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Matt Johnson - Burning Blue Soul flac album
  • Performer Matt Johnson
  • Title Burning Blue Soul
  • Date of release 1984
  • Country UK
  • Style New Wave, Psychedelic Rock
  • Other formats AIFF DXD TTA AUD WMA MP4 AHX
  • Genre Rock
  • Size MP3 1510 mb
  • Size FLAC 1634 mb
  • Rating: 4.2
  • Votes: 377

Burning Blue Soul is the debut album released by Matt Johnson in 1981. The album was re-released in 1993 under Johnson's band's name, The The. Johnson requested that 4AD do this so that all his albums would be racked together in record stores. Despite rumours to the contrary, all releases of Burning Blue Soul contain the same mix.

Burning Blue Soul is the debut solo album by Matt Johnson. Song Without an Ending" – 4:35. Time (Again) for the Golden Sunset" – 3:51. (Like a) Sun Rising Through My Garden" – 5:01. Out of Control" – 2:01. The River Flows East in Spring" – 3:33. Another Boy Drowning" – 5:53.

Originally released as "Matt Johnson : Burning Blue Soul". Recorded during Spring, Summer 1981. This 1993 release is a reissue of the 1981 4AD label/Cherry Red Music published original vinyl album which had a different and much better 'psychedelic' designed sleeve. The original 4AD release is now a 'collectors item' obviously. It is a full of beautiful songs, crude layered but captivating compositions and ethereal 'soundscapes' but lack the sound and production quality of best album from 'The The' to date: 'Soul Mining', due to the fact that it was recorded on an 8 track, as Matt Johnson once told in paper interview.

Red Cinders In Sand’ is a revelation today, sounding like Talking Heads if they’d spent some time bunking at Throbbing Gristle Martello St residence. A delightful, little-known album, produced by Robin Guthrie and performed by a talented bunch of dub-fixated musicians who it’s now possible to see as precursors to the post-rock movement of the 1990s. A strange, intoxicating collage of jangly guitar arabesques, plaintive jazz horns and synthetic ambience, strongly recommended – if you can put up with it unrelenting politeness.

All the great songs and lyrics from the "Burning Blue Soul" album ont he Web's largest and most authoritative lyrics resource. Missing lyrics by The The?

An album made under the influence of a largely unknown drug that five years later would go on to change pop culture for ever, a patchwork of catholic musical influences stitched tightly together by one man's peculiar, expansive vision of pop: Soul Mining is a brilliant and very idiosyncratic album. Maybe that's why it's never really cited as an influence these days: you can't hope to mimic something this personal and unique.

By: The The (1981, Rock). Soul Mining by The The. Dusk by The The. Mind Bomb by The The.

Burning Blue Soul Matt Johnson. Adam Christopher) (Acoustic) Matt Johnson.

Tracklist Hide Credits

Over
A1 Red Cinders In The Sand
Producer – Pete Maben
5:41
A2 Song Without An Ending 4:35
A3 Time (Again) For The Golden Sunset
Producer – BC Gilbert*, G Lewis*
3:51
A4 Icing Up 7:35
This Side
B1 Like A Sun Risin Thru My Garden 5:01
B2 Out Of Control 2:01
B3 Bugle Boy 2:27
B4 Delirious 3:33
B5 The River Flows East In Spring
Guitar [1st Guitar] – Gilbert*Piano [Karate Chop] – Lewis*Producer – BC Gilbert*, G Lewis*
3:33
B6 Another Boy Drowning 5:53

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – 4AD
  • Published By – Cherry Red Music
  • Pressed By – MPO

Credits

  • Artwork – Fiona Skinner
  • Liner Notes – Ian Pye
  • Music By, Words By, Instruments, Vocals – Matt Johnson
  • Photography By – Tony Barrett
  • Producer – Ivo* (tracks: A2, A4, B1 to B4, B6), Matt Johnson (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B4, B6)

Notes

Reissue of the album with different artwork.

Recorded during Spring/Summer 1981.

℗ 1981 4 A·D

Includes color inner sleeve with lyrics.

Durations do not appear on release.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 1): MPO CAD 113A^
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 1): MPO CAD 113B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 2): MPO CAD 113 A¹
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 2): MPO CAD 113 B¹

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
CAD 113 Matt Johnson Burning Blue Soul ‎(LP, Album) 4AD CAD 113 UK 1981
HAD 113 CD The The Burning Blue Soul ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM) 4AD HAD 113 CD UK Unknown
HAD C 113 The The Burning Blue Soul ‎(Cass, Album, RE) 4AD HAD C 113 UK 1993
HAD 113 CD The The Burning Blue Soul ‎(CD, Album, Promo, RE, RM) 4AD HAD 113 CD UK 1993
HAD 113 CD The The Burning Blue Soul ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM) 4AD HAD 113 CD UK Unknown


Talk about Matt Johnson - Burning Blue Soul


Kirinaya
Pff what a great album. Haunting and full of musical ideas, a lot of tracks have two or three layers that would make excellent tracks by themselves. It's wave, goth, ambient at the same time.