Burning Blue Soul Explained

Burning Blue Soul
Type:studio
Artist:Matt Johnson
Cover:The The - Burning Blue Soul original cover.jpg
Caption:Original 1981 cover
Released:7 September 1981
Recorded:Spring–summer 1981
Genre:Post-punk
Length:44:16
Label:Warner Bros.,
4AD
Producer:Matt Johnson,
Ivo Watts-Russell,
Pete Maben,
BC Gilbert & G Lewis
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Burning Blue Soul is the debut album released by Matt Johnson in 1981. The album is commonly regarded as an accomplished debut, with a mix of guitar riffs, tape loops, experimental electronics and heavily filtered vocals.

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.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Matt Johnson

  1. "Red Cinders in the Sand" – 5:42
  2. "Song Without an Ending" – 4:35
  3. "Time (Again) for the Golden Sunset" – 3:51
  4. "Icing Up" – 7:36
  5. "(Like a) Sun Rising Through My Garden" – 5:01
  6. "Out of Control" – 2:01
  7. "Bugle Boy" – 2:27
  8. "Delirious" – 3:33
  9. "The River Flows East in Spring" – 3:33
  10. "Another Boy Drowning" – 5:53

Personnel

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