Product Description

A love of classic pop songs and sonic terrorism conspire onthis euphoric collection. Fuzz guitar, distortion and feedback drench almost every track, but beneath this assertive noise lies a gift for melody inspired by the Beach Boys and girl-group genre. The contrast is beguiling and if the constituent parts are not original, the audacity of such a combination is. Understated voices and nihilistic lyrics belie the intensity forged within. Created by passionate adherents of pop culture, PSYCHOCANDY is one of the 1980s' landmark releases, inspiring some to follow a similar course, while others took similar influences to forge a quite different perspective.

Track Listing

1. Just Like Honey
2. Living End
3. Taste The Floor
4. Hardest Walk
5. Cut Dead
6. In A Hole
7. Taste Of Cindy
8. Never Understand
9. It's So Hard
10. Inside Me
11. Sowing Seeds
12. My Little Underground
13. You Trip Me Up
14. Something's Wrong

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #64568 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-01
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
About a decade after its release, William Reid of the Mary Chain described Psychocandy as "one of the greatest records ever made". The remark is indicative of a) William Reid's chronic immodesty where his band are concerned and b) the unarguable truth. Every indie guitar group since that has tried to either lend portent to a sweet melody by drenching it in feedback or render a messy guitar wipe-out palatable by stringing a semblance of a tune through it--and that's all of them--got the idea from Psychocandy. Given that it has been reinvented, borrowed from and downright burgled continuously since its release, it is further testament to Psychocandy that it still sounds so fresh in its own right. William and Jim Reid displayed from the off an innate understanding of how best to balance their acute melodic sense with the racket that emerged from their guitar amplifiers. "Some Candy Talking" and "Just Like Honey" are just two of the tracks which, it seems reasonable to believe, would have drawn applause from both Brian Wilson and John Cage. --Andrew Mueller

Customer Reviews

A TRUE CLASSIC!!!! NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY!!!
Some reviewers might not get this album and think, what's all the hype about!?.....it's overrated!!!

If you were not in your teens while this album came out...then you'll never understand it. This is not an album for the ears or the intellect. It's an album from the heart to the heart. It's all about feeling...as great music or any art form should be.

Influential, yes, everybody should know that The Jesus and Mary Chain were the godfathers of Indie, Britpop.

The Jesus and Mary Chain are all about simplicity, feeling and attitude. The magic of the 3 chord formula. The use of Classic guitar models & sound.

Just Like Honey...this song get's under your skin everytime.

Thank you JIM and WILLIAM.....thank you!

A must have for all music lovers...simply a timeless and classic album!

a teeny tiny bit overrated?
I mean its good , there are some truly great tunes in here but its not as amazing as people make out....its yr typical indie band with massive amounts of feedback ...i mean it sounds too much like Velevet Underground....
Good cd all in all ....

what has happened to this album
bought this album on day of release in 1985 as a 14 year old just gettin over being into queen and wham.heard never understand and thought what the hell have i been missing .totally changed my listening habits forever.no record before(and none since)has affected me so dramatically.every song on this album is a classic pop song,some are hidden behind layers of feedback ,others such as just like honey,and taste of cindy are perfect pop tunes.it influenced so many bands since from the brilliant(my bloody valentine)to the awful(black rebel motorcycle club).i stopped listening to this album about 15 years ago cos i had played it almost every day for 5 years.listened to it again last week for 1st time since,still had that same adrenalin rush like when i was a (very)spotty teen.the main point of this review though is ,at the end of the 80s nme did a poll to find the best and most influential album of the decade and psychocandy won ,yet when there is a reader/viewer top 100 poll psychocandy doesnt make the list,how can an album as great as this be so totally overlooked.its as tuneful as the stone roses,and as influential as ok computer ,which seem to dominate the lists now.people should go and listen to this album and give the jesus and mary chain the credit they deserve