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released: 1983-10-21
on label: Epic
artist: The The
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Although The The’s first album barely hinted at the experimentalism of later records like ‘Infected’ and ‘Mind Bomb’, Matt Johnson crafted a pleasant set of dance-pop on the group’s ‘Soul Mining’ debut. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic