The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain
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- The Basics
If you're relatively new to the Jesus & Mary Chain, Scots lords of white noise, you'll most likely recognise "Just Like Honey" from the Lost in Translation soundtrack. Here, it's sitting (dirty) pretty — hollow, reverb-heavy drums and all — near the top of our selection from the band's best work, alongside other bubblegum-wrapped-in-barbed-wire classics, including the skeletal surf guitars of "Head On," and the pedal-to-the-metal death wish of "Rollercoaster." Not done getting blissfully pummelled yet? Succumb to our Next Steps, then.
$25.85 The Basics
Name Time Price 1 Just Like Honey 3:03 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Head On 4:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Sometimes Always 2:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Happy When It Rains 3:36 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Sidewalking 3:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 April Skies 4:00 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Some Candy Talking 3:18 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Upside Down 3:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Come On 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Rollercoaster 3:46 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Blues from a Gun 4:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Darklands 5:26 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Never Understand 2:58 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 I Hate Rock 'N' Roll 3:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Snakedriver 3:42 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 15 Songs - Next Steps
Few bands have taken rock 'n' roll to sublime heights, while shaking its very foundations, quite like the Jesus & Mary Chain — just stand "I Love Rock 'N' Roll," with its tight and transcendent layers of brass and guitar, next to a delirious chainsaw massacre like "Taste the Floor," and the originality of the band's vision starts to come into focus. Some tracks deliver a maelstrom of fuzz-toned feedback and nihilistic noise, others drift on by like little, fluffy — and somewhat sinister — clouds . . . and some do both at the same time. Genius.
$25.85 Next StepsName Time Price 1 Taste the Floor 2:57 $1.69 View In iTunes 2 Coast to Coast 4:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Inside Me 3:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Far Gone and Out 2:51 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 On the Wall 5:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Reverence 3:40 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 You Trip Me Up 2:27 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Deep One Perfect Morning 2:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 God Help Me 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Almost Gold 3:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 I Love Rock 'N' Roll 2:37 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 The Hardest Walk 2:40 $2.19 View In iTunes 13 Cracking Up 4:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Nine Million Rainy Days 4:29 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Taste of Cindy 2:00 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 15 Songs - Complete Set
Forget Phil Spector's Wall of Sound for a second — we're still busy recovering from the Wall of Noise the Jesus & Mary Chain built out of sandpapery yet satisfying feedback way back in 1984 (debut single "Upside Down"). Jim and William Reid (and a rotating cast of collaborators, including future Primal Scream founder Bobby Gillespie) made the Top 40 realm safe for singles with enough grit and gunk to make you reach for a towel. So, the next time you put on a My Bloody Valentine or Dinosaur Jr. album, be sure to thank the Brothers Reid. After splitting in '99, the band reunited in 2007.
$51.70 Complete SetName Time Price 1 Just Like Honey 3:03 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Head On 4:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Sometimes Always 2:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Happy When It Rains 3:36 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Sidewalking 3:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 April Skies 4:00 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Some Candy Talking 3:18 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Upside Down 3:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Come On 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Rollercoaster 3:46 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Blues from a Gun 4:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Darklands 5:26 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Never Understand 2:58 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 I Hate Rock 'N' Roll 3:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Snakedriver 3:42 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Taste the Floor 2:57 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Coast to Coast 4:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Inside Me 3:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Far Gone and Out 2:51 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 On the Wall 5:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Reverence 3:40 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 You Trip Me Up 2:27 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Deep One Perfect Morning 2:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 24 God Help Me 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 25 Almost Gold 3:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 26 I Love Rock 'N' Roll 2:37 $1.69 View In iTunes 27 The Hardest Walk 2:40 $2.19 View In iTunes 28 Cracking Up 4:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 29 Nine Million Rainy Days 4:29 $1.69 View In iTunes 30 Taste of Cindy 2:00 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 30 Songs
