THE THE - DUSK (CD)
ORIGINAL 1993 RELEASE!!!
Used CD in Like New - EXCELLENT playing condition!!!
No Skips, No Freeze ups!!!
CD and all artwork included.
CD and inserts in excellent condition.
Jewel case has normal wear.
Matt Johnson is much less the cranky, sky-is-falling alarmist on this
fifth The The outing, which is far looser, personal, and low-key than Mind Bomb
Out of print in the U.S.! Epic/Sony edition of Matt Johnson
and The The's 1993 album. 10 tracks including 'Dogs Of Lust', 'This Is
The Night' and 'Sodium Light Baby'. (1989). "Dogs of Lust," "Slow Emotion Replay" and "Sodium Light Baby" are standouts.
TRACK LISTING:
1. True Happiness This Way Lies
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2. Love Is Stronger Than Death
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3. Dogs of Lust
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4. This Is the Night
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5. Slow Emotion Replay
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6. Helpline Operator
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7. Sodium Light Baby
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8. Lung Shadows
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9. Bluer Than Midnight
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10. Lonely Planet
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- Audio CD (January 26, 1993)
- Original Release Date: January 26, 1993
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Sony/Epic
The The Biography
The The was the guise of Matt Johnson, a mercurial singer/songwriter
whose music ran the gamut from dance-pop to country. Born August 15,
1961, in London, Johnson was raised in the flat above his father's pub,
the Two Puddings, a haven for well-known celebrities and criminals; he
also became exposed to music at the nightclubs and dancehalls owned by
his uncle, where he saw performers like Howlin' Wolf, the Kinks, and
Muddy Waters. Johnson formed his first band, Roadstar, when he was 11;
at the age of 15, he was hired as a tea boy for the DeWolfe music
publishing company, and within three years, he was working in their
recording studio as an assistant engineer.
After the demise of
the duo the Marble Index in 1979, Johnson formed the first incarnation
of The The with synth player Keith Laws; after playing their debut gig
opening for Scritti Politti, the group issued its first single,
"Controversial Subject," on the 4AD label in 1980. A year later,
contractual obligations forced Johnson to issue the LP Burning Blue
Soul under his own name; that year, he also recorded as a guitarist
with the band the Gadgets, and The The contributed a track to the Some
Bizzare Album compilation.
In 1982, The The -- now essentially a Johnson solo project, backed by a revolving coterie of musicians -- recorded the album The Pornography of Despair,
which a dissatisfied Johnson chose not to release; a 1983 single
recorded with Orange Juice's Zeke Manyika, "This Is the Day," formed
the centerpiece of The The's proper debut, 1983's Soul Mining, an
excursion into dance-flavored pop. Illness sidelined Johnson for much
of the following year, and The The did not return until 1986's
Infected, an eclectic commentary on the state of Britain in the modern
world. Recorded with the aid of talents like Neneh Cherry, Art of
Noise's Anne Dudley, and Swans' Roli Mosimann, Infected was also
accompanied by an ambitious album-length video.
When The The
returned with the dissonant Mind Bomb in 1989, they were once again a
true band, with Johnson joined by ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr as
well as bassist James Eller and former ABC drummer Dave Palmer. The
same lineup remained for 1993's pared-down Dusk, but 1995's Hanky Panky
marked yet another new direction when Johnson was joined by guitarist
Eric Schermerhorn, keyboardist D.C. Collard, harmonica player Jim
Fitting, and drummer Brian MacLeod. The first in a series of occasional
albums celebrating the work of legendary performers, Hanky Panky was a
brooding covers collection honoring the music of country great Hank
Williams. NakedSelf followed in early 2000.
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