Mind Bomb

Mind Bomb
Studio album by The The
Released	July 11, 1989
Genre	Alternative rock, dance-rock, college rock
Length	46:11
Label	Epic
Producer	Warne Livesey, Roli Mosimann & Matt Johnson
The The chronology
Infected (1986) Mind Bomb (1989) Dusk (1992)

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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 styling 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. In 2002 the album saw a "RE-MASTERED/RE-ISSUE" on CD.

Track listing

Tracks written by Matt Johnson, except where noted.

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

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/Accordion
• 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