The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities

The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
Box set by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Released September 2008
Genre 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
Live in Concert
(2003)		 The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
ChartAttack [2]
Paste (87/100)[3]
Pitchfork Media (7.5/10)[4]
PopMatters [5]
Rolling Stone
Village Voice (favorable)[6]

The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities is a box set compilation album by the noise pop band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in 2008. As the title proclaims, it contains b-sides and rarities from the group's career.

Track listing

Disc one
No. Title Music Length
1. "Up Too High" (Demo '83) William Reid 3:44
2. "Upside Down"   Jim Reid, W. Reid 3:00
3. "Vegetable Man"   Syd Barrett 3:35
4. "Suck"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:08
5. "Ambition"   Vic Goddard 3:29
6. "Just Out of Reach"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:08
7. "Boyfriend's Dead"   J. Reid, W. Reid 1:43
8. "Head"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:50
9. "Just Like Honey" (Demo Oct. '84) J. Reid, W. Reid 2:59
10. "Cracked"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:47
11. "Taste of Cindy" (Acoustic version) J. Reid, W. Reid 2:00
12. "The Hardest Walk"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:13
13. "Never Understand" (Alternate take) J. Reid, W. Reid 3:26
14. "My Little Underground" (Demo version) J. Reid, W. Reid 2:33
15. "The Living End" (Demo version) J. Reid, W. Reid 2:17
16. "Some Candy Talking"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:18
17. "Psychocandy"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:54
18. "Hit"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:28
19. "Cut Dead" (Acoustic version) J. Reid, W. Reid 2:47
20. "You Trip Me Up" (Acoustic version) J. Reid, W. Reid 2:42
21. "Walk and Crawl"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:24
Disc two
No. Title Music Length
1. "Kill Surf City"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:11
2. "Bo Diddley Is Jesus"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:18
3. "Who Do You Love"   Ellas McDaniel 4:05
4. "Everything's Alright When You're Down"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:39
5. "Shake"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:01
6. "Happy When It Rains" (Demo version) J. Reid, W. Reid 3:47
7. "Happy Place"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:24
8. "F. Hole"   J. Reid, W. Reid 1:09
9. "Rider"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:12
10. "On the Wall" (Porta Studio Demo) J. Reid, W. Reid 3:42
11. "Surfin' USA"   Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson 2:58
12. "Here It Comes Again"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:33
13. "Don't Ever Change"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:33
14. "Swing"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:26
15. "Sidewalking"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:35
16. "Surfin' USA" (Summer Mix) Berry, Wilson 2:58
17. "Shimmer"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:47
18. "Penetration"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:48
19. "Break Me Down"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:31
20. "Subway"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:06
21. "My Girl"   Smokey Robinson, Ronald White 3:05
Disc three
No. Title Music Length
1. "In the Black"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:55
2. "Terminal Beach"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:25
3. "Deviant Slice"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:03
4. "I'm Glad I Never"   Lee Hazlewood 1:31
5. "Drop" (Acoustic Re-Mix) J. Reid, W. Reid 1:54
6. "Rollercoaster"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:52
7. "Silverblade"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:58
8. "Lowlife"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:28
9. "Tower of Song"   Leonard Cohen 4:50
10. "Heat"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:01
11. "Guitarman"   Hubbard, Jerry Reed 3:43
12. "Why'd You Want Me"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:14
13. "Sometimes"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:52
14. "Teenage Lust" (Acoustic Version) J. Reid, W. Reid 2:25
15. "Reverberation (Doubt)"   Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Stacy Sutherland 3:47
16. "Don't Come Down"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:41
17. "Snakedriver"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:41
18. "Something I Can't Have"   J. Reid, W. Reid 3:03
19. "Write Record Release Blues"   J. Reid, W. Reid 2:57
20. "Little Red Rooster"   Chester Arthur Burnett, Willie Dixon 3:27
Disc four
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) J. Reid, W. Reid 2:17
10. "Dirty Water" (Demo - William Vox) W. Reid 3:15
11. "Till I Found You"   J. Reid, W. Reid 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) J. Reid, W. Reid 3:12

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities - The Jesus and Mary Chain". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1188437. 
  2. ^ "Jesus And Mary Chain — The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides And Rarities". ChartAttack. http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/62044/the-jesus-and-mary-chain. 
  3. ^ [http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/10/the-jesus-and-mary-chain-the-power-of-negative-thi.html "The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities"]. Paste. http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/10/the-jesus-and-mary-chain-the-power-of-negative-thi.html. 
  4. ^ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/146054-the-jesus-and-mary-chain-the-power-of-negative-thinking-b-sides-and-rarities
  5. ^ "The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Power of Negative Thinking". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/the-jesus-and-mary-chain-the-power-of-negative-thinking. 
  6. ^ "The Jesus and Mary Chain Gleefully Confound Both their Fans and Themselves". Village Voice. http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-01/music/the-jesus-and-mary-chain-gleefully-confound-both-their-fans-and-themselves/. 
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