# Unnatural History ![[Unnatural History Ⅰ - Cover.jpg|700]] | | | | --- | --- | | **Title**: | Unnatural History | | **Type**: | Comilation | | **Legitimacy**: | Official | | **Release date:** | 1990-??-?? | | **Label:** | [[Threshold House]],[[Threshold Archives]] | | **Original**: | | | **Derivative**: | | --- **_Unnatural History (Compilation Tracks Compiled)_** is an official compilation album by Coil, released in 1990 by [[Threshold House]]. It collects a number of tracks Coil contributed to compilation albums that did not appear on any of their official releases. The album would see two continuations, [[Unnatural History Ⅱ|Unnatural History II]] in 1995, and [[Unnatural History Ⅲ|Unnatural History III]] in 1997. ## Background The origin of the tracks is as follows: | Track Title | Release Title | Label | Release Year | | :---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | **[[S Is For Sleep]]** | *The Elephant Table Album* | X Tract | 1983 | | **[[Homage to Sewage]]** | *Life At The Top* | Third Mind Records | 1984 | | **[[How To Destroy Angels (Mono)\|How To Destroy Angels]]** | *[[Releases/How To Destroy Angels\|How To Destroy Angels]]* | [[L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords]] | " | | **[[Various Hands]], [[The Swelling of Leeches]], [[The Pope Held Upside Down]]** | [[Nightmare Culture]] | [[L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords]] | 1985 | | **[[Here To Here (Double-Headed Secret)]]** | *The Beast 666* | Nekrophile Records | " | | **[[Sicktone]]** | *The Fight Is On* | [[L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords]] | " | | **[[His Body Was a Playground For the Nazi Elite]]** | *Ohrensausen* | Dom | 1986 | | **[[Dream Photography]]** | *Peyrere* | Peyrere | " | | **[[Never]]** | *Less Than Angels* | Synapse | " | In addition to previously released tracks, *Unnatural History I* also contained two new songs: [[Comfortable]] and [[Penetralia II]]. In spite of this, the liner notes for the album declare previous releases for these. [[Comfortable]] is said to have been released on a cassette album called *Raw Like Sewage* on the label *Premonition*, and [[Penetralia II]] on a dedicated 7” vinyl single on the label *Shock 45*; neither of these releases is known to exist. For unknown reasons, and unlike all other tracks on the album, [[Songs/How to Destroy Angels|How to Destroy Angels]] is presented as monophonic. ### Versions The album was only released in one version, a CD release in 1990, which was repressed in 1999.[^2] #### Tracklist 1. [[Various Hands]] 2. [[The Swelling of Leeches]] 3. [[The Pope Held Upside Down]] 4. [[His Body Was a Playground For the Nazi Elite]] 5. [[Homage to Sewage]] 6. [[Here To Here (Double-Headed Secret)]] 7. [[S Is For Sleep]] 8. [[Dream Photography]] 9. [[Comfortable]] 10. [[Never]] 11. [[Penetralia II]] 12. [[Sicktone]] 13. [[How To Destroy Angels (Mono)]] ## Personnel | **Name** |**Credit** | | --- | --- | |**Lorem ipsum**|Dolor sit amet (*Consectetur*)| ## References [Entry at Brainwashed](http://brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/locicd2.php?site=coil08) [^1]: http://brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/locicd2.php?site=coil08 [^2]: https://www.discogs.com/master/21278-Coil-Unnatural-History-Compilation-Tracks-Compiled