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Psychocandy is the debut studio album by Scottish shoegaze band The Jesus and Mary Chain. It was released in November 1985 on Blanco y Negro Records. The album is considered a landmark recording: its combination of guitar feedback with traditional pop song structures proved influential on the forthcoming shoegazing genre and alternative rock in general. The band moved from its abrasive sound with the release of their second album, 1987's Darklands.
After quitting their jobs in 1980, brothers Jim and William Reid formed The Jesus and Mary Chain with bass player Douglas Hart. Taking inspiration from German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, girl group the Shangri-Las and The Velvet Underground & Nico, they bought a Portastudio in 1983 when their father lost his job in a local factory and gave the brothers £300 from his redundancy money. The band recorded a demo tape containing the songs "Upside Down" and "Never Understand" which was heard by Glaswegian musician Bobby Gillespie, who in turn passed it on to his friend Alan McGee of Creation Records. McGee was impressed with the tape and invited the band to play at a Creation Records showcase event in London, becoming the band's manager shortly afterwards.
Following more London concerts, the Jesus and Mary Chain entered Alaska Studios in Waterloo and recorded their debut single, "Upside Down". Released by Creation Records in November 1984 and featuring a B-side produced by Slaughter Joe, Upside Down sold out its initial pressing and ended the year by being placed at number 37 in John Peel's Festive Fifty. After recruiting Gillespie as their drummer in late 1984, the Jesus and Mary Chain signed to the WEA subsidiary label Blanco y Negro, which had been established by Rough Trade founder Geoff Travis The band entered Island Studios to record with engineer Stephen Street but the sessions proved to be fruitless and the band returned to Alaska Studios for the recording of their second single, "Never Understand". The single was released by Blanco y Negro in February 1985, and in March that year they began recording their debut album with engineer John Loder at Southern Studios in Wood Green, North London. Psychocandy was recorded in six weeks and totalled £17,000 in recording and production costs.
1 - Just Like Honey
2 - The Living End
3 - Taste The Floor
4 - The Hardest Walk
5 - Cut Dead
6 - In A Hole
7 - Taste Of Cindy
8 - Some Candy Talking
9 - Never Understand
10 - Inside Me
11 - Sowing Seeds
12 - My Little Underground
13 - You Trip Me Up
14 - Something's Wrong
15 - It's So Hard
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01 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey.mp3
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02 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Living End.mp3
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03 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Taste the Floor.mp3
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04 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Hardest Walk.mp3
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05 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Cut Dead.mp3
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06 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - In a Hole.mp3
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07 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Taste of Cindy.mp3
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08 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Some Candy Talking.mp3
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09 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand.mp3
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10 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Inside Me.mp3
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11 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Sowing Seeds.mp3
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12 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - My Little Underground.mp3
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13 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up.mp3
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14 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Something's Wrong.mp3