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Screaming Bloody Murder is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41, released on March 29, 2011, after many delays. It was the band's second album produced by the band's frontman Deryck Whibley and recorded as a three piece, and is the first album by the band since 2007's Underclass Hero which marks the longest gap between two Sum 41 albums. It is Sum 41 heaviest album to date and heavier than their previous album Underclass Hero which more glooming lyrics.

Even though new lead guitarist Tom Thacker was already a part of the band and co-wrote the first single off the album, all guitars were still recorded by singer Deryck Whibley and Tom was uncredited.

Background

The band initially entered the studio in late 2008 with plans to record an EP for release in April 2009, though as more and more material was written, they have decided to keep writing and make the album a full-length album, with Deryck Whibley commenting that "it's the safe to say the album will be released in 2009", though it was fast announced by Cone McCaslin and Steve Jocz not to expect the album any sooner than summer 2010.

In November 2009, it was announced that the band hired legendary British producer Gil Norton to produce the album, and that they will go into pre-production in December, and will enter the studio to record the album in January 2010, though Gil Norton was dismissed one week into main recording, with Deryck Whibley producing the album himself, just as he did on the band's last effort Underclass Hero.

Recording of instruments began on January 26, 2010, and finished on March 17, 2010, after which only vocals were left to record by Whibley himself in his home studio. Vocals were recorded until late March, when the band entered the studio once again on April 7, 2010, to record some additional songs for the album. On June 12, 2010, Deryck reported in a video update that the album was "99% done". Recording was finalized on June 24, 2010, a day before the band went on to play on the 2010 Vans Warped Tour. While playing the Warped Tour, the album went into the mixing stage by Tom Lord-Alge in Miami, Florida.

It was announced that a new song entitled "Skumfuk" was set to appear on the Warped Tour sampler CD, though it eventually wasn't ready for release in time. On July 6, 2010, the track was leaked online, though in a non-final form. The band confirmed the song won't be a single from the upcoming album, but due to its raising popularity online, started playing it live on their European tour in October. It was later announced that the band would release a 12-minute section from the album (later entitled 'A Dark Road Out of Hell', comprising of tracks 7 - 9 of the final album) for free on their website before the official release. However, this release was later denied by the band's label. It was later then revealed on the back of the album that 'A Dark Road Out of Hell' was indeed true compromising of tracks 7-9 entitled Holy Image of Lies, Sick of Everyone & Happiness Machine

In December 2010, Cone McCaslin confirmed that the album will finally go into mastering, and though it was all done for a while now, it was Island Records who decided to push the album and not release it on Christmas time as it'll be a bad commercial move. Deryck Whibley then confirmed that Island Records has set a tentative release date of March 2011 for the album.

On January 13, 2011, "Screaming Bloody Murder", the first official single from the album, had its worldwide premiere on the Windsor, Ontario based radio station 89X. The official single was released as a digital download on February 7, 2011, in Europe, and a day later in the US. It was also released in the UK on February 13, 2011.

It was announced by Universal Japan that the album will be released in Japan on March 23, 2011. On the band's official website it was announced the album will be released on March 29, 2011, in the US, and a day before in Europe. The release in Japan was then posponed until April 6, 2011, because of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Release and promotion

On January 8, 2011, it was announced that the band will release the radio single "Screaming Bloody Murder" on February 7, 2011 in the United States.[1][2] The song had its worldwide premiere on January 14, 2011, on the Windsor radio station 89X.[3] Universal Japan has confirmed on the official Japanese Sum 41 website, that Screaming Bloody Murder will be released in Japan on March 23, 2011, after which it was confirmed on the band's official website that the album be released on March 29, 2011, in the US.[4] On February 28, 2011, a stream of "Blood In My Eyes", another new song from the album, was released for free listening on Alternative Press.[5] Universal Music Japan then announced that they postponed release date of the album in Japan because of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, until April 6, 2011. On March 24, 2011, Island Records started streaming the record in its entirety on the band's official website.

Reception

Critical reception

The album has received mixed reviews since its release.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk(76%) link
Allmusic link
Alternative Press link
BLARE Magazine link
CultureTease link
IGN link
Rock Sound link
Shakefire.com link
Sputnikmusic link
Under the Gun link
Ultimate-Guitar.com link

Album cover

The album artwork contains a line from the song "Blood In My Eyes".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Deryck Whibley, except where noted.[6][7]

No.TitleLength
1."Reason to Believe"3:28
2."Screaming Bloody Murder" (Whibley, Tom Thacker)3:24
3."Skumfuk"3:24
4."Time for You to Go" (Whibley, Cone McCaslin)3:01
5."Jessica Kill"2:50
6."What Am I to Say"4:12
7."Holy Image of Lies"3:47
8."Sick of Everyone"3:05
9."Happiness Machine"4:48
10."Crash"3:19
11."Blood in My Eyes"4:16
12."Baby, You Don't Wanna Know" (Whibley, Matt Squire[8])3:34
13."Back Where I Belong"3:41
14."Exit Song"1:42
Total length:48:31
iTunes Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
15."Reason to Believe" (Acoustic)2:38
Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Reason to Believe" (Acoustic)2:38
16."We're the Same" (Whibley, McCaslin)4:10

Charts

Chart performance

The album debuted at 5 on the US UK Rock Albums chart.[9] The album debuted at 11 on the Australia Top 50 Digital Albums chart.[10] The album debuted at 18 on the Australia Top 50 Physical Albums chart.[11] The album debuted at 16 on the Australian Albums Chart chart.[12] The album debuted at 100 on the Dutch Albums Chart chart.[13] The album debuted at 66 on the UK Albums Chart chart.[14] The album debuted at 35 on the Spain Albums Chart chart.[15] The album debuted at 23 on the Austrian Albums Chart.[16] The album debuted at 9 on the Canadian Albums Chart. [17] The album debuted at 25 on the France Albums Chart.[18] The album debuted at 23 on the German Albums Chart.[19] The album debuted at 21 on the Swiss Albums Chart.[20] The album debuted at 31 on the U.S. Billboard Billboard 200.[21] The album debuted at 5 on the U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums chart.[22] The album debuted at 15 on the U.S. Billboard Digital Albums chart.[23] The album debuted at 5 on the U.S. Billboard Rock Albums chart.[24]

Weekly charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australia Top 50 Digital Albums[25] 11
Australia Top 50 Physical Albums[26] 18
Australian Albums Chart[27] 16
Austrian Albums Chart[28] 23
Canadian Albums Chart[29] 9
Dutch Albums Chart[30] 100
France Albums Chart[31] 25
German Albums Chart[32] 23
Spain Albums Chart[33] 35
Swiss Albums Chart[34] 21
UK Albums Chart[35] 66
UK Rock Albums[36] 5
U.S. Billboard 200[37] 31
U.S. Billboard Rock Albums[38] 5
U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums[39] 5
U.S. Billboard Digital Albums[40] 15

Personnel

Trivia

  • Even though the band has stated ever since 2009 that lead guitarist Tom Thacker is an official member of the band, he took no part in the recording of the album and all guitars were recorded by frontman Deryck Whibley.
  • The three tracks "Holy Image of Lies", "Sick of Everyone" and "Happiness Machine" were recorded as a one 12 minute long track under the title "A Dark Road Out of Hell", but it was later decided to part the song into 3 parts.
  • The working title for "Skumfuk" was "All Comes to an End".
  • The first single "Screaming Bloody Murder" was originally written by lead guitarist Tom Thacker in 2007 for his main band Gob's album Muertos Vivos under the title "Panic Attack". It wasn't until 2009 that he suggested the song to Deryck Whibley who re-arranged and renamed it.
  • In an interview with the band, Cone McCaslin has stated that the intro drums of "Reason to Believe" were drums that were originally recorded for a song that was intended to appear on Chuck in 2004.
  • "Reason to Believe" was the first song Deryck Whibley wrote for this record.
  • The title of the song "Jessica Kill" is taken from a name of a contact in movie director and friend of the band, John Asher's cellphone.
  • Other working titles from album include "Black Eyes" and "Sm Wmat".

Release history

Region Date
Australia March 25, 2011
Germany March 28, 2011
Italy
Netherlands
Denmark
France
New Zealand
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
Canada March 29, 2011
India
United States
Argentina March 30, 2011
Brazil
Japan April 6, 2011

References

  1. ^ Ableson, Jon (January 8, 2011). "New Sum 41 Single To Hit US Radio Next Month". Alter the Press!. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  2. ^ http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2111782
  3. ^ http://www.89xradio.com/
  4. ^ http://www.universal-music.co.jp/u-pop/artist/sum41/
  5. ^ "New Sum 41 Song". Alt Press. February 28, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  6. ^ Official track listing on sum41.com
  7. ^ Official track listing on altpress.com
  8. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/screaming-bloody-murder-r1821310/
  9. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/
  10. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_digital_album.asp?chart=1DA50
  11. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_physical_album.asp?chart=1A50
  12. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_album.asp?chart=1G50
  13. ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
  14. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/albums-chart/
  15. ^ http://www.promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/Top%20100%20albumes%20%28PUBLICAR%29_w13.2011.pdf
  16. ^ http://charts.orf.at/oe3/longplay/2011/woche13/main
  17. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/canadian-albums
  18. ^ http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-256595.xml
  19. ^ Musikwoche
  20. ^ http://hitparade.ch/weekchart.asp?cat=a
  21. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/billboard-200?begin=21&order=position
  22. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/alternative-albums
  23. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/digital-albums?begin=11&order=position
  24. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/rock-albums
  25. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_digital_album.asp?chart=1DA50
  26. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_physical_album.asp?chart=1A50
  27. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_album.asp?chart=1G50
  28. ^ http://charts.orf.at/oe3/longplay/2011/woche13/main
  29. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/canadian-albums
  30. ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
  31. ^ http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-256595.xml
  32. ^ Musikwoche
  33. ^ http://www.promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/Top%20100%20albumes%20%28PUBLICAR%29_w13.2011.pdf
  34. ^ http://hitparade.ch/weekchart.asp?cat=a
  35. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/albums-chart/
  36. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/
  37. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/billboard-200?begin=21&order=position
  38. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/rock-albums
  39. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/alternative-albums
  40. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/digital-albums?begin=11&order=position
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