In Collection
#331
#331
| 01 | Ubu Noir | 02:09 | ||||||
| 02 | Panic | 04:21 | ||||||
| 03 | At The Heart Of It All | 05:13 | ||||||
| 04 | Tenderness Of Wolves | 04:25 | ||||||
| 05 | The Spoiler (extended remix) | 04:10 | ||||||
| 06 | Clap | 01:17 | ||||||
| 07 | Restless Day | 04:45 | ||||||
| 08 | Aqua Regis | 02:51 | ||||||
| 09 | Solar Lodge | 05:35 | ||||||
| 10 | The Sewage Worker's Birthday Party | 04:24 | ||||||
| 11 | Godhead ~ Deathead | 05:16 | ||||||
| 12 | Cathedral In Flames | 04:39 | ||||||
| 13 | Tainted Love | 05:53 | ||||||
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Notes
Personnel:John Balance
Peter Christopherson
with...
Clint Ruin [Jim Thirlwell] - additional sampling on "Panic," overdubs on "At the Heart of It All"
Stephen E. Thrower - clarinet on "At the Heart of It All," "Solar Lodge"
Alex Ferguson - guitar on "Tenderness of Wolves"
Gavin Friday - vocals on "Tenderness of Wolves"
Raoul Revere [Marc Almond] - guitar on "Restless Day"
Details:
This CD has been re-pressed many times since the initial release, but all later editions are unauthorized by Coil. Initial pressings had the CD printed with black lettering and graphics on a white background. This was switched to white-on-black on later pressings.
All pressings have the tracks "Restless Day" and "Aqua Regis" listed in the wrong order on the cover. The tracks appear on the disc in the order listed above.
"Restless Day" is taken from the compilation album Devastate to Liberate. "Aqua Regis" and "Tainted Love" are taken from the Panic / Tainted Love single.
"The S.W.B.P." is the same track as "The Sewage Worker's Birthday Party" from the LP release.
A reissue of this CD via Wax Trax! Records was planned in 1992, but was cancelled when Coil severed their contract with the label following its buy out by TVT Records. A reissue was also planned via nothing records, but legal problems with Stevo/Some Bizzare put it in limbo.
Discussion:
In his "Coil Album Guide", Dave Piniella writes:
Coil's first full-length album, Scatology is part of the backbone of Coil's great albums (along with Horse Rotorvator and Love's Secret Domain). This is Coil at their early, industrial stage. The album is about making good music from shitty sounds, hence the title. Most of the songs are harsher and less polished than more recent releases. "Restless Day" and it's description of a mundane life filled with ennui is accented by strange tickings and a throbbing bass. "The Tenderness of Wolves" features vocals by Gavin Friday and the album ends with a somber rendition of "Tainted Love", which was originally released as a single with two album cuts ("Aqua Regis" and "Panic") was later added to the CD reissue. Coil's cover and subsequent video of "Tainted Love" was their reaction to the AIDS epidemic of the era (mid-to-late 1980's). Originally released on Force & Form/Some Bizzare, (along with Horse Rotorvator), the illegitimate repressing of these albums has been the cause of much anger and frustration on Coil's part. The short version: Stevo (from their old label) kept on releasing the album(s) and screwing Coil out of their share of the profits.