Against Nature (album)
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Against Nature was the debut album from Fatima Mansions, and is generally more melodic and accessible than their later work. It was released in September 1989, receiving almost universal critical acclaim, described by NME
as "staggering in its weight of ideas...never loses its capacity to suddenly stun you", and also described as "a startlingly well-rounded debut". A review from Allmusic stated "Coughlan's lyrics are similarly aggressive throughout, with actions of overt and implicit violence in nearly every song and a grouchily misanthropic, almost nihilistic lyrical world-view throughout".
Against Nature reached #12 in the UK Indie Chart
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This album would later be compiled with other pre-Viva Dead Ponies work of The Fatima Mansions on the 1992 Come Back My Children
compilation album, while "Only Losers Take The Bus" would also feature on the American edition of Viva Dead Ponies.
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
as "staggering in its weight of ideas...never loses its capacity to suddenly stun you", and also described as "a startlingly well-rounded debut". A review from Allmusic stated "Coughlan's lyrics are similarly aggressive throughout, with actions of overt and implicit violence in nearly every song and a grouchily misanthropic, almost nihilistic lyrical world-view throughout".
Against Nature reached #12 in the UK Indie Chart
UK Indie Chart
The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...
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This album would later be compiled with other pre-Viva Dead Ponies work of The Fatima Mansions on the 1992 Come Back My Children
Come Back My Children
Come Back My Children is a compilation album by Fatima Mansions consisting of all eight tracks from Against Nature, along with other early singles and B-sides and covers of "Stigmata" by Ministry and "Lady Godiva's Operation" by The Velvet Underground...
compilation album, while "Only Losers Take The Bus" would also feature on the American edition of Viva Dead Ponies.
Track listing
- "Only Losers Take The Bus" (3:08)
- "The Day I Lost Everything" (4:16)
- "Wilderness on Time" (3:15)
- "You Won't Get Me Home" (3:01)
- "13th Century Boy" (4:00)
- "Bishop of Babel" (2:53)
- "Valley of The Dead Cars" (3:19)
- "Big Madness/Monday Club Carol" (4:38)
Personnel
- Cathal Coughlan – vocals, keyboards, programming
- Andrías Ó Gruama – guitar
- Zac Woolhouse – keyboards
- John Fell – bass guitar
- Nicholas Tiompan Allum – drums, wind
- Engineered by Bill Gill, Jamie Lane, Martin Harriso, & Ralph Jezzard