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Mind Bomb is the 4th album by The The, released by Some Bizarre/Epic on July 11, 1989 and recorded between October 1988 and May 1989.

For this album, instead of recording with numerous session musicians as he did previously, Matt Johnson assembled a genuine band behind him to play the bulk of the instrumentation (additional flourishes were nevertheless provided by sessioneers, most notably keyboard player Wix). Instead of the darkly polished dance-pop stylings of earlier albums Soul Mining and Infected, Mind Bomb opens up the music to reveal a slow, winding textured world of sound, thanks in no small means to ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Lyrical subjects include politics, religion, and romance. The band would also play a world tour and record a follow-up, Dusk. After that, Johnson dissolved it and went about his business alone again.

Line-up

The band

Matt Johnson – Vocals, guitar, keyboards
Johnny Marr – guitar, harmonica
James Eller – bass guitar
Dave Palmer – drums

Additional musicians

Sinéad O'Connor - Female vocal on "Kingdom of Rain"

Wix - Piano/Keyboards/Hammond Organ/Accordian
Warne Livesy - Keyboards/Banjo/Acoustic Guitar

Pandit Dinesh - Percussion
Danny Cummings - Percussion
Pedro Haldermann - Percussion

Chris White - Saxophone
Philip Todd - Saxophone
Ashley Slater - Trombone
John Eacott - Flugel Horn

Mark Feltham - Harmonica

Danny Thompson - Upright Bass on "August & September"

Sarah Homer - Clarinet
Dai Pritchard - Bass Clarinet
Hilary Storer - Oboe

Gavin Wright - Arabian Fiddle
Astarti String Section - Strings

Track listing

Tracks written by Matt Johnson, except where noted.

"Good Morning, Beautiful" - 7:28
"Armageddon Days Are Here (Again)" - 5:40
"The Violence of Truth" - 5:40
"Kingdom of Rain" - 5:51
"The Beat(en) Generation" - 3:04
"August & September" - 5:45
"Gravitate to Me" - 8:09 (Johnson, Johnny Marr)
"Beyond Love" - 4:22

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 '''''Mind Bomb''''' is the 4th album by [[The The]], released by Some Bizarre/Epic on [[July 11]], [[1989]] and recorded between October 1988 and May 1989.
-For this album, instead of recording with numerous session musicians as he did previously, Matt Johnson assembled a genuine band behind him to play the bulk of the instrumentation (additional flourishes were nevertheless provided by sessioneers, most notably keyboard player [[Paul Wickens|Wix]]). Instead of the darkly polished [[dance-pop]] stylings of earlier albums ''Soul Mining''  and ''[[Infected (album)|Infected]]'', ''Mind Bomb'' opens up the music to reveal a slow, winding textured world of sound, thanks in no small means to ex-[[The Smiths|Smiths]] guitarist Johnny Marr. Lyrical subjects include [[politics]], [[religion]], and [[Romantic love|romance]]. The band would also play a world tour and record a follow-up, ''Dusk''. After that, Johnson dissolved it and went about his business alone again.
+For this album, instead of recording with numerous session musicians as he did previously, Matt Johnson assembled a genuine band behind him to play the bulk of the instrumentation (additional flourishes were nevertheless provided by sessioneers, most notably keyboard player [[Paul Wickens|Wix]]). Instead of the darkly polished [[dance-pop]] stylings of earlier albums ''Soul Mining''  and ''[[Infected (album)|Infected]]'', ''Mind Bomb'' opens up the music to reveal a slow, winding textured world of sound, thanks in no small means to ex-[[The Smiths|Smiths]] guitarist [[Johnny Marr]]. Lyrical subjects include [[politics]], [[religion]], and [[Romantic love|romance]]. The band would also play a world tour and record a follow-up, ''Dusk''. After that, Johnson dissolved it and went about his business alone again.
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