Mind Bomb
by The The

Mind Bomb by The The
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 3,346th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 123 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (44th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (502nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,346th)

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The The bestography

Mind Bomb is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by The The on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The The is Soul Mining which is ranked number 937 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,837.

The The album bestography « Higher ranked (2,798th)
Dusk
This album (3,346th)
Mind Bomb
Lower ranked (14,072nd) »
Ensoulment

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Overall rank: 3,346th | 1980s rank: 502nd | 1989 rank: 44th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 123 votes)
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11/28/2025 19:13 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,53373/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:31 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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08/17/2025 13:42 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,79163/100
 
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07/09/2025 04:46 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,41064/100
 
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05/04/2025 02:41 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,07333/100

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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.

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40/100
From 05/11/2022 16:06 | #285233
Has some good moments, some awesome basslines and fun lyrics. A bit of a grower. Much better on second listen. My favourite is the Beaten Generation with the lovely Marr-inspired guitar
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95/100
From 01/04/2020 22:15 | #246417
Easily the best album by The The. Matt Johnson manages to be all apocalyptic and political on songs like Armageddon Days, makes social comment on the single The Beaten Generation and then gets all personal and intense on August and September and the mighty Gravitate To Me. My friend Sarah at school used to call him Matt " the God " Johnson. I wouldn't go that far but this album is a real good showcase for his talent. One of the better albums of the 80's. And its themes are still relevant today.
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85/100
From 10/06/2018 16:23 | #222109
Quite possibly Matt Johnson's best and probably most accessible record featuring the minor hit, The beat(en) generation. Very good album.
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90/100
From 07/04/2018 19:14 | #217758
Matt Johnson celebrates the end of the eighties with a set of intense songs about God, love and war - none of which would work at all well on the X-factor.
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85/100
From 03/29/2018 03:13 | #211886
I have always been a big fan of The The, but for some reason I always looked over this album. One night I decided to listen to this and realize for what it really is-a dark, brooding masterpiece with lustful, atheist, emotional, and thought-provoking lyrics. The only problem with this album is that The Beat(en) Generation sounds totally out of place on this album, still not a bad song. Another masterpiece by Matt Johnson.
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95/100
From 10/28/2014 13:52 | #125626
Armageddon Days is a great song
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65/100
From 05/25/2010 14:55 | #12112
I'm confused as to what to think of this album. It has a couple of really good moments and then a bunch of really cheesy moments.... It's like, hard to decide.
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