Barbed Wire Kisses

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Barbed Wire Kisses
Compilation album by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Released	April 1988
Recorded	1984-1987
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	62:20
Label	Blanco y Negro/Warner Bros.
Producer	John Loder, Jim Reid, William Reid
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology
Darklands (1987) Barbed Wire Kisses (1988) Automatic (1989)

Barbed Wire Kisses is a compilation of singles, b-sides and rare tracks by British alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain.

The title comes from a line in their song "Cherry Came Too."

Contents 1 Track listing CD 2 Track listing LP 3 Miscellanea 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing CD

1. "Kill Surf City" – 3:09
2. "Head" – 3:48
3. "Rider" – 2:10
4. "Hit" – 3:26
5. "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30
6. "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04
7. "Happy Place" – 2:22
8. "Psycho Candy" – 2:52
9. "Sidewalking" – 3:32
10. "Who Do You Love?" – 4:03
11. "Surfin' USA" – 2:57
12. "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37
13. "Upside Down" – 2:57
14. "Taste of Cindy" (acoustic) – 1:58
15. "Swing" – 2:23
16. "On the Wall" (demo) – 4:46
17. "Cracked" – 3:43
18. "Here It Comes Again" – 2:31
19. "Mushroom" (live) – 3:16
20. "Bo Diddley Is Jesus" – 3:16

[edit] Track listing LP

Side 1

1. "Kill Surf City" – 3:09
2. "Head" – 3:48
3. "Rider" – 2:10
4. "Hit" – 3:26
5. "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30
6. "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04
7. "Happy Place" – 2:22
8. "Psycho Candy" – 2:52

Side 2

1. "Sidewalking" – 3:32
2. "Who Do you Love?" – 4:03
3. "Surfin' USA" – 2:57
4. "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37
5. "Upside Down" – 2:57
6. "Taste of Cindy" (acoustic) – 1:58
7. "Swing" – 2:23
8. "On The Wall" (demo) (omits full outro)

[edit] Miscellanea

• "Don't Ever Change", "Swing" (both credited on track listing as as Darklands Out-takes), and "Taste of Cindy" (acoustic) are the 'new' tracks and were previously unavailable.
• "Sidewalking" and "Upside Down" were both previously available as singles.
• "Kill Surf City", "Who Do you Love?", "Mushroom" (live), and "Bo Diddley Is Jesus" are b-sides to "April Skies" from 1987.
• "Head", and "Cracked" are b-sides to "Just Like Honey" from 1985.
• "Rider", "Surfin' USA", "On The Wall" (demo), and "Here It Comes Again" are b-sides to "Darklands" from 1987.
• "Hit" and "Psycho Candy" are b-sides to "Some Candy Talking" from 1986.
• "Just Out of Reach" is a b-side to "You Trip Me Up" from 1985.
• "Happy Place" and "Everything's Alright When You're Down" are b-sides to "Happy When It Rains" from 1987.

[edit] Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1988	UK Albums Chart	9

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