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CoilScatology

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Industrial, Experimental

Year:

Tracklist

Ubu Noir
Panic
At The Heart Of It All
Tenderness Of Wolves
The Spoiler
Clap
Solar Lodge
The Sewage Worker's Birthday Party
Godhead ⇔ Deathead
Cathedral In Flames

Credits (5)

Notes

and see also the Coil - Scatology Sessions 2cd (2018) for sessions material for this release

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    Scatology
    LP, Album, Test Pressing
    Force & Form – FFK 1UK1984UK1984
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    Cover of Scatology, 1984, VinylScatology
    LP, Album, White Label
    Force & Form – FFK1, K.422 – FFK1UK1984UK1984
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    Cover of Scatology, 1985-01-28, VinylScatology
    LP, Album, Anal Staircase Postcard
    Force & Form – FFK1, K.422 – FFK1UK1985UK1985
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    Cover of Scatology, 1985, VinylScatology
    LP, Album, Repress, Swans inner sleeve
    Force & Form – FFK1, K.422 – FFK1UK1985UK1985
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    Cover of Scatology, 1985, VinylScatology
    LP, Album, Repress, Second edition
    Force & Form – FFK1, K.422 – FFK1UK1985UK1985
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    Scatology
    CD, Album, Reissue, White CD Face
    Force & Form – FFKCD1, Force & Form – FFKCD 1UK1988UK1988
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    Scatology
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Force & Form – FFKCD1, Force & Form – FFKCD 1UK1988UK1988
    New Submission
    Cover of Scatology, 1988, CassetteScatology
    Cassette, Advance, Album
    Not On Label (Coil Self-released) – noneUK1988UK1988
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    Scatology
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Force & Form – FFKCD1, Force & Form – FFKCD 1UK1991UK1991

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    Scatology
    CD, Album, Enhanced, Reissue, Unofficial Release
    Force & Form (2) – FFK CD1UK1997UK1997
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    Scatology
    CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Unofficial Release
    ArsNova – ARSN 228019Russia2000Russia2000
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    Scatology
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Threshold House – LOCI CD15, Threshold House – Loci CD 15UK2001UK2001
    Cover of Scatology, 2001, VinylScatology
    LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, White Label
    Threshold House – LOCI15UK2001UK2001
    New Submission
    Cover of Scatology, 2001, CDrScatology
    CDr, Album, Unofficial Release
    Threshold House (2) – LOCI CD15Russia2001Russia2001
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    Cover of Scatology, 2013, VinylScatology
    LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Textured Sleeve
    Force & Form (2) – FFK1, K.422 (2) – FFK1Europe2013Europe2013
    Cover of Scatology, 2015, CDScatology
    CD, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release
    Not On Label (Coil) – noneFrance2015France2015
    New Submission
    Cover of Scatology, 2017, CassetteScatology
    Cassette, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release
    Rose Clouds – RC00520172017
    Cover of Scatology, 2024, CassetteScatology
    Cassette, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Unofficial Release
    Studio 13 (17) – 13-09Worldwide2024Worldwide2024
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    Cover of Scatology, , VinylScatology
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    Force & Form – FFK1, K.422 – FFK1UKUK
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    Scatology
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Force & Form – FFKCD1UKUK
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    Cover of Scatology, , CDScatology
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    Force & Form – FFKCD1, Force & Form – FFKCD 1UKUK
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    Scatology
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    Force & Form – FFKCD1, Force & Form – FFKCD 1UKUK
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    Scatology
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    Force & Form – FFKCD1, Force & Form – FFKCD 1UKUK
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    Cover of Scatology, , CassetteScatology
    Cassette, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release
    Not On Label (Coil) – N°562RussiaRussia
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    Scatology
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Force & Form – FFKCD1, Force & Form – FFKCD 1UKUK
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    Scatology
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    ArsNova – noneRussiaRussia
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    Scatology
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Force & Form – FFKCD1, Force & Form – FFKCD 1UKUK
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    Scatology
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    Force & Form – FFKCD1, Force & Form – FFKCD 1UKUK
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    Reviews

    • Saint100's avatar
      Saint100
      Everything's perfect with sound quality!! But you know, it's almost 40 years old with no any reissue (due copyrights of stevo) and the vinyl plays well but with many scuffs of time above (...)
      • crueltwist's avatar
        crueltwist
        The complete misreading of the sleeve notes leading to Albert Hoffman getting a "synthesizer" credit on Cathedral in Flames above is most amusing.
        • D-F's avatar
          D-F
          Anyone seen this with a misprinted cover with Scatology title cut off about halfway at the top and what I guess to be Bjorn Lynee Wizard Of The WInds?
          • joeyms16's avatar
            joeyms16
            any proof that this is real, or that it’s not a bootleg? there’s no official vinyl reissue of this album
            • devilheaven's avatar
              devilheaven
              Does anyone know why the page says the album was released in 1985 but the first set of versions say 1984? Mmm?
              • Arby_Ess's avatar
                Arby_Ess
                ...considering how hard this album is to find -- existing in some sort of postmortem legal limbo, I suppose -- this bootleg is a handy and affordable option. It sounds great, and while the print may be a little small, it's still readable and contains all the liner notes and lyrics. Can't really complain...
                • wackyoldskool's avatar
                  wackyoldskool
                  In my opinion much of this record is spoilt by the terrible drums, "thanks" to Mr Foetus, I suppose. That makes this otherwise interesting album sound very dated.
                  • Brad.R's avatar
                    Brad.R
                    Sounded fine to me. I have no complaints about audio quality on my copy.
                    • Youngy93's avatar
                      Youngy93
                      The black and white text only inner sleeve described here is actually the inner sleeve from "Cop" by the Swans

                      https://www.discogs.com/Swans-Cop/release/253756

                      A mix-up at the factory? I guess so...
                      • Crijevo's avatar
                        Crijevo
                        Edited 3 years ago
                        To start with, "Scatology" is a perfect piece of evidence in where early Psychic TV's true remains are; the genius and the enigma of John Balance and Peter Sleazy Christopherson with all the madness in between is what makes this, their debut album, in many ways a disturbingly fascinating listen. If you listen closely, "Force Thee Hand Ov Chance" and especially "Dreams Less Sweet" are more "Coil", the way the soothing and the more menacing bits of music are juxtaposed do suggest... In that, "Scatology" is an interesting "crossover" record, ideally fitting back in with the 1983/84-era Psychic TV just the same. And while Psychic TV continued along the way with varying degrees of experimentation in years that followed, Coil stayed strict and loyal to their own philosophy and how it evolved to great effect start to finish ("finish" meaning the duo's sad and abrupt ending, first with John Balance's tragic passing and then Sleazy's).

                        It can also be viewed as a collection of works in progress (several pieces do sound like well crafted unfinished studio recordings ("At The Heart Of It All" as an example, also appeared at the time in Derek Jarman's "Angelic Conversation", for which Coil delivered a stellar soundtrack) - a "compilation" that kickstarted one of the most consistently excellent discographies in the history of avant-garde music. The very title immediately causes a stir, Coil were living their own dark dream and never side-stepped for a bit, mentally and physically devoted to the sheer vision of life's beauties in the grotesque and, to an average mind, in the repulsive. Of many dark-sounding groups that graced the underground scene in that golden age of post-punk, Coil provided with a true template, staying unpretentious to the core. "Scatology" is their rawest self, openly attacking the senses, accentuated in their anti-religious statements; to name a few - "Cathedral In Flames", "Panic" and especially in "Godhead ⇔ Deathead"; try singing "Virgin Mary weak and wild rids herself of an unwanted child" without imagining your very tongue falling out of the mouth, bleeding. Such a powerful statement, equaling PiL's amazingly nihilistic "Religion", a brutal disclosure of corporate religion and social hypocrisy.

                        The element of horror is further evident in pieces like "The Tenderness Of Wolves" (featuring creepy guest vocals from Gavin Friday, the piece very much fitting in with Virgin Prunes' own experiments at the time) and "Ubu Noir", a frenetic opener using sampled bits from Alfred Jarry. Equally violent and merciless are "The Spoiler" and "Solar Lodge" while the album's ideal centre-piece - "The Sewage Worker's Birthday Party", according to the album's liner notes, inspired by a homoerotic story from the magazine "Mr. S/M", doesn't feature a vocal narration but the raw sounding drone and soaking sounds provides with an effectively disturbing storyline.

                        If Pasolini ever survived into the 80s, he would have certainly worked with them - because once you hold your breath and try and see his ultimate brutal masterpiece "Salò" in one take, you will understand where the inspiration comes from - and "Scatology" is both, about human suffering as well as trying to find a way out, liberating the mind that is systematically hurt by political and religious extremes, imposed fear through the presence of an invisible authority.

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