Name: Psychocandy
Brand: The Jesus and Mary Chain

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

78059

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Colour

black

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2004-02-03

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

WEA /­ ADA

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

081227805913

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Genre US

Indie Pop

Label US

Essential

Remastered version of the debut <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/jesus-and-mary-chain">The Jesus and Mary Chain</a> album. Psychocandy was originally released in 1985, and features some stonewall classics including Just like Honey, Taste of Cindy, Never Understand and twelve more.

Bobby Gillespie <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/primal-scream">(Primal Scream</a>) handles the drumming duty on this album. A love of classic pop songs and sonic terrorism conspire on this euphoric collection. Fuzz guitar, distortion and feedback drench almost every track, but beneath this assertive noise lies a gift for melody inspired by <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/the-beach-boys">The Beach Boys</a> and girl-group genre. The contrast is beguiling and if the constituent parts are not original, the audacity of such a combination is. Understated voices and nihilistic lyrics belie the intensity forged within. Created by passionate adherents of pop culture, Psychocandy is one of the 1980s' landmark releases, inspiring some to follow a similar course, while others took similar influences to forge a quite different perspective.

<a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/psychocandy-a610e052-c4cb-4982-966c-f5883c583c5a">CD available here.</a>

Psychocandy

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