Psycho Candy

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List Price: £10.99 (GBP)
  • Lowest New Price: £4.08
  • Lowest Used Price: £1.61
  • Lowest Collectible Price: £12.99
  • Total New: 17
  • Total Used: 15
  • Total Collectible: 1
  • Total Refurbished: 0
  • Artist : Jesus & Mary Chain
  • Binding : Audio CD
  • EAN : 0766485025227
  • Format : Original recording reissued
  • Label : Warner
  • Languages : Original Language: English
  • Manufacturer : Warner
  • Number Of Discs : 1
  • Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
  • Package Quantity : 1
  • Product Group : Music
  • Publisher : Warner
  • Release Date : 1999-10-01
  • SKU : 510-1-022924200021-022924200021
  • Studio : Warner
  • UPC : 022924200021

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

- Amazon.co.uk Review

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