Soul Mining

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Soul Mining
Studio album by The The
Released	1983
Length	47:35
Label	Some Bizarre
The The chronology
Burning Blue Soul (1981)	Soul Mining (1983)	Infected (1986)

Soul Mining was The The's second album, released in 1983 and included the UK hit singles: "Uncertain Smile" which had reached No. 68 in December 1982 and "This Is the Day" which made No. 71 in September 1983. "Uncertain Smile" featured the piano playing of Jools Holland. The original cassette version of the album featured five (not six, as claimed on the cassette cover) additional songs not available on the vinyl version, nor subsequent CD versions. The cover artwork is by Andy Johnson, Matt Johnson's brother.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I've been waiting for tomorrow (all of my life)"
2. "This is the day"
3. "The Sinking Feeling"
4. "Uncertain Smile"
5. "The Twilight Hour"
6. "Soul Mining"
7. "GIANT"
8. "Perfect"

The five additional tracks on the cassette version are:

1. "Three Orange Kisses from Kazan"
2. "The Nature of Virtue"
3. "Mental Healing Process"
4. "Waitin' for the Upturn"
5. "Fruit of the Heart"

[edit] Personell

• Matt Johnson - vocals, keyboards, percussion, loops
• Anne Stephenson - violin
• Martin McCarrick - cello
• Paul Boyle - fiddle
• Jools Holland - piano
• Thomas Leer - synthesizer
• Jeremy Meek - bass
• Camelle G. Hinds - bass
• Andy Duncan - drums
• Zeke Manyika - drums
• Jim Thirlwell - sticks & tins