rock, noise pop, post-punk 42 min 15 tracks Blanco y Negro Records
Psychocandy is the debut studio album by Scottish rock band the Jesus and Mary Chain. It was released on 18 November 1985 by Blanco y Negro Records. The album is considered a landmark recording: its combination of guitar feedback and noise with traditional pop melody and structure proved influential on the forthcoming shoegaze genre and alternative rock in general.
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Character-led, grave, spare and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Mojo5/5 ★
- Pitchfork9.6/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Record Collector5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Select5/5
- Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1Just Like Honey3:03
- 2The Living End2:17
- 3Taste the Floor2:57
- 4The Hardest Walk2:40
- 5Cut Dead2:47
- 6In a Hole3:02
- 7Taste of Cindy1:42
- 8Some Candy Talking3:19
- 9Never Understand2:58
- 10Inside Me3:10
- 11Sowing Seeds2:51
- 12My Little Underground2:31
- 13You Trip Me Up2:26
- 14Something’s Wrong4:02
- 15It’s So Hard2:37
15 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Label
- Blanco y Negro Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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