Scream Above the Sounds
Studio album by
Stereophonics
Released27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)
RecordedMarch 2015–December 2016
Studio
GenreRock
Length46:29
Label
Producer
Stereophonics chronology
Keep the Village Alive
(2015)		 Scream Above the Sounds
(2017)		 Kind
(2019)
Singles from Scream Above the Sounds
  1. "All in One Night"
    Released: 27 July 2017
  2. "Caught by the Wind"
    Released: 4 September 2017
  3. "Before Anyone Knew Our Name"
    Released: 20 October 2017[3]
  4. "What's All the Fuss About?"
    Released: April 2018
  5. "Taken a Tumble"
    Released: June 2018

Scream Above the Sounds is the tenth studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. Released on 27 October 2017 by Parlophone Records, it was produced by lead singer and guitarist Kelly Jones, along with Jim Lowe.

Background

In 2015, Stereophonics released their ninth studio album, Keep the Village Alive, and supported it with the Keep the Summer Alive Tour throughout late-spring and summer 2016. During the tour, Kelly Jones announced he would like to release the band's tenth studio album "before next summer" to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Word Gets Around, rather than release a compilation album.[4][5] In February 2017, the band signed with Parlophone Records to release Scream Above The Sounds,[6] having been on their own Stylus Records label for Graffiti on the Train and Keep the Village Alive.

On 27 July, Stereophonics revealed the name, release date and album artwork for Scream Above the Sounds, as well as releasing the lead single "All in One Night".[7] The single was accompanied by a video directed by Joseph Connor.[8] "All in One Night" was inspired by Victoria and was written when the band were touring in Shanghai with Jones in a hotel due to a delayed flight. "I was in this hotel and it was basically an idea I had after watching this German film called ‘Victoria’, which is about this girl who goes into a nightclub and ends up hooking up with these three guys," Jones continued "I thought the idea of two people meeting and their life completely changing over the course of one night was quite an interesting idea."[9]

The next single was "Caught by the Wind", which was released on 4 September 2017 along with a music video. On 20 October the band released the song "Before Anyone Knew Our Name" through their YouTube channel, and on 24 October they performed "Taken a Tumble" on Later... with Jools Holland.

Title and artwork

"The title comes from my feeling that we’re constantly being bombarded with information, at the moment it’s mainly bad news, but you can’t get away from it. You need to be able to separate yourself from all that, to decompress, I think too much people are over-reliant on it.”

—Kelly Jones[10]

The cover art was designed by Graham Rounthwaite, who also designed the artwork to the band's fifth studio album Language. Sex. Violence. Other?

The title of the album was taken from a line in the single 'All In One Night'. Kelly Jones said the title of the album didn't come easy. "It’s always the last thing. Scream Above The Sounds came to me one night, we were mixing the album and the line jumped out at me."[10]

Release

The album was released on 27 October 2017 on CD, vinyl and digital download formats, with the downloaded edition including a digital booklet. A deluxe edition was released at the same time with five bonus tracks. Two unplugged versions of previously released songs from the album – "Caught By The Wind" and "All In One Night" and three previously unreleased songs – "Never Going Down", "Drive a Thousand Miles" and "Breaking Dawn". The sticker on the deluxe CD mistakenly lists the tracks "What's All the Fuss About?" and "Would You Believe?" as singles, despite the fact that they had not been released previously.

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?5.0/10[11]
Metacritic57/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock[13]
Clash(7/10)[14]
Evening Standard[15]
The Independent[16]
The Irish Times[17]
Islington Gazette[18]
laut.de[19]
Mojo[20]
Q[21]
The Times[22]

Scream Above the Sounds has received generally mixed reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 57 based on five reviews.[12] John Aizlewood of Classic Rock praised the album saying "By any yardstick, this album is good work."[13]

Commercial performance

On 3 November 2017, the album reached number two on the UK Albums Chart, debuting behind Together Again by Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, which sold 35 more copies.[23] On 29 December 2017 the album was certified Gold in the UK for sales of 100,000.[24]

Track listing

All tracks written by Kelly Jones; "Taken a Tumble" music co-written by Adam Zindani.[25]

No.TitleLength
1."Caught by the Wind"3:37
2."Taken a Tumble"3:36
3."What's All the Fuss About?"5:44
4."Geronimo"4:15
5."All in One Night"5:17
6."Chances Are"4:45
7."Before Anyone Knew Our Name"4:43
8."Would You Believe?"4:07
9."Cryin' in Your Beer"3:48
10."Boy on a Bike"2:17
11."Elevators"4:20
Total length:46:29
Scream Above the Sounds – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[26]
No.TitleLength
12."Never Going Down" (Live at RAK Studios)4:05
13."Drive a Thousand Miles" (Graffiti sessions)4:31
14."Breaking Dawn" (Written For Twilight)3:29
15."All in One Night" (Unplugged)5:29
16."Caught by the Wind" (Unplugged)3:41

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Gold 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Murray, Robin (28 July 2017). "Listen: Stereophonics - 'All In One Night'". Clash. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Davidson, Amy (11 May 2015). "Stereophonics are back with new album Keep the Village Alive". Digital Spy. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Before Anyone Knew Our Name (201... – Stereophonics – High Quality Music Downloads – 7digital United Kingdom". 7 Digital. 20 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Dingwall, John (15 July 2016). "Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones explains why Welsh rockers will always raise a glass to their Scots fans". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Lindsay, Kali (20 July 2016). "Review: Stereophonics still sensational". Evening Express. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Gumble, Daniel (27 February 2017). "Parlophone Records signs new deal with Stereophonics". Music Week. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Levine, Nick (27 July 2017). "Stereophonics announce new album 'Scream Above The Sounds' and share its lead single". NME. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Stereophonics - All In One Night (Official Video) - YouTube". Retrieved 12 March 2021 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ Trendell, Andrew (1 November 2017). "Stereophonics reveal the inspiration behind 'All In One Night'". NME. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  10. 1 2 Tom (27 October 2017). "Kelly Jones talks hmv.com through Stereophonics' new album Scream Above The Sounds…". HMV. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Scream Above The Sounds by Stereophonics reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Metacritic reviews of "Scream Above the Sounds" by Stereophonics". Metacritic. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  13. 1 2 Aizlewood, John (3 November 2017). "Stereophonics - Scream Above The Sounds album review". Classic Rock. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  14. ↑ Jones, Richard (2 November 2017). "Stereophonics - Scream Above The Sounds". Clash. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  15. ↑ Paine, Andre (3 November 2017). "Albums of the week: Maroon 5, Stereophonics and Kelsea Ballerini". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  16. ↑ Gill, Andy. "Album reviews: Sam Smith – The Thrill of It All, Stereophonics – Scream Above the Sounds, Maroon 5 – Red Pill Blues". The Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  17. ↑ Clayton-Lea, Tony (3 November 2017). "Stereophonics review: new album has its moments but is nothing to scream about". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  18. ↑ Moore, Stephen (25 October 2017). "Album review: Stereophonics – Scream Above The Sounds". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  19. ↑ Hesse, Magnus (2017). "Wie Aerosmith im violetten Sonnenuntergang". laut.de. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  20. ↑ "Stereophonics: Scream Above the Sounds". Mojo. December 2017. p. 86.
  21. ↑ "Stereophonics: Scream Above the Sounds". Q. December 2017. p. 113.
  22. ↑ Hodgkinson, Will (3 November 2017). "Pop review: Stereophonics: Scream Above the Sounds". The Times. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  23. ↑ Savage, Mark (30 November 2017). "Ball and Boe: 'We travel on separate buses now'". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  24. ↑ "Stereophonics - Scream Above The Sounda". BPI. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  25. 1 2 3 4 Scream Above the Sounds (Deluxe CD). Stereophonics. Parlophone Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  27. ↑ "ARIA Chart Watch #445". auspOp. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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  31. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Stereophonics – Scream Above the Sounds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  32. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Stereophonics". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  33. ↑ "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  34. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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  37. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  38. ↑ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  39. ↑ "British album certifications – Stereophonics – Scream Above the Sounds". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 6 January 2018. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Scream Above the Sounds in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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