Psychocandy

Overview Edit

Psychocandy is the debut album by the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in November 1985. Psychocandy combined the concepts of pop songs and searing guitar chords, typified by Velvet Underground songs.

The album is considered to be a landmark recording, frequently appearing in "best-ever" album lists, such as Q magazine's list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever, where it placed at number 88 in 2000. In 2006, Q magazine placed the album at #23 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s". In 2003, the album was ranked number 268 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 greatest albums of all time". Allmusic described the album as one that "created a movement without meaning to."

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This particular version Edit

Record label:

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Catalog number:

9 25383-2

Release dates:

Mar 25 2008

6 other versions of this release

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Hear it for the first time

I wasn't old enough to hear the original verison of this album on vinyl so I've always been stuck with the "muddy" sounding original CD version. I'm always a little skeptical about the so-called digitally remastered albums but it seems they took their time on Psychocandy. The album sounds blisteringly better than the older version. I would recomend it to anyone who has listened to the older CD versions, it is great.

Written by Jess

Uninspired

Outside of its historical context... this album to me lacks anything that would qualify it as interesting. It is just a couple of well worn rhythm's and textures repeated ad nauseam.

Written by Trevor Goodchild

Track listing Edit

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Just Like Honey

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The Living End

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Taste The Floor

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The Hardest Walk

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Cut Dead

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In A Hole

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Taste Of Cindy

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Never Understand

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Inside Me

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Sowing Seeds

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My Little Underground

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You Trip Me Up

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Something's Wrong

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It's So Hard

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Credits Edit

engineer
1. John Loder [Engineered By]
performer
1. Bobby Gillespie [drums]
2. Douglas Hart [bass guitar]
3. Jim Reid [vocals, guitar]
4. William Reid [guitar, vocals]

producer
1. The Jesus and Mary Chain [Produced By]
writer
1. Jim Reid [words and music]
2. William Reid [words and music]

Other versions Edit

15 tracks	format: 1 x CD record label: Blanco Y Negro catalog number: 2292-42000-2 release dates: 1986 in United States view details
15 tracks	format: 1 x CD record label: WEA International release dates: Nov 1985 in United States view details
14 tracks	format: 1 x CD record label: Rhino/Wea UK release dates: Jul 17 2006 view details
14 tracks	format: 1 x CD record label: Reprise Records catalog number: 9 25383-2 release dates: Nov 1985 in United States view details
15 tracks	format: 1 x CD record label: WEA International release dates: Jan 25 2000 view details
13 tracks	format: 1 x CD release dates: Oct 25 1990 view details