Burning Blue Soul

Burning Blue Soul
Studio album by Matt Johnson
Released	September 7, 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Post-punk
Length	44:16
Label	Warner Bros., 4AD
Producer	Matt Johnson, Ivo Watts-Russell, Pete Maben, BC Gilbert & G Lewis
Matt Johnson chronology
Spirits (1979) Burning Blue Soul (1981) Soul Mining (1983) Alternative cover 1993 reissue cover 1983 reissue cover

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Allmusic	[1]

Burning Blue Soul is the debut album released by Matt Johnson in 1981. This 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. The album is commonly regarded as an accomplished debut, with a mix of guitar riffs, tape loops, experimental electronics and heavily filtered vocals. Despite rumors, all releases of Burning Blue Soul contain the same mix.

Track listing

All tracks 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

• B.C. Gilbert – Producer
• G. Lewis – Producer
• Ivo Watts-Russell – Producer
• Pete Maben – Producer
• Matt Johnson – Vocals, Producer, Instrumentation
• Andy Johnson – Artwork, Illustrations
• Darren Laws – Original 1981 (psychedelic eye) cover photography;
• AJ Barrett – Photography, Portrait Photography later version of cover
• Ian Pye – Liner Notes
• Howie Weinberg – Digital Remastering

References

1. Allmusic review

External links

• Retrospective review for reissue