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Scatology is the debut studio album by English experimental music group Coil. It was recorded at various studios in London during 1984 and produced by the band along with JG Thirlwell; the album features a prominent appearance of Stephen Thrower, who subsequently became Coil's official member since their next studio album, Horse Rotorvator. Despite its title, the album focuses on alchemy, mainly an idea of turning base matter into gold. The record contains a wide array of cultural references, including personnel such as Marquis de Sade, Alfred Jarry, Salvador Dalí, Charles Manson, and others.

Scatology

An original Scatology LP cover featuring the "Anal Staircase" postcard

Studio album by

Coil

Released

1984[lower-alpha 1]

Recorded

1984
(See "Background and recording" section for details)

Studio

Wave
Aosis
Bar Maldoror (London)

Genre

Industrial[1]

Length

41:29

Label

Force & Form
Some Bizarre
Threshold House

Producer

Coil
Clint Ruin

Coil chronology

How to Destroy Angels
(1984)

Scatology
(1984)

Horse Rotorvator
(1986)

Singles from Scatology

"Panic/Tainted Love"
Released: May 1985

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Melody Maker	favourable[3]
NME	positive[4]
Sounds	4.75/5[5]
Time Out	positive[6]

Scatology was first released in 1985 (with a 1984 copyright date) on LP, by Force & Form and K.422 (Some Bizzare Records sublabel). It was reissued by Force & Form in 1988 on CD and later by Threshold House in 2001. Scatology’s sole single featured the extended remix of "Panic" with a cover version of "Tainted Love" on its B-side. Mainly positively received by critics, Scatology is considered to be one of Coil's essential releases, and moreover of 1980's industrial scene.

Background and recording

Work on Scatology began in May 1984,[7] soon after the release of Coil's debut EP How to Destroy Angels. Early on, a track entitled "The Sewage Worker's Birthday Party" was recorded during sessions of the abovementioned EP,[3] and was featured on 10" free single applied to an issue of an Italian magazine Free,[8]^: 49 prior to being included on Scatology.[7]

Recording sessions were held at Wave Studios,[7] Aosis Studios[7][9] and Bar Maldoror[10] (all situated in London). Several tracks during these sessions were recorded, but were not released or metamorphosed into other tracks.[lower-alpha 2] The core duo of the band, including Peter Christopherson and John Balance, was extended with an appearance of J. G. Thirlwell of Foetus and Stephen Thrower, the latter of whom met Coil for the first time in August 1984.[11]

Packaging

Different editions of the album featured a variety of packaging designs. For the original LP release, the initial black sun design covered by a postcard with a swirling staircase known as the "Anal Staircase." The second edition had the "Sexual Architecture" postcard pasted on random covers with uncovered ones revealing the original black sun design.

The 1988 CD edition featured artwork depicting a naked buttocks enclosed by an upside-down cross, finishing off with the original black sun below everything, seemingly inspired by Man Ray’s Monument to Sade photography;[12] the 2001 reissue features a revised artwork from the 1988 edition, with a slogan “Stevo, Pay Us What You Owe Us!” referencing the band's dispute with Stevo Pearce.[13]

Track listing

Original LP release (1984)

All tracks are written by John Balance and Peter Christopherson, except noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ubu Noir"
2.	"Panic" (Balance, Christopherson, Clint Ruin)
3.	"At the Heart of It All" (Balance, Christopherson, Stephen Thrower)
4.	"Tenderness of Wolves" (Balance, Christopherson, Gavin Friday)
5.	"The Spoiler"
6.	"Clap"
7.	"Solar Lodge" (Balance, Christopherson, Thrower)
8.	"The Sewage Worker's Birthday Party"
9.	"Godhead⇔Deathead"
10.	"Cathedral in Flames"

CD releases

Force & Form release (1988)[14]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ubu Noir"	2:09
2.	"Panic"	4:21
3.	"At the Heart of It All"	5:13
4.	"Tenderness of Wolves"	4:25
5.	"The Spoiler"	4:10
6.	"Clap"	1:17
7.	"Restless Day"	4:45
8.	"Aqua Regis"	2:51
9.	"Solar Lodge"	5:35
10.	"The S.W.B.P."	4:24
11.	"Godhead≈Deathead"	5:15
12.	"Cathedral in Flames"	4:39
13.	"Tainted Love" (Ed Cobb)	5:53

Threshold House release (2001)[15]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ubu Noir"	2:11
2.	"Panic"	4:23
3.	"At the Heart of It All"	5:15
4.	"Tenderness of Wolves"	4:27
5.	"The Spoiler"	4:12
6.	"Clap"	1:19
7.	"Restless Day"	4:47
8.	"Aqua Regis"	2:53
9.	"Solar Lodge"	5:37
10.	"The S.W.B.P."	4:26
11.	"Godhead≈Deathead"	5:18
12.	"Cathedral in Flames"	4:41
13.	"Tainted Love"	5:53

Personnel

All information adapted from 1984 release sleeve except where noted.[16]

Coil

John Balance – lead vocals and lyrics (except instrumentals and noted songs), guitars (on "Panic" and "Solar Lodge"), synthesizer (on "At the Heart of It All"), bass (on "Solar Lodge" and "The Sewage Worker's Birthday Party")
Peter Christopherson – programming and sampling, piano, backing vocals (on "The Spoiler")

Additional musicians

JG Thirlwell (as Clint Ruin) – programming and sampling (on "Panic" and "At the Heart of It All")
Stephen Thrower – clarinet (on "At the Heart of It All" and "Solar Lodge"), percussion (on "Solar Lodge")
Gavin Friday – lead vocals and lyrics (on "Tenderness of Wolves")
Alex Fergusson – acoustic guitar (on "Tenderness of Wolves")
Marc Almond (as Raoul Revere) – guitar (on "Restless Day")[17][18]

Technical personnel

Coil – co-production, mixing[19]
JG Thirlwell (as Clint Ruin) – co-production, mixing[20]
Warne Livesey – engineer
Christian Fouquet and Lawrence Watson – photography
Thighpaulsandra – remastering[21]

Charts

Charts (1985)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart[22][23]	7

References

Notes

A copyright date.
These titles include "Ergot", "Boy in a Suitcase", "Dream Photography", "120 Dalmations in Sodom", "Thermid’or", "The Pope held Upside Down".[7]

Sources

Skip Jansen. "Scatology - Coil". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Coil". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). London, New York: Muze, Grove's Dictionaries. pp. 1155–1156. ISBN 1-56159-237-4. LCCN 98-37439. OCLC 1033565487 – via the Internet Archive.
Balmer, Mark (January 1985). "Chemistry Set" (scan). Melody Maker. Retrieved April 24, 2018 – via Brainwashed archive.
Kopf, Biba (February 9, 1985). "Mined Like a Sewer" (scan). NME. Retrieved March 16, 2018 – via Brainwashed archive.
Tibet (February 9, 1985). "Stool Pigeons" (scan). Sounds. Retrieved March 16, 2018 – via Brainwashed archive.
Gill, John (January 30, 1985). "Coil 'Scatology' (K422/Rough Trade)" (scan). Time Out. Retrieved March 16, 2018 – via Brainwashed archive.
The Feverish (PDF), April 9, 1985
"Coil" (PDF). Unsound. Vol. 1, no. 5. 1985. pp. 47–49. Retrieved February 12, 2018 – via Brainwashed archive.
Coil 1984, "At the Heart of it All".
Coil 1984, "Solar Lodge".
Keenan 2003, pp. 123–124.
Reynolds 2005, p. 481; Diesel & Gerten 2007, p. 157.
Reynolds 2005, p. 489; Reed 2013, p. 144.
Coil 1988, track listing.
Coil 2001, track listing.
Coil 1984.
Coil 1988.
Reed, Jeremy (1995). The Last Star: A Study of Marc Almond. London ; San Francisco: Creation Books. pp. 181. ISBN 1-871592-61-5. OCLC 1035906117 – via the Internet Archive.
They Are Going To Take Me Away (PDF), 1984, retrieved September 20, 2017
"Coil". Abrahadabra (in Dutch). No. 1. January 1985. Retrieved September 20, 2017 – via the Internet Archive. (See English translation at Brainwashed)
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Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
Thompson, Dave (2002). Alternative Rock. San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman. p. 279. ISBN 0-87930-607-6. LCCN 00-58249. OCLC 1193377576 – via the Internet Archive.

Bibliography

Scatology's liner notes

Scatology (vinyl sleeve). Coil. Force & Form. 1984. FFK1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Scatology (CD booklet). Coil. Force & Form. 1988. FFKCD1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Scatology (CD booklet). Coil. Threshold House. 2001. LOCI CD15.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

Books

Bey, Thomas & Bailey, William (2012) [2009]. MicroBionic: Radical Electronic Music and Sound Art in the 21st Century (electronic book) (revised and expanded 2nd ed.). United States: Belsona Books. ISBN 9780615736624 – via Google Books.
Diesel, Andreas; Gerten, Dieter (2007). "Coil · Elijah's Mantle". Looking for Europe: Neofolk und Hintergründe (in German). Index Verlag. pp. 155–163. ISBN 9783936878028 – via Google Books.
Keenan, David (2003). England's Hidden Reverse: Coil, Current 93, Nurse with Wound : a Secret History of the Esoteric Underground. SAF Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9780946719402 – via Scribd.
Neal, Charles, ed. (1987). Tape Delay: Confessions from the Eighties Underground. SAF Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-946719-02-0 – via the Internet Archive.
Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983260-6. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.
Reynolds, Simon (2005). Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-21569-6. OCLC 1036851652 – via the Internet Archive.
Sanders, John; Gaffney, Mike (1987). A Coil Magazine.

Articles (including reviews)

"Coil". Interchange. No. 2. February 1984.
Kopf, Biba (April 20, 1985). "The Soil And Spoil Tactics Of Coil". NME.
Jon Whitney (1997). "Coil interview". Brainwashed. Brainwashed Inc. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
David Keenan (July 21, 1998). "Coil Interview". Brainwashed. Brainwashed Inc. Retrieved April 28, 2017.

External links

Scatology at Discogs (list of releases)
Scatology at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Scatology at Brainwashed

v t e Coil
John Balance Peter Christopherson Stephen Thrower Danny Hyde Drew McDowall William Breeze Ossian Brown Thighpaulsandra
Studio albums	Transparent Scatology Horse Rotorvator Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) Love's Secret Domain Stolen & Contaminated Songs The Angelic Conversation Worship the Glitch A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room Time Machines Astral Disaster Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1 Queens of the Circulating Library Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2 Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil Moon's Milk (In Four Phases) Bonus Disc The Remote Viewer Black Antlers The Ape of Naples The New Backwards
Live albums	Coil Presents Time Machines Live in Moscow Live Four Live Two Live One Megalithomania! Selvaggina, Go Back into the Woods ...And the Ambulance Died in His Arms Live in Porto
Compilation albums	Unnatural History How to Destroy Angels (Remixes and Re-Recordings) Unnatural History II Windowpane & the Snow Unnatural History III A Guide for Beginners: The Voice of Silver A Guide for Finishers: Golden Hair Moon's Milk (In Four Phases) The Golden Hare with a Voice of Silver
Extended plays	How to Destroy Angels The Unreleased Themes for Hellraiser Born Again Pagans Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull Summer Solstice: Bee Stings Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers Winter Solstice: North elph.zwölf The Restitution of Decayed Intelligence
Box sets	The Key to Joy Is Disobedience ANS Duplais Balance
Singles	"Panic/Tainted Love" "Wrong Eye/Scope" "Windowpane" "The Snow" "Airborne Bells/Is Suicide a Solution?" "Nasa-Arab"
Associated releases	Dolbied Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex Nightmare Culture Recoiled Songs of the Week
Associated acts	Throbbing Gristle Psychic TV Zos Kia Current 93 Rosa Mundi The Threshold HouseBoys Choir Soisong
Related articles	Discography Threshold House Eskaton Chalice
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