The Science Of Things
by Bush
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Bush bestography
The Science Of Things is ranked 6th best out of 14 albums by Bush on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bush is Sixteen Stone which is ranked number 1790 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 957.
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The Science Of Things track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Science Of Things rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 51 Music Albums of 1999 | 26/51 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Milhaud | Top 55 Music Albums of 1999 | 54/55 | 0 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Babylon Best Albums 1999 | 35/48 | - |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | 1990s 60rating (58), #0001-0100* | 25/40 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 60r albums (58), #0101-0200* | 67/97 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2023 |  zwiebel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 31/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 29 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/20/2026 20:26 | Milhaud | 2,171 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 22:44 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2025 10:43 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,358 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.4/100, a mean average of 64.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.
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Tha1ChiefRocka 02/07/2019 06:26 in Crappy 20th Anniversary, 1999The Science Of Things comments
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Bush realizes after a couple albums that they sound pretty similar and have little potential musically.
So on The Science of Things they add some bloops and bleeps electronically to mix it up.
It is all a ho hum drab affair apart from a couple decent tracks.
Warm Machine is actually pretty good and is on par with the best from their debut.
Let the Cables Sleep is a really good atmospheric ballad but sophomoric in it's musicianship.
This is all power chords strummed or plucked.
Jesus Online wasn't good to start but with the passing of time and technology advancement, it is downright embarrassing.
The Chemicals Between Us is the other potential keeper here and the most well known song from the album. It sounds awfully 90's and as poppy as Bush gets.
Otherwise the rest of this is an easy pass
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/08/2012 00:44 | #41787
Here they try to throw in some electronic sounds. It's a controversial move for a reason. Of all the 90s bands you'd expect to try to pull that shit, Bush would have been one of the last. There are some really good songs here though.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/06/2018 05:02 | #204691
Woof ! . This album is a dumpster fire , other than ' Chemicals Between Us' the rest is ho hum.
A pretty dull album overall, but the 3 singles are still great.
pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/15/2011 02:34 | #32998
I'll take a pass on this one.
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