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  • Artist: Bush
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: October 26, 1999
  • Total Time: 51:14
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

For their third album, The Science of Things, Bush returned to Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, the Madness producers who helmed Sixteen Stone, but along the way, they fell out with the duo. Rossdale claimed the two were only credited on the album for legal reasons, and that the real work was done by the band with engineer Tom Elmhirst, which is probably true, since it's slicker than Razorblade Suitcase but doesn't glisten like Stone. Science is carefully crafted and sequenced, flowing nicely from hard rockers to power ballads, and it plays better than the disjointed Razorblade Suitcase due to studiocraft, since the measured, detailed production fleshes out songs held together by a bare minimum of hooks and melodies. Without hooks, Rossdale's emotive, gut-wrenching vocals and the band's hard, heavy delivery are all this record has to offer. Still, Bush's earnestness is unavoidable, and they're undoubtedly sincere and have delivered a professional record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Warm Machine (Lyrics) Gavin Rossdale Bush (4:25)
Jesus Online (Lyrics) Gavin Rossdale Bush (3:44)
The Chemicals Between Us Gavin Rossdale Bush (3:37)
English Fire (Lyrics) Gavin Rossdale Bush (3:31)
Spacetravel (Lyrics) Gavin Rossdale Bush (4:45)
40 Miles from the Sun (Lyrics) Gavin Rossdale Bush (3:39)
Prizefighter (Lyrics) Gavin Rossdale Bush (5:41)
The Diesease of the Dancing Cats Gavin Rossdale Bush (4:01)
Altered States (Lyrics) Gavin Rossdale Bush (4:11)
Dead Meat (Lyrics) Gavin Rossdale Bush (4:16)
Letting the Cables Sleep (Lyrics) Gavin Rossdale Bush (4:36)
Mindcharger Gavin Rossdale Bush (4:48)

Credits

Johnny Rockstar (Programming), Nigel Pulsford (?), Sacha Puttnam (Piano), Rosie Wetters (String Arrangements), Robin Goodridge (?), Alan Winstanley (Mixing), Gavin Rossdale (Producer), Paul Palmer (Mixing), C.B. Smith (Photography), Clive Langer (Mixing), Bush (Producer), Unleashed (Cover Design), Gwen Stefani (Vocals), Johnny Rockstar (Engineer), Aidan Love (Programming), Dave Guy Parsons (?), David J. Holman (Mixing), Alan Winstanley (Producer), Kimberly Holt (Photography), Tom Elmhirst (Digital Editing), Wired Strings (Strings), Sacha Puttnam (String Arrangements), Paul Palmer (A&R), Sacha Puttnam (Strings), Kimberly Holt (Cover Photo), Unleashed (Design), Gavin Rossdale (Design), Alison Dodds (Violin), Clive Langer (Producer), Robert Vosgien (Mastering), Chris Cuffaro (Photography), Bush (Mixing), Tom Elmhirst (Mixing), Claire Ashby (Violin), Rosie Wetters (Cello), Kevin Westenberg (Photography), Pete Black (Photography), Tom Elmhirst (Engineer), David Lasserson (Viola)
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The Science of Things
Studio album by Bush
Released October 26, 1999
Genre Post-grunge
Length 51:14
Label Trauma, Interscope
Professional reviews
Bush chronology
Deconstructed
(1997)		 The Science of Things
(1999)		 Golden State
(2001)

The Science of Things is the third studio album by British post-grunge band Bush. Released in 1999, it was the last Bush album under Trauma Records. It features many electronic influences and, while successful, sold less than its predecessors, reaching a platinum certification and #11 in the US.

Contents

Singles

Track listing

  1. "Warm Machine" – 4:26
  2. "Jesus Online" – 3:44
  3. "The Chemicals Between Us" – 3:37
  4. "English Fire" – 3:31
  5. "Spacetravel" – 4:45
  6. "40 Miles from the Sun" – 3:39
  7. "Prizefighter" – 5:41
  8. "The Disease of the Dancing Cats" – 4:01
  9. "Altered States" – 4:10
  10. "Dead Meat" – 4:16
  11. "Letting the Cables Sleep" – 4:36
  12. "Mindchanger" – 4:48

Unreleased Tracks

  1. "Ban the Bomb"
  2. "Learning to Swim"
  3. "Break on Through"

Miscellanea

 Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (January 2009)
  • In an interview, Gavin Rossdale revealed that the song "Letting the Cables Sleep" was written for a friend who had contracted HIV.[1] This song appeared in a season six episode of ER entitled "Such Sweet Sorrow", which featured the final appearances of George Clooney and Julianna Margulies.
  • The second season of Charmed contained two songs from this album. In the episode "Awakened", the single "The Chemicals Between Us" plays in the background at P3. Later in the season, "Letting the Cables Sleep" is heard at the end of the episode "Astral Monkey" while a distraught Piper cries over the loss of her doctor.
  • Apocalyptica has remixed the song "Letting the Cables Sleep".
  • "Spacetravel" features backing vocals by Rossdale's wife, Gwen Stefani.
  • The song "Dead Meat" is referenced in the No Doubt song Ex-Girlfriend.

External links

References

  1. ^ "Bush, Back to the Future"
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