{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = NakedSelf | type = studio | artist = The The | cover = The The NakedSelf - Front.jpg | alt = | released = 29 February 2000 | recorded = New York & London 1999–2000 | venue = | studio = | genre = * Alternative rock * industrial rock | length = 45:38 | label = Nothing/Universal<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/thes-matt-johnson-interviewed-hallucinating-giant-spiders-84981/|title=The The's Matt Johnson interviewed: "I was hallucinating giant spiders!" | Page 4 of 4|date=July 21, 2016}}</ref> | producer = * Matt Johnson * Bruce Lampcov | prev_title = Gun Sluts | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = 45 RPM: The Singles of The The | next_year = 2002 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = NakedSelf.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }} {{Album reviews | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r466610|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> | rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=113}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Mojo'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Eccleston |first=Danny |date=October 2024 |title=Matt's Hat-Trick |magazine=Mojo |page=31 |issue=371}}</ref> | rev4 = ''NME'' | rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-1900-328035|title=NakedSelf | NME|date=September 12, 2005}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev5score = 7.1/10<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7980-nakedself/|title=The The: NakedSelf|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=NakedSelf |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=11662&ctgy=recordings&sf=nakedself |website=Rolling Stone |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020419144049/http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=11662&ctgy=recordings&sf=nakedself|access-date=12 February 2021|url-status=dead |archive-date = 2002-04-19}}</ref> }} '''''NakedSelf''''' is the sixth studio album by the English band the The.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-the-mn0000566918/biography|title=The The | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Xq8eycf55YC&q=NakedSelf+the+the+2000&pg=PA3|title=Must Hear|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=February 28, 2000|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref> Released in 2000, it was the band's first album since ''Hanky Panky'' (1995) and the first containing original material since ''Dusk'' (1993). In terms of sales, it was the band's least successful until that point, peaking at 45 in the UK Albums Chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19893/the-the/|title=THE THE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> It was the last studio album released by the The until the announcement of ''Ensoulment'', released on 6 September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/the-the-announce-new-studio-album-ensoulment-145999/|title=The The announce new studio album, Ensoulment|website=Uncut}}</ref>
==Production== The album, produced by Bruce Lampcov and Matt Johnson, was recorded in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1434787/the-the-inks-deal-with-nothing-records-will-tour-in-fall/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807021007/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434787/the-the-inks-deal-with-nothing-records-will-tour-in-fall/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 August 2017|title=The The Inks Deal With Nothing Records; Will Tour In Fall|website=MTV News}}</ref> Johnson decided to make the album without the use of samplers, keyboards, or sequencers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2000/02/27/machina-working-overtime/390e2d6f-803e-4db0-b90e-b1a9446fb113/|title='Machina': Working Overtime|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=February 27, 2000|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> Guitarist Eric Schermerhorn, who had joined the The before the recording of ''Hanky Panky'' (replacing Johnny Marr), took an active role alongside Johnson, with co-writing credits on six out of twelve tracks. The band released ''NakedSelf'' through Nothing Records after it was deemed by Sony as lacking in commercial value.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/uncertain-smile-6416650|title=Uncertain Smile|first=Jonathan|last=Bond|date=May 18, 2000|website=Phoenix New Times}}</ref>
==Critical reception== The album received mainly positive reviews from critics, with an average Metacritic rating of 75/100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/thethe/nakedself |title=NakedSelf Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com |date=2000-02-29 |access-date=2012-03-03}}</ref> ''Pitchfork'' wrote that the album "finds Matt Johnson in his element, tackling issues of alienation, global corruption, and urban squalor and decay with potent, more succinct lyrics and some of his most affecting melodies in ages."<ref name="auto"/> ''The Austin Chronicle'' called the album "a solid return, appropriately dark and seedy when lyrics turn to interpersonal relationships (or the impossibility thereof), as they usually do."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2000-03-31/76650/|title=The The NakedSelf (Nothing)|website=www.austinchronicle.com}}</ref> The ''Chicago Tribune'' wrote: "A modern-day blues album, ''NakedSelf'' is steeped in distortion and cynical takes on love and loneliness."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-05-06-0005060063-story.html|title=THE THE GIVES ITS DARKNESS A NEW LONELY SOUND|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref> ''The New Zealand Herald'' wrote that "the musical approach here is certainly effective in its taut, barbed and occasionally bluesy guitar attack with occasional acoustic urges."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/the-the-naked-self/P7X76W7S3JHUMYYVWGSIQCLQKI/|title=The The - Naked Self|website=The New Zealand Herald }}</ref>
== Track listing == # "Boiling Point" (Matt Johnson, Eric Schermerhorn) - 5:48 # "Shrunken Man" (Matt Johnson) - 4:55 # "The Whisperers" (Matt Johnson, Eric Schermerhorn) - 3:20 # "Soul Catcher" (Matt Johnson) - 3:15 # "Global Eyes" (Matt Johnson) - 4:10 # "December Sunlight" (Matt Johnson, Eric Schermerhorn) - 3:18 # "Swine Fever" (Matt Johnson) - 3:39 # "Diesel Breeze" (Matt Johnson, Eric Schermerhorn) - 2:52 # "Weather Belle" (Matt Johnson) - 3:47 # "Voidy Numbness" (Matt Johnson, Eric Schermerhorn) - 4:04 # "Phantom Walls" (Matt Johnson) - 4:17 # "Salt Water" (Matt Johnson, Eric Schermerhorn) - 2:13
==Personnel== * Matt Johnson – lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, banjo * Eric Schermerhorn – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar * Spencer Campbell – bass guitar {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 3, 9)}} * Earl Harvin – drums {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9)}} * Brian MacLeod – drums {{small|(track 10)}} * Frank Ferrer – drums {{small|(track 12)}} * Dorit Chrysler – backing vocals {{small|(track 5)}} * Michelle Amar – backing vocals {{small|(track 5)}} * Lloyd Cole – backing vocals {{small|(track 5)}} * Brian Kelly – backing vocals {{small|(track 5)}}
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