Fumble (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Fumble
| type = studio
| artist = Scream
| cover = Fumble (album) cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 1993
| recorded = December 1989
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Post-hardcore
| length = 44:41
| label = Dischord{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qrSDPW6G5ZIC&q=scream+fumble+dischord+1993&pg=PA357|title=Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana|first=Michael|last=Azerrad|date=January 23, 2013|publisher=Crown|isbn=9780307833730|via=Google Books}}
| producer = Eli Janney{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCI1AwAAQBAJ&q=scream+fumble+dischord+1993&pg=PT202|title=Nirvana FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Most Important Band of the 1990s|first=John D.|last=Luerssen|date=March 1, 2014|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781617135880|via=Google Books}}
| prev_title = Your Choice Live Series Vol.10
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Live at the Black Cat
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r189334|pure_url=yes}}|title=Fumble - Scream|publisher=AllMusic}}
}}
Fumble is the fifth studio album by American hardcore band Scream.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=scream|title=TrouserPress.com :: Scream|website=www.trouserpress.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/screams_dave_grohl-drummed_fumble_reissued|title=Scream's Dave Grohl-equipped 'Fumble' Treated to Vinyl Reissue|website=exclaim.ca}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfPuzbXZdJAC&q=fumble+scream+1993+dischord&pg=PA383|title=Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital|first1=Mark|last1=Andersen|first2=Mark|last2=Jenkins|date=December 1, 2009|publisher=Akashic Books|isbn=9781933354996|via=Google Books}} It was recorded in December 1989 at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia, and released in July 1993 through Dischord. It is notable for showcasing the band's expansion in style, towards a more post-hardcore sound.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
Dave Grohl played drums on the album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1997/09/28/the-man-who-pounded-rock/7bdda0e6-96fb-4478-bfbd-8f8bfa1757f1/|title=THE MAN WHO POUNDED ROCK|first=Eric|last=Brace|date=September 28, 1997|via=www.washingtonpost.com}} He took a lead vocal on one track and helped to write others.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fsi_VCMy0tQC&q=alternative+press+scream+fumble&pg=PA36|title=Faster, Louder, Older|work=SPIN|date=October 26, 1993|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|via=Google Books}}{{cite news |title=Foo Fighters revitalised |work=New Straits Times |date=17 Nov 2002 |department=Entertainment |page=19}}{{cite magazine |last1=Bronson |first1=Fred |title=FOO FIGHTERS |magazine=Billboard |date=May 12, 2001 |volume=113 |issue=19 |pages=56, 58}}
Critical reception
Newsday praised Grohl's drumming on the album, writing that it "has that baseball-bats-against-tree-trunks quality that [he] would make so distinctive in Nirvana."{{cite journal |last1=Knopper |first1=Steve |title=Foo's drummer-guitarist still instrumental |journal=Newsday |date=November 10, 2011 |page=B5}}
Track listing
All songs written by Scream.
- "Caffeine Dream" - 3:14
- "Sunmaker" - 4:48
- "Mardi Gras" - 3:51
- "Land Torn Down" - 3:59
- "Gods Look Down" - 4:18
- "Crackman" - 5:43
- "Gas" - 4:37
- "Dying Days" - 5:22
- "Poppa Says" - 4:12
- "Rain" - 4:37
("Crackman" does not appear on the CD version.)
Personnel
- Scream
- Peter Stahl - lead vocals, mixing
- Franz Stahl - guitars, vocals, mixing
- Skeeter Thompson - bass, vocals
- Dave Grohl - drums, lead vocals on "Gods Look Down"
- Eli Janney - producer, mixing
- Tomas Squip - photography
References
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