Burning Blue Soul

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Burning Blue Soul
Original 1981 cover
Studio album by Matt Johnson
Released	7 September 1981
Recorded	Spring–summer 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
1983 reissue cover
Alternative cover
1993 The The reissue cover

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Mojo	[2]

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

The 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.

Despite rumours to the contrary, all releases of Burning Blue Soul contain the same mix.