604. Scum

Scum
Napalm Death
1987

Tracks
1. Multinational Corporations
2. Instinct Of Survival
3. 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
13. Life
14. Prison Without Walls
15. Point Of No Return
16. Negative Approach
17. Success
18. Deceiver
19. CS
20. Parasites
21. Pseudo Youth
22. Divine Death
23. As The Machine Rolls On
24. Common Enemy
25. Moral Crusade
26. Stigmatized
27. MAD
28. Dragnet

Despite that this album has 28 tracks, it is only around 33 minutes, with some of the songs being about 20 seconds long. While it is obviously a relief that this is album is on the shorter side, it's stupid and jarring.

Jarring is the word of this album. Of course, it intends to be jarring and to be as unpleasant as possible. So well done? We could get in an argument about what art is, but I don't think it is as simple as getting a reaction, any reaction. You have my annoyance and disgust, fine. What are you going to do with it?

Creating something beautiful in this world is much harder than creating something ugly. Guess which path Napalm Death chooses!

RATING: 1/5