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| Track Listing 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
Album Notes The The: Matt Johnson (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, treated melodica, tambourine, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, harmonica, programming, strings); Johnny Marr (guitar, harmonica, background vocals); D.C. Collard (piano, keyboards, Hammond organ); James Eller (bass); Dave Palmer (drums). Additional personnel: John Thirkle, Guy Barker, Chris Batchelor (trumpet); David Lawrence (flugelhorn, French horn); Ashley Slater (trombone); Danny Thompson (bass); Vinnie Colaiuta, Bruce Smith (drums); Zeke Manyinka, Paul Webb (background vocals). Recorded at The War Room, London, England. All tracks have been digitally remastered. DUSK continues Matt Johnson's lacerating examination of everything from social decay to his own tortured psyche, leaving no scab unpicked and no wound fully healed. What keep his songs from sinking into egotistical self-flagellation are his gift for catchy, funky, and even danceable music, and his knack for mirroring his internal conflict with universal concerns. 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 first highlights James Eller's dense bass line echoing Johnson's forceful vocals, while the second brings Johnny Marr's guitar and harmonica to the forefront, recalling his stint with the Smiths. However when shot through with Johnson's lyrics and vocals, the song becomes much more personal than the Smiths ever were--the sound of a man resigned to his perceived fate, rather than reveling in it. 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." Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone Magazine (02/04/1993) Q Magazine (02/01/1993) New Musical Express (02/06/1993) New Musical Express (12/25/1993) Spin (03/01/1993) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||||||
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