Jesus and Mary chain are one of my favourite bands ever! I think this album is absolutely great! It features the majority of the band's BBC recordings and hearing stripped-down acoustic versions of their noisy and melodic songs is nothing but a good reminder of the genius band they are! Smokey Robinson And The Miracles Special Occasion Rarest. Jesus And Mary Chain, Damage And Joy APR0. Blackberry blend. CDVarious, Sing Your Heart Out! To Funk – Funk Cuts From The Eastbound- Westbound Collective (Late ’6. VA – Capitol Rare – Funky Notes from the West Coast Vol.

When you’ve opened your musical career with a record as caustic, reactionary and as brutal as Psychocandy, just where the hell do you go next? Jim and William Reid, the brothers whose relationship had given The Jesus and Mary Chain’s debut (and accompanying gigs) much of its bittersweet volatility, chose to surprise everyone, including probably themselves, with Darklands.

Reissued as part of a complete revival/repackaging of the turbulent East Kilbride group’s back catalogue, this 1987 second album has stood up to the test of time as a record that has never been obscured by that violent debut. If Psychocandy took the sugary sounds of 60s girl groups and fed them through a mincer of early industrial influences, as well as The Stooges and punk rock, then Darklands turned its back on the motorbiking fuzz pedal for a surprisingly stripped down, melodic approach.

Although Darklands became one of the totemic albums of late-80s UK indie, to these ears it’s always seemed to be in a strange, crooning lineage that can be traced back to Roy Orbison. When it jangles, it’s not a fey sound à la The Smiths; instead, there’s a terrific throaty chug, the vocals garrulous and treacly yet romantic over the top – listen to April Skies, Cherry Came Too or the title-track.

Indeed, arguably the greatest achievement of the The Jesusand Mary Chain on their debut and its follow-up was their mastery of extremely dark pop. Let’s not forget that this band featured on the cover of the July 1986 edition of Smash Hits magazine under the strapline, 'loud, spotty and weird' – other treats on offer in the same issue included 'pull-out posters of Queen and Samantha Fox'. Not until The Horrors broke into the top 10 earlier this year with Skying would music both moody and romantic so successfully infiltrate the mainstream again.

This reissue comes with a superb selection of accompanying tracks and videos, including the Some Candy Talking EP that features the submerged, snide goth of Hit and the sweet fuzz of the track Psychocandy – the bridge between albums one and two. Darklands, and its bonus content, underlines the fact that under all the backcombed hair and sweaty leather, one of the 1980s' blackest yet pop-loving hearts was to be found beating.

Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides and More) is a compilation album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. Void elf flying mount. It was released on 18 April 1988 by Blanco y Negro Records. The album contains singles, B-sides and rare tracks. Throughout the 1980s the band was known for their prodigious output in these formats, often in limited editions which quickly went out of print. This album collects many of those releases spanning the band's career up to that point.

The band's cover of Bo Diddley's 'Who Do You Love?' was used on the soundtrack to the 1988 film Earth Girls Are Easy. 'Mushroom' is a cover of a Can song. 'Sidewalking' was voted one of the best singles of 1988 by Musician magazine.

The title comes from a line in the song 'Cherry Came Too' from the Darklands album.

This album was not included in the 2006 remasterings of the group's back catalogue. All tracks from this compilation, except for 'Mushroom' and 'Just Out of Reach' (which appears in a re-recorded form on Barbed Wire Kisses) are now included on The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities.

Rhino Records re-released Barbed Wire Kisses as a 2-LP Limited edition of 8,000 copies on 180-gram blood red vinyl for 2015 Black FridayRecord Store Day.

The name is also used for Zoë Howe's 2014 biography of the band.^[2]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks written by Jim Reid and William Reid, except where noted.

LP (BYN 15)

Side 1

1. 'Kill Surf City' – 3:09 ^G
2. 'Head' – 3:48 ^C
3. 'Rider' – 2:10 ^F
4. 'Hit' – 3:26 ^D
5. 'Don't Ever Change' – 3:30 ^E
6. 'Just Out of Reach' – 3:04 ^K
7. 'Happy Place' – 2:22 ^H
8. 'Psychocandy' – 2:52 ^D

Side 2

1. 'Sidewalking' – 3:32 ^I
2. 'Who Do You Love?' (Bo Diddley) – 4:03 ^G
3. 'Surfin' U.S.A.' (Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson) – 2:57 ^F
4. 'Everything's Alright When You're Down' – 2:37 ^H
5. 'Upside Down' – 2:57 ^A
6. 'Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)' – 1:58 ^J
7. 'Swing' – 2:23 ^E
8. 'On The Wall (Demo)' - 4:46 ^F

Cassette (BYNC 15)

Side 1

1. 'Kill Surf City' – 3:09 ^G
2. 'Head' – 3:48 ^C
3. 'Rider' – 2:10 ^F
4. 'Hit' – 3:26 ^D
5. 'Don't Ever Change' – 3:30 ^E
6. 'Just Out of Reach' – 3:04 ^K
7. 'Happy Place' – 2:22 ^H
8. 'Psycho Candy' – 2:52 ^D
9. 'Cracked' – 3:43 ^C
10. 'Mushroom(Live 1986)' (Can) – 3:16 ^G

Side 2

1. 'Sidewalking' – 3:32 ^I
2. 'Who Do you Love?' (Bo Diddley) – 4:03 ^G
3. 'Surfin' U.S.A.' (Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson) – 2:57 ^F
4. 'Everything's Alright When You're Down' – 2:37 ^H
5. 'Upside Down' – 2:57 ^A
6. 'Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)' – 1:58 ^J
7. 'Swing' – 2:23 ^E
8. 'On The Wall (Demo)' - 4:46 ^F
9. 'Here It Comes Again' – 2:31 ^F
10. 'Bo Diddley Is Jesus' – 3:16 ^G

CD (BYNC 15)

1. 'Kill Surf City' – 3:09 ^G
2. 'Head' – 3:48 ^C
3. 'Rider' – 2:10 ^F
4. 'Hit' – 3:26 ^D
5. 'Don't Ever Change' – 3:30 ^E
6. 'Just Out of Reach' – 3:04 ^K
7. 'Happy Place' – 2:22 ⁸
8. 'Psycho Candy' – 2:52 ^D
9. 'Sidewalking' – 3:32 ^I
10. 'Who Do You Love?' (Diddley) – 4:03 ^G
11. 'Surfin' U.S.A.' (Berry, Wilson) – 2:57 ^F
12. 'Everything's Alright When You're Down' – 2:37 ^H
13. 'Upside Down' – 2:57 ^A
14. 'Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)' – 1:58 ^J
15. 'Swing' – 2:23 ^E
16. 'On the Wall (Demo)' – 4:46 ^F
17. 'Cracked' – 3:43 ^C
18. 'Here It Comes Again' – 2:31 ^F
19. 'Mushroom(Live 1986)' (Can) – 3:16 ^G
20. 'Bo Diddley Is Jesus' – 3:16 ^G

A noisy instrumental included on the same track as 'On the Wall' is unlisted on the album sleeve, but is now known to be called 'F. Hole.' 'F. Hole' is a separate track on the 2008 compilation The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities.

Original releases[edit]

• ^A Band's first, non-album single 'Upside Down' from 1984.
• ^B B-side to 'You Trip Me Up' from 1985.
• ^C B-sides to 'Just Like Honey' from 1985.
• ^D B-sides to Some Candy Talking EP from 1986.
• ^E Darklands session out-takes (recorded for Darklands album but did not make final cut) from 1987.
• ^F B-sides to Darklands EP from 1987.
• ^G B-sides to 'April Skies' from 1987.
• ^H B-sides to 'Happy When It Rains' from 1987.
• ^I Released as non-album single 'Sidewalking' in 1988.
• ^J Previously unreleased. Probably from Some Candy Talking sessions.
• ^K Previously unreleased. Rerecorded version. The original version appears on The Power of Negative Thinking boxset.

Personnel[edit]

The Jesus and Mary Chain

• Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, production
• William Reid – vocals, guitar, production

Additional personnel

• John Loder – production
• Helen Backhouse – design
• Andrew Catlin – photography

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Allmusic review
2. ^Howe, Zoë (2014). The Jesus and Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses. St Martin's Press. ISBN978-1-250-03024-5.
3. ^'The ARIA Report: ARIA Chart – issue #6 Chartifacts'. The Australian Record Industry Association. 18 February 1990.Cite journal requires journal= (help)
4. ^'Eurochart Hot 100 Albums'(PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5 no. 19. 7 May 1988. p. 24. OCLC29800226. Retrieved 6 February 2019 – via American Radio History.
5. ^Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN978-951-1-21053-5.
6. ^'Charts.nz – The Jesus and Mary Chain – Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides and More)'. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
7. ^'Official Albums Chart Top 100'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
8. ^'The Jesus and Mary Chain Chart History (Billboard 200)'. Billboard. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
9. ^'British album certifications – Jesus & Mary Chain – Barbed Wire Kisses'. British Phonographic Industry. 1 May 1992. Retrieved 6 February 2019.Select albums in the Format field.Select Gold in the Certification field.Type Barbed Wire Kisses in the 'Search BPI Awards' field and then press Enter.