Screaming Life
- 艺人
- Soundgarden
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Sub Pop Records
- 发行时间
- 1987年10月01日
- 专辑类别
- EP、单曲
专辑介绍
Screaming Life is the debut EP by the American rock band Soundgarden, released in October 1987 through Sub Pop Records. Screaming Life was later combined with the band's next EP, Fopp (1988), and released as the Screaming Life/Fopp compilation album in 1990.
The EP was recorded in 1987 in Seattle, Washington at Reciprocal Studios with producer Jack Endino, who also produced albums for Nirvana and Mudhoney.
Drummer Matt Cameron described the sound on the EP as &pretty raw.& &Hunted Down&, Soundgarden's first single, is representative of the early &grunge& sound—with its dirty guitar, dissonant atmosphere and lyrics concerning entrapment and escape. &Nothing to Say& features drop D tuning, which would become a signature of Soundgarden's sound on later albums. Guitarist Kim Thayil said he learned about the tuning from the Melvins's Buzz Osborne.
Earlier versions of &Tears to Forget& appeared on the band's 1985 demo tape and on the 1986 Deep Six compilation album, which featured some of the first recordings by the earliest Seattle grunge bands, including Soundgarden. That version was recorded with drummer Scott Sundquist, but the version on Screaming Life was recorded with Cameron.
Some time prior to recording, Endino found old rolls of quarter-inch tape at a garage sale, and some contained recordings of a Christian preacher giving sermons in the early 1950s. Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had the idea to have the preacher's voice on &Hand of God&. The recording was synched with the eight-track machine, copied to an empty track and by coincidence (or because, as Endino says, &God smiled upon us&) the tape rolls matched perfectly with the song. Cornell also added his own sarcastic preacher-style vocals, with the lines &Let it be known today, if you've got two hands/You're supposed to pray.& According to Endino, the labels on the rolls of tape were near-illegible and thus the name of the preacher remains unknown.
Cornell said that the EP was met with rave reviews and that &everybody loved it.& &Hunted Down& was Soundgarden's first single and also the first song on Sub Pop's &hold music& tape. According to Thayil, &you would call them up, and when they put you on hold you heard 'Hunted Down'.& It was the only single released from the EP. &Nothing to Say& was Soundgarden's first B-side, released on the &Hunted Down& single. The song also appeared on the KCMU compilation tape, Bands That Will Make Money, which was distributed to record companies. Upon hearing the song, record labels began contacting the band, which eventually led to the band signing with A&M Records.
最新简评（共6条）
- @总在灵魂深处藏了一些喜悲(行到水穷我才开始害怕，夕...)：-
- @尕斧头(敬你一瓶小杂粮。)：第一首歌感觉就像开着一架轰鸣的战斗机宣告：我们来啦！
- @林小卷(慈。)：厉害
- @巨扌♋︎ξ糸(我在低俗与高雅间活的很尴...)：？
- @m̦̖̖u͍o̙̯͈̦n(last.fm/user...)：“那时候，克里斯比谁都害羞，所以在他们大部分演出上，克里斯都背对着观众演唱，或者离他们远远的。过了很久他才慢慢找到自信。但是一旦他充满自信，他的台风就变成了 Screaming Life 那张专辑封底的样子，整个人跪在俱乐部的地板上。你要是看过他的演出就知道：他要么背对着你，要么跪在地板上。” 哈哈哈哈哈哈
- @麦丘：。。。最初的2张EP合集 录制于87&88年间 90年发行 2013年再版（此版本曲目不完整 合计应有21首 建议择日更新）