The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities | ||||
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Box set by | ||||
Released | September 2008 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, noise pop, post-punk | |||
Label |
Blanco Y Negro Rhino | |||
Producer | Mason Williams, Phil Ward-Large, John Loder, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bill Inglot, Stephen Hague, Joe Foster | |||
The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
ChartAttack | [2] |
The Guardian | [3] |
Mojo | [4] |
Paste | 8.7/10 [5] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.5/10 [6] |
PopMatters | [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Uncut | [9] |
The Village Voice | favorable [10] |
The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities is a box set compilation album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released on November 19, 2007. [11]
It consists of material from the Barbed Wire Kisses, The Sound of Speed and The Jesus And Mary Chain Hate Rock 'n' Roll compilations, alongside unreleased tracks and rarities from throughout their career; including early performances, unheard demos, re-mixes, alternate versions of some songs and bootleg recordings.
Matt Collar of Allmusic felt that the collection represented the band in a "more honest portrait"... "than even the studio albums reveal. Often mischaracterized as gloomy, goth rock misanthropes -- only partly true -- JAMC were in truth huge fans of '60s sunshine pop, surf rock, and even hip-hop and aspired to a kind of D.I.Y. Phil Spector Wall of Sound aesthetic that found them substituting Spector's strings and horns with walls of feedbacking guitar." and concluded "Ultimately, The Power of Negative Thinking isn't the whole JAMC story, but it's the whole story behind the scenes and A-side singles, and sometimes the B-sides. Even better." [12]
Aaron Brophy of Chart Attack observed, "When you look at it carefully, what the Chain attempted to do was nothing short of redefining the parameters and reigniting the spirit of rock 'n' roll. That's a lot to put on the shoulders of a couple angry brothers from Glasgow who dressed in too much black, but few others since them have done as much to advance the sound of old school rock 'n' roll." [13]
All tracks are written by Jim Reid and William Reid; except where indicated
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Up Too High" (demo '83) | William Reid | 3:44 |
2. | "Upside Down" | 3:00 | |
3. | "Vegetable Man" | Syd Barrett | 3:35 |
4. | "Suck" | 2:08 | |
5. | "Ambition" | Vic Goddard | 3:29 |
6. | "Just Out of Reach" | 2:08 | |
7. | "Boyfriend's Dead" | 1:43 | |
8. | "Head" | 3:50 | |
9. | "Just Like Honey" (demo Oct. '84) | 2:59 | |
10. | "Cracked" | 3:47 | |
11. | "Taste of Cindy" (acoustic version) | 2:00 | |
12. | "The Hardest Walk" | 3:13 | |
13. | "Never Understand" (alternate take) | 3:26 | |
14. | "My Little Underground" (demo) | 2:33 | |
15. | "The Living End" (demo) | 2:17 | |
16. | "Some Candy Talking" | 3:18 | |
17. | "Psychocandy" | 2:54 | |
18. | "Hit" | 3:28 | |
19. | "Cut Dead" (acoustic) | 2:47 | |
20. | "You Trip Me Up" (acoustic) | 2:42 | |
21. | "Walk and Crawl" | 2:24 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Kill Surf City" | 3:11 | |
2. | " Bo Diddley Is Jesus" | 3:18 | |
3. | " Who Do You Love" | Ellas McDaniel | 4:05 |
4. | "Everything's Alright When You're Down" | 2:39 | |
5. | "Shake" | 2:01 | |
6. | "Happy When It Rains" (demo) | 3:47 | |
7. | "Happy Place" | 2:24 | |
8. | "F. Hole" | 1:09 | |
9. | "Rider" | 2:12 | |
10. | "On the Wall" (Porta Studio demo) | 3:42 | |
11. | " Surfin' U.S.A." (April outtake) | Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson | 2:58 |
12. | "Here It Comes Again" | 2:33 | |
13. | "Don't Ever Change" | 3:33 | |
14. | "Swing" | 2:26 | |
15. | " Sidewalking" | 3:35 | |
16. | " Surfin' U.S.A." (Summer mix) | Berry, Wilson | 2:58 |
17. | "Shimmer" | 2:47 | |
18. | "Penetration" | 2:48 | |
19. | "Break Me Down" | 2:31 | |
20. | "Subway" | 2:06 | |
21. | " My Girl" | Smokey Robinson, Ronald White | 3:05 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "In the Black" | 2:55 | |
2. | "Terminal Beach" | 2:25 | |
3. | "Deviant Slice" | 3:03 | |
4. | "I'm Glad I Never" | Lee Hazlewood | 1:31 |
5. | "Drop" (acoustic remix) | 1:54 | |
6. | "Rollercoaster" | 3:52 | |
7. | "Silverblade" | 2:58 | |
8. | "Lowlife" | 3:28 | |
9. | "Tower of Song" | Leonard Cohen | 4:50 |
10. | "Heat" | 3:01 | |
11. | " Guitarman" | Jerry Reed | 3:43 |
12. | "Why'd You Want Me" | 3:14 | |
13. | "Sometimes" | 2:52 | |
14. | "Teenage Lust" (acoustic version) | 2:25 | |
15. | "Reverberation (Doubt)" | Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Stacy Sutherland | 3:47 |
16. | "Don't Come Down" | 2:41 | |
17. | "Snakedriver" | 3:41 | |
18. | "Something I Can't Have" | 3:03 | |
19. | "Write Record Release Blues" | 2:57 | |
20. | " Little Red Rooster" | Chester Arthur Burnett, Willie Dixon | 3:27 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "The Perfect Crime" | J. Reid | 1:35 |
2. | "Little Stars" | W. Reid | 3:33 |
3. | "Drop" (Re-recorded) | W. Reid | 1:53 |
4. | "I'm In With the Out Crowd" | J. Reid | 2:37 |
5. | "New York City" | W. Reid | 1:59 |
6. | "Taking It Away" | Ben Lurie | 2:12 |
7. | "Ghost of a Smile" | Shane MacGowan | 2:55 |
8. | " Alphabet Street" | Prince | 2:17 |
9. | "Coast to Coast" (alternate - William Vox) | 2:17 | |
10. | "Dirty Water" (demo - William Vox) | W. Reid | 3:15 |
11. | "Till I Found You" | 2:05 | |
12. | "Bleed Me" | J. Reid | 3:38 |
13. | "33⅓" | J. Reid | 3:19 |
14. | "Lost Star" | W. Reid | 2:05 |
15. | "Hide Myself" | J. Reid | 3:31 |
16. | "Rocket" | Lurie | 3:02 |
17. | "Easylife, Easylove" | J. Reid | 4:08 |
18. | "40.000k" | J. Reid | 2:51 |
19. | "Nineteen666" | Dick Meaney, W. Reid | 3:31 |
20. | "Some Candy Talking" (acoustic version; iTunes US bonus track) | 3:12 |
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The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities | ||||
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Box set by | ||||
Released | September 2008 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, noise pop, post-punk | |||
Label |
Blanco Y Negro Rhino | |||
Producer | Mason Williams, Phil Ward-Large, John Loder, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bill Inglot, Stephen Hague, Joe Foster | |||
The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
ChartAttack | [2] |
The Guardian | [3] |
Mojo | [4] |
Paste | 8.7/10 [5] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.5/10 [6] |
PopMatters | [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Uncut | [9] |
The Village Voice | favorable [10] |
The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities is a box set compilation album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released on November 19, 2007. [11]
It consists of material from the Barbed Wire Kisses, The Sound of Speed and The Jesus And Mary Chain Hate Rock 'n' Roll compilations, alongside unreleased tracks and rarities from throughout their career; including early performances, unheard demos, re-mixes, alternate versions of some songs and bootleg recordings.
Matt Collar of Allmusic felt that the collection represented the band in a "more honest portrait"... "than even the studio albums reveal. Often mischaracterized as gloomy, goth rock misanthropes -- only partly true -- JAMC were in truth huge fans of '60s sunshine pop, surf rock, and even hip-hop and aspired to a kind of D.I.Y. Phil Spector Wall of Sound aesthetic that found them substituting Spector's strings and horns with walls of feedbacking guitar." and concluded "Ultimately, The Power of Negative Thinking isn't the whole JAMC story, but it's the whole story behind the scenes and A-side singles, and sometimes the B-sides. Even better." [12]
Aaron Brophy of Chart Attack observed, "When you look at it carefully, what the Chain attempted to do was nothing short of redefining the parameters and reigniting the spirit of rock 'n' roll. That's a lot to put on the shoulders of a couple angry brothers from Glasgow who dressed in too much black, but few others since them have done as much to advance the sound of old school rock 'n' roll." [13]
All tracks are written by Jim Reid and William Reid; except where indicated
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Up Too High" (demo '83) | William Reid | 3:44 |
2. | "Upside Down" | 3:00 | |
3. | "Vegetable Man" | Syd Barrett | 3:35 |
4. | "Suck" | 2:08 | |
5. | "Ambition" | Vic Goddard | 3:29 |
6. | "Just Out of Reach" | 2:08 | |
7. | "Boyfriend's Dead" | 1:43 | |
8. | "Head" | 3:50 | |
9. | "Just Like Honey" (demo Oct. '84) | 2:59 | |
10. | "Cracked" | 3:47 | |
11. | "Taste of Cindy" (acoustic version) | 2:00 | |
12. | "The Hardest Walk" | 3:13 | |
13. | "Never Understand" (alternate take) | 3:26 | |
14. | "My Little Underground" (demo) | 2:33 | |
15. | "The Living End" (demo) | 2:17 | |
16. | "Some Candy Talking" | 3:18 | |
17. | "Psychocandy" | 2:54 | |
18. | "Hit" | 3:28 | |
19. | "Cut Dead" (acoustic) | 2:47 | |
20. | "You Trip Me Up" (acoustic) | 2:42 | |
21. | "Walk and Crawl" | 2:24 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Kill Surf City" | 3:11 | |
2. | " Bo Diddley Is Jesus" | 3:18 | |
3. | " Who Do You Love" | Ellas McDaniel | 4:05 |
4. | "Everything's Alright When You're Down" | 2:39 | |
5. | "Shake" | 2:01 | |
6. | "Happy When It Rains" (demo) | 3:47 | |
7. | "Happy Place" | 2:24 | |
8. | "F. Hole" | 1:09 | |
9. | "Rider" | 2:12 | |
10. | "On the Wall" (Porta Studio demo) | 3:42 | |
11. | " Surfin' U.S.A." (April outtake) | Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson | 2:58 |
12. | "Here It Comes Again" | 2:33 | |
13. | "Don't Ever Change" | 3:33 | |
14. | "Swing" | 2:26 | |
15. | " Sidewalking" | 3:35 | |
16. | " Surfin' U.S.A." (Summer mix) | Berry, Wilson | 2:58 |
17. | "Shimmer" | 2:47 | |
18. | "Penetration" | 2:48 | |
19. | "Break Me Down" | 2:31 | |
20. | "Subway" | 2:06 | |
21. | " My Girl" | Smokey Robinson, Ronald White | 3:05 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "In the Black" | 2:55 | |
2. | "Terminal Beach" | 2:25 | |
3. | "Deviant Slice" | 3:03 | |
4. | "I'm Glad I Never" | Lee Hazlewood | 1:31 |
5. | "Drop" (acoustic remix) | 1:54 | |
6. | "Rollercoaster" | 3:52 | |
7. | "Silverblade" | 2:58 | |
8. | "Lowlife" | 3:28 | |
9. | "Tower of Song" | Leonard Cohen | 4:50 |
10. | "Heat" | 3:01 | |
11. | " Guitarman" | Jerry Reed | 3:43 |
12. | "Why'd You Want Me" | 3:14 | |
13. | "Sometimes" | 2:52 | |
14. | "Teenage Lust" (acoustic version) | 2:25 | |
15. | "Reverberation (Doubt)" | Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Stacy Sutherland | 3:47 |
16. | "Don't Come Down" | 2:41 | |
17. | "Snakedriver" | 3:41 | |
18. | "Something I Can't Have" | 3:03 | |
19. | "Write Record Release Blues" | 2:57 | |
20. | " Little Red Rooster" | Chester Arthur Burnett, Willie Dixon | 3:27 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "The Perfect Crime" | J. Reid | 1:35 |
2. | "Little Stars" | W. Reid | 3:33 |
3. | "Drop" (Re-recorded) | W. Reid | 1:53 |
4. | "I'm In With the Out Crowd" | J. Reid | 2:37 |
5. | "New York City" | W. Reid | 1:59 |
6. | "Taking It Away" | Ben Lurie | 2:12 |
7. | "Ghost of a Smile" | Shane MacGowan | 2:55 |
8. | " Alphabet Street" | Prince | 2:17 |
9. | "Coast to Coast" (alternate - William Vox) | 2:17 | |
10. | "Dirty Water" (demo - William Vox) | W. Reid | 3:15 |
11. | "Till I Found You" | 2:05 | |
12. | "Bleed Me" | J. Reid | 3:38 |
13. | "33⅓" | J. Reid | 3:19 |
14. | "Lost Star" | W. Reid | 2:05 |
15. | "Hide Myself" | J. Reid | 3:31 |
16. | "Rocket" | Lurie | 3:02 |
17. | "Easylife, Easylove" | J. Reid | 4:08 |
18. | "40.000k" | J. Reid | 2:51 |
19. | "Nineteen666" | Dick Meaney, W. Reid | 3:31 |
20. | "Some Candy Talking" (acoustic version; iTunes US bonus track) | 3:12 |
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