“Gravitate to Me” by The The

"Gravitate to Me" comes from Mind Bomb, the third album by Matt Johnson's The The, put out on Some Bizzare/Epic in 1989, and it carries the sound of Johnson finally landing the guitarist he'd been chasing since the early '80s. He'd tried to lure Johnny Marr into the group before the Smiths ever happened; here Marr co-writes the music with him and plays electric guitar.

Mind Bomb was the record where Johnson turned The The into a full band. Former Julian Cope bassist James Eller and session drummer David Palmer lock down the bottom end, Ashley Slater adds trombone, Danny Cummings and Pedro Haldemann pile on percussion, and Johnson himself sings and plays keyboards, melodica and guitar. He produced it with Roli Mosimann, and Bruce Lampcov mixed it, leaving a big, restless track with room for every one of those voices.

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