Coil
Wrong Eye/Scope

1990

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UK 7" Shock SX002

  1. Wrong Eye [SX 012, LOCI CD 12]
  2. Scope [SX 012, LOCI CD 12]

Side A - WRONG IS RIGHT
Side AA - SHOOT TO LIVE

John Balance
Peter Christopherson
Stephen Thrower
Rose McDowall - backing vocals
Danny Hyde - production and remix

3000 copies were said to be pressed: 1000 in a yellow cover, 1000 in a green cover, 974 in a white cover, and 26 in a pink cover with sticker (signed, numbered A-Z).

The label incorrectly lists the playing speed as 45. The correct speed of 33 is listed on the back cover. Both tracks appear on The Portable Altamont compilation CD and the anthology release Unnatural History III along with "Meaning What Exactly?", another track recorded around the same time.

"Wrong Eye" is described by Coil as being a "rough sketch" of "Windowpane" (from Love's Secret Domain). Coil has also stated that speculation about "Scope" being an early version of "Her Friends The Wolves" (from Stolen and Contaminated Songs) is false, and that the track was actually a "studio jam" fueled by "experimenting with MDMA".