Disco de Bush: “Science of Things”

"The Science of Things" is not an instant Bush classic. It doesn't have any megahits like "Comedown" or "Swallowed". But it is the best Bush album to date. It just might not seem that way on a single glance. It grows on you. After 1, 2, or even 3 listenings you still might not like it as much as their previous albums. But listen to it at least 4 times before you make an educated judgement. "Sixteen Stone" was awesome (despite it's few weak factors) and "Razorblade Suitcase" was really good (despite it's weak factors). I'm not even going to mention "Deconstructed" because I hated that album so much. But "The Science of Things" takes the cake. Gavin had a great idea to get away from the city and take a vacation in the countryside to write these songs. If he hadn't of, the songs probably wouldn't be as relaxed and refreshing as they are now. That's the thing I love about it. It's relaxed and renewed feeling. "Sixteen Stone" and "Razorblade Suitcase" to me felt like the songs were written on the edge of Gavin's seat. Some of them seemed a bit forced. On "The Science of Things", Gavin seems more relaxed and not pressured to write good songs. He wrote good songs by just letting them flow out. Even though it's not quite flawless, "The Science of Things" rocks!

Bush's third album has been called "going techno" and going "electronic" which is nonsense!

Its just on this album, they used some "sound" samples and elements for this record, and overall its pretty good, some songs could of been developed a little more and a bit better, but its still a great album. Although some tracks can wear a bit thin sometimes.

1. Warm machine 7/10 - Fantastic (very unsurprising song for a bush album opener) opening song for the album, the only problem is it goes for a bit to long.

2.Jesus Online 8/10- very different, but brilliant song. Drags a little.

3. The chemicals between us 10/10- without a doubt one of Bush's best songs ever, astounding guitar sounds, ther best on the whole album.

4. English Fire - 6/10A bit of a let down, a little bland.

5.Spacetravel - 7/10not bad, not exactly a really great song.

6. 40 miles from the sun 7/10- this song could of been a real classic if it had a bridge.

7. Prize fighter- 8/10Almost a perfect, very good ending.

8. The disease of the dancing cats 9/10- this one will knock you off your seat.

9. Altered States - 8/10Could of been developed a little more, not half bad though.

10. Dead Meat - 7/10stupid lyrics, another song that lacks something.

11. Letting the cables sleep 10/10- Outstanding song, the most moving song Bush have ever done. And one of their best.

12. Mindchanger - 8/10 a fantastic finish to the album, although, its missing something.

The main problem is, alot of these songs just don't cut it, they have fanatstic potential, but thats what brings the album done.

Defintiley Worth buying though.

The Science Of Things is a really timeless album. It's somewhat mellow compared with the others and at first I was bored with it. But after listening to it a few times, I was hooked. The lyrics, which I think are a crucial part of Bush's attraction, are really complex and very simple. There's the sweet classical music on a few tracks which is perfectly in contrast with Gavin's voice. He sounds even better on this album. He conveys alot of emotions without using volume or shouting to communicate it. This is by far their most sophisticated cd, and in my mind is rivaling Razorblade Suitcase and Sixteen Stone!

alright first of all im gonna be honest.This is the first bush album i have bought,because i really liked the single, "the chemicals between us".So since I have no other bush cds,i had low expectations.However,this album still has made me want to buy the other bush cds and is definitly a good cd. The people who are down on it are mostly people coming off 16 stone(which i have been told repeatedly was bush's best album) so with low expectations i came out extremly pleased and i have listened to the album non-stop. Great grunge songs like warm machine and chemicals between us and prizefighter really are well done and letting the cables sleep and mindchanger are great slower songs,this album is defintly worth it

I really had a hard time with this album, the question to buy or wait, listen or wonder. I finally went and had a good listen. I decided after 45 minutes that the Album was good enough to buy. I have to say though that ,the disease of the dancing cats, is the oddsest sounding song. ,letting the cables sleep, is closest in deepth to either ,Alien, or ,bonedriven, all beautifully crafted. I still rank 16Stone first and RBSC last, TSOT is second best. I like the raw power and unharnesed talent of bands like Bush to show as a redeeming quality (e.g.16Stone). Such others are Soundgarden or Alice in Chains or even Everclear's ,Sparkle & Fade, Album. TSOT is much better Because they don't allow themselves to be tamed by a certain genre of music. Music should forever be changing, this is the only way to prevent decay of Rock and all it's sub-groups.