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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Infected is a musical masterpiece, and a joy to listen to many years after its original release date. For those of you unfamiliar with Mr Matt Johnson et. al. this is the album that you should buy first. From the opening of 'Infected' you are taken on a journey of discovery until all the tracks are your long lost friends, ingratiating themselves with ease and sticking in your mind (and your heart).
Everything is covered - politics ('Heartland' ,'Sweet Bird Of Truth'), sex ('Out Of The Blue (Into The Fire)'), religion ('The Mercy Beat' - this song is arguably the finest of a very fine collection indeed).
Everything is covered - politics ('Heartland' ,'Sweet Bird Of Truth'), sex ('Out Of The Blue (Into The Fire)'), religion ('The Mercy Beat' - this song is arguably the finest of a very fine collection indeed).
Not a filler track in sight here. To quote Matt Johnson (albeit from a different album insert!):
"To obtain maximum pleasure & effect from this album please play VERY LOUD!, VERY LATE, VERY ALONE.....& with the lights turned VERY LOW!!!
Pure unadulterated genius.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Each song is immensely strong but if Infected, Heartland and Twilight of a Champion don't immediately get under your skin, well, you're just not human. It's almost 20 years since I first heard this album, and snatches of the lyrics still pop into my head at odd moments.
The track list for this version doesn't list the extra 12 inch mixes that I have on my CD, but even if this only includes the nine original songs, you're still getting great value. This album will become part of the furniture in your head.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Infected--the single and album sold well in the UK in the mid-80's--but this old VHS is a real triumph in the face of 80's music videos, or, hell, even today's music videos. In fact, make that ESPECIALLY in face of today's.... The video interpretation of "Slow train to dawn" alone is worth it, but Matt's clever (okay, been done before, notably Springsteen's Pink Cadillac album) but subtle repetition of catch-phrases gives the album a thematic point of view not seen since the Pink Floyds et al of the seventies. But the sound is definitively Matt Johnson, extending the solitary despair of Soul Mining and Burning Blue Soul into more of a cumulative culture growl at the moon: "I sold my soul to pay for my dinner, my body grew fatter as my heart grew thinner," "I asked the angels for inspiration but the devil bought us all drinks--he's been buying them ever since," and "if I acted like someone else I'd be more comfortable with myself..." Wow. I at least lived it at the time--and then some. Maybe you are now... an eye-opener.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not the same....
Don't get me wrong. This album is superb, and in its day was outstanding.
I was just disapointed at the sound quality of the CD (especially as it was remastered) on the... Read more
I was just disapointed at the sound quality of the CD (especially as it was remastered) on the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Duncan Smith
Nothing Else Mattered
Infected" She was lying on her back with her legs parted sqrealing like a stuck pig, I was going through the motions rolling out emotions writhing around like a lizard on a stick"... Read more
Published on 24 May 2009 by Olly Hibble
Iconic piece of work
I'm not a big fan of the eighties but two things that left an indelable impression on me were Infected by The The and Tin Drum by Japan. Read more
Published on 20 May 2008 by Mr. Stephen Cook
Infected
I have had this album for about 10 years now and everytime its played it never fails to rouse my emotions, always brings a smile to my face when I hear its musical genius and the... Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2007 by E. Bell
GIANT
Johnson is exorcising all demons on this album beginning with a pounding industrial scale assault on topics such as HIV, AIDS, love and addiction in "Infected" before (in "Out Of... Read more
Published on 26 July 2007 by C. N. Sandford
One of a Kind
Please some one release this on DVD as I don't even have a VHS player to play this on anymore! This is an essential watch - a video for every song on Infected which just happens to... Read more
Published on 13 April 2007 by Man Without a Soul
WOW
Infected, the album, ranks as one of my all time favourites. This film is undoubtedly the greatest ever interpretation of any album, ever. Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2004 by Jimbo
thethe - infected movie & cd
Well worth watching. fantastic. Don't know why it is an eighteen.
Published on 18 Feb 2004 by michael mcgee
Reissue of classic The The album.
'Infected' was the great follow-up to 'Soul Mining'; originally released in 1986 it found Matt Johnson embracing the world of pop music with his atypical dark lyrics... Read more
Published on 2 April 2002 by Jason Parkes
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