- alternative rock
- 43 min
- 12 tracks
- Warner Music UK
Automatic is the third studio album by Scottish alternative rock band the Jesus and Mary Chain, released on 9 October 1989 by Blanco y Negro Records. The group on this record consists of the core duo of brothers William and Jim Reid, with a drum machine providing percussion and synthesised bass.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Los Angeles Times4/5 ★
- Mojo2/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.8/10
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Select5/5
- The Village VoiceB−
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Tracks
- 1Here Comes Alice3:53
- 2Coast to Coast4:13
- 3Blues From a Gun4:44
- 4Between Planets3:27
- 5UV Ray4:06
- 6Her Way of Praying3:46
- 7Head On4:11
- 8Take It4:34
- 9Halfway to Crazy3:40
- 10Gimme Hell3:19
- 11Drop1:58
- 12Sunray1:34
12 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Label
- Warner Music UK
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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