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Completed just in time for the Jesus & Mary Chain to join the 1992 Lollapalooza festival, HONEY'S DEAD features the Scottish rock group's signature distortion-heavy sound, bolstered this time around by a more dance-friendly vibe and a return to the use of live drums. Highlights of this often-underrated disc include the snarling "Reverence" (replete with controversial lyrics), the supremely catchy "Far Gone and Out," and the blissed-out "Almost Gold." One the Mary Chain's better '90s offerings, HONEY'S DEAD is arguably the band's most immediately enjoyable album.
All songs written by William Reid and Jim Reid.
Jesus And Mary Chain: William Reid, Jim Reid (vocals, guitar); Monti (drums).
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Jim Reid (vocals); William Reid (guitar); Ben Lurie (bass guitar); Steve Monti (drums).Rolling Stone (5/14/92, p.105) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...the pioneers of noise pop (3 chords and a distortion pedal) are still building castles of fuzz...J&M Chain work their terrain with indefatigable enthusiasm..."
Spin (5/92, p.76) - Highly Recommended
Q (5/92, p.80) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Snake-eyed, arrogant and tall in the saddle, HONEY'S DEAD is an album at one with dynamic, imagery and amplifiers alike...pretty damn excellent..."
Option (July-Aug./92, p.109) - "...The Jesus & Mary Chain cuts loose once again with a squalor of sound...this is the roar of a shimmering locomotive, powerful, sleek, vibrant and black..."
Musician (5/92, p.89) - "...the band's appeal remains the combination of sloppily loud but essentially appealing licks and naughty, unfocused (i.e. druggy) lyrics..." Honey's Dead Music | List Price | $11.98 (You save $1.53) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Pop CDs, Alternative, Punk, Rock | | Label | Rhino | | Orig Year | 1992 | | All Time Sales Rank |  86696  | | CD Universe Part number | 7621814 | | Catalog number | 436284 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 25, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Jim Reid; William Reid | | Engineer | Alan Moulder; Flood | | Additional Info | Remastered |
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On 1989's AUTOMATIC, the Jesus & Mary Chain take the pop-tinged sound of DARKLANDS, and roughen up the edges with a slight industrial tinge. Though it's certainly not a complete return to the ferocity of PSYCHOCANDY, the album does feature a number of revved-up classics by the revered Scottish duo, most notably the razor-sharp "Blues from a Gun," the surging "U.V. Ray," and the gloriously ...
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Since 1985, Glasgow brothers William and Jim Reid (aka The Jesus & Mary Chain) have immersed themselves in a wash of pop references as akin to Lou Reed's TRANSFORMER as to the Beach Boys' earliest singles. While more subdued, and painted in acoustic strokes, Jesus & Mary Chain's newest effort STONED & DETHRONED continues the band's mutation of pop's melodic sense.
STONED & DETHRONED is a step in a new direction for the Reids. Much of their early material seemed like a mixture of conflicting eras, bubblegum harmonies layered on top of impossible distorted guitar. Now with STONED & DETHRONED, The Jesus & Mary Chain have honed their erratic opposing sides into a cleaner, more focused sound.
Relying more on acoustics and softer production, the album sounds aimed at the MTV "Unplugged" audience, but proves the Jesus & Mary Chain adept in the power of quiet as well as the joy of distortion.
Having made a name for itself through its career for punishing noise combined with candy-coated hooks, the Jesus and Mary Chain took a sideways step on Stoned & Dethroned that actually worked rather handsomely. The Reids turned the emphasis toward much calmer, acoustic folk/country-tinged songs and, for the first time since Psychocandy, recorded with an actual full band, with Monti from Curve once again doing the drum honors and touring bassist Ben Lurie handling the same duties in studio. The appearance of Hope Sandoval on lead single "Sometimes Always" makes perfect sense, as Mazzy Star's electric/acoustic psych flow is, if ...
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Though its lacks the heavenly sonic squall of PSYCHOCANDY, the Jesus & Mary Chain's second album, DARKLANDS, finds the notorious Scottish post-punk band rivaling that impressive debut with a considerably more melodic set of songs. While the title is a bit misleading--DARKLANDS is surprisingly sunny at times--even some of the disc's brighter tunes have goth-friendly themes, namely the chiming, Velvet Underground-influenced opening title track and the amped-up anthem "Happy When It Rains" (a mid-tempo precursor to the following record's raucous "Head On").
On this outing, percussionist Bobby Gillespie (who went on to form Primal Scream) is replaced by a well-behaved drum machine, but this seemingly detrimental change works remarkably ...
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