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- Record Label: Sony Legacy
- Release Date: Jul 1, 2014
- Summary: The remastered reissue of the major label debut from the British band led by Matt Johnson includes a 12" LP of alternative remixes and versions of songs only on vinyl.
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- Record Label: Sony Legacy
- Genre(s): Synth Pop, Post-Punk
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Jul 21, 2014A patchwork of catholic musical influences stitched tightly together by one man's peculiar, expansive vision of pop: Soul Mining is a brilliant and very idiosyncratic album.
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UncutJul 21, 2014Soul Mining is arguably Johnson's defining work: ambitious, strange, exciting. And, 30-odd years on, remarkably fresh. [Aug 2014, p.86]
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Jul 21, 2014This lovingly and lavishly packaged reissue is a timely reminder of what a supremely focused and satisfying record Soul Mining is.
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MojoJul 21, 2014Restored to Johnson;s original running order, it closes with the dissociative dance of Giant, a final defiant gesture on a record that squares up to tomorrow and--against the odds--wins. [Aug 2014, p.102]
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Aug 12, 2014This new edition adds a second disc of extended 12” mixes, on which his sonic daring truly takes flight.
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