The The became a band again to rail against the machine and challenge the masses with the socially conscious controversy of this apocalyptic pop manifesto. After initially performing with a full band, Matt Johnson had spent years recording with various session musicians under the moniker of The The releasing two official albums 'Soul Mining' and 'Infected'. After playing live again, Johnson brought together a core band for the purpose of touring that included former guitarist from The Smiths Johnny Marr. 'Mind Bomb' was produced by Warne Livesey, Roli Mosimann, and Matt Johnson and features Matt Johnson on vocals, guitar, and keyboards; Johnny Marr on guitar and harmonica; James Eller on bass guitar; and David Palmer on drums; with Sinéad O'Connor doing the female vocal on "Kingdom of Rain"; Wix on piano, keyboards, hammond organ, and accordion; Warne Livesey on keyboards, banjo, and acoustic guitar; Pandit Dinesh, Danny Cummings, and Pedro Haldermann on percussion; Chris White and Philip Todd on saxophone; Ashley Slater on trombone; John Eacott on flugel horn; Mark Feltham on harmonica; Danny Thompson playing upright bass on "August & September"; Sarah Homer on clarinet; Dai Pritchard on bass clarinet; Hilary Storer on oboe; Gavin Wright on arabian fiddle; and the Astarti String Section pefforming the strings.
'Mind Bomb' went to number one hundred and thirty-eight in the US, thirty-nine in the Netherlands, thirty-two in Australia, thirty in Sweden, four in the UK, and three in New Zealand. http://www.thethe.com/ "Good Morning, Beautiful" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noIwP0SfGcg
All 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
'Dusk' features Matt Johnson on vocals, guitar, and keyboards; Johnny Marr on guitar, harmonica, and backing vocal; James Eller on bass guitar and backing vocal; and David Palmer on drums and backing vocal; with D. C. Collard adding keyboards, and Vinnie Colaiuta and Bruce Smith playing additional drums. A film directed by Tim Pope was made in conjunction with the album called 'From Dusk 'Til Dawn'. 'Dusk' charted in nine countries, going to number one hundred and forty-two in the US, thirty-seven in the Netherlands, twenty-eight in Austria, twenty in Australia and Switzerland, fifteen in Sweden, ten in Norway, six in New Zealand, and number two in the UK.
