The sort of literate, earnest pop that gets music journalists drooling. Never a great commercial success and wary of compromise, Matt Johnson was a key figure in the cerebral, angsty music of the era. By about 1990 nearly everyone I knew had a copy of this highly regarded album.Matt Johnson - vocals, keyboards, percussion, loops
Anne Stephenson - violin
Martin McCarrick - cello
Paul Boyle - fiddle
Jools Holland - piano
Thomas Leer - synthesizer
Jeremy Meek - bass guitar
Camelle G. Hinds - bass guitar
Andy Duncan - drums
Zeke Manyika - drums
Jim Thirlwell - sticks and tins
Wix- accordion
I know that Johnny Marr joined Johnson in The The in 1989, but apparently Johnson had approached Marr to form a band during 1981. Johnson's loss, our gain?
