The Science of Things

The Science Of Things
Studio album by Bush
Released	October 26, 1999
Genre	Post grunge, alternative rock, electronic
Length	51:14
Label	Trauma, Interscope
Bush chronology
Deconstructed (1997) The Science of Things (1999) Golden State (2001)
Singles from The Science Of Things
"The Chemicals Between Us" Released: September 1999 "Warm Machine" Released: February, 2000 "Letting the Cables Sleep" Released: January, 2001

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The Science Of Things is the third studio album by British post-grunge band Bush. Released in 1999, it was the last Bush album under Trauma Records. It features many electronic influences and, while successful, sold less than its predecessors, reaching a platinum certification and #11 in the US.

Singles

• "The Chemicals Between Us", released 14 September, 1999
• "Warm Machine", released 11 February, 2000
• "Letting the Cables Sleep", released 18 January, 2001

Track listing

All songs by Gavin Rossdale.

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

Unreleased Tracks

1. "Ban the Bomb"
2. "Learning to Swim"
3. "Break on Through (To the Other Side)"

Allusions

• In an interview, Gavin Rossdale revealed that the song "Letting the Cables Sleep" was written for a friend who had contracted HIV. This song appeared in a season six episode of ER entitled "Such Sweet Sorrow", which featured the final appearances of George Clooney and Julianna Margulies.
• The second season of Charmed contained two songs from this album. In the episode "Awakened", the single "The Chemicals Between Us" plays in the background at P3. Later in the season, "Letting the Cables Sleep" is heard at the end of the episode "Astral Monkey" while a distraught Piper cries over the loss of her doctor.
• Apocalyptica has remixed the song "Letting the Cables Sleep".
• "Spacetravel" features backing vocals by Rossdale's wife, Gwen Stefani.
• The song "Dead Meat" is referenced in the No Doubt song Ex-Girlfriend.
• In the 1938 novella Anthem by Ayn Rand, the protagonist and narrator states that his favorite subject in school is "The Science of Things," the title of this album.