It contains English versions of songs from their previous albums Schrei and Zimmer 483:[1] eight of the twelve songs come from Zimmer 483 while the remaining four originated from Schrei.

The name Scream is the English translation of the name of the first Tokio Hotel album, Schrei.

The first single released from the album was simply called "Monsoon" – not "Through the Monsoon" (the literal translation of the original, "Durch den Monsun").

[7] In the US, Tokio Hotel won the MTV VMA Best New Artist award for the album.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Scream.