{{for|the film|Screaming Target (film)}} {{Infobox album | name = Screaming Target | type = Album | artist = Big Youth | cover = Big_Youth_-_Screaming_Target.jpg | alt = | released = 1972 | recorded = 1972 | venue = | studio = Randy's Studio; Dynamic Sound Studios; Harry J's Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica | genre = Reggae | length = 37:59 | label = Gussie/Jaguar/Trojan | producer = Augustus "Gussie" Clarke | prev_title = Chi Chi Run | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = Reggae Phenomenon | next_year = 1975 }} '''''Screaming Target''''' is the debut album by Jamaican deejay Big Youth. It was recorded and released in 1972 on the Gussie and Jaguar labels in Jamaica.<ref name="RA">"[http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1484 Big Youth - ''Screaming Target'']", ''Roots Archives''</ref> It was issued in the United Kingdom in 1973 by Trojan Records.<ref name="RA" />
== Recording and production == The album was produced by Big Youth's childhood friend Augustus "Gussie" Clarke. Some of the tracks on the album had previously been hits as singles, including "Screaming Target", which used K.C. White's "No, No, No" rhythm, "Tippertone Rock" (though the single version was different), and "The Killer".<ref name="Barrow">Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) "Reggae: 100 Essential CDs", Rough Guides, {{ISBN|1-85828-567-4}}</ref> Several other tracks employed rhythms from Clarke's other productions, including Leroy Smart's "Pride & Ambition" (on "Pride & Joy Rock"), Lloyd Parks' "Slaving" ("Honesty"), Dennis Brown's "In Their Own Way" ("Be Careful"), and Gregory Isaacs' "One One Cocoa Fill Basket" (on "One of These Fine Days").<ref name="Barrow" /> The 2006 CD reissue adds the aforementioned tracks and more as a bonus.
== Critical reception == {{Album ratings |rev3 = Okayplayer |rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/screaming_target Okayplayer review]</ref> |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r103349/review|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> | rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th|isbn=978-0857125958}}</ref> }} The album was a favourite dub LP for music critic Robert Christgau in the 1970s,<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: Z|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=Z&bk=70|accessdate=March 23, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref> although he omitted it from ''Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies'' (1981), lacking the comprehensiveness for import-only albums at the time.<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=0899190251|chapter=The Guide|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg70/guide.php|accessdate=March 30, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
==Track listing== All tracks written, arranged, and produced by Gussie Clarke.<br> {{Track listing | headline = Original Gussie release | title1 = Screaming Target | title2 = Pride & Joy Rock | title3 = Be Careful | title4 = Tippertone Rock | title5 = One of These Fine Days | title6 = The Killer | title7 = Solomon a Gunday | title8 = Honesty | title9 = I am Alright | title10 = Lee a Low }} The track "Tippertone Rock" is listed as "Tippertong Rock" on the cover of the 1973 Trojan Records release (TRLS 61-A), while it's listed as "Tippertone Rock" on the vinyl LP itself. Later releases added "Screaming Target (Version 2)" (as track 6) and "Concrete Jungle" (as track 12). The 1976 Gussie LP releases only added "Concrete Jungle" (as track 11). {{Track listing | headline = 2006 CD release bonus tracks | extra_column = Performer(s) | title11 = KG's Halfway Tree | extra11 = Augustus Pablo & The Simplicity People | title12 = Origin Style | extra12 = Augustus Pablo | title13 = Screaming Target [version 2] | title14 = Pride and Ambition | extra14 = Leroy Smart | title15 = In Their Own Way | extra15 = Dennis Brown | title16 = Try Me | extra16 = Roman Stewart | title17 = Tipper Tone Rocking [version 2] | title18 = Rhythm Style | extra18 = The Simplicity People | title19 = One One Cocoa Full Basket | extra19 = Gregory Isaacs | title20 = Skylarking [version] | extra20 = The Society Squad | title21 = Anywhere But Nowhere [version] | extra21 = The Simplicity People | title22 = Slaving (Every Day) | extra22 = Lloyd Parks | title23 = No More Slavery | extra23 = Glen Brown | title24 = I am Alright (aka Loving Pauper) | extra24 = Gregory Isaacs }} ==Credits== * Vocals : Big Youth * Backing vocals : Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, K.C. White
==Recording Information== * Recording : Dynamic Sounds (Kingston, JA) & Randy's (Kingston, JA) & Harry J (Kingston, JA) * Engineers : Karl Pitterson & Sid Bucknor & Errol Thompson
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Big Youth}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1972 albums Category:Big Youth albums Category:Trojan Records albums