâce à la perspective d'une année sans embûche. Soudain, trois bruits secs retentirent contre la porte. Le professeur Rock s'interrompit, et alors qu'il entrouvait la porte, je pus reconnaître un son malheureusement très familier, trop familier. En effet, des notes de Part of a Whole de Hugh Masekala retentissaient à l'exterieur de la classe, et j'aperçu alors l'horreur: c'était bein rob qui se dressait là, son enceinte JBL en main comme à son habitude. Cet imbécile avait en effet oublié de mettre son reveil, et était arrivé en retard pour son premier jour de classe. J'ai donc pour la deuxième année consécutive dû me coltiner rob, malgré les 8 classes de 5èmes existantes, un sentiment que je redécouvre donc ce matin, à la vision d'un deuxième album de Siouxsie and the Banshees, malgré l'existence de milliers d'albums potentiellement candidats ä l'election générateurienne.

7/10

I liked it, but it's too long for this type of punk/post-punk thing. The Beatles cover is interesting, but kind of the worst thing in the album.

Alright I suppose. Worst Beatles cover version I've ever heard.

Fun Fact: Jar Jar Binks was in the original line up.

It's a pretty decent early punk album but doesn't really grab me like her later post punk/goff incarnation.

A bit like The Pixies? Same vibe

I can appreciate this in theory, but I wasn't really in the right mood to enjoy it. The album reminds me of being a teen, when I had goth friends who would listen to Siouxie on scratched old LPs. That's a pleasant nostalgic feeling, but it's 2021 and I want to be sooooothed. Go on with your eyeliner.

Really tributes the name banshee, weird tunes

Se deja escuchar, pero más allá de Hong Kong Garden y la versión de Helter Skelter no hay muchas cosas brillantes. Le doy 3 estrellas justas.

punk band with its own sound, great songs

A really good insight into the genre. A little dark in parts...

Enjoyed it. Bit grungy, loved the helter skelter cover. Carcass was a great track

Tempting to call it proto-Benatar, but not really fair, as Benatar debuted just a year later. Jefferson Airplane, but 70s. Proto-Florence + the Machine, then. Hard rock, almost punk, but more elaborate phrasing and chording vs. power chords and manic strumming. I didn’t like it yesterday when I had a migraine, but I quite like it today. I’m glad I gave it another shot.

Neither good nor bad, I wouldn’t mind hearing more of it but it’s not something I’m gonna go out of my way to listen to

An enjoyable album, admittedly background music more than much else for me.

Decent.

Hmm. I did enjoy the album, but I don't suspect it's one I'll be reaching for often.

Interesting but probably wouldn’t listen again

A bit raw for my ears, although I do love the post-punk movement, and this is very much the beginning of this.

Not terrible.

Not into it

Halfway through, and it's okay. Sort of alternative sound; nothing has really grabbed me yet. Probably 3/5. We'll see how songs 8-12 sound... nothing that special, or that bad

Pre-post-punk. Best Tracks: Jigsaw Feeling, Carcass, Suburban Relapse

"Overground--I'll be worse than me Overground--it's clear to me I'll be worse than me" (Overground) "Tell me, tell me, tell me, come on tell me the answer You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer" (Helter Skelter) No puedo decir absolutamente nada malo de unas personas que tienen esa pinta.

The album gets off to an epic start with the atmospheric intro and then the guitar lead-in to the second song. Overall the sound reminds me a bit of Joy Division - dark and muddy, like the production is an afterthought. The standout track for me is the last one, "Staircase", with its abundance of catchy guitar riffs, but based on Spotify listens, I'm the only one who thinks so. It wasn't even on the original vinyl release. 'Hong Kong' is clearly an attempt to get radio play, and I would have liked to been listening to UK radio in the era when it became a top ten hit.

A meritorious post punk record which would be much exceeded with subsequents efforts.

I thought I might kinda like this at first but then it just dragged on and on. Lands somewhere around a 5

This album is hard for me to enjoy. But I will give it a knowing nod for its groundbreaking post punk sound that influenced many bands that followed in the 80s. I used to think HK Garden was catchy and cute but it’s faux Asian melodies are now cringe worthy. It’s funny how mores change so much over time. Just like my musical tastes.

It was good. A little slow but I'm into this type of music so I could see myself listening again. I wouldn't be upset if I never heard it again though. It's the perfect example of middle of the road to me.

Another fun album from the Banshees. I don't think I liked it as much as the last one, but it's close. Metal Postcard is a favorite.

British post-punk.

meh dramatic is this who cranberries listened to first?

Talented and has some good tracks, but nothing outstanding. I think the vocals are mixed to be a little bit too quiet.

Meh. Neither here nor there.

Bad ass bitch music

I'd expected this to be good, and it was better. Really heavy in places. The Staircase is sick.

This feels like it was very influential on later post-punk, but I felt it didn't click as a whole for me, even though songs like "Hong Kong Garden" (which apparently wasn't on the original album) still hold up.

Maybe a bit too aggressive, but all right

I think it's been pretty well established that punk isn't my genre but I liked this better than anything else in that vein so far. Siouxsie Sioux pulls off the vocals in a style that usually grates for me.

Mirage- OOF! SWITCH! Major sleater kinney vibes off of this they must have inspired them. Go back to this when you want something messy and releasing I think

Souixsie Souixe has a very strong set of vocals. The album contains Hong Kong Garden which is has unique guitar riffs.

it was alrightttt

I like it, so far this list has done little other than solidifying my love for punk. This project doesn't sound super different than other punk albums, but it did come before many so it gets a pass. Favorite song helter skelter, 6/8.

Blir bara en trea till sist. Fanns vissa riktigt bra låtar men sången var inte riktigt upp i min allé över ett helt album.

3.5 hong kong and overground standouts.

Solid. Nothing stood out, but I didn't feel like turning it off. 2 and 1/2 if I could give it that.

Not bad. A bit more avant garde than I expected, considering what I've heard from them.

decent post punk album

Generally good, not a big fan of vocals.

It's not bad. If you replace Siouxsie with a baritone guy, you get Joy Division. Some of songs do kind of drag on a bit. They're going for this slow, repetetive, tribal thing where they want to give the impression of being hypnotic but it just comes across as aimless plodding that never really goes anywhere. I found myself getting near the end of some songs and skipping the rest of it, like, okay I get it you're just going to keep doing this bit, let's wrap it up. The rest is just kind of by the numbers all-treble no-middle 70s punk but with reverb. Each song is the same all the way through, skip to any part and it sounds just like any other part of the song. So yeah, basically Joy Division ripped this off. Which is probably why they're shite.

That really is screaming... I know it's a legendary band, but I can't pretend I like it.

I struggled with this one. Atonal screeching and shouting into the mic. Frantic and disjointed. Not an enjoyable listen.

4/10 - meh

I've heard the name "Siouxsie and the Banshees", but I'm honestly not sure if I've ever heard a song by them. I wonder if I'll recognize anything on this one. After first time through - I definitely like the music better than her voice. Her voice can be pretty grating at times. A good example is their version of Helter Skelter - wow that is really bad vocally. Although I started to notice how artists like the Pretenders and Sinead O'Connor were probably influenced by this - but they have much better voices. Another example is "Metal Postcard" - I really like the music on this - but the vocals and lyrics are not good. A song like "Switch" would be 10 times better if there was no singing - or a different singer. I also did not recognize one song from this album. The first song "Pure" might be the best one since she doesn't sing at all (well, I guess she sort of uses her voice as an instrument). I ended up liking 5 songs: "Pure", "Overground", "Mirage", "Hong Kong Garden", "The Staircase (Mystery)" - meaning I'd be ok if they came up on my automated playlists. Cool that I got to add 5 new songs by an artist I was not familiar with! Liked songs on Spotify: 5/12 Rating: 2/5

I feel like I was supposed to understand why this was influential when I was listening to this, but I was mostly just sitting here waiting for something interesting to happen. The songs seemed to just swirl around the same sounds and ideas so it was repetitious and kind of meh.

Chaotic, yet structured. The music is organized while the singing is drawn and elongated. There is talent in this group, but I don’t care for the style. IMO, It sounds like Pat Benetar tried to make a Punk album.

Yeah, there’s this … or instead, you could write some good songs. This wasn’t the birth of a style as much as a shrug of apathetic disillusionment. I’ll pass.

Spotify algorithm played a Gang of Four song immediately following the last song of this album and certain elements sounded a bit similar. Initially I thought, huh maybe this really was influential and the critics are right about Siouxie and The Banshees after all. Then I learned they were released a year apart, they were contemporaries. Which brought me back to my initial opinion that this isn't good. Cool band name and decent enough sound, I really want to like this band, but I can't do it. Not good.

This is the second Siouxsie album recently and she just doesn't hit the way I want to.

If I was there and in my teens/twenties at the time, I would have been front row. Now that I've heard and enjoyed those that they influenced so much more, I just can't with this one. A friend and colleague I worked with at a record store in college lived for Siouxsie and this album. I respect his taste and he introduced me to so many great artist (Elvis Costello, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, The Gun Club come to mind), but I could just never get into this.

I’ve never been a big fan of the band. It all sounds the same and her voice annoys me.

Fine, not really anything extraordinary imo. Didn't really sound very good either. Tbh I'm not really sure why this is here or why they're supposed to be so special but what do I know.

2.5/5

Fine

Bit like English buses-get to over 900 albums in and not a sign of Siouxsie And The Banshees, then two come along in a week. So quick that I can still remember what I wrote. Punk was OK in 1976 but I had moved on by 1978. Unlike all the true punks who still love this stuff right until the present day. Chateau to them but not for me. 2/5 6/9/26

Wow, this was pretty bad. It sounds like something my sister would listen to in the car, which is NOT a compliment. Rounding up from a 1.5/5.

This was some of the thickest, dullest and most unimaginitive music I've heard, ever.

tyttöpunkkienergiaa!

I like the idea of Siouxsie And The Banshees more than I like their music.

Metal Postcard (Mittageissen) Hong Kong Garden

Two albums from this band? My review is the same as it was for the first album. The singing is appropriate for this genre, but nothing special. At the time the album was released this would have been unique, but now it seems mundane. Not good enough for three stars.

Aaaaaaaaa I don't even like Beatleses 'Helter Skelter', but I sure don't like this one, too. I rounded their last album up to a 3 because of their influence, but they don't need 2 albums on here, so this one gets a 2. Sorry Siouxsie.

Not a fan.

2.5/5

Als die britische Band um Siouxsie Sioux und Steven Severin im August 1978 in den RAK Studios in London ins Aufnahmegerät sprach, hatte sie bereits zwei John-Peel-Sessions hinter sich und einen Ruf als kompromissloseste Live-Band der Punk-Szene voraus. Das Ergebnis, gemischt in den De Lane Lea Studios und über Polydor veröffentlicht, ist kein Punkalbum mehr, sondern etwas Kälteres, Architektonischeres – der Übergang in den Post-Punk, live vollzogen. John McKays scharfkantige, halligen Gitarrenlinien und Kenny Morris' trockenes, fast mechanisches Schlagzeugspiel bauen ein Klanggerüst, das Siouxsies Stimme trägt, ohne sie je zu umschmeicheln. Songs wie "Jigsaw Feeling" und "Carcass" wirken wie choreografierte Angstzustände, während "Hong Kong Garden" – zunächst als Single vorab veröffentlicht – mit seinem Xylophon-Motiv beinahe unpassend eingängig daherkommt und dadurch umso mehr auffällt. Es ist ein Album, das Räume statt Riffs komponiert. Was The Scream von vielen Debüts seiner Zeit unterscheidet, ist die Konsequenz, mit der die Band ihre Kälte durchhält – kein Song sucht Nähe zum Hörer, und genau das erzeugt einen Sog. Produzent Steve Lillywhite lässt der Band dabei sichtlich freie Hand, ordnet sich unter, statt zu glätten. Ein Debüt, das den Post-Punk nicht ankündigt, sondern bereits vollständig denkt.

The whole thing was background noise. Uninteresting.

This is one of those albums where I can see where it was influential, but it didn't really do anything for me at all. I thought the yelpy vocals were particularly grating.

I suppose it’s alright, but do we really need 2 fucking Siouxsie And The Banshees albums before we get some Iron Maiden or Rush???? The other one was better anyway.

vähän liian outo mulle, ei oikeen saanu otetta. uskon enkä kyseenalasta merkittävyyttä historiallisesti mutta mulle ei nykyajassa hirveenä aukea. vika biisi oli paras.

Yhhh. Laulu tökki jotenkin nyt kovin ja oli aika raskasta kuunneltavaa ainakin tähän hetkeen. Osansa myös miksauksella kun laulu jäi aika taustalle. Toki ihan sopi tyylilajiin vähän pahvilaatikkoiset soundit, mut ei vaan nyt lähten 😅

M’oui

Bof bof

Maybe on another day when I’m more receptive to new music I’ll like this better. But this time, I just had trouble getting through it.

After a week of apalling or uninteresting records to listen, the randomizer gives me an opportunity to delve further into the discography of Siouxsie which is something I had wanted to do in a while. This is a solid debut record and has some of their greatest hits. I do still find it inferior to Juju and Kaleidoscope but it is a good moment in their discography. 7/10 [SWAP]

Although it is a good band with a reputation and beautiful songs, this album did not make an impression.

Interesting but not at the top of my list of Siouxsie albums.

I know that post-punk isn’t for me, and this isn’t winning me over either. There’s barely any variance between the songs here, and it all feels kind of disjointed and one-note. I kind of want to give it a higher score because Siouxsie Sioux is so iconic, but I just think it’s really boring and shit. I’m not enjoying this at all.

New wave punk

I gave this a lot of time and was hopeful but I just find the album a bit depressing.

When I was 13, this was my best friend Michael's favorite album. Until now, I've refused listening to it simply to spite him. Good thing, because Michael moved to Seattle, overdosed on heroin and die, so this is probably dangerous gateway music

Worst version of Helter Skelter that I’ve ever heard.

Sounds like a bunch of the punk albums on the list but I understand that it's influence on the genre is why it's here. Outside of that context, I didn't much care for it.

This was an album I wanted to like more than I did. I’ve never been much of a fan of theirs, even though I “should” be given my musical taste. Her voice has always grated on me and that’s where the problem lies with today’s listen as well. Musically I like them very much. But her vocals are just too much. There were a couple of songs I enjoyed regardless, and they were Overground and Hong Kong Garden.

A little more abrasive with more wailing than I need.

Not their best album.

This was actually fairly horrible to be honest. I had really high hopes that this would at the very least be challenging but interesting, but not really. There are decent moments in it, and to be fair they weren't to know that 50 years on I'd be marking them down for taking liberties with a cover of Helter Skelter. But overall, I think I'll file them as a good thing to exist, but not one I'll be listening to. To paraphrase Hansel from Zoolander reviewing Sting: The music that they make - I don't listen to it. But the fact that they're making it - I respect that.

Not my cup of tea

Pas mon genre de musique. je trouvais ça un peu insuportable

Nieko įdomaus.

I really despise this style of vocals. The shouty sort of half singing that always feels out of key. The instrumentals are extremely basic and don’t stand out in any way. At least there’s a Beatles cover in there.

Fine, I'm just not particularly moved by this album.

The album got better as it went on I thought. Didn't like the first few songs, felt they were a bit whiny. After helter skelter it got better

After listening to this album you are definitely going to feel sad. And maybe even a little mad. It’s the dark side of New Wave.

This may have been the birth of metal or just a song about a metal postcard?

2.5

Musically not bad. Good guitar work and driving bass and drum. Vocally not very appealing. Highlights: Hong Kong Garden 2.2

kinda flat but i see the vision

Little weird. Not really my thing

It was all right, just not really my thing. Best song: Mirage

It was rough, but not overly awful. Jigsaw Feeling, Switch, and Mirage were actually decent songs. Her voice was kind of annoying and some of those riffs were so bad that they actively pissed me off! Overall, I’d give this album a 2.2/5! 💪😡👊!

The 2nd half was better than the first

Thought I would like it, but did not enjoy

Fine

I like Siouxsie & The Banshees and really got into some of their more mainstream stuff in the 80's. This is rougher and darker by comparison and her voice isn't quite as enjoyable. If "Jigsaw Feeling" is one the most listened to song on the album (2.65M) my work here may be done. It's a long way from catchy with no hook. "Carcass" is a glimmer into what they will become a few years later but it's still unpolished. "Helter Skelter" is an angry (and sloppy) take on a classic. "Nicotine Stain" could have been a cool song, it's just so messy. "Hong Kong Garden" is on their greatest hits and has 47M listens, it's the best track on the album but that's not a genuine compliment. This doesn't deserve a spot on the Top 1001. Sloppy is the word that comes to mind, this is raw like a punky garage band in a club. Later in their career they really got tight and focused on the music, I find it hard to get into these songs. They didn't break any new ground, there's no hits, perhaps influential, but not worthy of the T1001. 2 stars, but that's generous.

Post-Punk remains the worst punk. There are a few half decent ones on here so it's not a 1.

Meh. Some songs are ok-ish.

It just didn't click for me, i didn't like the attitude of the voice that much but the band knows how to make music overall. Fav. track: The staircase (mystery)

Was digging it at 1st, but started to feel more like banshees wailing as it went on.

пост-панк и я по разным дорогам идём) откуда-то знаю хелтер-скелтер (и он довольно весёлый)

Uh, I mean, don’t know. Listening to this I can easily hear how so much of the music I love was influenced by this - Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, The Cure. Thing is this is too much art not enough rock. The ideas and approaches are interesting but the songs are just not all that great. I’m thinking two stars tedious listen.

This 1000% deserves to be heard. That doesn’t mean I liked it.

It was fine, not really in the mood for it today

No thanks

The last track, Switch, was a pleasant change after mostly dull songs. Don’t love her voice.

A ver, esta bueno, no me gusta mucho. osea no escucharia el album de corrido, pero si rescato buenos temas.

I mean I got another Siouxsie album on the 1001 more list and it was alright, but this one was kinda bland and all over the place. Also her voice was grating.

What’s their most popular one? Not on this album. Helter Skelter? I hardly know er. . .

No es para mi y aparte, no entiendo por que algunos álbumes de esta listas tengan una canción muy escuchada y el resto repudiadas en comparación. Me hace pensar que es para justificar que hay un one hit wonder, pero para eso haces una lista de 1001 mejores one hit wonder.

Based on the timing, I guess this was very influential but it's not very interesting to listen to. Not nearly as fun as other early punk like the Sex Pistols and the Ramones.

Siouxsie And The Banshees took a unique approach, with the bass and especially the drums interpreting their traditional roles in a somewhat more expansive way. In contrast, the guitar work is extremely simplified compared to other rock bands. According to Wikipedia, the result can be classified as post-punk, but to me it sounds more like new wave, especially because of Siouxsie's vocals. For 1978, the sound is extremely clear, and I also like the band's somewhat alternative approach. However, the latter led to extremely repetitive arrangements, as the guitar, as the only instrument that was really suited to it, largely refused to contribute to the creative design. This might still work if Siouxsie didn't have an extremely annoying voice, but one that could really carry the songs. For this reason, however, I say: nice, but no.

Zone out a fair amount. Beat was a bit too slow for me at first. Didn't really vibe

Siouxsie’s early singing voice has always been a bit of a miss for me. Lots of drama and passion and whatnot, alongside the darker melodies, kinda par for the course with early punk. This one feels a bit inchoate, a bit stuck on the rudimentary simplicity of early punk and post-punk, lots of volume and drama standing in for the more interesting material to come.

This album was apparently revolutionary, but you really need to be in context. The VCR was revolutionary as well, but neither has aged well. It was OK, but their later stuff was better.

Have never been a big fan of theirs...this one didn't change my mind.

Algunos riffs son disfrutables pero la estética post-punk es mi sonido. 2.7

Nothing to get excited about. 2.5.

I can see why this album was important but this is not a style of music that I enjoy.

I can see the influence but not really my thing

Började helt ok men jag tröttnade

Honestly, this didn't do it for me. But I'm so deeply uninformed about the artist I don't feel qualified to be giving much of another comment

# Album Name: The Scream # Artist: Siouxsie And The Banshees # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Didnt gel with this album. # Top Tunes: # Would I listen to it again? No

Very dark. A bit limited compositionally, but I liked the energy of Carcass and Hong Kong Garden is a standout.

Listened to this while playing Leviathan Wilds with my partner. We won! I thought I was a fan of Siouxsie because i remember their song on the batman returns soundtrack was my favorite (aside from kiss from a rose.) Boy was i surprised by this album...but not in a good way. I can appreciate what it did for post punk...but post punk is probably one of my least favorite genres. At least we won our game!

I really wish I liked siouxsie and the banshees more than I actually do. Maybe part of it is the sound system (or lack thereof) I listen to them on? Some of their songs are absolutely great and amazing. A lot of them I have a hard time listening to because of the vocals. It’s screeching. Which is just really unpleasant to listen to even though I think the style and performance and genre is iconic. I appreciate them for being so distinct and original and unabashedly themselves. So, I don’t necessarily wish they would change their vocals, but I would listen to them a lot more if it was easier to listen to. It’s hard to engage much more in the music because I’m so distracted most of the time by the discordant, high pitched vocals.

Never got Siouxsie and The Bamshees. Still dont.

Riot grrrl x1000. I don't think I'd heard the Helter Skelter cover before. Good stuff. High 2s.

Not my favorite

everything just kind of sounded the same? i can’t tell you a single lyric or what have you

Mediocre punk music. The best song on the album is the cover of Helter Skelter. Overall, the vocals are grating and music is eh.

Some nice guitar work offset by terrible singing.

Just alright, liked this band a lot in the day but I'd say my tastes have changed.

Annoying

This kind of energy is enjoyable for a couple of songs, then it slowly starts draining your soul lol

I can hear the groundwork for a lot of music I love, but it feels a bit too rigid for my taste

I mentioned accessibility in a previous review I did, and this is another perfect example: to a goth-curious kid in the late 80s / early 90s, this album did not exist. You could not walk into Sam Goody or the music section at Caldor and pull it off the shelf, and the industry was just starting to convert vinyl to new media, with early albums from English punk bands not being a priority. With all the complaints about streaming service and digitalization, the fact that I can listen to this album in my car, just by asking an invisible robot to play it for me, should stand for something. Anyway … it’s ok. Old man complaints aside, Siouxsie Sioux obviously had a revival almost a decade later and with a different sound but the same distinctive voice, which is the uniqueness of the album. It’s worth listening to and they were/are a good band. My continued knock on this list is the metric that puts albums onto this list — why exactly do I have to listen to The Scream versus the entire catalog of Taylor Swift or The Foo Fighters? I’m not complaining— again, this album feels like it never existed and I credit the project for mentioning it — but not even cool stuff from a cool era gets all the stars.

After a couple of listens I just don't connect a ton with this.

Too shouty for me

cute, cool, didn't listen too closely tho

I made it all the way through without ever particularly enjoying any of it.That was largely because the album was relatively short and I fell into a rabbit-hole on wikipedia that started off with me reading about this album. It gets 2 stars, and it can count itself fucking fortunate to get that many!

I find the vocals to be quite annoying. It takes away from the rest of the album

I don't like her voice and the music made me anxious.

Meh. Kind of all blended together.

its something else i guess

Didn’t hate it, but didn’t love it either. And a few of the songs really annoyed me. It’s between two and three stars for me. I’ll settle at two.

The music was fine but her voice got grating after a bit. It’s a 2.5 but I’m rounding down

I quite liked the music, not so the singing. Very shouty vocal style, not my cup of tea

I still have yet to find a Siouxsie record that I like. Favourite Track(s): Switch Least Favourite Track(s): Carcass, Mirage

The drums are cool. Everything else I did not like. Not into post punk 4 / 10

Idk. Not for me. I looked it up and her makeup is absolutely dope though The helter skelter cover was pretty good

They played the chords on Helter Skelter wrong.. 2/5

1.5

Didn't vibe with this group, extra so because this is the 2nd opportunity. Vocals just doesn't work for me.

I do not understand why Siouxsie and the Banshees don't appeal to me. I like goth. I like new wave. It should tick all the boxes, but I always am just left cold.

Very much in the influential but I don’t like it category

I was avoiding this album becasue of what I thought this would sound like, and I started listening to it and was relieved that it wasn't that. But as the music wore on, I realized it still wasn't my taste. just a different genre. I don't know. It's a darker smiths? just not what I would sit down and listen to. Probably culturally relevant though?

Eh. It was fine. Not for me really. Hong Kong Garden was the standout track.

Fikk ikke helt taket på vokalen.

I typically like this era of punk/post-punk and have learned recently that generally the rawness of it is a big part of my appreciation. We, evidently this album was a bridge too far because it just felt like noise to me and I found the whole experience pretty off-putting.

I mean it sounds kinda cool but I didn't want to explore it more than that.

This album sounds really raw and unpolished, but not necessarily in a good way. I like Siouxsie Sioux‘s voice, but it feels lost in a fog in some songs and like it’s competing with the instruments in others. I read that this was all intentional production-wise, but I don’t care for it. Admittedly, the only songs I knew from Siouxsie & The Banshees prior to listening to this album were Peek-A-Boo and Kiss Them for Me, both of which are much more melodic than this album’s fare. I didn’t connect with much on this album, so I probably won’t revisit it. I am going to delve further into their discography though because I’m intrigued at how their sound evolved and I’ve got to hear what Robert Smith’s contribution to the band was during his tenure as I’m an avid Cure fan.

I don't care much for the vocal. OK tunes and OK album.

Some of the records on this list are there due to critic-brain. I'm sure I could point to better 1978 records that didn't make it (and I like other Siouxsie records)

Punk/5

Ok, wo ich Punk gelesen habe hatte ich Sorgen, aber hörte sich gar nicht so kagge an. Klang für mich irgendwie n wenig nach depressivem Brit-Pop

Beim Joggen gehört. Nicht nervig, aber ausgeblendet, alles ähnlich, stimme nicht so angenehm

Didn't like her voice. Found this like noise.

I can see why its here, not my thing though. Droning voice, I hate the guitar tone and it wasnt interesting enough for me to buy in.

Not for me

I’m not a fan.

I was rushing a little bit, so this whole album was a little bit of an "okay, come on... nothing exciting is happening, pretty meh overall, and I just want it to finish", but I am sure it is listened to, because it was relatively chill.

This just felt put-on to me.

This i do find unique sound , as the other albums of theirs I got felt that way too and I respect It’s not really a genre I like but if I feel pop rocky I will consider going here

Musically almost o.k. but the vocals often on the edge to annoying!

Didn't really stand out and I'm not into punk

painful listen until Hong Kong Garden

Not my favorite by Siouxsie. A bit too raw with glimmers of greatness.

Another one that’s not my thing.

Avoid "Helter Skelter" at all costs. You'll be glad you did. Look, I like some of Siouxie's later works, but this debut album - perhaps save "Hong Kong Garden" is essentially screamy talking to bad music.

I liked this album less than I thought I would, being familiar with a handful of tracks from the band. I enjoyed the energy and the chaotic punk vibe, but not something I'll listen to frequently

It had some moments but i won’t be going back any time soon…I like the energy and the songs that are actual songs, but not the noisy bits…”Mirage” has traces of proto-Nirvana. This feels like one of those albums that’s “important” or influential but people don’t actually enjoy listening to it, and it feels like it influenced people to play out of tune Jazzmasters. The “Helter Skelter” cover was bad. Probably would have liked it more or found it interesting when it came out but now it’s been copied to death, not Siouxsie’s fault.

I usually like them I’m sorry but I was cooking while listening and cracked a rotten egg and my whole place smelled weird and this music was compounding the strangeness and I felt like I was in an ad for a punk horror movie and it was so weird and I’m so sorry Siouxsie

I thought i might like this despite not particularly be drawn in by the stuff i’ve heard by Siouxsie and the Banshee’s in the past. I was wrong, i cant past the vocals and their version of Helter Skelter is an abomination. Hong Kong Garden is the best track but that’s not saying much

Siouxsie is quite the tragadeigh Punk is bad. Water is wet. Cowboys suck.

Pretty brutal listen. Really all I can say about it

A lottttt of screeching

Further evidence that Motley Crue covers Helter Skelter best

3/5

5/5 for the banshees. 2/5 for Siouxsie Sioux singing like a banshee.

Early punk style, with Florence and the Machine's vocals. Was not a fan.

Debut album, late 70s. Post-punk. Edgy and rough, noisy at times. Great but not for me.

I know that my dad will be disappointed in me, but this was a hard listen.

I'm still not inspired after my second offering from Siouxsie. It's okay and I can imagine of it's time it was groundbreaking. Probably doesn't help that it's not my go to sound anyway.

Quite and interesting listening, it is a little experimental for my taste 2/5

Not my style

Not a huge fan. Don’t really gel with the style or her voice. Would be good as a live music at a pub I think

# 544 : The Scream by Siouxe And The Banshees The Scream – Post-Punk’s Polite Yawn Better than expected? Sure. Memorable? Not even slightly. The Scream is the kind of album that politely enters the room, makes no eye contact, and quietly leaves before dessert. It’s listenable, in the same way that beige wallpaper is lookable. For a genre known for its jagged edges and emotional intensity, this debut feels oddly tame—like post-punk with its shoes off and a cup of herbal tea. Nothing here offends, but nothing inspires either. It’s the musical equivalent of nodding along to a conversation you’re not really following. If this album taught me anything, it’s that maybe there aren’t 1,001 albums you must hear before you die. Some you can just wave at from a distance and move on with your life. Verdict: Meh with a capital “M.” File under “respectable but skippable.”

Pretty alright. it had a theme troughout the entire album, trademarked with a lot of disharnonious guitar. Sadly none of the songs made it to my favorite playlist, and its not something i would normally listen to personally, even though it might have historic importance. That means i will be a bit harsh with my rating

Music is interesting, vocals are annoying. A lot of reviews are stating how obviously this album influenced other bands, but I have to admit I struggle to hear that.

the name of the album speaks for itself. but I don't like noisy stuff

Not horrible but I can never decide if they're being serious or not. Better in small amounts.

Sioixsie not hitting the spot (yet) on her debut album.

That song about the Chinese buffet was alright. Other than that, I like some of what the banshees did when they played with dissonance. As for Siouxsie, she ruined every song with her singing that sounds like a whale dying.

Sounds flat footed and monotone no real excitement or buzz about it all.

I liked the earlier one better.

okay girl go off…. Somewhere else because this is too chaotic for me. I can see a time and place for this to just rage and listen to this but I guess I wasn’t in that time and place.

Yeah this album was not it for me - too messy (which I kinda get it’s the style) and nothing really flowed… great guitars tho

Whilst I can appreciate the significance of the album through the music that came out of this and the band being women. I’m not a fan of this post punk and it felt like it didn’t go anywhere. Not horrible just not my thing.

Niet helemaal mijn smaar. Andere albums van haar zijn beter

I want to like this way more than I do (bass-led rhythm? bongo percussion? sign me up!) but the vocals really kill it for me

Never felt it got going.

I thought I would give it a higher rating for nostalgia purposes, but some albums didn’t age well.

Not my genre. I liked 2 songs. The rest was not my type of music and I won’t relisten.

Very raw. Very garage rock. Very bad though. Could've lived without listening to it

Nope.

p422. 1978. 2 stars. 70's Goth/punk template. Influential, but let down by too much filler and dreadful production - it sounds like it was recorded in a mud bath. And no-one needs 6+ minute tracks.

We have Sonic Youth at home ahh

The pronunciation is as obnoxious as the music. Carcass had a promising introduction with the thick power chords, but then I heard her voice. No thanks.

A hall of fame entry in the "influential but not actually good" cannon to me. There wasn't a song in here that I connected with, but I'm glad that so many musicians had this as inspiration. Thanks for your work, will likely skip it if it comes on a mix in the future.

Not my thing

Just really not my thing.

Music historian Simon Goddard described the music on The Scream as a "claustrophobic abyss of angst and angularity". YEAH BUT THATS NOT GOOD IS IT????!!!!! I don’t want a claustrophobic abyss of angst and angularity. I want good music that sounds good and that I enjoy. Like for physical sensations, I want a warm relaxing bath, not to be kicked in the balls repeatedly by a Hells Angel wearing steel toed boots. Are post punk fans musical BDSM people? What are you doing to yourselves? And why are you also doing it to me?

3/10 - she’s just kind of annoying. Banshees is a valid band name bc of the wailing

ok'ish

Instrumentals are ok, but the voice is horrible

Gets quite annoying after a while

Carcass and Mirage keep this from getting one star. If we had decimals it would be a 1.6, so a very generous 2.

post punk, 1978 -> 2

I really don’t get the appeal of a chic yelling random words. I tried to be supportive but this one is obnoxious.

1978. Female vocalist with a heavier rock yelling vibe. Pretty good kind of jam for doing construction/cleaning.

Might have been their breakthrough album but to me it is the least relevant album in their discography. There are only four of their albums I would consider including on a list like this and those are KALEIDISCOPE and JUJU, which are on this list; and PEEPSHOW and SUPERSTITON, which are not on this list. The rest are mostly irrelevant.

its ok. I liked helter skelter

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