In which the Jesus & Mary Chain explore acoustic sounds. Features a guest spot by Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval ("Sometimes Always") whose cold and remote vocals spring to...
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Having made a name for itself through its career for punishing noise combined with candy-coated hooks, the Jesus and Mary Chain took a sideways step on Stoned & Dethroned...
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Warring Scottish guitar-stranglers Jim and William Reid return with a new crew of rhythm section masochists and a fresh commitment to electricity. On the Chain's first...
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As befits an album bookended by tracks titled "I Love Rock'n'Roll" and "I Hate Rock'n'Roll," the Jesus and Mary Chain's Sub Pop label debut, Munki, is schizophrenic and...
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Just a few years into their official recording career, the Jesus and Mary Chain had enough B-sides, outtakes, and other things sitting around to warrant a collection of...
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A little more hyper and not quite as dense as its predecessor with some great vivacious rock moments. Tracks like "Blues From A Gun" highlight the family resemblance...
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The Jesus and Mary Chain's third studio album was a mixed bag, a touch rougher and more aggressive-sounding than Darklands, but still not the equivalent of Psychocandy for...
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Though Psychocandy is certainly a classic and has its bracing appeal, the clearer atmosphere here lets the songs sparkle with stunning directness....
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Feeling no doubt burdened by the various claims of being the new Sex Pistols, and likely fed up with accusations that the walls of feedback were their own trick, the Reid...
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A neat CD single covered in laser etching. Two versions of "Far Gone And Out" are included, with the album version managing to play up elements of inspiration from the...
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Again working with Alan Moulder but now also using a live drummer on most tracks -- namely Monti from Curve, one of the Mary Chain's many descendants -- the Reids came back...
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Arguably Psychocandy is an album with one trick and one trick alone -- Beach Boys melodies meet Velvet Underground feedback and beats, all cranked up to ten and beyond,...
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21 Singles is a perfect, understated title for a compilation that nonchalantly illustrates just why the Jesus and Mary Chain are revered by post-punk partisans and are...
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