Why would I buy another copy of 'Love is stronger than death' by The The? After all, I already owned that single . I bought it in Au...

Occasionally The The releases a new single, and then it takes a while for me to buy it due to the insane prices commanded by new singles the...

Some singles that I never bought are a mystery to me. I was always a fan of The The, ever since I heard 'Uncertain smile', but someh...

This single really isn't much to look at, but it does complete the set of singles from the The The album 'Dusk'. As 7" sing...

After the successful albums from the 1980's and 1990's, The The suddenly disappeared from the radar... or so it seemed. Matt Johnson...

There's a special place in my record collection for The The, one of those British bands that managed to 'get to me' at a very ea...

For many years I have procrastinated buying this single by The The. 'Infected' was originally released in a sleeve that was deemed...

Early 12" singles by The The were selling for anything upwards of 20 pounds circa 1990. Although I was an avid collector of the band...

In 1992, The The released the album 'Dusk'.The first single to be taken from the album was 'Dogs of lust'. The 7" vinyl...

Another single from The The's 1989 album 'Mind bomb', 'Armageddon days are here (again)' was an odd choice because of it...

When it was decided that 'Gravitate to me' would be a single from The The's album 'Mind bomb', I imagine that it was a w...

In hindsight, I was always surprised that The The introduced their new album 'Mind bomb' with one of the less surprising tracks, ...

Released in 1987 as the first single from The The's second album for Epic Records, 'Sweet bird of truth' did not chart. Perhaps ...

I really like the politically engaged songs of the Eighties - or at least some of them. The The released Heartland in 1986 at the height of ...

'Slow train to dawn' was released as the fourth single from The The's 1986 album 'Infected'. The single stalled at numbe...

The The was founded by Matt Johnson in the late Seventies, together with Keith Laws and Peter Fenton-Jones. The latter dropped out within a ...

In 1993, it became increasingly difficult to find 7" vinyl singles of songs that were released as a single. More often than not, I coul...

'Perfect' appeared on The The's album 'Soul mining'. It was the third single drawn from that album, and it appeared in s...

After 'Uncertain smile' single version 1 and version 2 , I quickly realised that I should also buy the 12" single. It would pr...

The album version of 'Uncertain smile', which appeared on The The's first album for CBS Records, 'Soul mining' (1983), w...