Sony Music Cmg 45 RPM - The Singles of The The

Amazon.co.uk 45 RPM is an outstanding collection of The Thes singles dating from the original (i.e., non-Soul Mining versions) of "Uncertain Smile" and "Perfect"--cunning synth-pop songs booby-trapped with furtive personal disaffection--right through to some previously unreleased new material, including a begrudging fondness for "the shallow hugs, the muted rage" of England on "Pillar Box Red", a zither-decorated number subliminally reminiscent of the Specials loungey melancholy (and not the first time Johnson has used the dreariness of British weather as a metaphor for his anaesthesias). In between, theres plenty of evidence to confirm that Matt Johnson really has provided the most arresting coalescence of harmonica, acoustic guitar and tub-thumping agitprop polemic this side of that free-wheeling Dylan chap. Brilliantly exploring the dichotomies between ethics and immorality; love and hate; life and death; good and evil, and East and West (regrettably, the increasingly bloody conflict between Islamic fundamentalism and Western liberalism, as annotated on "Sweet Bird Of Truth" and "Armageddon Days", has only increased in relevance in this post-September 11 world), 45RPM is the appropriate album for those who need to vent all that righteous indignation and who frequently turn off the 10 oclock news in disgust. --Kevin Maidment Product Description Brani1.Uncertain Smile2.Perfect3.Sweet Bird Of Truth4.Infected5.Heartland6.Armageddon Days (Are Here Again) 7.The Beat Generation8.Dogs Of Lust9.Slow Emotion Replay10.Love Is Stronger Than Death11.This Is The Day 12.The Saw The Light13.December Sunlight14.Pillar Box Red15.The Deep Down Truth