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studio album
First released:
1987

Overview Edit

Darklands is the second album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. Unlike their previous album, drum machines were used in place of drummer Bobby Gillespie, who had left to pursue a successful career as the frontman with Primal Scream. The album marks a turning point in the band's music, going from the savage noise-pop of Psychocandy, to a more melodic Indie/Alternative rock sound.

Gillespie and Primal Scream later recorded a cover of the album's title track.

Lead vocals are by Jim Reid, with the exception of "Darklands," "Nine Million Rainy Days" and "On the Wall," sung by William Reid.

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This particular version Edit

Record label:
Catalog number:
9 25656-2
Release dates:
  • Mar 25 2008

Genres

Alternative Rock, Indie, Noise, Post-punk, Rock, Shoegaze, Pop. Vote on Genres

What do Amazon.com customers think?

5 stars One of the best albums ever !
Darklands is pure genious - from the first note of the opening track to the very last sound of 'About You'. This is one of the albums I could not live without. While 'Psycho Candy' was a fantastic debut, 'Darklands' just blew me away. 'April Skies' and 'Happy when it rains' were two grandiose singles, released prior to 'Darklands', and there is not a bad song on this entire album. The first time I put this LP on my turntable was back in 1987 and I have listened to it at least once a month every …
Written by D. Christen "dan_chris"
3 stars (three and a half stars) a departure from Psychocandy
In their first album "Psychocandy," brothers Jim and William Reid, the force behind JMC, experimented with sonics -- a buzzing chainsaw like sound, which was imitated by a myriad of latter-day bands (eg. My Bloody Valentine, Ride, The Raveonettes). The band basically cleaned up their sound with "Darklands," which is more-or-less a straight-forward melodic rock album, which contains what is perhaps JMC's signature song: "Happy When It Rains." In fact, one can hear the band basically repeat the me…
Written by trainreader

Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Darklands
    ?:??
    2
    Deep One Perfect Morning
    ?:??
    3
    Happy When It Rains
    ?:??
    4
    Down On Me
    ?:??
    5
    Nine Million Rainy Days
    ?:??
    6
    April Skies
    ?:??
    7
    Fall
    ?:??
    8
    Cherry Came Too
    ?:??
    9
    On The Wall
    ?:??
    10
    About You
    ?:??

Credits Edit

  1. design

  2. engineer

  3. other

    1. Steve Angel [cut]
  4. performer

    1. Jim Reid [vocals]
    2. William Reid [vocals]
  1. producer

  2. writer

Other versions Edit

Darklands 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 123253
release dates: 1987 in United Kingdom
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Darklands 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Warner Bros. Records
catalog number: 9 25656-2
release dates: 1987 in United States
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Darklands 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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