[dietzer123]

psychocandy kicks darklands scrawny little ass.

[Dead-Air]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

I was just kidding when i posted about the production being horrible.Of course it's their best album and one that goes beyond production qualities alltogether.It's just that i've found it odd to see that question asked for the millionth time.

Thanks for the clarification, as your sarcasm did not carry on the internet at all. It didn't make sense given the music you are into, but I still missed that you were kidding.

I once put on Electro Purra by Yo La Tengo at a barbecue in Olympia of all places (though this was a decidedly non-indie rock group I was with at the time, roommates friends thing) thinking it was a really catchy, pretty album that anybody should like. I ended up being lambasted by all present, and especially this guy who was somehow making a living producing records for big-alternative bands in Seattle with his Evergreen degree, for the production values of this record and by association all of indie rock (as if I consider myself part of that!) In retrospect, I'm certain that Psychocandy would have gotten a similar response.

[Cantankerous]

basically i like most of everything they've put out but then again i have no taste so don't listen to me.

[Everyneurotic]

i have psychocandy and some shows. i love the song snakedriver, that's a comp track.

[fugazifan]

psycocandy is their best imo. but the b-sides collection is pretty close.
i love the production of their music, a friend described it, as if they recorded underwater, and i think thats pretty close. it sounsd so dark and distant, but each instrument has its own place. i love it.
you put me in the mood, im going to listen to barbed wire kisses now.
and their music is sexy... i dont cre what you orientation is, that is music for the lovers...

[Tanzende Schauspieler]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

basically i like most of everything they've put out but then again i have no taste so don't listen to me.

why the hell? you seem to have great taste ... you do love MBV, don't you?

and ... maybe that's just irony, right? haha, haven't been here long enough, obviously.

[Tanzende Schauspieler]

psychocandy is awesome. I loved when they played "Just like honey" in the end of Lost in Translation movie. that was sweet.

[sun city girl]

psychocandy is obviously best, what a masterpiece! honey's dead is another good one.

then again, they're all good...

[jico.]

the only jesus and mary chain that matters.

Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor

What about all the hype surrounding the re-issues? Do the re-issues really sound better? Is the lo-fi quality lost or did they tweak it enough to make it sound not so lo-fi?

Well, apart from Barbed Wire Kisses, you could safely say that all the other Mary Chain albums sound better than Psychocandy, anyway. I haven't bought the re-issues as i have all the original albums, so i wouldn't know what they have done with them.

[Kyohan]

I don't consider Psychocandy (or any JAMC for that matter) to be lo-fi. In fact, the production on Pyschocandy is super-sharp and clear.
The first issue of the CD had a mastering problem, where everything was compressed and a lot of the dynamics of the sound lost, but the vinyl always sounded amazing.
I haven't heard the new CD remasters - I assume they sorted the mastering out on those.

[king_buzzo]

Originally Posted by dietzer123

psychocandy kicks darklands scrawny little ass.

i second this one. i only have psychocandy, darklands, sound of speed, honeys dead and throned dethroned. is there anything else from them? honey's dead is pretty cool.... different might some might say....

[demonrail666]

I was only joking about slagging off Psychocandy. Definitely an album that shaped my life. Amazing. It's dated a bit now though, esp. production wise. That said, the Mary Chain have never remotely matched it since.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by LittlePuppetBoy

I have the same problem. Psychocandy is the only JAMC album I own, and I am unsure of which other of their records I should get.

I don't own them all, but from what I've heard, they all seem to have something to offer. I love Automatic, which most JAMC fans dismiss, and I love Psychocandy, but I've also enjoyed things I've heard of Honey's Dead and Darklands. They're on my wishlist.

But like Cantankerous, I too have no taste. Or maybe just not discriminating taste. I love everything, man...

[gmku]

Originally Posted by Cardinal Rob

Psychocandy is extremely simple and generally so groovy only Suicide's first album can top it on the groovy-o-meter; I always have the Psychocandy cover at the front of my record browser (well, a lot of the time).

I gave it 4.5/5 on RYM. The obvious melodies were given a new lease when played by JAMC.

Suicide seems to be an obvious influence on JAMC. It really hit me the other night when I was playing that first Suicide LP.

Suicide were an obvious influence on Jesus And Mary Chain and that partly because of a certain suffocating and motorik sound on 'Psychocandy'.One of the most bizarre influences on them was T- Rex, and it can be heard clearly when you listen to 'Sidewalking'.

[gmku]

Yeah, now that you mention it, I can hear the T. Rex influence. Good call.

[demonrail666]

The one thing that always bugged me about the Mary Chain was how their taste was always a bit too refined. They always cited the 'correct' influences, if you know what I mean. I would've much prefered them to have had at least a pinch of Iron Maiden or Genesis in there somewhere. Listening to them can be a bit like watching a Tarantino film, you spend half the time ticking off the cool references.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

The one thing that always bugged me about the Mary Chain was how their taste was always a bit too refined. They always cited the 'correct' influences, if you know what I mean. I would've much prefered them to have had at least a pinch of Iron Maiden or Genesis in there somewhere. Listening to them can be a bit like watching a Tarantino film, you spend half the time ticking off the cool references.

Ha! Iron Maiden or Genesis!? Or hey, why not the Osmonds or Pat Boone?

The Shangri La's is all you're getting and a band influenced by them is always good in my book.