The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (Deluxe Edition) (2011)
BAND/ARTIST: The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Title: Darklands
- Year Of Release: 2011
- Label: Edsel Records / Rhino Records
- Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Punk
- Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log artwork)
- Total Time: 2:17:43
- Total Size: 1.01 Gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
Disc 1
Darklands
01. Darklands (5:29)
02. Deep One Perfect Morning (2:44)
03. Happy When It Rains (3:37)
04. Down On Me (2:37)
05. Nine Million Rainy Days (4:31)
06. April Skies (4:01)
07. Fall (2:30)
08. Cherry Came Too (3:06)
09. On The Wall (5:05)
10. About You (2:35)
Some Candy Talking EP
11. Some Candy Talking (3:18)
12. Taste Of Cindy (Acoustic Version) (2:00)
13. Psychocandy (2:54)
14. Hit (3:29)
BBC Radio Sessions
15. Darklands (BBC Janice Long Session 23rd Nov 1986) (4:40)
16. Down On Me (BBC Janice Long Session 23rd Nov 1986) (2:29)
17. Deep One Perfect Morning (BBC Janice Long Session 23rd Nov 1986) (2:37)
18. Fall (BBC John Peel Session 25th Nov 1986) (3:11)
19. In The Rain (BBC John Peel Session 25th Nov 1986) (2:28)
20. Happy Place (BBC John Peel Session 25th Nov 1986) (2:24)
Disc 2
B-Sides
01. Kill Surf City (April Skies B-Side) (3:12)
02. Bo Diddley Is Jesus (April Skies B-Side) (3:17)
03. Who Do You Love (April Skies B-Side) (4:05)
04. Everything's Alright When You're Down (Happy When It Rains B-Side) (2:39)
05. Shake (Happy When It Rains B-Side) (2:01)
06. Happy When It Rains (Demo) (Happy When It Rains B-Side) (3:46)
07. Happy Place (Happy When It Rains B-Side) (2:24)
08. F-Hole (Happy When It Rains B-Side) (1:07)
09. Rider (Darklands B-Side) (2:12)
10. On The Wall (Demo) (Darklands B-Side) (3:41)
11. Surfin' USA (April Outtake) (Darklands B-Side) (2:58)
12. Here It Comes Again (Darklands B-Side) (2:32)
Outtakes
13. Walk And Crawl (2:24)
14. Some Candy Talking (NME Version) (3:10)
15. Mushroom (Live) (3:19)
16. The Hardest Walk (Some Kind Of Wonderful OST) (3:12)
17. Don't Ever Change (3:32)
18. Swing (Outtake) (2:25)
19. Darklands (with Strings) (Outtake) (5:27)
20. Janice Long Interview 28th April 1987 (14:36)
Disc 1
Darklands
01. Darklands (5:29)
02. Deep One Perfect Morning (2:44)
03. Happy When It Rains (3:37)
04. Down On Me (2:37)
05. Nine Million Rainy Days (4:31)
06. April Skies (4:01)
07. Fall (2:30)
08. Cherry Came Too (3:06)
09. On The Wall (5:05)
10. About You (2:35)
Some Candy Talking EP
11. Some Candy Talking (3:18)
12. Taste Of Cindy (Acoustic Version) (2:00)
13. Psychocandy (2:54)
14. Hit (3:29)
BBC Radio Sessions
15. Darklands (BBC Janice Long Session 23rd Nov 1986) (4:40)
16. Down On Me (BBC Janice Long Session 23rd Nov 1986) (2:29)
17. Deep One Perfect Morning (BBC Janice Long Session 23rd Nov 1986) (2:37)
18. Fall (BBC John Peel Session 25th Nov 1986) (3:11)
19. In The Rain (BBC John Peel Session 25th Nov 1986) (2:28)
20. Happy Place (BBC John Peel Session 25th Nov 1986) (2:24)
Disc 2
B-Sides
01. Kill Surf City (April Skies B-Side) (3:12)
02. Bo Diddley Is Jesus (April Skies B-Side) (3:17)
03. Who Do You Love (April Skies B-Side) (4:05)
04. Everything's Alright When You're Down (Happy When It Rains B-Side) (2:39)
05. Shake (Happy When It Rains B-Side) (2:01)
06. Happy When It Rains (Demo) (Happy When It Rains B-Side) (3:46)
07. Happy Place (Happy When It Rains B-Side) (2:24)
08. F-Hole (Happy When It Rains B-Side) (1:07)
09. Rider (Darklands B-Side) (2:12)
10. On The Wall (Demo) (Darklands B-Side) (3:41)
11. Surfin' USA (April Outtake) (Darklands B-Side) (2:58)
12. Here It Comes Again (Darklands B-Side) (2:32)
Outtakes
13. Walk And Crawl (2:24)
14. Some Candy Talking (NME Version) (3:10)
15. Mushroom (Live) (3:19)
16. The Hardest Walk (Some Kind Of Wonderful OST) (3:12)
17. Don't Ever Change (3:32)
18. Swing (Outtake) (2:25)
19. Darklands (with Strings) (Outtake) (5:27)
20. Janice Long Interview 28th April 1987 (14:36)
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.
Rock | Alternative | Punk | Indie | FLAC / APE | CD-Rip
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