Jesus and Mary Chain - The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities

Artist:

The Jesus and Mary Chain

UPC:

081227997977

Description:

Issued in 2008, this four-disc box set finds the Rhino label reverently presenting a slew of B-sides and rarities by the lauded Scottish noise-pop act the Jesus & Mary Chain. Proceeding in chronological order from 1983 to 1998, THE POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING moves from the U.K. group`s fierce, feedback-drenched early era (see the pounding squall of "Upside Down" and the rumbling "Just Out of Reach") to its more reflective later tunes (the jangly "Ghost of a Smile" and the gentle "Bleed Me"). The collection also features a number of previously unreleased tracks, including the formative demo "Up Too High" and the amped-up anthem "Walk and Crawl," making NEGATIVE THINKING absolutely essential for any dedicated JAMC fan.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Up Too High (Demo `83)
2. Upside Down
3. Vegetable Man
4. Suck
5. Ambition
6. Just Out of Reach
7. Boyfriend`s Dead
8. Head
9. Just Like Honey (Demo Oct. `84)
10. Cracked
11. Taste of Cindy (Acoustic Version)
12. Hardest Walk, The
13. Never Understand (Alternate) - (alternate take)
14. My Little Underground (Demo)
15. Living End, The (Demo)
16. Some Candy Talking
17. Psychocandy
18. Hit
19. Cut Dead (Acoustic)
20. You Trip Me Up (Acoustic)
21. Walk and Crawl

DISC 2:

1. Kill Surf City
2. Bo Diddley is Jesus
3. Who Do You Love
4. Everything`s Alright When You`re Down
5. Shake
6. Happy When It Rains (Demo)
7. Happy Place
8. F.Hole
9. Rider
10. On the Wall (Porta Studio Demo)
11. Surfin` USA (April Out-Take) - (alternate take)
12. Here It Comes Again
13. Don`t Ever Change
14. Swing
15. Sidewalking
16. Surfin` USA (Summer Mix) - (remix)
17. Shimmer
18. Penetration
19. Break Me Down
20. Subway
21. My Girl

DISC 3:

1. In the Black
2. Terminal Beach
3. Deviant Slice
4. I`m Glad I Never
5. Drop (Acoustic Re-Mix) - (remix)
6. Rollercoaster
7. Silverblade
8. Lowlife
9. Tower of Song
10. Heat
11. Guitarman
12. Why`d You Want Me
13. Sometimes
14. Teenage Lust (Acoustic Version)
15. Reverberation (Doubt)
16. Don`t Come Down
17. Snakedriver
18. Something I Can`t Have
19. Write Record Release Blues
20. Little Red Rooster

DISC 4:

1. Perfect Crime, The
2. Little Stars
3. Drop (Re-Recorded)
4. I`m In With the Out Crowd
5. New York City
6. Taking It Away
7. Ghost of a Smile
8. Alphabet Street
9. Coast To Coast (Alternate - William Vox) (alternate take)
10. Dirty Water (Demo - William Vox)
11. Till I Found You
12. Bleed Me
13. 33 1/3
14. Lost Star
15. Hide Myself
16. Rocket
17. Easylife, Easylove
18. 40.000k
19. Nineteen666

Album Information

Release Date:

09/30/2008

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alternative

Label:

Rhino

Original Release Year:

2007

# of Discs:

4

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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