The Science Of Things
by Bush

The Science Of Things by Bush
Year: 1999
Overall rank: 30,598th   
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 55 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (522nd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (4,728th)
Award Best albums of all time (30,598th)

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Bush bestography

The Science Of Things is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by Bush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bush is Sixteen Stone which is ranked number 1706 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 994.

Bush album bestography « Higher ranked (25,844th)
The Sea Of Memories
This album (30,598th)
The Science Of Things
Lower ranked (34,184th) »
The Art Of Survival

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The Science Of Things track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Science Of Things rankings

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Overall rank: 30,598th | 1990s rank: 4,728th | 1999 rank: 522nd

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The Science Of Things ratings

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66/100 (from 55 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.5/100, a mean average of 64.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.

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65/100
From 10/09/2019 11:50 | #243576
Very secondary album. It was all there
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From 01/06/2018 05:02 | #204691
Woof ! . This album is a dumpster fire , other than ' Chemicals Between Us' the rest is ho hum.
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From 05/05/2016 15:24 | #165256
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
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From 07/01/2014 02:27 | #115730
Me too. Pass.
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From 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.
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From 12/15/2011 02:34 | #32998
I'll take a pass on this one.
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