Psychocandy

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Psychocandy
Studio album by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Released	November 1985 (1985-11)
Recorded	Southern Studios Wood Green, London
Genre	Alternative rock, noise pop
Length	42:23
Label	Blanco y Negro
Producer	The Jesus and Mary Chain
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (9.6/10) 2006 Q July 2006 (p.122) Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone (favourable) 1986
The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology
Psychocandy (1985) Darklands (1987)

Psychocandy is the debut album by the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in November 1985 . Psychocandy utilised the then-radical notion of combining simple pop tunes, à la The Beach Boys, with the searing guitar noise more akin to The Velvet Underground, effectively prefiguring shoegaze.

The album is considered to be a landmark recording, frequently appearing in various "best-ever" album lists, such as placed at number 88 in 2000 Q magazine list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 268 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Contents 1 Background 2 Recording and production 3 Release and reception 4 Formats and track listings 5 Personnel and credits 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Background

The band had been signed by Blanco y Negro on the strength of their debut, Slaughter Joe-produced single, "Upside Down" and media attention generated by the band's anarchic gigs.

[edit] Recording and production

Lead vocals are handled entirely by Jim Reid on this album, with the exception of "It's So Hard," sung by William Reid.

[edit] Release and reception

The album includes the singles "Never Understand", "You Trip Me Up" and "Just Like Honey". Following reissue on CD in August 1986, the bonus track "Some Candy Talking", which was originally released on the namesake EP, was included on the album, only on the UK Blanco y Negro CDs released in 1986 and 1997; in the USA, it was released on CD by Reprise in 1986 and American Recordings in 1993 without the bonus track. In 2006, the album was remastered and released in DualDisc format without "Some Candy Talking" to conform with the original playlist.

[edit] Formats and track listings

All songs written and composed by Jim and William Reid.

1. "Just Like Honey" – 3:03
2. "The Living End" – 2:16
3. "Taste the Floor" – 2:56
4. "The Hardest Walk" – 2:40
5. "Cut Dead" – 2:47
6. "In a Hole" – 3:02
7. "Taste of Cindy" – 1:42
8. "Never Understand" – 2:57
9. "Inside Me" – 3:09
10. "Sowing Seeds" – 2:50
11. "My Little Underground" – 2:31
12. "You Trip Me Up" – 2:26
13. "Something's Wrong" – 4:01
14. "It's So Hard" – 2:37

[edit] Personnel and credits

The Jesus and Mary Chain Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, production William Reid – vocals, guitar, production Douglas Hart – bass guitar, production Bobby Gillespie – drum kit, production

Additional musicians Karen and Laurence - backing vocals Production John Loder - engineering

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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