STUDIO ALBUMS
Psychocandy
Released: November 1985
Labels: Blanco Y Negro, Warner Bros
Peak chart position: UK 31; US 188
Certification: Gold (UK)
Personnel according to sleevenotes:
The Jesus and Mary Chain/Jim Reid – vocals, guitar/William Reid – vocals, guitar/Douglas Hart – bass/Bobby Gillespie – drums
Additional musicians:
Karen Parker – backing vocals/Laurence Verfaillie – backing vocals
Technical personnel:
The Jesus and Mary Chain – production/John Loder – engineering
Design personnel:
Greg Allen – art direction/Alastair Indge – sleeve photography/Bleddyn Butcher – sleeve photography/Chris Clown – sleeve photography/Mike Laye – sleeve photography/Rona McIntyre – sleeve photography/Stuart Cassidy – sleeve photography
Track listing:
‘Just Like Honey’/‘The Living End’/‘Taste The Floor’/‘The Hardest Walk’/‘Cut Dead’/‘In A Hole’/‘Taste Of Cindy’/‘Never Understand’/‘Inside Me’/‘Sowing Seeds’/‘My Little Underground’/‘You Trip Me Up’/‘Something’s Wrong’/‘It’s So Hard’
The 1986 CD release also contains the track ‘Some Candy Talking’.
The 2011 reissue included the following extra CD/DVD:
‘Upside Down’/‘Vegetable Man’/‘In A Hole’ (John Peel radio session, 23 October 1984)/‘You Trip Me Up’ (John Peel radio session, 23 October 1984)/‘Never Understand’ (John Peel radio session, 23 October 1984)/‘Taste The Floor’ (John Peel radio session, 23 October 1984)/‘The Living End’ (John Peel radio session, 3 February 1985)/‘Inside Me’ (John Peel radio session, 3 February 1985)/‘Just Like Honey’ (John Peel radio session, 3 February 1985)/‘Some Candy Talking’ (John Peel radio session, 29 October 1985)/‘Psychocandy’ (John Peel radio session, 29 October 1985)/‘You Trip Me Up’ (John Peel radio session, 29 October 1985)/‘Cut Dead’ (John Peel radio session, 29 October 1985)/‘Up Too High’ (Portastudio demo, 1984/85)/‘Upside Down’ (Portastudio demo, 1984/85)/‘Never Understand’ (Portastudio demo, 1984/85)/‘Taste the Floor’ (Portastudio demo, 1984/85)/‘In A Hole’ (Portastudio demo, 1984/85)/‘Something’s Wrong’ (Portastudio demo, 1984/85)/‘Just Like Honey’ (demo version, October 1984)/‘The Living End’ (Alaska Studios demo, June 1985)/‘My Little Underground’/‘Never Understand (Alternate Version)’/‘Jesus Fuck’
DVD:
‘Never Understand’ (music video)/‘You Trip Me Up’ (music video)/‘Just Like Honey’ (music video)/‘In A Hole’ (Old Grey Whistle Test, 12 March 1985)/‘Riot At North London Polytechnic – Interview And Live Clips’ (The New Music, 15 March 1985)/‘Interview’ (VRT, Belgium, 17 March 1985)/‘Never Understand’ (VRT, Belgium, 17 March 1985)/‘Just Like Honey’ (The Tube, 11 November 1985)/‘Inside Me’ (The Tube, 11 November 1985)
Released: August 1987
Labels: Blanco Y Negro, Warner Bros
Peak chart position: UK 5; US 161
Certification: Gold (UK)
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 10), guitar, bass, drum machine programming/William Reid – vocals (tracks 1, 5, 9), guitar, bass, drum machine programming, production
Additional personnel:
Bill Price – production (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)/John Loder – production (tracks 5, 7, 10)/Helen Backhouse – design/Andrew Catlin – photography/John Maybury – photography/Tim Broad – photography
Track listing:
‘Darklands’/‘Deep One Perfect Morning’/‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Down On Me’/‘Nine Million Rainy Days’/‘April Skies’/‘Fall’/‘Cherry Came Too’/‘On The Wall’/‘About You’
Automatic
Released: September 1989
Labels: Blanco Y Negro, Warner Bros
Peak chart position: UK 11; US 105
Certification: Silver (UK)
Personnel:
The Jesus and Mary Chain/Jim Reid – vocals (tracks 2, 4–10), guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, production/William Reid – vocals (tracks 1, 3, 11), guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, production
Additional personnel:
Alan Moulder – engineer/Jamie Harley – recording assistant/Lee Curle – recording assistant/Dick Meaney – mixing assistant/Richard Thomas – drums on ‘Gimme Hell’/Ryan Art – design/Steve Mitchell – photography/Andrew Catlin – photography
‘Here Comes Alice’/‘Coast To Coast’/‘Blues From A Gun’/‘Between Planets’/‘UV Ray’/‘Her Way Of Praying’/‘Head On’/‘Take It’/‘Halfway To Crazy’/‘Gimme Hell’/‘Drop’ (not on original vinyl release)
Honey’s Dead
Released: March 1992
Labels: Blanco Y Negro, Def American
Peak chart position: UK 14; US 158
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 8), guitar, producer/William Reid – vocals (tracks 4, 7, 9–12), guitar, producer/Steve Monti – drums, percussion
Additional personnel:
Alan Moulder – engineer (except track 9), mixing/Flood – engineer (track 9)/Andy Catlin – photography
Track listing:
‘Reverence’/‘Teenage Lust’/‘Far Gone And Out’/‘Almost Gold’/‘Sugar Ray’/‘Tumbledown’/‘Catchfire’/‘Good For My Soul’/‘Rollercoaster’/‘I Can’t Get Enough’/‘Sundown’/‘Frequency’
Stoned & Dethroned
Released: 23 August 1994
Labels: Blanco Y Negro, Def American
Peak chart position: UK 13; US 98
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals (tracks 1–4, 6, 8, 10, 13–15), guitar, bass, production/William Reid – vocals (tracks 5, 7, 9–14, 16–17), guitar, production/Ben Lurie – guitar, harmonica, organ, bass/Steve Monti – drums, percussion
Additional personnel:
Hope Sandoval – vocals (track 3)/Shane MacGowan – vocals (track 12)/Alan Moulder – engineer (tracks 1–2, 9, 11, 14), mixing (tracks 1–2, 7, 9, 13–14)/Dick Meaney – engineer (tracks 3–8, 10, 12–13, 15–17), mixing (tracks 3–6, 8, 10–12, 15–17)/Stylorouge – design/Sophie Muller – photography
Track listing (all written by William Reid unless otherwise stated): ‘Dirty Water’/‘Bullet Lovers’/‘Sometimes Always’/‘Come On’ (Jim Reid)/‘Between Us’/‘Hole’ (Jim Reid)/‘Never Saw It Coming’/‘She’ (Jim Reid)/‘Wish I Could’/‘Save Me’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Till It Shines’/‘God Help Me’/‘Girlfriend’/‘Everybody I Know’/‘You’ve Been A Friend’ (Jim Reid)/‘These Days’/‘Feeling Lucky’
Munki
Released: 9 June 1998
Labels: Creation, Sub Pop
Peak chart position: UK 47; US did not chart
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals (tracks 1–4, 6, 8, 10, 13–15), guitar, production/William Reid – vocals (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9–14, 16–17), guitar, production/Ben Lurie – guitar, bass/Nick Sanderson – drums
Additional personnel:
Sister Vanilla – vocals (track 5)/Sean Lebon – vocals (track 5)/Hope Sandoval – vocals (track 6)/Terry Edwards – horns/Dick Meaney – mixing (tracks 1–7, 9–12, 14, 16–17)/Alan Moulder – mixing (tracks 8, 13, 15)/Nick Addison – additional mixing (track 6)
Track listing:
‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’ (Jim Reid)/‘Birthday’ (William Reid)/‘Stardust Remedy’ (Jim Reid)/‘Fizzy’ (William Reid)/‘Moe Tucker’ (Jim Reid)/‘Perfume’ (William Reid)/‘Virtually Unreal’ (Jim Reid)/‘Degenerate’ (William Reid)/‘Cracking Up’ (William Reid)/‘Commercial’ (William Reid)/‘Supertramp’ (Jim Reid)/‘Never Understood’ (William Reid)/‘I Can’t Find The Time For Times’ (William Reid)/‘Man On The Moon’ (Jim Reid)/‘Black’ (William Reid)/‘Dream Lover’ (Jim Reid)/‘I Hate Rock’n’Roll’ (William Reid)
Live In Concert
Released: 25 May 2003
Label: Strange Fruit
Track listing:
‘Catch Fire’/‘Blues From A Gun’/‘Head On’/‘Reverence’/‘Far Gone And Out’/‘Half Way To Crazy’/‘Sidewalking’/‘Reverence’/‘Snakedriver’/‘Come On’ (Jim Reid)/‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Teenage Lust’/‘The Perfect Crime’ (Jim Reid)/‘Everybody I Know’ (William Reid)/‘Girlfriend’ (William Reid)/‘Hole’ (Jim Reid)/‘Head On’/‘Sugar Ray’/‘I Hate Rock’n’Roll’ (William Reid)
COMPILATION ALBUMS
Barbed Wire Kisses
Released: April 1988
Labels: Blanco Y Negro, Warner Bros.
Peak chart position: UK 9; US 192
Certification: Gold (UK)
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, production/William Reid – vocals, guitar, production
Additional personnel:
John Loder – production/Helen Backhouse – design/Andrew Catlin – photography
Track listing, LP:
‘Kill Surf City’/‘Head’/‘Rider’/‘Hit’/‘Don’t Ever Change’/‘Just Out of Reach’/‘Happy Place’/‘Psychocandy’/‘Sidewalking’/‘Who Do You Love?’ (Bo Diddley)/‘Surfin’ USA’ (Chuck Berry/Brian Wilson)/‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’/‘Upside Down’/‘Taste Of Cindy (Acoustic)’/‘Swing’/‘On The Wall (Demo)’
Extra tracks on CD:
‘Cracked’/‘Here It Comes Again’/‘Mushroom (Live 1986)’ (Can [band])/‘Bo Diddley Is Jesus’
The Sound Of Speed
Released: August 1993
Labels: Blanco Y Negro, Warner Bros.
Peak chart position: UK 15; US did not chart
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, production/William Reid – vocals, guitar, production, engineer (tracks 11–14, 16, 18–19)/Ben Lurie – bass (track 1), guitar (track 15)/Nick Sanderson – drums (tracks 1, 8)
Additional personnel:
Brad Davidson – bass (track 15)/Wiff – drums (track 15)/Dick Meaney – engineer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8–10, 15)/Anjali Dutt – engineer (track 2)/George Kaleve – engineer (track 4)/Alan Moulder – engineer (track 7)/Flood – engineer (track 17)/John Loder – production (track 20)/Colin Bell – photography
Track listing:
‘Snakedriver’/‘Reverence (Radio Mix)’/‘Heat’/‘Teenage Lust (acoustic version)’/‘Why’d You Want Me?’/‘Don’t Come Down’/‘Guitarman’ (Jerry Reed/Hubbard)/‘Something I Can’t Have’/‘Sometimes’/‘Write Record Release Blues’/‘Shimmer’/‘Penetration’/‘My Girl’ (Smokey Robinson)/‘Tower Of Song’ (Leonard Cohen)/‘Little Red Rooster’ (Willie Dixon)/‘Break Me Down’/‘Lowlife’
Additional tracks on CD version:
‘Deviant Slice’/‘Reverberation’ (Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Stacy Sutherland)/‘Sidewalking (Extended Version)’
The Jesus And Mary Chain Hate Rock’n’Roll
Released: September 1995
Label: Def American
Peak chart position: did not chart
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, production/William Reid – vocals, guitar, production, engineer (track 7)/Ben Lurie – bass/Nick Sanderson – drums (tracks 1–6)/Steve Monti – drums (tracks 9–11)
Additional personnel:
Dick Meaney – engineer (tracks 1–6, 11)/Nick Addison – engineer (tracks 8–10)/Martin Schmeize – engineer (track 12)
Track listing:
‘I Hate Rock’n’Roll’ (William Reid)/‘Snakedriver’/‘Something I Can’t Have’/‘Bleed Me’ (Jim Reid)/‘33⅓’ (Jim Reid)/‘Lost Star’ (William Reid)/‘Penetration’/‘New York City’ (William Reid)/‘Taking It Away’ (Ben Lurie)/‘I’m In With The Out Crowd’ (Jim Reid)/‘Little Stars’ (William Reid)/‘Teenage Lust (Desdemoana Mix)’/‘Perfect Crime’ (William Reid)
The Complete John Peel Sessions
Released: February 2000
Label: Strange Fruit
Peak chart position: did not chart
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals/William Reid – guitar/Douglas Hart – bass (tracks 1–7, 15–21)/Bobby Gillespie – drums (tracks 1–7)
Additional personnel:
Karen Parker – backing vocals (tracks 5–7)/Mark Radcliffe – production (tracks 1–4)/Dale ‘Buffin’ Griffin – production (tracks 5–14, 19–21)/Mike Robinson – production (tracks 15–18)/Mike Engels – engineer (tracks 5–7, 19–21)/Dave Dade – engineer (tracks 12–14)/Mike Robinson – engineer (tracks 1–4, 15–18)/Simon Clifford – engineer (tracks 12–14)
‘In A Hole’/‘You Trip Me Up’/‘Never Understand’/‘Taste the Floor’/‘The Living End’/‘Inside Me’/‘Just Like Honey’/‘Some Candy Talking’/‘Psychocandy’/‘You Trip Me Up’/‘Cut Dead’/‘Fall’/‘In The Rain’/‘Happy Place’/‘Sidewalking’/‘Coast To Coast’/‘Take It’/‘My Girl’ (Smokey Robinson/Ronald White)/‘Far Gone And Out’/‘Silverblade’/‘Here Comes Alice’
Tracks 1–4 recorded 23 October 1984
Tracks 5–7 recorded 3 February 1985
Tracks 8–11 recorded 29 October 1985
Tracks 12–14 recorded 25 November 1986
Tracks 15–18 recorded 31 May 1988
Tracks 19–21 recorded 26 November 1989
In 1985 John Peel’s listeners voted The Jesus and Mary Chain 1st (‘Never Understand’), 2nd (‘Just Like Honey’) and 12th (‘You Trip Me Up’) in his annual Festive Fifty.
21 Singles
Released: July 2002
Label: Rhino
Peak chart position: UK 117; US did not chart
Track listing:
‘Upside Down’/‘Never Understand’/‘You Trip Me Up’/‘Just Like Honey’/‘Some Candy Talking’/‘April Skies’/‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Darklands’/‘Sidewalking’/‘Blues From A Gun’/‘Head On’/‘Rollercoaster’/‘Reverence’/‘Far Gone And Out’/‘Almost Gold’/‘Snakedriver’/‘Sometimes Always’ (William Reid)/‘Come On’ (Jim Reid)/‘I Hate Rock’n’Roll’ (William Reid)/‘Cracking Up’ (William Reid)/‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’ (Jim Reid)
The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
Released: September 2008
Labels: WEA, Rhino
Peak chart position: did not chart
Disc 1
‘Up Too High’ (Demo ’83) (William Reid)/‘Upside Down’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Vegetable Man’ (Syd Barrett)/‘Suck’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Ambition’ (Vic Godard)/‘Just Out Of Reach’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Boyfriend’s Dead’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Head’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Just Like Honey’ (Demo October ’84) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Cracked’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Taste Of Cindy’ (Acoustic version) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘The Hardest Walk’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Never Understand’ (Alternate take) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘My Little Underground’ (Demo version) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘The Living End’ (Demo version) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Some Candy Talking’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Psychocandy’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Hit’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Cut Dead’ (Acoustic version) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘You Trip Me Up’ (Acoustic version) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Walk and Crawl’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)
Disc 2
‘Kill Surf City’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Bo Diddley Is Jesus’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Who Do You Love?’ (Ellas McDaniel [‘Bo Diddley’])/‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Shake’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Happy When It Rains’ (Demo version) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Happy Place’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘F. Hole’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Rider’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘On The Wall’ (Portastudio demo) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Surfin’ USA’ (Chuck Berry/Brian Wilson)/‘Here It Comes Again’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Don’t Ever Change’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Swing’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Sidewalking’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Surfin’ USA’ (Summer Mix) (Berry/Wilson)/‘Shimmer’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Penetration’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Break Me Down’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Subway’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘My Girl’ (Smokey Robinson/Ronald White)
Disc 3
‘In The Black’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Terminal Beach’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Deviant Slice’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘I’m Glad I Never’ (Lee Hazlewood)/‘Drop’ (Acoustic remix) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Rollercoaster’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Silverblade’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Lowlife’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Tower Of Song’ Leonard Cohen/‘Heat’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Guitarman’ (Hubbard/Jerry Reed)/‘Why’d You Want Me’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Sometimes’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Teenage Lust’ (Acoustic version) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Reverberation (Doubt)’ (Roky Erickson/Tommy Hall/Stacy Sutherland)/‘Don’t Come Down’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Snakedriver’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Something I Can’t Have’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Write Record Release Blues’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Little Red Rooster’ (Chester Arthur Burnett/Willie Dixon)
Disc 4
‘The Perfect Crime’ (Jim Reid)/‘Little Stars’ (William Reid)/‘Drop’ (Re-recorded) (William Reid)/‘I’m In With The Out Crowd’ (Jim Reid)/‘New York City’ (William Reid)/‘Taking It Away’ (Ben Lurie)/‘Ghost Of A Smile’ (Shane MacGowan)/‘Alphabet Street’ (Prince)/‘Coast To Coast’ (Alternate, William vox) (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Dirty Water’ (Demo, William vox) (William Reid)/‘Till I Found You’ (Jim Reid/William Reid)/‘Bleed Me’ (Jim Reid)/‘33⅓’ (Jim Reid)/‘Lost Star’ (William Reid)/‘Hide Myself’ (Jim Reid)/‘Rocket’ (Ben Lurie)/‘Easylife, Easylove’ (Jim Reid)/‘40,000k’ (Jim Reid)/‘Nineteen 666’ (Dick Meaney/William Reid)/‘Some Candy Talking’ (Acoustic version; iTunes US bonus track) (Jim Reid/William Reid)
Upside Down: The Best Of The Jesus And Mary Chain
Released: September 2010
Labels: Music Club Deluxe
Peak chart position: did not chart
Track listing, disc one:
‘Just Like Honey’/‘April Skies’/‘Blues From A Gun’/‘Far Gone And Out’/‘Some Candy Talking’/‘Come On’/‘Head On’/‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’/‘All Things Must Pass’/‘Reverence’/‘Sidewalking’/‘Cracking Up’/‘Upside Down’/‘Never Understand’/‘The Hardest Walk’/‘Happy When It Rains’/‘The Perfect Crime’/‘Sometimes Always’/‘Almost Gold’/‘Darklands’/‘45 RPM’/‘Head’
‘Half Way To Crazy’/‘You Trip Me Up’/‘Rollercoaster’/‘Birthday’/‘Happy Place’/‘Something I Can’t Have’/‘I Hate Rock’n’Roll’/‘Tower Of Song’/‘Vegetable Man’/‘In A Hole’/‘Kill Surf City’/‘33⅓’/‘Cherry Came Too’/‘Between Planets’/‘Moe Tucker’/‘Little Stars’/‘God Help Me’/‘New York City’/‘Nine Million Rainy Days’/‘Drop’/‘Black’/‘Psychocandy’
EPS
‘Some Candy Talking’
Released: July 1986
Label: Blanco Y Negro
Peak chart position: UK 13; Ireland 11
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, producer/William Reid – guitar, producer/Douglas Hart – bass/Bobby Gillespie – drums
Additional personnel:
Flood – engineer (‘Some Candy Talking’)/John Loder – engineer (‘Psychocandy’, ‘Hit’, ‘Taste of Cindy’)/Alan Moulder – assistant engineer (‘Some Candy Talking’)/Phil Ward-Large – producer (‘Cut Dead (Acoustic)’, ‘Psychocandy (Acoustic)’, ‘You Trip Me Up (Acoustic)’, ‘Some Candy Talking (Acoustic)’)
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Some Candy Talking’/‘Psychocandy’/‘Hit’
2×7-inch:
‘Some Candy Talking’/‘Psychocandy’/‘Hit’/‘Cut Dead (Acoustic)’/‘Psychocandy (Acoustic)’/‘You Trip Me Up (Acoustic)’/‘Some Candy Talking (Acoustic)’
12-inch:
‘Some Candy Talking’/‘Taste Of Cindy’/‘Hit’/‘Psychocandy’
Released: August 1987
Label: Blanco Y Negro
Peak chart position: UK 25; Ireland 25
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar/William Reid – guitar, producer
Additional personnel:
Bill Price – producer (‘Happy When It Rains’)/John Loder – producer (‘Shake’, ‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’), backing vocals (‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’)/Linda Reid – design/Helen Backhouse – design
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’
7-inch limited box with postcards:
‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’/‘Shake’
10-inch:
‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Shake’/‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’/‘Happy When It Rains (Demo)’
12-inch:
‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Shake’/‘Happy Place’/‘F-Hole’
‘Darklands’
Released: October 1987
Label: Blanco Y Negro
Peak chart position: UK 33; Ireland 23
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar/William Reid – vocals, guitar, producer
Bill Price – producer (‘Darklands’)/John Loder – producer (‘Rider’, ‘Here It Comes Again’)/Linda Reid – design/Helen Backhouse – design
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Darklands’/‘Rider’/‘On The Wall (Portastudio Demo)’
10-inch:
‘Darklands’/‘Rider’/‘Here It Comes Again’/‘On The Wall (Portastudio Demo)’
12-inch:
‘Darklands’/‘Rider’/‘Surfin’ USA’ (Chuck Berry/Brian Wilson)/‘On The Wall (Portastudio Demo)’
‘Rollercoaster’
Released: September 1990
Label: Blanco Y Negro
Peak chart position: UK 46; Ireland 25
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, producer/William Reid – guitar, producer, engineer (track 4)
Additional personnel:
Flood – engineer (tracks 1–3)/Ian Cooper – mastering
Track listing, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette:
‘Rollercoaster’/‘Silverblade’/‘Lowlife’/‘Tower Of Song’ (Leonard Cohen)
‘The Peel Sessions’
Released: September 1991
Label: Strange Fruit
Peak chart position: did not chart
Personnel:
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Dale ‘Buffin’ Griffin – producer (tracks 1–3)/Mike Engels – engineer (tracks 1–3)/Dave Dade – producer (tracks 4–6)/Simon Clifford – engineer (tracks 4–6)/Don Walker – mastering
Track listing, 12-inch and CD:
‘Inside Me’/‘The Living End’/‘Just Like Honey’/‘Fall’/‘Happy Place’/‘In The Rain (About You)’
Tracks 1–3 recorded 3 February 1985
Tracks 4–5 recorded 25 November 1986
‘Sound Of Speed’
Released: July 1993
Label: Blanco Y Negro
Peak chart position: UK 30; Ireland did not chart
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, producer/William Reid – vocal, guitar, producer
Additional personnel
Dick Meaney – engineer
Track listing, 7-inch, 10-inch and CD:
‘Snakedriver’/‘Something I Can’t Have’/‘Write Record Release Blues’/‘Little Red Rooster’ (Willie Dixon)
SINGLES
‘Upside Down’
(non-album single) (Jim Reid/William Reid)
Released: November 1984
Label: Creation Records
Peak chart position: did not chart
Jim Reid – vocals, producer/William Reid – guitar, producer/Douglas Hart – bass/Murray Dalglish – drums
Additional personnel:
Alan McGee – producer (track 1)/Joe Foster – producer (track 2)/Pat Collier – engineer
B-side: ‘Vegetable Man’ (Syd Barrett)
‘Never Understand’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
From Psychocandy
Released: February 1985
Label: Blanco Y Negro
Peak chart position: UK 47
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, producer/William Reid – guitar, producer/Douglas Hart – bass, producer/Bobby Gillespie – drums, producer
John Loder – engineer
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Never Understand’/‘Suck’
12-inch:
‘Never Understand’/‘Suck’/‘Ambition’ (Vic Godard)
‘You Trip Me Up’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
From Psychocandy
Released: May 1985
Label: Blanco Y Negro
Peak chart position: UK 55
Jim Reid – vocals, producer/William Reid – guitar, producer/Douglas Hart – bass, producer/Bobby Gillespie – drums, producer
Additional personnel:
John Loder – engineer/Pat Collier – mixing
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘You Trip Me Up’/‘Just Out of Reach’
12-inch:
‘You Trip Me Up’/‘Just Out Of Reach’/‘Boyfriend’s Dead’
‘Just Like Honey’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
From Psychocandy
Released: September 1985
Label: Blanco Y Negro
Peak chart position: UK 45
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, producer/William Reid – guitar, producer/Douglas Hart – bass, producer/Bobby Gillespie – drums, producer
Additional personnel:
Karen Parker – backing vocals/John Loder – engineer
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Just Like Honey’/‘Head’
2 x 7-inch gatefold:
‘Just Like Honey’/‘Head’/‘Inside Me’/‘Just Like Honey (Demo)’
12-inch:
‘Just Like Honey’/‘Head’/‘Cracked’/‘Just Like Honey (Demo)’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
From Darklands
Released: April 1987
Peak chart position: UK 8; Ireland 6
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar/William Reid – guitar, producer
Additional personnel:
Bill Price – producer (track 1)/John Loder – producer (tracks 2–4)/Linda Reid – design/Helen Backhouse – design
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘April Skies’/‘Kill Surf City’
2 x 7-inch gatefold:
‘April Skies’/‘Kill Surf City’/‘Mushroom (Live)’ (Can [band])/‘Bo Diddley Is Jesus’
12-inch:
‘April Skies’/‘Kill Surf City’/‘Who Do You Love?’ (Bo Diddley)
‘Happy When It Rains’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
From Darklands
Released: August 1987
Peak chart position: UK 25; Ireland 15
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar/William Reid – guitar, producer
Additional personnel:
Bill Price – producer (‘Happy When It Rains’)/John Loder – producer (‘Shake’, ‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’), backing vocals (‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’)/Linda Reid – design/Helen Backhouse – design
‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’
7-inch limited box with postcards:
‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’/‘Shake’
10-inch, ‘Happy When It Rains E.P.’:
‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Shake’/‘Everything’s Alright When You’re Down’/‘Happy When It Rains (Demo)’
12-inch:
‘Happy When It Rains’/‘Shake’/‘Happy Place’/‘F-Hole’
‘Darklands’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
From Darklands
Released: October 1987
Peak chart position: UK 33; Ireland 23
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar/William Reid – vocals, guitar, producer
Additional personnel:
Bill Price – producer (‘Darklands’)/John Loder – producer (‘Rider’, ‘Here It Comes Again’)/Linda Reid – design/Helen Backhouse – design
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Darklands’/‘Rider’/‘On The Wall (Portastudio Demo)’
10-inch and CD single, ‘Darklands E.P.’:
‘Darklands’/‘Rider’/‘Here It Comes Again’/‘On The Wall (Portastudio Demo)’
12-inch:
‘Darklands’/‘Rider’/‘Surfin’ U.S.A.’ (Chuck Berry/Brian Wilson)/‘On The Wall (Portastudio Demo)’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
Released: March 1988
Peak chart position: UK 30; Ireland 20
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, producer/William Reid – guitar, producer
Additional personnel:
John Loder – producer/Westwood One – engineer (live tracks)/Helen Backhouse – design/Andrew Catlin – photography
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Sidewalking’/‘Taste Of Cindy (Live)’
12-inch:
‘Sidewalking (Extended)’/‘Sidewalking (Short)’/‘Taste Of Cindy (Recorded Live in Detroit)’/‘April Skies (Recorded Live in Detroit)’
CD:
‘Sidewalking (Short)’/‘Sidewalking (Extended)’/‘Taste Of Cindy (Recorded Live in Detroit)’/‘Sidewalking (Chilled To The Bone)’
‘Blues From A Gun’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
From Automatic
Released: September 1989
Peak chart position: UK 32; Ireland 15; US Modern Rock Tracks 1
Personnel:
Jim Reid – guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, producer/William Reid – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, producer
Additional personnel:
Alan Moulder – engineer (track 1)/Andrew Catlin – photography
‘Blues From A Gun’/‘Shimmer’
10-inch gatefold:
‘Blues From A Gun’/‘Shimmer’/‘Penetration’/‘Break Me Down’
12-inch:
‘Blues From A Gun’/‘Shimmer’/‘Penetration’/‘Subway’
CD:
‘Blues From A Gun’/‘Shimmer’/‘Penetration’/‘My Girl’ (Smokey Robinson/Ronald White)
‘Head On’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
From Automatic
Released: November 1990 in seven different formats over a period of weeks, one of which included a box to contain the full set.
Peak chart position: UK 57; US Modern Rock Tracks 2
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, producer/William Reid – guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, producer
Additional personnel:
Alan Moulder – engineer (‘Head On’, ‘Drop’)
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Head On’/‘In The Black’
7-inch:
‘Head On’/‘Terminal Beach’
7-inch:
‘Head On’/‘Deviant Slice’
‘Head On’/‘I’m Glad I Never’ (Lee Hazlewood)
12-inch:
‘Head On’/‘In The Black’/‘Terminal Beach’
CD:
‘Head On’/‘In The Black’/‘Drop (Acoustic Remix)’/‘Break Me Down’
Cassette:
‘Head On’/‘In The Black’
‘Reverence’
(Jim Reid, William Reid)
From Honey’s Dead
Released: February 1992
Peak chart position: UK 10
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, producer/William Reid – guitar, producer
Additional personnel:
Alan Moulder – engineering (‘Reverence’, ‘Guitarman’)/Dick Meaney – engineering (‘Heat’)/Anjali Dutt – engineering (‘Reverence (Radio Mix)’)/Al Jourgensen – remixing (‘Reverence (Al Jourgensen Mix)’)/Mark Stent – remixing (‘Reverence (Mark Stent Mix)’)
Track listing, 7-inch and cassette:
‘Reverence’/‘Heat’
12-inch and CD single:
‘Reverence’/‘Heat’/‘Reverence (Radio Mix)’/‘Guitarman’ (Jerry Reed/Hubbard)
Def American CD single:
‘Reverence (Album Version)’/‘Reverence (Jim and William Reid Mix)’/‘Reverence (Al Jourgensen Mix)’/‘Reverence (Mark Stent Mix)’/‘Guitarman’ (Jerry Reed/Hubbard)
‘Far Gone And Out’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
From Honey’s Dead
Released: April 1992
Peak chart position: UK 23; US Modern Rock Tracks 3
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, producer/William Reid – guitar, producer
Additional personnel:
Alan Moulder – engineering (‘Far Gone And Out’)/Dick Meaney – engineering (‘Sometimes’, ‘Why’d You Want Me?’)/Al Jourgensen – remixing (‘Reverence (Al Jourgensen Mix)’)/George Drakoulias – remixing (‘Far Gone And Out (Arc Weld Mix)’)
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Far Gone And Out’/‘Why’d You Want Me?’
12-inch:
‘Far Gone And Out’/‘Sometimes’/‘Why’d You Want Me?’
12-inch box with insert and postcards:
‘Far Gone And Out’/‘Reverence (Al Jourgensen Mix)’/‘Sometimes’/‘Why’d You Want Me?’
CD-s holographic disc:
‘Far Gone And Out’/‘Far Gone And Out (Arc Weld Mix)’/‘Sometimes’/‘Why’d You Want Me?’
‘Almost Gold’
(Jim Reid/William Reid)
From Honey’s Dead
Released: June 1992
Peak chart position: UK 41; US Modern Rock Tracks 13
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, producer/William Reid – vocals, guitar, producer
Additional personnel:
Alan Moulder – engineer (‘Almost Gold’)/Georg Kaleve – engineer (‘Teenage Lust (Acoustic Version)’)/Dick Meaney – engineer (‘Don’t Come Down’)/Mark Radcliffe – producer (live tracks)/Greg Jakobek – design
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Almost Gold’/‘Teenage Lust (Acoustic Version)’
10-inch:
‘Almost Gold’/‘Catchfire (Live)’/‘Blues From A Gun (Live)’/‘Head On (Live)’
12-inch and CD-s:
‘Almost Gold’/‘Teenage Lust (Acoustic Version)’/‘Reverberation (Doubt)’ (Roky Erickson/Tommy Hall/Stacy Sutherland)/‘Don’t Come Down’
Live tracks recorded by the BBC at the Sheffield Arena on 14 May 1992.
‘Sometimes Always’
(William Reid)
From Stoned & Dethroned
Released: July 1994
Peak chart position: UK 22; US Hot 100 96; US Modern Rock Tracks 4
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, producer/William Reid – guitar, producer
Additional personnel
Hope Sandoval – vocals/Dick Meaney – engineer
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Sometimes Always’ (William Reid)/‘The Perfect Crime’ (Jim Reid)
‘Sometimes Always’ (William Reid)/‘The Perfect Crime’ (Jim Reid)/‘Little Stars’ (William Reid)/‘Drop Re-Recorded’ (William Reid)
‘Come On’
(Jim Reid)
From Stoned & Dethroned
Released: October 1994
Peak chart position: UK 52
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, production/William Reid – guitar, production
Additional personnel:
Dick Meaney – engineer/Nick Addison – engineer (‘I’m In With The Out Crowd’)
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Come On’/‘I’m In With The Out Crowd’
12-inch and CD:
‘Come On’/‘New York City’ (William Reid)/‘Taking It Away’ (Ben Lurie)/‘I’m In With The Out Crowd’
CD:
‘Come On’/‘Ghost Of A Smile’ (Shane MacGowan)/‘Alphabet Street’ (Prince)/‘A New Kind Of Kick (Live)’ (Lux Interior/Ivy Rorschach)
Live track recorded at UC San Diego, California, USA, on 11 November 1992.
‘I Hate Rock’n’Roll’
(William Reid)
From I Hate Rock’n’Roll
Released: May 1995
Peak chart position: UK 61
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, production/William Reid – guitar, production/Ben Lurie – bass, guitar/Nick Sanderson – drums
Additional personnel:
Dick Meaney – engineer
Track listing, numbered 10-inch and CD:
‘I Hate Rock’n’Roll’ (William Reid)/‘Bleed Me’ (Jim Reid)/‘33⅓’ (Jim Reid)/‘Lost Star’ (William Reid)
‘Cracking Up’
(William Reid)
From Munki
Released: April 1998
Peak chart position: UK 35
Personnel:
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, production/William Reid – guitar, production/Ben Lurie – bass, guitar/Nick Sanderson – drums
Additional personnel:
Dick Meaney – engineer
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘Cracking Up’/‘Rocket’ (Ben Lurie)
CD:
‘Cracking Up’/‘Hide Myself’ (Jim Reid)/‘Rocket’ (Lurie)/‘Commercial’
‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’
(Jim Reid)
From Munki
Released: May 1998
Peak chart position: UK 38
Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, production/William Reid – guitar, production/Ben Lurie – bass, guitar/Nick Sanderson – drums
Additional personnel:
Dick Meaney – engineer
Track listing, 7-inch:
‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’/‘Nineteen666’ (Dick Meaney/William Reid)
CD:
‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’/‘Easylife, Easylove’/‘40,000K’/‘Nineteen666’
VIDEO ALBUMS
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Released 1988
Label: Warner Music Vision
Videos: 198–1989
Released: 1990