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Again working with Alan Moulder but now also using a live drummer on most tracks -- namely Monti from Curve, one of the Mary Chain's many descendants -- the Reids came back strong with Honey's Dead, on balance a more consistent and satisfying record than Automatic. There's a sense of greater creativity with the arrangements, while the balance between blasting static rampage and precise, almost clinical delivery is the finest yet, making the album as a whole the best straight-through listen since Psychocandy. Monti's drumming finally replaces Bobby Gillespie's properly; he's a much more talented musician than the Primal Scream overlord, using the warped funk hits familiar from Curve's work to the Mary Chain's advantage. Even the drum machine-driven cuts work better than before, especially the brilliant, coruscating opener, "Reverence." Burning with some of the best nails-on-chalkboard feedback the band had yet recorded, combined with a whipsmart sharp breakbeat, all it took was the finishing touch of Jim Reid's sneering lines like "I wanna die like Jesus Christ" to make it another stone-cold classic single from the band. Other winners include "Sugar Ray," with beats and melody so immediate and addictive the track was actually used for a beer commercial, of all things, and the steady slap and crunch of "Good for My Soul." If there's a danger in Honey's Dead, it's that the near bottomless pit of reworked melodies and lyrics had almost reached its end -- even the final track, "Frequency," combines both "Reverence" itself with the Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner" -- which made the stylistic shift on Stoned & Dethroned a logical follow-up. William and Jim Reid split all the vocals almost evenly, the former especially shining on the nearly gentle "Almost Gold," the closest the record comes to a sweet ballad.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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William Reid, Composer, Producer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Monti, Drums - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Monti, Drums - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer, Performance - ALAN MOULDER, Engineer - John Reid, Writer, Performance - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Monti, Drums
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer, Performance - ALAN MOULDER, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Monti, Drums - Jim Reid, Writer, Performance
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer, Performance - ALAN MOULDER, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer, Performance
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer, Performance - ALAN MOULDER, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer, Performance
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer - Flood, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Monti, Drums - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer, Performance - ALAN MOULDER, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer, Performance
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music Ltd
William Reid, Writer, Performance - ALAN MOULDER, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Monti, Drums - Jim Reid, Writer, Performance
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music Ltd
William Reid, Writer, Performance - ALAN MOULDER, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer, Performance
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1990 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1990 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1990 Warner Music UK Ltd
Leonard Cohen, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1990 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Composer, Producer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Composer, Producer - Anjali Dutt, Engineer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
Jerry Reed Hubbard, Composer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
Erickson, Composer - Stacy Sutherland, Writer - Tommy Hall, Writer - Hall, Composer - Roky Erickson, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Sutherland, Composer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Writer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
William Reid, Producer, Writer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, Engineer - The Jesus And Mary Chain, MainArtist - Jim Reid, Producer, Writer
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
Album review
Again working with Alan Moulder but now also using a live drummer on most tracks -- namely Monti from Curve, one of the Mary Chain's many descendants -- the Reids came back strong with Honey's Dead, on balance a more consistent and satisfying record than Automatic. There's a sense of greater creativity with the arrangements, while the balance between blasting static rampage and precise, almost clinical delivery is the finest yet, making the album as a whole the best straight-through listen since Psychocandy. Monti's drumming finally replaces Bobby Gillespie's properly; he's a much more talented musician than the Primal Scream overlord, using the warped funk hits familiar from Curve's work to the Mary Chain's advantage. Even the drum machine-driven cuts work better than before, especially the brilliant, coruscating opener, "Reverence." Burning with some of the best nails-on-chalkboard feedback the band had yet recorded, combined with a whipsmart sharp breakbeat, all it took was the finishing touch of Jim Reid's sneering lines like "I wanna die like Jesus Christ" to make it another stone-cold classic single from the band. Other winners include "Sugar Ray," with beats and melody so immediate and addictive the track was actually used for a beer commercial, of all things, and the steady slap and crunch of "Good for My Soul." If there's a danger in Honey's Dead, it's that the near bottomless pit of reworked melodies and lyrics had almost reached its end -- even the final track, "Frequency," combines both "Reverence" itself with the Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner" -- which made the stylistic shift on Stoned & Dethroned a logical follow-up. William and Jim Reid split all the vocals almost evenly, the former especially shining on the nearly gentle "Almost Gold," the closest the record comes to a sweet ballad.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:36:47
- Main artists: The Jesus And Mary Chain
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2006 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd., except 13-16, 21&25 (P) 1990.
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