Against Nature (album)

Against Nature
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1989
RecordedLondon, 1989
GenreAlternative rock
LabelKitchenware
ProducerJamie Lane
Fatima Mansions chronology
Against Nature
(1989)
Viva Dead Ponies
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Against Nature is the debut album by Irish rock band 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", and also described as "a startlingly well-rounded debut". 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".

Against Nature reached No. 12 in the UK Indie Chart.

The 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.