Against Nature (album)

Against Nature
Studio album by Fatima Mansions
Released	September 1989
Recorded	London, 1989
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Kitchenware
Fatima Mansions chronology
Against Nature (1989) Viva Dead Ponies (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Against Nature was the debut album from Fatima Mansions. 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",^[2] and also described as "a startlingly well-rounded debut".^[3] 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".^[4]

Against Nature reached #12 in the UK Indie Chart.^[5]

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.

Track listing

1. "Only Losers Take The Bus" (3:08)
2. "The Day I Lost Everything" (4:16)
3. "Wilderness on Time" (3:15)
4. "You Won't Get Me Home" (3:01)
5. "13th Century Boy" (4:00)
6. "Bishop of Babel" (2:53)
7. "Valley of The Dead Cars" (3:19)
8. "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

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Larkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0231-3, p.162
3. Buckley, Peter (2003) The Rough Guide to Rock, Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0, p.363
4. Mason, Stewart "Against Nature Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
5. Lazell, Barry (1997) Indie Hits 1980-1989, Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0-9517206-9-4, p.85