Scum

by Anti-Nowhere League

Overview

Although it came out in 1998, 20 years after their straight-outta-rural-Kent debut, Scum is only the Anti-Nowhere League's second full-length studio album. It would be polite to say that it was worth the wait, but that's entirely less than truthful. The album is less overtly gross-out-oriented than many of the group's earlier efforts -- only "Suicide...Have You Tried" reaches the levels of disgust that used to be the group's bread and butter -- but unfortunately, without their one memorable feature, the Anti-Nowhere League are an utterly forgettable old-school U.K. punk band with few ideas beyond the not-bad opener, the general scene anthem "Fucked Up and Wasted," and a pointless, deliberately inept cover of Cher's "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves." (Bizarrely, "How Does It Feel?" rips off a few lines from Cat Stevens' "Moonshadow," as well, suggesting an otherwise suppressed '70s AM pop fetish.) The album as a whole is tired, sluggish, and generally uninteresting, except for the most utterly devout of fans. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	09/08/2023
Label:	Cleopatra
UPC:	0889466423512
Rank:	26769

Tracks

1. Fucked Up & Wasted
2. Chocolate Soldiers
3. Get Ready
4. Suicide...Have You Tried
5. Pig Iron
6. Scum
7. Burn 'Em All
8. Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves
9. How Does It Feel?
10. The Great Unwashed
11. ...Long Live Punk...

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Anti-Nowhere League   Primary Artist
Winston   Bass
Magoo   Guitar
J.J.   Bass
Animal   Vocals
Beef   Guitar
Kevin Taylor   Drums

Technical Credits

Magoo   Producer
A.N.I.M.A.L.   Producer
Chris Exall   Composer
Paul Johnston   Engineer
Clive Blake   Composer
Nick Culmer   Composer
Bob Stone   Composer