Soul Mining

Soul Mining
Soul Mining
Studio album by The The
Released	21 October 1983
Recorded	1982–1983
Studio	Mediasound (New York City); The Garden (London); Advision (London); SARM (London);
Genre	Pop; post-punk; synth-pop;
Length	41:42
Label	Some Bizzare/Epic
Producer	Paul Hardiman; Matt Johnson;
The The chronology
Alternative cover
	Cover of 2002 release of CD
Singles from Soul Mining
	"Uncertain Smile"; Released: October 1982; "Perfect"; Released: 11 February 1983; "This Is the Day"; Released: 2 September 1983;

Soul Mining is the debut^[a] studio album by the English post-punk and synth-pop band The The. After a bidding war between major record labels which resulted in the group signing a recording contract with CBS Records, Johnson began recording the album in New York City, but the initial recording sessions were aborted after the album's first two singles and Johnson returned to London where he wrote and recorded the rest of the record. Musically, Soul Mining is a post-punk and synth-pop album with influences of the early 1980s New York club scene, while Johnson's lyrics focus on relationship insecurities and social alienation, with imagery derived from dreams.

Soul Mining was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 1983 on Some Bizzare Records/Epic Records and included versions of the singles "Uncertain Smile", "Perfect", and "This Is the Day". Although the album received positive reviews, its initial sales were modest, reaching number 27 in the UK and charting in a number of other countries, but in 2019 the album was certified gold in the UK. Soul Mining was reissued in June 2014 as a two-disc 30th anniversary deluxe version on vinyl, attracting retrospective reviews which universally praised the record, with critics describing it as both Johnson's best work and one of the best albums of the 1980s.
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