Life of the Record

Life of the Record is a documentary podcast about how iconic albums are made. Featuring the voices of the creators, each episode delves into the writing, recording and touring of a record that became a classic. The first season includes in-depth interviews with the people who were there, including P

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And here's my last major piece for the year at #TheQuietus celebrating the 40th anniversary of one hell of an album. Finding a slightly different way in to talking about this astounding debut by the #JesusAndMaryChain was part of the challenge, but it was a great one to tackle. #music #Psychocandy https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/anniversary/jesus-and-mary-chain-psychocandy-review
The Wind is Screaming Around the Trees: 40 Years of Psychocandy | The Quietus

Ned Raggett considers the geographical, cultural and political pressures that helped form Psychocandy, J&MC debut album.

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Happy 40th anniversary to The Jesus and Mary Chain’s debut album, ‘Psychocandy’. Released this week in 1985. #thejesusandmarychain #psychocandy #neverunderstand #youtripmeup #justlikehoney

Bought my nephew a copy of #Psychocandy for his 18th birthday.

Original, not a repress. Mint condition. That object is 22 years older than he is.

It was … not cheap.

But I also sent him a letter, explaining why I chose that from so many possible others.

The context in which it erupted in my life, and how I feel about it 40 years later.

I hope that is more valuable than the vinyl. Because, ultimately, music is nothing without us.

And we are lesser without #music

This mornings commute is being brought to us by The Jesus and Mary Chain’s first album Psychocandy. Sounds great loud with a strong cup of coffee.
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#jesusandmarychain #psychocandy #postpunk #vinylcommunity #vinylcollectors #morningcommutemusic
NOISE GATE(WAY). This is how my story goes — I first read a review of #PSYCHOCANDY in the May 1986 issue of High Fidelity magazine a year before I heard The Jesus And Mary Chain via #WPRK.

1000 Day Album Challenge (#80) The Jesus & Mary Chain: Psychocandy (1985) [20.03.24]

listen to the girl / as she takes on half the world
moving up and so alive / in her honey dripping beehive…

Ramones + Beach Boys + Feedback = Psychocandy or at least that’s what it seems like to me now. I don’t if I was too young to view it that way at the time. I just know the concept of that formula didn’t strike until years later. better still Jesus & Mary Chain are AM radio Top 40 hitmakers in a world in which the Velvet Underground were as big or bigger than The Beatles.

I certainly know that’s a world in which I would like to live. give Just Like Honey, The Living End, Taste the Floor and Taste of Cindy a listen and then tell me I’m wrong.

#1000DayAlbumCHallenge #JesusAndMaryChain #Psychocandy

NEVER UNDERSTAND. The first single from #PSYCHOCANDY was released on this day in 1985. Probably my fave #MaryChain song on any given day (though frequency trades spots with Just Like Honey and Happy When It Rains). https://youtu.be/b2bzrCCKDwc?si=Opbzus-XdHHVpKmf
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Never Understand (Official Music Video)

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