Track Listing

1. Ubu Noir
2. Panic
3. At The Heart Of It All
4. Tenderness Of Wolves
5. The Spoiler
6. Clap
7. Aqua Regis
8. Restless Day
9. Solar Lodge
10. The S.W.B.P.
11. Godhead=Deathead
12. Catherdral In Flames
13. Tainted Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #181570 in Music
• Released on: 2000-11-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Album Description
Coil were formed by two founding members of Psychic TV - Peter Christopher And John Balance. Scatology originally released on LP in 1984 on the label Force & Form and received rave reviews as well as provoking scandal amongst prudes. It was co-produced by Clint Ruin (aka Foetus) and Gavin Friday. The album is littered with enthusiasm, intelligence and a sleazy fetish. The result is a mixture of emotion and experience. 13 tracks includes bonus cuts 'The Spoiler' (unreleased alternative version) & 'Restless Day' (originally released on Yang-Ki Records).

Customer Reviews

Ok, my previous review was pathetic
I'm sorry, I got carried away and didn't really say anything useful in the last review. Except that I am sad the covers changed.

Scatology and Horse Rotorvator don't sound like later Coil to me. They are neither in the strictly melodic Coil category, nor in the strictly noise Coil category. The two releases, similar in style, have that old-school almost-industrial (i.e. certainly not in a category with 80's Einsturzende Neubauten or Test Dept. but akin to some live Psychic TV, yet more focused) thrusty edge to them, and an appealing sparseness, although the tracks are obvious "songs", with "melodies" and "rhythms." Dramatic, chafing, provocative, excellent 80's-style, there is a gorgeously twisted magickal intestinal honesty about the whole affair on both CDs. Vocals are dominant on many songs, unlike later Coil. Coil of the many faces. Scatology and Horse Rotorvator are must-haves for Coil fans and didn't serve me as a bad introduction to the band, having bought them both on vinyl I did in the 80's.

This is fun
I've had this album for about 6 years now, (thats not me showing off, just trying to say this was one of the first things I heard by Coil, this hellraiser themes). It is very different to what they are upto now, so take this into account. I say that this is one of my favourite albums of early eighties industrial scene. You get the feeling that two guys used anything they could get their hands on, which keeps in the vain of Peter Christophersons earlier work with Throbbing Gristle and very early Psychic TV. There version of 'Tainted Love' still makes me feel extremely emotional if not a little scared inside. Panic is also a supperb song, with the very true words 'the only thing fear is fear itself'. I think it's fair there a lot of energy (probably sexual), with niave punk attitude. There is also another gem here that was used for a Derek Jarman film, later (or before) on 'The Angelic Conversation' album. If you like this album check out 'Horse Rotarvator' as well.

BRILL ALBUM!
I only found out about coil 18 months ago. I decided to download something by them out of curiosity (one of those random WinMX searches, you know) I downloaded probably the worst introductions that exist in the whole Coil back-catalogue "Windowpane", and "Dark Start" - they scared me to death! I thought nothing more of it until I searched for the original Tainted Love - coil's name came up - so I decided to give them one last try. Again, it scared me to death, but was somehow more familiar to me than the later stuff (I'm a massive Joy Division fan - work the rest out!) I decided to get "Scatology", and it was like a cross between Joy division/New order's stuff (Check them out if you like this album!) the album recorded after this "Horse Rotorvator", is better for people who want to dip their toe into the water - It is more guitar-based, and the songs have more structure - but this is the album for me! (I'm sure they nicked Steve Morris's drumkit and used the same studio! - if not, it is just scary...!!)