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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --->
| Name = S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]
| Cover = Incubus Science.jpg
| Released = September 9, 1997
| Recorded = May - June 1997 at 4th Street Recording, [[Santa Monica, California]]
| Genre = [[Funk metal]], [[rap metal]]
| Length = 55:43
| Label = [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[Immortal Records|Immortal]]
| Producer = Jim Wirt |
| Last album = ''[[Fungus Amongus]]''<br />(1995)
| This album = '''''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'''''<br />(1997)
| Next album = ''[[Make Yourself]]''<br />(1999)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
| Type = Studio album
| single 1 = "[[A Certain Shade of Green]]"
| single 1 date = September 9, 1997
| single 2 = "[[New Skin (Incubus song)|New Skin]]"
| single 2 date = September 20, 1998
}}
}}

'''''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.''''' is the second album by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]], released on September 9, 1997. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. It has been mentioned by lead singer Brandon Boyd that the acronym S.C.I.E.N.C.E. stands for Sailing Catamarans Is Every Nautical Captain's Ecstacy.

==Music==
''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' draws influence from diverse genres, including [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]],<ref name="Friedlander">{{cite book |last1=Friedlander |first1=Paul |title=Rock & roll: A Social History |year=2006 |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=0813343062 |page=305 |chapter=We Should Be Together }}</ref><ref name="Sullivan">{{cite journal |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kate |date=November 2001 |title=The Accidental Sex Symbol |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=17 |issue=11 |page=78 }}</ref> [[Electro music|electro]],<ref name="Pitchfork"/> [[funk]],<ref name="Friedlander"/><ref name="Sullivan"/> [[jazz]],<ref name="Sullivan"/><ref name="Pitchfork"/> [[hip hop music|hip hop]]<ref name="Friedlander"/> and [[techno]].<ref name="Friedlander"/> According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writer Rob Kemp, ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' "links [[funk metal]] to the [[rap metal]]".<ref name="Kemp">{{cite book |last=Kemp |first=Rob |editor=Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition=4th |year=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuste |isbn=0743201698 |page=403 |chapter=Incubus }}</ref> "Magic Medicine" incorporates elements of [[trip hop]], sampling a recorded reading of a children's book.<ref name="Kerr">{{cite journal |last1=Kerr |first1=Darren |title=Review of ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' |journal=Drop-D Magazine |volume= |issue= |pages= |url=http://dropd.com/issue/92/CD/Incubus/ |date=April 11, 1998 }}</ref>
The song "Vitamin" appears in the film Final Destination 2.

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Thomas">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r315552/review|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review of ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E. |first=David |last=Thomas |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=28 February 2010}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''Drop-D Magazine''
| rev2Score = (favorable)<ref name="Kerr"/>
| rev3 = Martin Charles Strong
| rev3Score = {{rating|6|10}}<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |title=The Great Rock Discography |edition=7th |year=2004 |publisher=Canongate |isbn=1841956155 |page=731 |chapter=Incubus }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Kemp"/>
| rev5 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev5Score = (8.7/10)<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/i/incubus/science.shtml |title=Incubus: S.C.I.E.N.C.E.: Pitchfork Review |first=James |last=Wisdom |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |accessdate=20 November 2010 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20030205221149/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/i/incubus/science.shtml |archivedate=5 February 2003}}</ref>
}}
Critics praised the album's diversity of styles. [[Pitchfork Media]] wrote that Incubus "successfully combines all sorts of [music genres] without sounding like a mess".<ref name="Pitchfork"/> [[Allmusic]] reviewer David Thomas wrote that "The numerous styles on the album don't always blend perfectly, but they create a solid sound that defines the band. Incubus also manages to make their songs upbeat and danceable as well as tunes to headbang to. An admirable feat in a genre that tends to reward decibel levels instead of quality."<ref name="Thomas"/> ''Drop-D Magazine'' reviewer Darren Kerr praised the album for its originality.<ref name="Kerr"/> In ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide'', Kemp gave the album two out of five stars.<ref name="Kemp"/> In ''The Great Rock Discography'', Martin Charles Strong gave the album six out of ten stars.<ref name="Strong"/>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| total_length = 55:43
| all_writing = B. Boyd, M. Einziger, A. Katunich, G. Koppell and J. Pasillas.
| title1 = Redefine
| length1 = 3:22
| title2 = Vitamin
| length2 = 3:13
| title3 = [[New Skin (Incubus song)|New Skin]]
| length3 = 3:51
| title4 = Idiot Box
| length4 = 4:07
| title5 = Glass
| length5 = 3:37
| title6 = Magic Medicine
| length6 = 3:03
| title7 = [[A Certain Shade of Green]]
| length7 = 3:11
| title8 = Favorite Things
| length8 = 3:11
| title9 = Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)
| length9 = 4:26
| title10 = Nebula
| length10 = 3:50
| title11 = Deep Inside
| length11 = 3:55
| title12 = Calgone
| length12 = 16:03
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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