Science & Nature (The Bluetones album)

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Science & Nature
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Studio album by
The Bluetones
Released15 May 2000 (UK) [1]
Recorded2000
Genre Rock
Length45:15
Label Mercury
Producer John Cornfield
The Bluetones chronology
Return to the Last Chance Saloon
(1998)		Science & Nature
(2000)		 The Singles
(2002)
Singles from Science & Nature
  1. "Keep the Home Fires Burning"
    Released: 21 February 2000
  2. "Autophilia (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Car)"
    Released: 8 May 2000
Professional ratings
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Science & Nature is the third album by The Bluetones. It was released on 15 May 2000 on Universal Records. Its offspring singles were "Keep the Home Fires Burning" and "Autophilia". "Mudslide" was released as an EP.

Contents

Music

According to Iain Forrester of Stylus Magazine , Science & Nature "abandons the sound they stuck to rigidly elsewhere," and "while being successfully aware of their limitations throws everything they can think of (country, jazz, folk, prog) at melodic pop." He called it "inventive and gently surprising." [5] Jason Damas of AllMusic felt that the album was largely not as new wave-influenced as many suggested prior to release, except on "Mudslide", but did find the album to contain "a bit more of a pop leaning." [2] Drowned in Sound's Thomas Blatchford said the record contained "invention and refined sensibility." [6]

Track listing

All tracks written by: Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Morriss, Payne

  1. "Zorrro" – 3:39
  2. "The Last of the Great Navigators" – 3:48
  3. "Tiger Lily" – 3:25
  4. "Mudslide" – 4:21
  5. "One Speed Gearbox" – 3:46
  6. "Blood Bubble" – 3:33
  7. "Autophilia (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Car)" – 4:59
  8. "Keep the Home Fires Burning" – 3:27
  9. "The Basement Song" – 5:14
  10. "Slack Jaw" – 2:59
  11. "Emily's Pine" – 6:03
  12. "It's a Boy" (Japanese Bonus Track) – 1:34

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References

  1. ↑ "Music Week" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 Science & Nature at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Dotmusic review
  4. ↑ NME review
  5. ↑ Forrester, Iain (9 June 2016). "Top Ten Post-Britpop Flops". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Album Review: The Bluetones – The Bluetones / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.


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