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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:55:12 EST
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- From: a mirror cracked from side to side <REWOICC@ERENJ.BITNET>
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- In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:35:55 MST from <watson@HG.ULETH.CA>
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- cinnamon (and sugar) girl sez:
- >OMC: I heard a song the other day called "Dogs of Lust" by The The. It got my
- >musical juices flowing and I'd like to know more about this group. Anyone?
-
- the the is the creative talents of one matt johnson, british wacko and
- popster. the the has have, um, four releases now (i think - might be one
- more). the first is relatively hard to come by, but arguably the most
- interesting (and i can't recall the title). the next two are good, en-
- titled _dusk_ and _soul mining_, the later which contains one of my
- favorite pop gems of all time: "uncertain smile." at about this time,
- the the started getting some colelge radio airplay and consequently,
- the next album, _infected_ was a cmj smash. despite the hype, it's a
- fairly good release as well, with the title track being very popular on
- the college airwaves around 1988 or so. the next album was called _mind-
- bomb_ and also did well in that realm. this was a bit more subdued than
- the more dancyish _infected_ and has some great cynical and acidic
- moments. johnny marr, freshly divorced of the smiths at the time,
- played guitar on this album.
-
- that's about when i stopped listening to the band. i believe they have
- a new album coming out soon, though i don't really know for sure.
-
- matt's also got one pre-the the release on 4ad records which is supposed
- to be re-issued sometime soon as well (this would be what i refered to
- above as the first the the releae - i just remembered that it was solo).
-
- i'd go for _soul mining_ and _mindbomb_ myself, but if you want a more
- in-your-face type of album, pick up _infected_. cbs records carries all
- these (except the 4ad one) so they should be easy to find. relatively.
-
- woj
-