Burning Blue Soul
by Matt Johnson
- Type: Album
- Released: August 1981
- Label: 4AD
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 44:10
- Community rating: 3.66/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Matt Johnson
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Matt Johnson's 'Burning Blue Soul' was later folded into the early history of The The, but it first appeared under his own name on 4AD. The album combines post-punk songwriting, tape manipulation, and murky studio atmospheres, establishing many of the themes that would recur in Johnson's later work.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, existential, sampling, synthesizers, lo-fi, experimental, minimal
Tracklist
- Red Cinders In The Sand (5:41)
- Song Without An Ending (4:35)
- Time (Again) For The Golden Sunset (3:51)
- Iceing Up (7:35)
- (Like A) Sun Rising Through My Garden (5:01)
- Out Of Control (2:01)
- Bugle Boy (2:27)
- Delirious (3:33)
- The River Flows East In Spring (3:33)
- Another Boy Drowning (5:53)
Credits
- Andy Johnson - artwork
- Neville Brody - artwork
- BilBo - lacquer cut by