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As well as a full band line-up, the record has quite a few guest musicians including Sinéad O'Connor, Chris White (Dire Straits touring member), Danny Cummings (Mark Knopfler) and Wix (Soul Mining) among others. This large cast means the very colourful nature of the music from the earlier albums is till here, The The are now painting with more guitars and horns and fewer synths. David Roberts, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles and Albums. Guinness World Records Limited. p.555. ISBN 978-1904994107. Top 100 ( Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrateded.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.307. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.

The recording career of The The/Matt Johnson features numerous full-length albums that have never seen commercial release. Despite their unavailability on disc, Johnson includes these albums in almost every official discography issued by the band. a b "dutchcharts.nl > The The in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien . Retrieved 19 November 2011. The The are an English musical and multimedia group that have been active in various forms since 1979, with singer/songwriter/frontman Matt Johnson being the only constant band member. Releases are fairly few and far between for the band, but over the years The The have sold several million albums internationally and achieved critical acclaim — their 1983 album Soul Mining was voted the third best album of the year by British music magazine Melody Maker. This album featured the song "Uncertain Smile", which at one point was voted the third greatest song ever by Australian Triple J radio listeners. Mark Feltham– harmonica on Mind Bomb (1989): "Kingdom of Rain" / "Good Morning Beautiful" / "The Beat(en) Generation" / "The Violence of Truth" Through four albums and most of the 1980’s Matt Johnson and his band have chronicled the ecstasies of agony with unflinching detail. This is a fierce work.”

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a b c "This Is The The Day – Library". thethe.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011 . Retrieved 2 April 2011. It features one of Sinead O'Connor's finest performances. It's a heartbreaker. The knowledge and sad acceptance by the one of the other's distance, the other of the one's infidelity. Now permanently relocated to New York, the The's next project was 1995's Hanky Panky, an album that consisted entirely of Hank Williams cover versions. Hanky Panky was recorded by a new group consisting of Johnson, Collard, Fitting, ex- Iggy Pop guitarist Eric Schermerhorn, former bassist for David Bowie Gail Ann Dorsey (billed as "Hollywood" Dorsey), and drummer the "Reverend" Brian MacLeod. Their cover version of "I Saw the Light" hit No.31 UK, released by Some Bizzare Label / Epic.

Johnson is still thinking, trying to get things done, contributing his fraction to make the world a saner place.” recording engineer and mixer: Felix Kendall ( UK recording engineer) additional engineer: 'Mini' Matt Howe ( producer and engineer), Stuart James ( UK producer aka "Jammer), Warne Livesey and Roli Mosimann assistant engineer: JP Baptiste, Karen Down, Geoff Foster ( sound engineer), Noel Rafferty and Wellard Walsh producer: Matt Johnson ( English singer/songwriter for “The The”) and Warne Livesey bass guitar: James Eller drums (drum set): David Palmer ( drummer (ABC/The The)) electric guitar: Johnny Marr harmonica [electric harmonica]: Mark Feltham keyboard: Warne Livesey percussion: Pandit Dinesh piano and tape [tapes]: Matt Johnson ( English singer/songwriter for “The The”) tenor saxophone: Phil Todd ( UK flautist/saxophonist) and Chris White ( UK jazz saxophonist) other vocals [Childs Prayer]: Esme Livesey vocals: Matt Johnson ( English singer/songwriter for “The The”) recording of: Good Morning Beautiful(from 1988-10 until 1989-05) lyricist and composer: Matt Johnson ( English singer/songwriter for “The The”) Original release and 1983 reissue credited to Matt Johnson. The 1993 re-release of Burning Blue Soul credits this album to the The.

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Completed album for Sony, who declined to release it. Part I of a planned "New York" trilogy; NakedSelf was Part II. From the snarling visceral "Good Morning Beautiful" to the nihilistically prophetic toe-tapper (written 21 years ago, folks) of "Armageddon Days are Here (Again)" to the sweaty exhibition of a doomed relationship in "Kingdom Of Rain" to the resigned acceptance of mediocrity in "The Beat(en) Generation"- this caresses your head as it fondles your base emotions. This, bear in mind, was four years before Operation Desert Shield, and already Johnson saw the American century, America's global power and America's global ambitions, failing and falling in a Middle Eastern graveyard. Mind Bomb, which spread itself, lava-like, into a burning lake of foreboding about the West and Middle East, was released a year before the invasion of Kuwait. The second Gulf War, the Iraq War, was still fourteen years away. Matt Johnson was right. He saw it coming. And we laughed at him, the way one does at prophets. Because he'd really overdone the fire and brimstone this time.

For their second studio album Infected (1986), the The still consisted only of Johnson, but was augmented by session musicians and featured friends such as Manyika and Rip Rig + Panic singer Neneh Cherry and Anna Domino. This album spawned four charting singles in the UK, notably "Heartland", which made the UK top 30. [6] It was also unusual for having a full-length accompanying film. Costing hundreds of thousands of pounds, Infected: The Movie was shot on locations in Bolivia, Peru and New York. Different songs were directed by different directors, mainly Tim Pope and Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson (of Throbbing Gristle).

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If Infected seethed and rattled with claustrophobic urgency and loathing, and it did, then Mind Bomb was slow, expansive, looming into inexorable life with a rage that smouldered rather than flamed. It creeps up on you, on 'Good Morning Beautiful', with what sounds like a muezzin's call, which for one reason and another it's likely no major label act would dare to use today (although it might be a Qawwal; it isn't credited and I haven't the ear to tell.) Next, a blast of sluggish brass over ominous piano chords, and pattering, insinuating percussion. Then Johnson's voice, a tense, febrile tenor, a voice living on its nerves, near breaking point, teetering here and there into an aspirated growl, sizzling when pressed against the side of the pan. The The are an English post-punk band. They have been active in various forms since 1979, with the singer-songwriter Matt Johnson as the only constant band member. The The achieved critical acclaim and commercial success in the UK, with 15 chart singles (seven reaching the top 40), and their most successful studio album, Infected (1986), spent 30 weeks on the chart. They followed this with the top-ten studio albums Mind Bomb (1989) and Dusk (1993). [1] History [ edit ] Early years (1977–1981) [ edit ] The songs on Mind Bomb have a do-or-die urgency. Matt Johnson is a committed writer with something to say.” The The's next single was a retooling of "Cold Spell Ahead", now entitled " Uncertain Smile". Produced in New York by Mike Thorne, it reached No.68 UK. This version is different from the more familiar album version, and featured saxophone and flute by session musician Crispin Cioe rather than (as on the album version) the piano of Squeeze's Jools Holland. THE THE make powerful brooding music that grapples with the big questions. Mind Bomb is an eloquent rant against organised religion.”

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Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDFed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p.277. The songs on Mind Bomb have a do-or-die urgency. Matt Johnson is a committed writer with something to say." Billboard > Artists / The The > Chart History > Alternative Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016 . Retrieved 9 June 2017. Uniquely optimistic yet tortured and anguished, Mind Bomb is THE THE’s most impressive work to date. A meld of bitter images and desperate hopes focusing on the individual conflicts and politics of a troubled world.” Throughout 1986–1987 Johnson toured the world extensively with Infected: The Movie, showing the film in cinemas in place of performing live concerts. The film was also shown twice in its entirety on Channel 4 in the UK, on MTV's 120 Minutes in the US, and on MuchMusic's City Limits in Canada.