Editing Mind Bomb (section)

==Overview==
[[Matt Johnson (singer)|Matt Johnson]] assembled a full band of The The, retaining his role as singer, primary songwriter, frontman and guitarist (and playing keyboards and other instruments in the studio), and bringing in guitarist Johnny Marr. Johnson had known Marr since the early 1980s, and had attempted to entice him into an earlier version of The The prior to Marr forming The Smiths. Completing the lineup was former [[Julian Cope]] band bass guitarist James Eller and session drummer David Palmer (while D.C. Collard provided live keyboards). Additional instrumentation on ''Mind Bomb'' was provided by sessioneers, most notably keyboard player [[Paul Wickens|Wix]].

Instead of the darkly polished [[dance-pop]] styling of earlier albums ''[[Soul Mining]]'' and ''[[Infected (The The album)|Infected]]'', ''Mind Bomb'' opens up the music to reveal a slow, winding textured world of sound, thanks in no small measure to Marr. Lyrical subjects include [[politics]], [[religion]], and [[Romantic love|romance]]. The band would also play a world tour and record a follow-up, ''[[Dusk (The The album)|Dusk]]''. After that, Johnson dissolved it and went about his business alone again. A remastered version of the album was released in 2002.