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Feeling no doubt burdened by the various claims of being the new Sex Pistols, and likely fed up with accusations that the walls of feedback were their own trick, the Reid brothers underwent a bit of a rethink with Darklands. The end result must have fallen squarely between two camps -- hardly eligible for sunny commercial airplay, not quite as flailing as the earliest efforts -- but, from a distance, this is an appealing, enjoyable record. Songs were often longer while the album itself was shorter than Psychocandy, walls of sound were often stripped away in favor of calmer classic rock twang and groove, while William Reid took the lead vocal at points, showing he had a slightly sweeter, wistful tone in comparison to his brother. However, the changes on Darklands can be overstated -- the basic formula at the heart of the band (inspired plagiarism of melodies and lyrics alike, plenty of reverb, etc.) stayed pretty much the same, even if the mixes were cleaned up -- compare "Down on Me" to any Psychocandy cut for a good example of the difference. The use of drum machines in place of Bobby Gillespie's rumble tended to enforce the newer focus, but at the album's best, such a seeming dichotomy didn't cause too much worry. "April Skies" made for a great single, while the soaring-in-spite-of-itself "Happy When It Rains" was another winner, one that Garbage more or less made its own some years later for its own similarly titled hit. William's singing turns made for other highlights as well, notably "Nine Million Rainy Days," the overt misery of the title suiting the dark crawl of the song, and the lengthy lament "On the Wall." Darklands is no Psychocandy in the end -- nothing the band released later ever was -- but it's still a good listen.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - Reid, Composer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer - John Loder, Engineer - E. Mcdaniels, Composer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - Reid, Composer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer - Brian Wilson, Composer - Chuck Berry, Composer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer - Suzuki, Composer - Schmidt, Composer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer - John Loder, Engineer - Caroli, Composer - Liebezeit, Composer - Schuring, Composer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - John Loder, Producer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1988 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1998 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer - John Loder, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd
Album review
Feeling no doubt burdened by the various claims of being the new Sex Pistols, and likely fed up with accusations that the walls of feedback were their own trick, the Reid brothers underwent a bit of a rethink with Darklands. The end result must have fallen squarely between two camps -- hardly eligible for sunny commercial airplay, not quite as flailing as the earliest efforts -- but, from a distance, this is an appealing, enjoyable record. Songs were often longer while the album itself was shorter than Psychocandy, walls of sound were often stripped away in favor of calmer classic rock twang and groove, while William Reid took the lead vocal at points, showing he had a slightly sweeter, wistful tone in comparison to his brother. However, the changes on Darklands can be overstated -- the basic formula at the heart of the band (inspired plagiarism of melodies and lyrics alike, plenty of reverb, etc.) stayed pretty much the same, even if the mixes were cleaned up -- compare "Down on Me" to any Psychocandy cut for a good example of the difference. The use of drum machines in place of Bobby Gillespie's rumble tended to enforce the newer focus, but at the album's best, such a seeming dichotomy didn't cause too much worry. "April Skies" made for a great single, while the soaring-in-spite-of-itself "Happy When It Rains" was another winner, one that Garbage more or less made its own some years later for its own similarly titled hit. William's singing turns made for other highlights as well, notably "Nine Million Rainy Days," the overt misery of the title suiting the dark crawl of the song, and the lengthy lament "On the Wall." Darklands is no Psychocandy in the end -- nothing the band released later ever was -- but it's still a good listen.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 33 track(s)
- Total length: 01:43:55
- Main artists: The Jesus And Mary Chain
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Ltd, except 11&14 (P)1986; 27 (P) 2008; 28 (P) 1986; 29,31,32 (P) 1988; 33 (P) 2011
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