Psychocandy
Studio album by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Released	November, 1985
Recorded	1985, Southern Studios, Wood Green, London
Genre	Shoegaze
Length	42:23
Label	Blanco y Negro
Producer	The Jesus and Mary Chain
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (9.6/10) link Q July 2006 (p.122) Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone (Favourable) RS 470
The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology
Psychocandy (1985) Darklands (1987)

Psychocandy is the debut album of the Scottish alternative band The Jesus and Mary Chain. The LP was released in November 1985 on Blanco y Negro Records and peaked at number 31 in UK Albums Chart. The band had been signed by the label on the strength of their debut, Slaughter Joe-produced single, "Upside Down" and media attention generated by the band's anarchic gigs. Image File history File links Psychocandy. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band that revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid. ... Southern Studios is a recording studio in the Wood Green area of London. ... , Wood Green is a district in the London Borough of Haringey in North London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Shoegazing is a style of music that emerged in Britain in the late 1980s. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Diffrent Strokes is an American sitcom that aired on the NBC television network from 1978 to 1985, and on ABC from 1985 to 1986. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Robert Christgau (born April 18, 1942), is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics.[1] In print, his name is sometimes abbreviated as Xgau. ... This article is about the music magazine. ... The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band that revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid. ... Darklands is the second album by Scottish alternative band The Jesus and Mary Chain. ... This article is about the country. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band that revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid. ... Diffrent Strokes is an American sitcom that aired on the NBC television network from 1978 to 1985, and on ABC from 1985 to 1986. ... The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ... Slaughter Joe, (real name Joe Foster), was a British musical producer and artist, active from the 1980s through to the 1990s, that was part of the Creation Records roster. ...

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 creating the genre of Noise pop and 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. For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... The Beach Boys are an American rock and roll band. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Noise music is music that uses sounds regarded as unpleasant or painful under normal circumstances. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Noise pop is a term used to loosely describe a number of alternative rock bands that fuse punk rocks attitude and anger with the atonal noise, feedback, and free song structures of noise music, presented in a decidedly pop context. ... Shoegazing is a style of music that emerged in Britain in the late 1980s. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

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. In 2006, the album was remastered and released in DualDisc format without "Some Candy Talking" to conform with the original playlist. CD redirects here. ... DualDisc is a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5. ...

The song "Just Like Honey" was featured on the soundtrack of the film Lost in Translation (2003), "The Hardest Walk" was used in Some Kind of Wonderful but it was alternative version not on the album. Lost in Translation is a 2003 comedy-drama film. ... The 1987 film Some Kind of Wonderful stars Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, and Mary Stuart Masterson. ...

Track listing

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. "Some Candy Talking" – 3:19 (only on the 1986, 1997 CD release)
9. "Never Understand" – 2:57
10. "Inside Me" – 3:09
11. "Sowing Seeds" – 2:50
12. "My Little Underground" – 2:31
13. "You Trip Me Up" – 2:26
14. "Something's Wrong" – 4:01
15. "It's So Hard" – 2:37

Personnel

• Jim Reid - Guitar, Vocals
• William Reid - Guitar, Vocals
• Douglas Hart - Bass
• Bobby Gillespie - Drums

plus Jim Reid on-stage in 1999 Jim Reid (born 29 December 1961) was the lead singer for critically acclaimed British indie band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... William Reid (born 28 October 1958 in Glasgow, Scotland) was the guitarist for the British rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. ... Douglas Hart was the original bassist and founder member of Scottish band The Jesus and Mary Chain, and played with the group from 1984 to 1991. ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

• John Loder - Engineer
• Karen and Laurence - Backing vocals
  • Karen Parker was Bobby Gillespie's girlfriend at the time. She sang backing vocals on Just Like Honey. Laurence Verfaillie, William Reid's girlfriend, sang backing vocals on Taste of Cindy but her contribution was erased from the final mix. Her credit remains on the sleeve, though, as it was designed before the album's mix was finalised. [1]

John Loder (April 7, 1946 - August 12, 2005) was a British sound engineer, record producer and founder of Southern Studios, as well as a former member of EXIT and co-founder of the Southern Records distribution company with his wife Sue. ... Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of sound through mechanical and electronic means. ... A backup vocalist or background singer (or, especially in the U.S., backup singer or sometimes background singer) is a singer who sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, other backing vocalists, or alone but not singing the lead. ...

Charts

The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

External links

• Lyrics