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The The – Dusk (1993)
1. True Happiness This Way Lies
2. Love Is Stronger Than Death
3. Dogs Of Lust
4. This Is The Night
5. Slow Emotion Replay
6. Helpline Operator
7. Sodium Light Baby
8. Lung Shadows
9. Bluer Than Midnight
10. Lonely Planet
If the unconscious mind could speak for itself, what would it say? That is the question singer-songwriter Matt Johnson and the The attempt to answer on Dusk. On three previous the The recordings, Johnson always asked difficult questions about human frailty and psychic vulnerability, though not without flinching. By contrast, the songs on Dusk are written in the language of raw need.Using the core musicians from Mind Bomb (1989) – guitarist Johnny Marr, drummer Dave Palmer and bassist James Eller, along with the newly added keyboardist D.C. Collard – the The has been transformed from Johnson’s solo vehicle into a band of collaborators. The players provide Johnson with a solid, unobtrusive foundation – of rock, pop, blues and jazz – that allows his characters’ damaged, restless hearts to speak. The predominantly acoustic mix uses ornamentation sparingly, allowing the listener to become immersed in Johnson’s voice and lyrics. Guitars, harmonicas and Hammond organs dot the song-scapes, playing just behind the words as Johnson poses probing, seductive questions. With Dusk, Johnson displays his maturity as a songwriter, and The The reveals itself as a band in full command of its gifts at the very beginning of collective musical discovery.Highlights here include “This Is the Night”, featuring Johnson at his most vocally emotive and with a barreling, honky-tonk piano, and the beautiful “Bluer Than Midnight”, a simple, acoustic track with piano, drums, and a trumpet. Also of note are the album’s two singles, “Dogs of Lust”, and “Slow Emotion Replay”. The album also ends with a message that, if not quite hopeful, is at least one of positive action: “If you can’t change the world, change yourself”.
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Post je objavljen 17.06.2009. u 22:12 sati.