Heartland
	Produced by Warne Livesey & Matt Johnson
	Released on August 1986
	UK CHART POSITION #29 (charted Aug. 9, 1986 for 10 weeks)
	Find it at GEMM
ES7-02718 w. picture sleeve [high resolution scan]

B efore delivering his diagnosis on England’s political ills (Infected), Matt Johnson administered a couple of booster shots to brace them: “Sweet Bird of Truth” and, some weeks later, “Heartland.” The latter became his first UK Top 40 single, this despite the fact that it’s a dour bit of business that comes to the harsh conclusion that England is the 51st state of the USA. (Oh yeah, how do you like me now, Puerto Rico?) The 7-inch B side was a nonalbum track, “Born in the New S.A.,” while the 12-inch includes another ("Flesh and Bones"). Interestingly, “Heartland” appeared in the US as a free promotional record from the now-defunct (in all but name) Tower Records with the future single “Slow Train to Dawn” on the flip. To their credit, the English take their medicine, but Epic couldn’t give this stuff away in the USA. Sweet truth or not, without the sugar coating, we don’t swallow (which could make a really good flag with a snake on it or something).

TRACK LISTING

7-inch single

1. HEARTLAND
2. BORN IN THE NEW S.A.
   
   12-inch single (T2)
   
1. HEARTLAND
2. FLESH AND BONES
3. BORN IN THE NEW S.A.
   
   Limited edition 12-inch single (Q2)
   
4. HEARTLAND
5. BORN IN THE NEW S.A.
6. SWEET BIRD OF TRUTH
   
   Double 12-inch single (D2)
   
1. HEARTLAND
2. FLESH AND BONES
3. BORN IN THE NEW S.A.
4. PERFECT
5. FRUIT OF THE HEART
   
   US 7-inch promotional single
   
1. HEARTLAND    (Matt Johnson)    5:02
2. SLOW TRAIN TO DAWN    (Matt Johnson)    4:11

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