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  • love it

  • I remember on this album,he added some comments including"to get best effect listen to this album on your own late at night as loud as you can,I did as suggested many a time;)

  • This is one of my all time favourites and until today I didn't know the title of this song. Thanks google, thanks youtube and thanks to the person who uploaded it.

  • Always a fun time with this track. Trying not to breath.

  • "life is like a sewer, and I'm trying to wade through her" What a line......

  • you say gary numan in same breath as matt johnson? ;)

  • been absolutely titwankered and had this full blast on the headphones,repeat-repeat-repea­t...

  • Soul Mining is A Major Contender for the title Best Album of All-Time!!! <3

  • @SuperstarNeilC I have to agree....;0) Ha!!!

  • THE the Giants!

  • 2 words barlow " Pure class"

  • The power and precision - venom - of Zeke Manyika's drumming on this track (and Giant and Twilight Hour) still blow me away. Incredible stuff.

  • never heard anything as good as The The and i guess i never will.

  • i hear this in on 95.9 THE FISH! lol u guyz should listen 2 it

  • love this ,, tho would love to see all his original videos, dont know why they arent out there,,,,,,

  • Ah so is there where I got the idea? Minds think alike!

  • I need to have a friend upload the music video for this song.

  • AWESOME!

  • An absolute inspiration. I have been listening to his music for years and cant fault any of them. This particular song was one of my favourites, and is so apt! Just wish I had seen him live!

  • un grande! he's my teen years idol!!!

  • This track is quite apt for me now and as it was when i first listened to it when it first came out " another year older and what have i done my asperations have shrivaled in the sun, ive been crippled by guilt blinded by science, ive been waiting for tomorrow all of my life " brilliant ! ( date 1st jan 2011 )

  • This track is quite apt for me now and as it was when i first listened to it when it first came out " another year older and what have i done my asperations have shrivaled in the sun ive been waiting for tomorrow all of my life " brilliant ! ( date 1st jan 2011 )

  • As a music snob, I have one favorite / (artistic expression I judge the best) for each decade. Guess who gets the 80's. All his first four records.

  • ditto stuck in a bedsit depressed in 84 on my 21st birthday. happy days indeed. this song saw me thru. im happier now however

  • maestro matt!

  • these lyrics really remind me of being in my early twenties.

  • @hundhun17 ditto stuck in a cheesy bedsit alone on my 21st birthday in 84. winding this song up to annoy neighbours. im nicer now!

  • Awesome ... truly awesome!

  • One of the most powerful intro's to a song/album ever.. That drum line, then the sound of bombers, then 'I'm hiding in the corner, of an overgrown garden, covering my body in leaves and trying not to breath'... F'in dark sh*t.. Awesome..

  • IM NOT GOING TO LET MY 22 YEAR OLD SON HEAR THIS ONE AS HE IS ON A REAL DOWNER AT THE MOMENT ;-]

  • forever etched upon me since hearing it between acts at Milton keynes bowl 1985

  • Man, I love this track. This whole album is brilliant.

  • This track still scares the shit out of me. It tells a tale of the despondency and the futility of trying to keep on living .This track was definitely a precursor to the likes of NIN and mid-period Ministry -I'm sure of that.

  • ALL OF MY LIFE!

  • the old matt johnsson there

  • Brilliant! Takes me back to many places.

    Classic. Will never date.

  • YEAH AAAAAAHHHHHHH SO SO SO TRUE

  • hail mr johnson

  • This song has rocked from inception -

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  • I hear ya fellas. Some very powerful lyrics which are very inspiring and reassuring.  Great music with meaning!

  • GREAT BEAT. THANKS for posting this video!

  • i grew up knowing and feeling each of the the's songs.please someone put waitn' for the upturn on!

  • MATT JOHNSON!!!!!

  • yes, me too. that tomorrow kept me alive.

  • much thanks for posting and

    thankyou to my kid brother for turning

    me on to them- love you,bro-

  • This album took about 20 seconds to "grow on me".

    Normally it takes about 3 or 4 listens. Not this one !!!

  • I get that, but the thing about Soul Mining is that it takes a few listens to really hear what is going on.

  • Has anyone seen the video for "Heartland" off the Infected album here on YouTube.

  • I'm italian, and I love this artist. From 1983. Grande Matt, adorerò sempre la tua musica.

  • What a brilliant start to a brilliant album. If I was a boxer I would use this as my entrance theme tune. The drums, the lyrics, the melodic hooks, the darkness.

    I'm just grateful I found The The in my late teens (back in the 80's). Matt Johnson fucking sorted me out. I was in danger of spinning out of control and it was music like this that pulled me back from the brink.

  • I'm back in '84 again! Thanks!

    All desires have been denied

    To put me in this state of mind

    Another year over and what have I done

    My aspirations have shriveled in the sun

    I'm crippled by guilt, blinded by science

    I've been waiting for tomorrow

    All my life

    He makes gloom and despair sound like things to strive for.

  • i threw in my money and i made my wish but the sleeping boys, catch no fish. First class lyric. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Thanks for the upload!

  • zzzsjp - wow, I'll second that. Numan and Matt Johnson two musical vanguardistas

  • ya i love this album

  • Wooooo I haven't heard in ages... still sounds amazing!

  • Timeless!

  • oh hell yes, all his stuff is timeless. brillo artist.

  • Luff luff luff this one.

    Ta fer posting. Well played.

    Be Well.

  • One of my favourite tracks ever..another year over and what have I done......

  • My personal theme song!

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