{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Infliction | type = studio | artist = Scheer | cover = Scheer - Infliction.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1996|5|28|df=y}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative metal | length = {{Duration|m=44|s=39}} | label = 4AD | producer = {{hlist|Head|Scheer}} | prev_title = Shéa EP | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Wish You Were Dead EP | next_year = 1996 }}
'''''Infliction''''' is the debut studio album by Northern Irish rock band Scheer. It was released on 28 May 1996 through 4AD record label. The album became a minor alternative hit following the release of the singles "Shéa" and "Wish You Were Dead".<ref name="allmusic-bio">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/scheer-mn0000260830/biography | title=Scheer | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=9 July 2016 | author=Lewis, Jonathan}}</ref>
The record features an alternative metal sound<ref name="allmusic-review"/> with influences from power pop and shoegaze.<ref name="allmusic-bio"/><ref name="trouser"/><ref name="shea-tmt">{{cite web | url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/delorean/scheer-shea | title=1996: Scheer - "Shea" | publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes | date=19 March 2012 | accessdate=9 July 2016 | author=Monk, J.}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic-review"/> | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2score = B−<ref name="ew-review"/> }}
AllMusic critic Jonathan Lewis described the record as "a promising but inconsistent debut" and stated: "The problem Scheer encounter is not being able to make the songs different enough or to keep the vocals from sounding exposed."<ref name="allmusic-review">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/infliction-mw0000647441 | title=Scheer - Infliction | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=9 July 2016 | author=Lewis, Jonathan}}</ref> Anya Sacharow of ''Entertainment Weekly'' stated that the frontwoman Audrey Gallagher’s "airy, Bjorkian vocals contrast nicely with the mostly metal guitar on ''Infliction'', despite "occasionally lapsing into a monotonous drone". Sacharow also regarded the record as "both hard and pretty — as if you morphed Hole with the Cocteau Twins."<ref name="ew-review">{{cite web | url=http://www.ew.com/article/1996/04/12/infliction | title=Scheer - Infliction | publisher=Entertainment Weekly | date=12 April 1996 | accessdate=9 July 2016 | author=Sacharow, Anya}}</ref>
Brad Reno of ''Trouser Press'' wrote: "The band kicks up an okay racket and Audrey Gallagher is certainly a strong vocalist, but the material is not desperately memorable."<ref name="trouser">{{cite web | url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=scheer | title=Scheer | work=Trouser Press | accessdate=9 July 2016 | author=Reno, Brad}}</ref> ''CMJ''{{'}}s Aaron Clow thought that the record showcases the band's technical prowess without overshadowing their songwriting. Clow further stated: "The band lives up to its name in a few ways — it's fuzzy and velvety, but watch out for that bed of nails lurking underneath."<ref name="cmj-review">{{cite journal | title=Scheer - Infliction | author=Clow, Aaron | journal=CMJ | date=May 1996 | issue=33 | pages=42}}</ref>
==Track listing== All tracks are written by Scheer, except where noted.
# "Shéa" — 2:21 # "Howling Boy" — 4:02 # "Wish You Were Dead" — 3:15 # "In Your Hand" — 6:33 # "Demon" — 4:48 # "Babysize" — 6:03 # "Sad Loved Girl" — 4:12 # "Driven" — 3:21 # "Screaming" — 4:02 # "Goodbye" <small>(Gallagher, Calderwood, Fleming)</small> — 5:37
==Personnel== Album personnel as adapted from the album liner notes.<ref>Scheer — ''Infliction'' liner notes</ref> ;Scheer * Audrey Gallagher — vocals * Neal Calderwood — guitar * Paddy Leyden — guitar * Peter Fleming — bass guitar * Joe Bates — drums
;Other personnel * Audrey Riley — cello (10) * Scheer — production * Head — production * Ted Jensen — mastering * Mike "Spike" Drake — mixing * Steve Cook — assistant mixing * Timothy O'Donnell — art direction, design * Vaughan Oliver — art direction, design * Nicola Schwartz — photography
==Chart position== ;Album {|class="wikitable" !Charts (1996) !Peak<br />position |- |UK Albums Chart<ref name="album">{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/315/scheer/ | title=Scheer - Infliction chart position | publisher=Official Charts Company | accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref> |align="center"|83 |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|107161|type=album}}
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Category:1996 debut albums Category:Scheer (band) albums Category:4AD albums