The jesus and mary chain

jason_godman · Post by **jason_godman** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:58 pm

Can anybody recommend a good place to start with this band? Are there any records to avoid or should I just take the plunge?

cabba · Post by **cabba** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:47 pm

darklands and barbed wire kisses are top quality

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:50 pm

i think 'psychocandy', 'honeys dead' or 'stoned and dethroned' would all be good places to start...'stoned and dethroned' is their most acoustic album...or for a more general introduction, the '21 singles' comp does what it says on the box. =)

u_nderscore · Post by **u_nderscore** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:51 pm

that was me.

edit to add - perhaps i should have that on my headstone.
'that was me'

twentysixdollars · Post by **twentysixdollars** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:28 pm

Psychocandy is excellent. Darklands is good. If you like those you'll probably be fond of the rest, although outside those two I often find them tiresome.

purespace · Post by **purespace** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:29 pm

Get Psychocandy first. It represents their classic, fuzzed out feedback drenched sound while making your ears bleed and your brain smile. Then grab Darklands for its dark, beautiful balads.

jason_godman · Post by **jason_godman** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:42 pm

Cool. Thanks for the advice. I think I'm gonna go with Psychocandy to begin with. I understand the Raveonettes sound like tjamc and I really like them so thought I'd go back to the source. Next stop, ebay.

Starfish · Post by **Starfish** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:23 am

You need to start with Psychocandy, cos it's where they started.
Darklands was one of the soundtracks to my student/slacker days in the late 80s and still sounds ace.
i think there's a thread on here somewhere where we all chipped in by rating the JAMC albums in order 1 to 6.

Also, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club make pretty good JAMC albums.

stodmeister · Post by **stodmeister** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:09 am

You could always buy 21 singles , which funnily enough is a CD of all their singles

Andy W · Post by **Andy W** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:52 pm

I would defo start with PSYCHOCANDY and DARKLANDS first, this is there best albums, SOUND OF SPEED is also good, but to be honest anything the JAMC did was fantastic.

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:14 pm

ohhh and please don't forget MUNKI, but yeah i would look into their firrst two releases.

xxme

p/s- if you find yourself really getting into them, let me know i've been thinking about unloading a bunch of early vinyl releases.

Duppy · Post by **Duppy** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:35 pm

Early vinyl?! I'm interested! I have the vinyl of psychocandy, but it's in pretty poor condition. Then just busted the tapes for years, until I got the Cd's. You thinking of selling them? Are they 7's?

munki is good as well.

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:01 pm

i have quite a few 7 and 10" on cinyl.

i tell you what i'll make a list to night and post it here either tomorrow or next day or the next or the next...

xxme

natty · Post by **natty** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:27 am

$26 is right about this one I reckon.

Edukator · Post by **Edukator** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:27 pm

Also, if you can get hold of it, check out William Reid's 4 Track solo EP- 'Tired Of Fucking'. I listened to it for the first time in about 5 years the other day and it's great

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:58 pm

a beautiful noise wrote:i have quite a few 7 and 10" on cinyl.

i tell you what i'll make a list to night and post it here either tomorrow or next day or the next or the next...

xxme

still getting there.

Baz (mark IV) · Post by **Baz (mark IV)** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:12 pm

they who spoke in rhyme, chaotic souls ablaze, are one of my most loved groups of all time

best hair ever too ----- like billy bibbit on a nervous day

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:30 pm

baz (mark II) wrote:
a beautiful noise wrote:ohhh and please don't forget MUNKI
snickered at by venal press cunts but containing CRACKING UP - a tune to square up with any of the more lauded early work
i would like to savagely beat some NME writers with the very guitars from which william wrings such beautifully celestial dischord

who digs lazycame?

it's all about 'bluejune'

and MUNKI recieved quite good reviews and press in the states.

xxme

duppyconquerer · Post by **duppyconquerer** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:00 pm

It got good reviews here (UK) as well. It's a great record.

Baz (mark VIII) · Post by **Baz (mark VIII)** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:13 pm

duppyconquerer wrote:It got good reviews here (UK) as well. It's a great record.

i didn't read em
all i remember is a bunch of nobs saying they should split up
then a while after when gay dad happened i stopped reading music publications forever because the writers are all musichating cocksuckers
the end

Starfish · Post by **Starfish** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:53 pm

Baz (mark VIII) wrote:writers are all music hating cocksuckers

You say that like it's a bad thing...

natty · Post by **natty** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:22 pm

Baz (mark VIII) wrote:
duppyconquerer wrote:It got good reviews here (UK) as well. It's a great record.
i didn't read em
all i remember is a bunch of nobs saying they should split up
then a while after when gay dad happened i stopped reading music publications forever because the writers are all musichating cocksuckers
the end

I used to think John Mulvey was alright. But he loved SP3 and all things related...
Although it was Menswear that made me realise the above.

Baz (mark VII) · Post by **Baz (mark VII)** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:08 pm

natty wrote:I used to think John Mulvey was alright.

good call
strange you should mention it, cos he's one of the very few i had any time for
aside from a love of spacemen he was one of the few who dared champion the beach boys beyond the obvious reference points (PET SOUNDS, SURFS UP) at the time

and yes --- menswear were vermin