The Science of Things
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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.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by British post-grunge
Post-grunge
Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...
band Bush
Bush (band)
Bush are an alternative rock band formed in London in 1992 shortly after vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford met in a London nightclub. Realising they shared a love for such diverse artists as the Pixies, Bob Marley, The Jesus Lizard, MC5, Nirvana, Hüsker Dü, and Big...
. Released in 1999
1999 in music
-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....
, it was the last Bush album under Trauma Records
Trauma Records
Trauma Records is a Los Angeles independent record label created in 1993 by Paul Palmer and Rob Kahane. Trauma Records had a Joint Venture Agreement with Interscope Records that included financing and distribution through Interscope Records....
. It features many electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
influences and, while successful, sold less than its predecessors, reaching a platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
certification and #11 in the US.
Singles
- "The Chemicals Between UsThe Chemicals Between Us"The Chemicals Between Us" is a song by alternative band Bush from their third album The Science of Things.-Lyrics and style:Gavin Rossdale stated that the song was about:"It’s all about the differences and distances between people"...
", released 14 September, 1999 - "Warm MachineWarm Machine"Warm Machine" is the second single from British grunge band Bush's third album The Science of Things. The song was followed by "Letting the Cables Sleep", which proved to be a bigger hit than "Warm Machine."-Music video:...
", released 11 February, 2000 - "Letting the Cables SleepLetting the Cables Sleep"Letting the Cables Sleep" is the third and final single from British post grunge band Bush's third studio album The Science of Things, which was released in 1999. The song became a minor hit, and pushed the album to platinum status...
", released 18 January, 2001
Track listing
All songs by Gavin Rossdale.- "Warm MachineWarm Machine"Warm Machine" is the second single from British grunge band Bush's third album The Science of Things. The song was followed by "Letting the Cables Sleep", which proved to be a bigger hit than "Warm Machine."-Music video:...
" – 4:26 - "Jesus Online" – 3:44
- "The Chemicals Between UsThe Chemicals Between Us"The Chemicals Between Us" is a song by alternative band Bush from their third album The Science of Things.-Lyrics and style:Gavin Rossdale stated that the song was about:"It’s all about the differences and distances between people"...
" – 3:37 - "English Fire" – 3:31
- "Spacetravel" – 4:45
- "40 Miles from the Sun" – 3:39
- "Prizefighter" – 5:41
- "The Disease of the Dancing Cats" – 4:01
- "Altered States" – 4:10
- "Dead Meat" – 4:16
- "Letting the Cables SleepLetting the Cables Sleep"Letting the Cables Sleep" is the third and final single from British post grunge band Bush's third studio album The Science of Things, which was released in 1999. The song became a minor hit, and pushed the album to platinum status...
" – 4:36 - "Mindchanger" – 4:48
Unreleased Tracks
- "Ban the Bomb"
- "Learning to Swim"
- "Break on Through (To the Other Side)Break on Through (To the Other Side)"Break on Through " is a song by The Doors from their debut album, The Doors. It was the first single released by the band and was unsuccessful compared to later hits, reaching only #126 in the United States...
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Allusions
- In an interview, Gavin RossdaleGavin RossdaleGavin McGregor Rossdale is an English musician, known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush as well as an actor. Following Bush's separation in 2002, which lasted for eight years, he was the lead singer and guitarist for Institute, and later began a solo career. He...
revealed that the song "Letting the Cables Sleep" was written for a friend who had contracted HIVHIVHuman immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
. This song appeared in a season six episode of ERER (TV series)ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
entitled "Such Sweet Sorrow", which featured the final appearances of George ClooneyGeorge ClooneyGeorge Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
and Julianna MarguliesJulianna MarguliesJulianna Luisa Margulies is an American actress and producer.After several small television roles, Margulies achieved success in her regular role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on NBC's long-running medical drama ER, for which she won an Emmy Award...
. - The second season of CharmedCharmedCharmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
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. - ApocalypticaApocalypticaApocalyptica is a band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1993. The band is composed of classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso and drummer Mikko Sirén...
has remixRemixA remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
ed the song "Letting the Cables Sleep". - "Spacetravel" features backing vocals by Rossdale's wife, Gwen StefaniGwen StefaniGwen Renée Stefani is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani is the lead vocalist for the rock and ska band No Doubt. Stefani recorded her first solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. in 2004. The album was inspired by music of the 1980s, and was a success with sales of over...
. - The song "Dead Meat" is referenced in the No DoubtNo DoubtNo Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact...
song Ex-GirlfriendEx-Girlfriend (song)"Ex-Girlfriend" is a song written by Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Gwen Stefani for No Doubt's fourth studio album Return of Saturn . The song was released as the album's first official single in mid-2000 and it was moderately successful, reaching the top 40 in most countries.-Background and...
. - In the 1938 novella AnthemAnthem (novella)Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in England. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age characterized by irrationality, collectivism, and socialistic thinking and economics...
by Ayn RandAyn RandAyn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism....
, the protagonist and narrator states that his favorite subject in school is "The Science of Things," the title of this album.