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Track: Love Is Stronger Than Death
Artist: The The
Album: Dusk

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The The is an English musical and multimedia group with singer / songwriter [a=Matt Johnson] being the only constant band member. The group has no permanent group line-up, and Johnson has collaborated with a wide range of musicians, changing personnel from project to project. The The began recording in 1979/1980 and released their first single Controversial Subject in 1980. The first album release came in 1983, the critically acclaimed Soul Mining, which featured guest appearances from [a=Orange Juice (3)] drummer [a=Zeke Manyika], [a=Jools Holland], [a=Thomas Leer] and [a15025]. Johnson followed with a new album entitled Infected in 1986, recording again with Zeke Manyika, plus singer [a=Neneh Cherry], and a number of session musicians. Four singles were released from the album, with Heartland being the most successful, reaching 29 in the UK Chart. The album was accompanied by a full length video - Infected: The Movie - which was shot on location in Bolivia, Peru and New York. Johnson toured the world extensively with the movie. In 1988, Johnson re-formed The The as a four piece band, having recruited ex-[a=The Smiths] guitarist [a=Johnny Marr], bassist [a=James Eller] and former [a=ABC] drummer [a=David Palmer] as full time band members. This line-up recorded the album Mind Bomb, which debuted at No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart and featured the band's highest charting single to that time, The Beat(en) Generation hitting 18 in the UK chart. In 1989 keyboard player [a=D.C. Collard] was added to the line-up and the band embarked on a lengthy world tour in 1989-90 called The The Versus The World, culminating in three sold out gigs at London's Royal Albert Hall at the end of the tour. In 1990 the studio EP Shades Of Blue was released. In 1993, the five-piece line-up (Johnson / Marr / Collard / Eller / Palmer) recorded The The’s fourth album Dusk, which debuted at No. 2 in the UK. Another world tour followed, the Lonely Planet tour. Johnson relocated the band to America, at which point the band's line-up was reshuffled; Marr and Eller left, and were replaced by guitarist [a=Keith Joyner] and bassist [a=Jared Michael Nickerson]. Harmonica player [a=Jim Fitting] (formerly of [a=Treat Her Right]) joined the band in early 1993. Palmer left the band partway through the tour and was replaced by ex-[a=Stabbing Westward] drummer [a=Andy Kubiszewski]. The reshuffled band headlined the main stage at the 1993 Reading Festival. Johnson then permanently relocated to New York, and The The's next project was 1995's Hanky Panky, an album that consisted entirely of [a=Hank Williams] cover versions. Hanky Panky was recorded by a new The The group, this time consisting of Johnson, Collard, Fitting, guitarist [a=Eric Schermerhorn], bass guitarist [a=Gail Ann Dorsey], and drummer [a=Brian MacLeod]. Their cover version of "I Saw The Light" hit No. 31 in the UK chart. In 2000, The The, now consisting of Johnson, Schermerhorn, bassist [a=Spencer Campbell] and drummer [a=Earl Harvin], released its sixth album NakedSelf and embarked on yet another lengthy world tour. The Naked Tour lasted 14 months. Since 2003 the reclusive Johnson has kept well away from the public eye and has concentrated primarily on soundtrack work, scoring numerous documentaries, films and art installations. In April 2014 The The announced that on June 30th 2014 a re-mastered, re-packaged version of Soul Mining would be released to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of its original release. In 2017 a new record was released and after a couple of soundtracks and a live album, a new studio album finally saw the light of day in 2024.

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Release: The The - Love Is Stronger Than Death
Year: 1993
Genres: Electronic, Rock
Styles: Blues Rock, Downtempo

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LYRICS

Love
Love
Me and my friend were walking
In the cold light of mourning.
Tears may blind the eyes but the soul is not deceived
In this world even winter ain't what it seems.

Here come the blue skies here comes springtime.
When the rivers run high and the tears run dry.
When everything that dies.
Shall rise.

love is stronger than death.
ove is stronger than death.

In our lives we hunger for those we cannot touch.
All the thoughts unuttered and all the feelings unexpressed
Play upon our hearts like the mist upon our breath.
But, awoken by grief, our spirits speak
How could you believe that the life within the seed
That grew arms that reached
And a heart that beat.
And lips that smiled
And eyes that cried.
Could ever die?

Here come the blue skies here comes springtime.
When the rivers run high & the tears run dry.
When everything that dies.
Shall rise.

love is stronger than death.
love is stronger than death.

Shall rise. shall rise.
Shall rise. shall rise.