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Mind Bomb by The The
Mind Bomb is an album by The The, released in 1989. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 29 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Beaten Generation”, on 16 lists with a best position of #239.
Mind Bomb, the third studio album from Matt Johnson's The The, came out through Some Bizzare and Epic on 15 May 1989, and it's the first record where his long-running one-man project sounds like a real, snarling band. Cut in late 1988 and early '89 with Roli Mosimann producing, it brought in James Eller and David Palmer and, above all, Johnny Marr on guitar, the first of two albums he made as a member.
Coming after the brooding, chart-hogging Infected, it pits Johnson's bruised, urgent voice against Marr's coiling, flaring guitars, and the tension suits them both. "Kingdom of Rain", "The Beaten Generation" and "Gravitate to Me" are the songs that have lasted. Reviews ranged from mixed to warm, but it still climbed to No. 4 in Britain, bridging Infected and Dusk.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Mind Bomb on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beaten Generation | 16 | #239 | – | 1999–2014 | |
| 2 | Kingdom of Rain | 11 | #22 | – | 1989–2023 | |
| 3 | Gravitate to Me | 2 | #772 | – | 2002–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.