The Scream (studio album)
by Siouxsie And The Banshees
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Siouxsie And The Banshees bestography
The Scream is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by Siouxsie And The Banshees on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Siouxsie And The Banshees is Juju which is ranked number 574 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,988.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 3 days ago | MaxStorm98 | | 90/100 |
75/100 | 09/30/2025 11:07 |  djrodo | | 81/100 |
15/100 | 09/14/2025 04:41 | Proto | | 34/100 |
65/100 | 06/07/2025 06:25 |  AAL2014 | | 75/100 |
90/100 | 04/24/2025 08:34 | mash | | 88/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Brilliant vocal style and I like this more punky post-punk style with more edge. Nicotine Style is definitely a classic and better than many punk classics.
Just a great album. Still sounds good today. I remember going to see them in Hemel Hempstead - must have been 1979. Someone dropped a chair off the balcony onto someone else's head. Aaah, fun times.
horrible., punk.
Brandon8 07/24/2019 16:35
Striking debut one of the first recognizable post punk albums. Sonically ahead of its time the band grew from here but this remains memorable for tracks like Jigsaw Feeling, Suburban Relapse & Switch.
Favorite Tracks:Suburban Relapse
Graeme2 03/30/2019 21:20
With all the best punk records, you can feel the energy jump out from the grooves, this is no exception. Though this isn't really a punk record is it? We're definitely in post punk territory here. Very influential. Oi this is not.
Probably their most punky album, the scream shows off the unrefined talent of a young band.
LedZep 02/22/2018 15:16
A fantastic (post)punk album, one of the first of the genre. So dark, eccentric, intense and at the same time simple and straightforward. The guitar intro to Switch sounds so beautiful and the songwriting is excellent and consistent. I'm not a big fan of Helter Skelter cover, that's the only not so fantastic moment for me here, although it's not a terrible cover.
poppmusic 03/29/2017 07:46
It's ultimately a punk album, though with many gothic rock overtones that are very ahead of their time. Quite an intense listen.
The debut album from The Banshees is one of the great late seventies British releases. A stunning fusion of psychedelic rock, goth, new wave punk, and, pop art, the scream, is not just a great first record, it's also probably the Banshees best LP. Jigsaw feeling, mirage, and, switch, are all excellent. A superb album.
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