| The Law of Things | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | Sept–Oct 1988 | |||
| Genres | Dunedin sound, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 38:56 | |||
| Label | Flying Nun | |||
| Producers | The Bats, Brent McLachlan | |||
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The Law of Things is the second album by the New Zealand band the Bats, released in 1990. It was released by Mammoth Records in the United States.
The track "Smoking Her Wings" was released as a single, and the album peaked at No. 38 in the New Zealand charts.
The album was recorded at Writhe Recording in Wellington, New Zealand, toward the end of 1988. It was produced by Brent McLachlan and the band.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10 |
Trouser Press called the album "monumental," writing: "Capturing all the hooky appeal and personal charm of their first records, it updates the recipe with seven years of instrumental mastery and superior sonics." The New York Times wrote that "the production is raw; the song structures are almost self-consciously unsophisticated - just jaunty guitar riffs, roughshod 4/4 rhythms and, in the more aggressive tracks, base lines that rumble and swell and even drown out the other instruments."
All tracks are written by the Bats/Robert Scott.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Other Side of You" | 3:10 |
| 2. | "Law of Things" | 2:13 |
| 3. | "Never Said Goodbye" | 2:33 |
| 4. | "Yawn Vibes" | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Time to Get Ready" | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Ten to One" | 2:38 |
| 7. | "Mastery" | 3:00 |
| 8. | "I Fall Away" | 2:27 |
| 9. | "Cliff Edge" | 3:05 |
| 10. | "Nine Days" | 3:43 |
| 11. | "Bedlam" | 3:28 |
| 12. | "Smoking Her Wings" | 4:37 |
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