THE SCIENTISTS - A PLACE CALLED BAD

With a sound that was swampy, primal and modern-urban all at once—as much in the tradition of rock n’ roll and punk rock as it was a rejection of those things, the Scientists’ formula was as universal as it was specific to their own experience. The themes of getting wasted, driving around in hotted-up cars, being trapped in crap jobs, and paranoia were their subject matter. Machine throb bass and drums with jagged car-wreck guitars were their modus operandi. Fitting into no place or time they spurned all but the most rudimentary and elemental of rock structures to create a sound all their own.  Double LP version boils the box down to 22 essentials, plus unpublished photographs, discography, and fold out Perth Punk family tree.

A1    Frantic Romantic    
A2    Shake (Together Tonight)    
A3    Shadows Of The Night    
A4    It'll Never Happen Again    
A5    Last Night    
A6    It's For Real    
A7    Pissed On Another Planet    
B1    Blood Red River    
B2    This Is My Happy Hour    
B3    Swampland    
B4    Set It On Fire    
B5    We Had Love    
C1    Nitro    
C2    Solid Gold Hell    
C3    It Came Out Of The Sky    
C4    Atom Bomb Baby    
C5    Hell Beach    
D1    Raver    
D2    Demolition Derby    
D3    Murderess In A Purple Dress    
D4    If It's The Last Thing I Do    
D5    Human Jukebox