21 Singles

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21 Singles
Compilation album by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Released	July 2, 2002
Recorded	1984-1998
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	73:10
Label	Rhino Records
Producer	The Jesus and Mary Chain
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The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology
The Complete John Peel Sessions (2000) 21 Singles (2002) BBC - Live in Concert (2003)

21 Singles is a compilation album by the noise pop band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in 2002. As the title proclaims, it contains 21 of the band's singles in order of their release, from their fifteen year career, including several tracks from Psychocandy.

The single versions of many of these songs differ from their album versions. "April Skies" is missing the final verse from the LP version; "Happy When It Rains" is missing the final chorus; "Rollercoaster" is the original EP version, which features a drum machine and echo on the vocals; "Come On" is an extended version.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Upside Down" (features on 1988 singles compilation Barbed Wire Kisses)
2. "Never Understand" (features on Psychocandy)
3. "You Trip Me Up" (features on Psychocandy)
4. "Just Like Honey" (features on Psychocandy)
5. "Some Candy Talking" (features on the 1986 & 1997 UK CD releases of Psychocandy)
6. "April Skies" (features on Darklands)
7. "Happy When It Rains" (features on Darklands)
8. "Darklands" (features on Darklands)
9. "Sidewalking" (features on 1988 singles compilation Barbed Wire Kisses)
10. "Blues From a Gun" (features on Automatic)
11. "Head On" (features on Automatic)
12. "Rollercoaster" (features on Honey's Dead)
13. "Reverence" (features on Honey's Dead)
14. "Far Gone and Out" (features on Honey's Dead)
15. "Almost Gold" (features on Honey's Dead)
16. "Snakedriver" (features on 1993 singles compilation The Sound of Speed)
17. "Sometime Always" (features on Stoned & Dethroned)
18. "Come On" (features on Stoned & Dethroned)
19. "I Hate Rock 'n' Roll" (features on Munki)
20. "Cracking Up" (features on Munki)
21. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (features on Munki)

Some tracks differ from the versions on the albums listed.

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