(1999) Bush - The Science of Things (Remastered 2014)



Review:
For their third album, , returned to and , the producers who helmed , but along the way, they fell out with the duo. claimed the two were only credited on the album for legal reasons, and that the real work was done by the band with engineer , which is probably true, since it's slicker than but doesn't glisten like . is carefully crafted and sequenced, flowing nicely from hard rockers to power ballads, but little of it catches hold. It plays better than the disjointed due to studiocraft, since the measured, detailed production fleshes out songs held together by a bare minimum of hooks and melodies. Without hooks, 's earnestness is unavoidable. 's emotive, gut-wrenching vocals and the band's hard, heavy delivery are all this record has to offer and the mystery is why the music has such little impact, either as emotional catharsis (which it was intended to be, if the tenor of the performances and 's interviews are to be believed) or as catchy commercial hard rock (which is what the best moments of their first two records were). In an effort to develop their own voice and to be taken seriously, have left behind their natural strengths -- a knack for melodic hooks and riffs. They're undoubtedly sincere and have delivered a professional record, but once is finished it fades away, since it has neither the emotional nor musical substance to make a lasting impact.
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine 
Rating 3/5

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Track List:
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


Summary:
Country: UK
Genre: Post grunge, alternative rock, electronic rock

Media Report:
Source : CD
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : ~813-1000 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits