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  • Audio CD (5 Aug 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Epic
  • ASIN: B0000636O7
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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Listen  1. Good Morning Beautiful (Remastered Album Version) 7:28£0.69
Listen  2. Armageddon Days (Are Here Again) (Remastered Album Version) 5:40£0.69
Listen  3. The Violence Of Truth (Remastered Album Version) 5:40£0.69
Listen  4. Kingdom Of Rain (Remastered Album Version) 5:51£0.69
Listen  5. The Beat(en) Generation (Remastered Album Version) 3:04£0.69
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With 1989's MIND BOMB, while Matt Johnson's songs still address internal guilt, his lyrics here strive to place that guilt more firmly within the context of societal decay, in particular on "Armageddon Days Are Here (Again)". With the addition of Johnny Marr--who had just left the Smiths--on guitarand occasionally harmonica, the music is also fuller and more confident, even introducing Eastern rhythms to the palette, and finally displaying the muscle behind the previous album's punches.
Highlights include "Kingdom of Rain", featuring Sinead O'Connor's distinctive vocals, and a lyrical continuation of the crumbling relationship begun on INFECTED's "Slow Train to Dawn". "The Beat(en) Generation", a suspiciously chipper and upbeat track augmented by Marr's trademarkedguitar sound, makes no bones about its indictment of political manipulation, while "Gravitate to Me" features stuttering horns and a massive bass line, courtesy of James Eller. Ifyou buy only one The The release, MIND BOMB ought to be it--true to its title, this album will stick in your head for along time.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Louder Than Bombs, 7 Feb 2006
By Jimbo "thenamesbojimbo" (Manchester) - See all my reviews
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As an ardent follwer of both The Smiths and The The I originally bought this on it's release date and it has graced my CD player for nigh on seventeen years now. I felt compelled to buy the remastered version and am very happy that I did. Mind Bomb always was a strange beast - two very different musicians, with different tried and tested methods of producing songs, trying to complement each other but it works incredibly well. From the opening strains of the magnificent (faux Sweet tribute song) Good Morning Beautiful, the wonderful Armageddon Days Are Here (Again), the jaw dropping Violence Of Truth, the lovely duet with Sinead O'Connor on Kingdom Of Rain, the single The Beat(en) Generation, the excellent ballad August And September and then The Violence Of Truth with Matt screaming out the lyrics through to the final track, the dark yet strangely beautiful Beyond Love. A marvelous mixture of styles are present here and this is an album that will hopefully do what it says on the tin - enter your head and then blow you away. Buy It!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best The The album, 9 April 2002
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This review is from: Mind Bomb (Audio CD)
Mind Bomb, that's exactly what it is, this album is utterly overwhelming. It is hugely ambitious and basically carries it off, with Johnson mixing his big external themes of politics and religion (Good Morning Beautiful, Armageddon Days are Here, The Violence of Truth and The Beaten Generation) with personal pain and emotion (Kingdom of Rain, Beyond Love, Gravitate to Me, August and September).

With Marr and Palmer in the band, this was arguably the best line-up so far in The The's 10 year career to date. A wealth of instruments and cameos were used (clarinets, harmonicas and even Sinead O'Connor on Kingdom of Rain) to produce what is simply a vast album of stunning atmosphere, setting and mood, thereby creating a deeply personal relationship with the listener on repeated playings. Critics argue that it is overproduced and yes, the sound is tight and almost clinical, but the effects go beautifully with the instrumentation. From the fierce ballroom psychosis of Armageddon Days Are Here to the quiet guitar-strum duet of Kingdom of Rain and the mindblowing angry crescendo of August and September, Johnson's lyrics are thoughtful, original and always provocative. Here is a man with the soul and feel of Marvin Gaye but using the medium of the quintissential British cult band.

Probably one of the most original and important pop/rock works of the late 1980s. Buy it and never turn back.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply stunning - still in love after almost 20 years, 25 Jan 2008
By Mr. E. S. Forward "esforward" (London) - See all my reviews
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This is the first and probably only review I'll ever write but after being given so much pleasure from this album I must pay it something back. When I first got it it was on my record player non-stop for a month, but the scary thing is I've realized is it's coming up for 19 years since its release (and my fervent purchase!). I'm am a fan but this album is one of the best ever made, all killer, no filler, if it gives you a tiny fraction of the pleasure it's given me it'll be money well spent.
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