- Honey's Dead
Infobox Album | Name = Honey's Dead
Type =Album
Artist =The Jesus and Mary Chain
Released =March 23 ,1992
Recorded = 1990-1991
Genre = Alternative
Length = 42:22
Label =Blanco y Negro Def American
Producer =William Reid Jim Reid
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:egu06j6h7190 link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/37601/The_Jesus_and_Mary_Chain_Psychocandy_Darklands_Automatic_Honeys_Dead link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/241049/thejesusandmarychain?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1 RS 630]
Last album = "Automatic"
(1989)
This album = "Honey's Dead"
(1992)
Next album = "The Sound of Speed "
(1993)
Released in 1992, "Honey's Dead" is the fourth studio album by the Scottish rock groupThe Jesus and Mary Chain onBlanco y Negro Records . The title refers to one of the band's early hits, "Just Like Honey", and is intended to demonstrate a complete departure from their earlier musical style.The album's first single, "Reverence", attracted some controversy for the lyrics "I want to die just like
Jesus Christ ", and "I want to die just like JFK". Banned byTop of the Pops , the track received airplay in the United States on the alternative radio stations."Honey's Dead" was recorded in the band's London studio, the aptly named "Drugstore", with accomplished engineer Flood and future JaMC producer
Alan Moulder on board (not to mention a considerably larger bankroll).Alternative and
Campus radio stations picked up "Far Gone and Out" which remains one of the band's most popular singles to date. The Mary Chain shared the bill during parts ofLollapalooza 1992 in the U.S. withPearl Jam ,Soundgarden , Ministry,Lush ,Ice Cube and theRed Hot Chili Peppers .Anheuser Busch even used the samples of "Sugar Ray" as a background bed for their Bud Ice television commercials in 1993.The album posts a close second in sales to (1994) release "
Stoned & Dethroned " (which contains the hit single "Sometimes Always" withHope Sandoval ofMazzy Star ). The Reid Brothers alternate between singing duties on tracks (most likely coinciding with songwriting duties).Track listing
#"
Reverence "
#"Teenage Lust"
#"Far Gone and Out"
#"Almost Gold"
#"Sugar Ray"
#"Tumbledown"
#"Catchfire"
#"Good for My Soul"
#"Rollercoaster" (new version of song originally issued on an EP in 1990)
#"I Can't Get Enough"
#"Sundown"
#"Frequency"Band Members
*William Reid: guitar, vocals on tracks 4, 7, 10, 11, and 12
*Jim Reid : guitar, vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9
*Steve Monti : drums, percussionAll tracks by Reid/Reid. Produced by William Reid/Jim Reid. Engineered and mixed by
Alan Moulder , except for "Rollercoaster" (engineered by Flood, mixed by Alan Moulder).Trivia
The track "Tumbledown" contains a sample of
Einstürzende Neubauten 's "Tanz Debil" (Kollaps , 1981) starting at 1:25 and lasting for roughly 18 seconds.Although "Rollercoaster" is listed as "copyright 1990" (while the rest of the album is "copyright 1992"), the version here is not the original 1990 EP version. This version features live drums (presumably by Monti) and does not have the echo on William Reid's voice, and is likely a re-recorded version from the album sessions.
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