Darklands

“Is this still Jesus and Mary Chain? I like this.” pops in from the next room. Always nice when you and your cohabitant like the same music. “…this is so enjoyable”. I think the bass is really good throughout, grungy guitars, and lyrics and vocals really give an attitude. Life is hard but just keep kicking your way though it.

Good stuff. Esp like Happy When It Rains

enjoyable, haunting, jangling, echoy and driving. very alternative pop. easy to like.

Another band I think I've seen the name before but never listened to. Didn't know what to expect and really enjoyed it.

Slaps.

The band name is familiar, but I couldn't tell you any songs from The Jesus and Mary Chain. The music sounds like it would have been something I would have listened to when Darklands was produced. If you listen to the Cure, you might listen to this - a somber entry in Brittish alternative. I liked the album enough to listened to the extended edition. "April Skies" was my favorite track from the album.

I remember when we asked my long hairs form teacher at school in early 90s what his favourite band was and he said The Jesus & Mary Chain and while we had heard the name, we knew nothing of the music itself and kinda dismissed it as some hippy crap. It is a sound that would be much more prevalent a little later into the 90s. Maybe ahead of their time!? At points it reminds me of something by The Vaccines…. Stand out tracks for me.. Down On me & April Skies

If the beach boys stopped practicing and they showed up to the studio and the velvet underground left their equipment.

Pop drenched in distortion, to misquote someone else. I enjoyed this and would recommend to anyone.

I really love JAMC, and this is their 2nd best album. Its great, but I don’t take away much new from this record other than a different approach to very similar songs. But still, this Scottish goth rock approach to American ‘50’s doo-wop/pop groups is an amazing formula, brain-melting feedback or not.

I like it still. Now I realize how they were winding down the 80’s sound and sliding into 90’s grunge.

Dope

Great stuff, fuzzy, shoegazy with some pop aspects peppered in. I really enjoyed this. Listened to this one two times over in succession. It just sounds cool, simple as that. Will listen again! 4 stars

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

god that opening guitar riff sounds so cool do do do DO DO DOOOO album has a great vibe to it, like it's gloomy but rowdy and ready to kick ass at the same time. just fuzzy guitars and gothic muttering. not a lot to say really, album is mostly mood and texture but it's a great mood so i can't complain

this is a 3.5 rounded up, for some reason this album felt a lot longer than it was to me but it was in a neutral way. was a fine listen that i don’t have a lot to say about, first half was my favorite.

[George enters with a yellow flannel on] I just want to preface by saying I fucking love this kind of music. Whatever the hell this is called, I'm into it. I've listened to Psycho candy before and was told it was "essential listening", and while I actually do prefer Psycho Candy over this, it's still a really solid album. - Darklands was a great opener, upbeat but still slow. - Deep one perfect was OK - Happy when it rains was really good. It reminds me of a Billy Idol song. I too love it when it rains. (Relatable!!) - Down on me was good - Nine Million rainy days was very good - April Skies was REALLY good - Fall was - Cherry came too I love, its so sweet - On the wall was very good, another banger - About you was good Overall I really enjoyed it! There were only a few tracks I felt impartial to. I'm feeling a strong 4 to a light 5. Y'all know this is just my opinion right?

Every time one listens to TJ&MC, one wonders why one doesn't do so more often. The balance of sweetness and sonic fuzz makes for a deceptive softness – yes, dark and soft and sweet is quite an apt description of this record. There's a likably consistent mood and tone across the whole thing that easily transcends any sense of sameness.

I thought it was good, not particularly memorable though, in my opinion. Favourite: Fall

After reading some glowing reviews I was convinced that this was not going to be my thing. Really don't like the idea of a drum machine and someone called them ""miserable Glaswegians" so I thought ok, some more music that i really don't feel like listening to. Well! Right away I liked what I heard! I found the music to be soothing, floating lithely through the air like on a magic carpet. It became more intriguing with each new track, in other words, each new song contrasted with the previous but mostly retained the same soothing quality. Such a pleasant surprise. I will have to give it another listen and see if it will be a keeper.

This album is a very well produced. It’s a bit more pop like than their first album but there’s a maturity that really shines through. The songs are crisp and the beats are almost laconic in how they trudge forward. Overall a very good listen.

very solid.

This album fits perfectly in with the best of post-punk that was coming along in the late 80s...it's dark, it's a bit mopey, and in that musical sweet spot that draws in goths. Also, when comparing to other post-punk acts, this album was really very inoffensive and easy to listen to. These guys are far less gimmicky than other bands in this style. This album has a very cool atmosphere about it that I don't really have words for. Compared to other post punk acts, this band is not nearly as well known or celebrated, but they should be. I think I'd put this at a 3.5, so I will go ahead and round up.

Jangly guitars, driving bass and drums, whispery vocals - Jesus and Mary Chain are the 80s alt sound. Always enjoyed their sound and look. Really enjoyed this album and kept listening to other tracks from them all day.

nära en femma. stort pluspoäng för längden på albumet

J'aimais bien au début, puis après j'ai eu l'impression d'écouter la même chanson 10 fois. 3,5/5

When your first encounter with The Jesus and Mary Chain is filled with scraping metallic shrieking feedback all the way through, it's a little daunting to get back on that horse. But happy I did, since I really enjoyed this album. It has a nice 80s alternative sound with 60s influences. It was something I would be glad to revisit again.

Oh man, not these guys again... But wait, this doesn't sound the same as I remember them. This album was totally listenable...even pleasantly so...

Great album.

This album is a reaction to the reviews of the earlier Psychocandy. The wall of sound is gone, but the "style" is still there. Songs are a little more drawn out and the band explores the space - it doesn't sound empty at all. I don't like this album quite as much as Psychocandy or Automatic, but there are some killer tracks and it's still a great record.

I like the aesthetic a lot but nothing here stands out as a classic. If only it was just a little more... something. Anything. Louder, quieter, sadder, prouder.

Encore une belle découverte

encore un album écouté par mon subconscient cependant il m'a laissée de bonne humeur et pourtant j'étais dans un oui go

Happy When it Rains and Down on Me are both very good feel good songs. A very pleasant listening experience. The mellow rock is both calming and uplifting

Unlike a mole, I still like this one.

Nije psychocandy ali je super

An absolutely excellent sophomore outing and a rare one that follows an iconic debut. This album is a whole mood. Brooding and goth in all the right places. I loved it.

not my favourite but good .

3.75

This band and album went under my radar. So happy to finally get the privilege to listen to it. Amazing

Not a remarkable album but I did enjoy a few songs to warrant a 4z

Very nice album, good vocals, good lyrics, nice guitar tones. Listened to it twice on a walk and it was a great way to clear my head. Favourite tracks: Happy when it rains, about you

catchy and moody, the best combo. favorite tracks: darklands, happy when it rains, april skies

Unexpected but wonderful!

Needs to be included in the next season of Stranger Things, so Gen Z can all wet the bed about it and discuss the pronouns used by Jesus and Mary. They/them

Unexpectedly good, albeit a little boring sometimes.

Pretty good tbh. Reminds me of common garage bands now and wonder if they served as the foundation for modern music now.

Washy goodness - I love the sound, and each song blends into another to make up a great record from start to end. There are standout tracks, but this is an album to enjoy in it's entirety.

Great album. My favorite of theirs will always be Automatic. Really underrated band though.

I never really got into the Jesus and Mary Chain when I got into post-punk. They always just kind of passed me by, and I never got around to listening to much of them in the years since. Spinning this now, I can see the appeal of their jangley sound, but I think I missed the window to totally get on board with them. This is good, but I’d rather put on Depeche Mode or Slowdive or something. Gonna say C+

Nice listen. Great Scottish pop/alt/punk.

Warm and nostalgic sound, just like honey!

Niet zo memorabel album, maar wel goeie muziek

It's a vibe I could certainly settle down into. Fave: April Skies

Classic walk through the 80s musically.

I recently got 'Psychocandy', which had a stronger single (Just Like Honey), but overall 'Darklands' is a better and more accessible album as it's more poppy and the fuzzed-out guitars are toned down a bit.

Frábær plata. Hlusta á hana reglulega. Sá þá í London fyrir fimm árum. Var snilld að sjá þá live.

Frábær plata! Ekki hlustað á hana í gegn í dálítið langan tíma. Besta plata J&MC er samt Psychocandy. Hún er stórkostleg.

Que sorpresa….. un sonido duro pero depresible… como un dará más violento… quizá inicio de Indie. Sountrack para un ventrue

Did it help that I listened to this on a wet, overcast day? Probably.

Good early alternative. Solid

Listened before? N I've heard of these guys before but never really listened to them. This one was pretty good! Reminds me of Echo and the Bunnymen a bit. I enjoyed it. Added to Library? Y Songs Added to Playlist: Happy When it Rains, April Skies

I only knew pyschocandy. This is a lot more mellow. Still a a good listen.

I really like The Jesus and Mary Chain. This is not my favorite album from them, but it's still a very good one.

on paper i should like this, i don't not like it, but don't know when I'd choose it, especially given it sounds a bit 80s now

I really dig it

I could listen to a lot of this.

Back in the 80s I enjoyed a lot of the new wave/alternative music, but I was never into it enough to delve deep into the different artists. As a result, I was never sure when I heard a song if it was Jesus and Mary Chain, The The, Psychedelic Furs, or any number of other faceless new bands. Giving this a good listen now though, I’m pretty impressed with this band. Really good stuff that I need to listen to again. 4 stars.

This album was nice. A chill vibe.

Was good, love the voice and the tone

Legalzinho Melhor música: april Skyes

I don’t know how I’d missed this!

Great guitar wall of sound. Reverb and atmosphere for days.

Really good

I enjoyed this so much more than I thought I would, and I feel I really slept on The Jesus and Mary Chain.

I thought to myself, NO MORE PUNK. And they listened, and I actually enjoyed this. I just... am done with punk.

Tästä tykkäsin. Kivaa post-rock-fiilistelyä. 4/5

4 for sure. Love their floaty grunge sound. And this album doesn't even have their big hit on on.

Pretty good. Very similar throughout, but still solid.

Consistency: 10/10 Tunes: 8/10 Really neat album and artist

Great, but a sign of diminishing returns. They really should have stopped after this.

Better than I expected, but not really my kind of thing. Happy when it rains is a cracking tune, and they get a wee extra 🌟 just for being Scottish!

This band has definitely been a good discovery for me in 1001 albums. Enjoyed the last one too!

Not their debut but fine nonetheless.

Chill

Classic Scottish indie

Based on what I read about the group today, this is the only album I would probably enjoy (and did). I'll search out other works by them, just to see. A decent album.

Yeah, I like the vibe. It definitely aged well. Somewhere between Nirvana and Depeche Mode.

Alternative music ahead of its time

Nice vibes

Very much a product of its time: second half of 80s drenched in reverb and gated snares. Good melodies, languid vocals.

Feels like modern alt rock, but it’s the 80s = mind blow

Never listened to before, definitely dig it. "April Skies" "Darklands" "Deep One Perfect Morning" "Nine Million Rainy Days

Quality album - moody, atmospheric, engaging, enigmatic.

Very nice

Really enjoyed the moody atmosphere.

Thoroughly this album. Never heard any of their music before

It’s college rock w/ some cajones behind it. A little distortion behind the jangle. It’s good, I think I need to listen to it again. After I listen to Psychocandy, I think that is going to be more along the lines of what I picture a Jesus and Mary Chain album to be. This is weird, but parts of this seem like a more friendly version of Samhain. The deeper I get into this the more I like it

awesome - cant believe I didnt know about this

Good stuff

This is right up my street.

pleasant to listen to but nothing that exciting. 7

I'd not listened to this album before but I really enjoyed it. Much less drenched in reverb than Psychocandy allowing the melodies to shine. You can almost hear the beach boys in some of the tracks.

8. Pretty good.

Haven’t listened to this TJAMC album and really enjoyed it

good

As Spencer said as we were listening to this in the car- it’s the soundtrack to a coming of age film set in the 80s. But still very enjoyable no the less

Is it goth, or is it just goth-aligned post-punk? Either way, I'm a fan of this gloom! Fave track - "Nine Million Rainy Days" for most depressive lyrics...

Really cool 80's punk!

Very chill and new wave/ early grunge sound. Provided for and excellent driving album.

May not be their best album but may be their most enjoyable.

7

4.5

Reminds me a little of Joy Division but more subdued. Good stuff.

YES

Never really liked this band: but shrouding their catchy melodic lines in hazy feedback and thick shoegazey wall of sound, with moody low vocals works. Spooky sugar rush melancholia.

Fun commercial pop that somehow didn’t land on the U.S. charts, though it definitely could have.

Enjoyed this one

Nice easy listening album. Very Stone Roses-esque though this may preced them. Nothing mind blowing either but solid record

Decent shoegaze

3/5

Pretty goood shoeglaze album

Gave this 2 in other group, re-listened, enjoyed. Upgrade from 2 (bleh) to 3.49 (meh/yeah)

Nice of them to decide to make actual music for this album. It's not very interesting music, but it beats the noise from Psychocandy.

Wildly mid

It sounds pretty old but good.

I liked this, it was surprisingly catchy, but I prefer Echo and The Bunnymen.

Just okay for me

Just two years after Psychocandy JAMC strips out all of the noise and feedback to uncover the same simplicity of the songs, but none of the swagger. It's still good, but can not approach the greatness of Psychocandy.

Didn't know this band really other than by reputation, but fairly cool.

It's a mysery to me why this album is on this list. What did they do or in what kind where they so special. For me this is typical 80s pop/rock. Nothing, nothing and nothing at all is special about them. I am not saying that they are bad but simply an average band from that time.

No tan bueno pero definitivamente esta banda es un clásico.

OK - first time listening. Needs a few more listens I think

post punk/alternative rock. Non male

Their first album is A LOT better. This one removed the distortion and left the pop elements, effectively castrating their sound.

Not bad, but it didn't really blow me away. Happy When It Rains is a nice song. The others just sort of blended together for me. Just wasn't in the right mood for it today, so I'll give it some slack.

Wasn't really paying much attention to this... but I guess it didn't GRAB my attention. Still enjoyable

This was decent. Ok. I didn’t hate it. I didn’t love it.

middle of the road for me Will I listen to again: 10%

Made me reminisce about the soundtrack of "Lost in Translation" (2003). It would fit there perfectly. Nice sound.

Pretty good 1980s goth pop, if kinda one dimensional.

Well, this is definitely easier on the ears and head than their debut "Psychocandy", and far more mainstream too. I appreciated both of these aspects, but also realized that without as much ceaseless droning and wall of noise with each track, they're not quite as distinctive either, for good and bad. The first two tracks (title track and "Deep one perfect morning") are an interesting detour from the rest of the album, in that they're slow and morose, but from "Happy when it rains" onward (with the exception of "Nine million rainy days"), it's just jangly guitars and virtually indecipherable lyrics, which apparently excited their fans, but I'm hard pressed to recall any of it, aside from their big hit "April skies". I appreciated this album more than "Psychocandy", but I'm not sure I particularly enjoyed it.

I wanted to give this a two, but will admit the fact that the album wasn’t available on my streaming service impacted it. I had to listen to every song one at a time and it was all annoying and disjointed.

Not bad for background listening, but I doubt I'll put it on again

сильно не осознала, но нормальный такой, шотландских акцентов не слышно)

I know it was the 80s but sounds like it could have been a 90s movie soundtrack! Which isn’t a bad thing tbh

Middle of the road indie album.

I enjoyed a lot of this album. The vocals are great for the style. The guitar and bass has a sound that became used a lot by other artists. And everything is done to an excellent degree with one exception: the lyrics. The lyrics straight up sound like an “I’m 13 and this is deep” post online. They’re so cheesy and corny I can’t give this album higher than a 3. If they had a halfway decent lyricist, this album would have been incredible. Sadly, they did not.

2.6 3x

ok

Unfortunately quite a boring album.

this one was nice. i was listening as i was doing computer work so this was another one that felt like background music to me but like it wasn't bad background music.

Not a bad listen, but nothing for me to seek out again

Not a bad album. It felt like if I heard this on the radio I would think it was the Cure but I wouldn't change the channel.

New album and group to me. But very enjoyable. I'd listen to this regularly.

Listened to it twice. Just nothing special.

3/5

I'm kind of a sucker for shoegazing, and these fellas pretty much define the genre for me. If you're good with the style, this one probably sounds pretty great. If not, it's probably pretty meh to you.

Thai was about what it should have been. I guess kind of like the cure - that 90s alternative. Doc Martin girls in high school must have listened to them. It was pretty good. Kind of low energy.

Never heard this band before but I actually really liked it!

I think from the band's name, I thought their sound would be heavier and darker than it is. Pleasant enough but nothing special in my opinion.

I don't like the drum machine.

(7.6)

Okay we’ve got a deep voice on our hands. AND they’re Scottish? Definitely a pleasant surprise, and no idea how I already knew the rain song (love; also love the rain, perfect timing for my return to Washington, which always reminded me of Scotland)

Little bit of a journey, started slow and a bit bland, then in the middle we kicked up into sultry 80s chill rock and then slowed down again.

There’s a kind of effortless, morose cool to the album, but the understatedness and lack of gear change means it never really elevates above moderate enjoyment. Do quite like the style of guitar on it. Enjoyable and nice to listen through having heard April Skies before but not that memorable for me.

I find this one slightly hard to evaluate.  It's not a personal winner on taste alone, but it digs into things I actually really like.  It's got a great bass murk, and it accompanies the darkness by adding to the overall heaviness of the album.  They can certainly add depth and atmosphere and use their instruments to great effect.  I did enjoy "Nine Million Rainy Days" in particular it just seemed so rambling and tortuous to the subject at the center of it all.  On one song that approach worked but in others it just seemed to be carousel of sound, so it wasn't winning on all fronts. It's an album I actually want to hate but fail to find a way to slam it.  Just potluck if you are seduced by the specific mood of a track, else the formula takes over.

Firstly, I have to say that I have an aversion to bands singing "do do doopity do" in the place of lyrics (Darklands, I'm looking at you). Personal prejudice aside, I thought this was quite a nice example of an album from a decent touring band. I would probably quite happily listen to these guys live, but in isolation they just come across as a bit bland. They sound like a less annoying, lower energy U2. I don't mind the genre so I am happy enough to listen through this but I unfortunately this is one where I have to ask, "What on earth is this doing on this list".

Not a favourite, do agree with their stance on rainy days

조용히 밤에 틀어놓고 할 일 하면 릴렉스되고 좋을 것 같은 앨범이당. 목소리는 내 스타일이 전혀 아니지만!

Breathy new-wave pop-rock that is every bit as late-80s as you can imagine

Very much in the easy listening category for me (complimentary)!

genero y sonido muy cool sin skips, gracias gilmore girls otra vez 7,5/10

very 80's.

It was fine.

Highlights: April Skies, Happy When It Rains. 3.2

This one is a hell lot less noisy than their debut Psychocandy. These guys are a lot more mellow and melodic on this album. You can definitely tell the early shoegaze bands listened to a lot of Jesus and Mary Chain. "Deep One Perfect Morning" kind of reminds me a lot of the yet-to-come shoegaze classic "When The Sun Hits" - tsk tsk Slowdive! I think this is just a straight 3 star albums, you see it's nice and melodic and all, but it's a bit boring, not a whole lot of substance to be found. Which is a feeling I shared when I listened to this album a couple years ago. It's a fine album overall. I don't think this is a must-hear album. Highlight Song/s: "Deep One Perfect Morning" and "Happy When It Rains"

Good music, I like the vibes but it really doesn’t do much else. It really just faded into the background while I did other things and nothing stuck out. The whole album feels the same, which is nothing bad but worth mentioning. Overall not bad.

Not my thing but there's a couple good tracks here. 2.5/5

I liked the album, but didn't love it. It was pretty much what I expected, knowing their singles from other albums. But it didn't reach the heights of any of those singles. A pretty solid 3-star album that I might go back to - I think it would make a good listen if I were taking a walk around the neighborhood on a drizzly day.

I should like it, however, it didn't ring a bell with me.

Well wasn’t expecting much; the title, the cover, shoegazers. Not exactly up my street. But there is a brightness to the sound. Quite VU in its pop leanings. More moody guitar pop than anything. Coming on like it wouldn’t be out of place on a John Hughes movie. So all in all pleasant as I tend to really dislike shoegazing. 3 Star

A first listen didnt reveal much, but I put the headphones on and went for a walk and it come to life. As a child of britpop, this sounded like a foundation stone from which a lot of my favourite artists built. The vocal was warm and welcoming and the tunes bounced along nicely

Not half bad

This album is very stunk in the 80's, and that spacey atmosphere does not favour it to be something else. And that's not because there are no good things from the 80's, but, surely, some genres from this decade haven't aged that well. There are some pretty good songs, some really nice ideas, and a dark atmosphere that suits really well the kind of sound of the album. But, at the end, even if there are nice things on it, it is soporific. It could very well be a The Cure album, and definitely not one from their best. And, still, even if it has some original elements, it is a very classic 80's Shoegaze album, combined with New Wave, which is another genre that was too exploited. Maybe I am not liking it as much as I could because of the so repeated sound that this album also has, which doesn't take it any further than from other records I have listened to in the past. And maybe I am judging from a contemporary perspective, it is, actually, inevitable. I can find what is great in this album, but there are also many aspects that are very weak too. So, this is not much better than many other similar albums. It's enjoyable at some extent, and that's something many Shoegaze albums struggle with, so I also have to consider that it may be very mid, but it's good at the end. It has some nice songs, some catchy choruses, and it really works well at building an ethereal, dreamy and dark atmosphere that at times is even interesting and moving. So, it is nice, not great, but it really has some nice sounds.

The album has a fairly moody atmosphere , but often it feels quite empty. I often found myself thinking that the album felt quite drab and some songs start to sound very similar to each other. I get a vibe that this music feels like something that you'd see in a coming of age movie , not necessarily a bad thing , but not something I really vibed with. It's all right , it's inoffensive , but didn't blow me away. Fav Track: Down On Me

Cool algunas me dieron vibes a cigarrera after sex

Mostly a mellow album with dark n depressing undertones.

I'm just not a big fan of the late 80s indie rock sound so not much to say here. The whole aesthetic on this record feels very locked into a specific time and place that just doesn't quite resonate with me. It heavily relies on that signature, dreary post-punk atmosphere and jangle-pop guitar work, which unfortunately makes the entire experience feel a bit monotonous after the first few tracks.

Kinda liked it, high 3

Noise pop and alternative rock built from chiming guitars, understated rhythms, hazy production, and detached vocals feels like walking alone through quiet suburban streets after the rain while every house hides a story you'll never hear—melancholic, restrained, and quietly absorbing. By replacing the overwhelming noise of its predecessor with stronger melodies, the album finds a balance that I found considerably more engaging. Its emotional distance remains, but here it serves the songs rather than obscuring them.

And not a single boundary of music was pushed.

Is this one of the albums that you have to listen to before you die? No, it's kinda middle of the road. It had it's moments, and was good enough for most of it to generate a passing grade rather

My first thoughts were that this was decent and moody post-punk/ new wave, but upon a clearer listen, I did notice that this is very shoegaze adjacent. Turns out this band was incredibly influential in the development of both Noise Rock and Shoegaze, so I'm happy I could noticed it. This album is great. It has a very moody atmosphere, coming from the deep and kind of disheartened voices along with some delicate guitar playing. However, this is not a super depressing album. In any case, it is more like one of those gray days when the feelings of carelessness, not wanting to do anything and that nothing matters prevail, without really reaching concerning levels of depression. While being an album that mainly portrays cold feelings, its sound is quite cozy. The vocals are very soft, and the production is warm and spacious, with an incredibly pleasant distortion on the guitars, that makes the album close to the shoegaze sound. Another aspect that doesn't make the album incredibly gloomy is the change in rhythms. While there are songs that are very very slow (like "Darklands", "Deep One Perfect Morning" or "Nine Million Rainy Days"), there are a handful of them with a medium to fast playing and more uplifting melodies, like "Happy When It Rains" and "Down On Me". Now, do I really love this album? I don't think so. Most of the time, when I listen to it, I end up losing my focus and daydreaming. I'm certain that many people would consider this as an interesting trait, the ability to make the listener disconnect, but in this case, I'm not lost in the music, rather in my own personal thoughts that do not have anything to do with what I'm listening to. In summary, it doesn't really grab my attention. In the end, I think it is a great album. Very moody, intimate and cozy and also interesting to see the roots of shoegaze.

How to describe? A laid back kind of psychedelic shimmery post-punk. But with some 80s classic production with reverb etc. Deep One Perfect Morning is half The Cure, half 90s pop rock (e.g. Lightning Seeds) It's pleasant enough but it doesn't have much bite. Nine Million Rainy Days has to me a Stone Roses/madchester feel, but at a much lower tempo without the driving dance beat. On the Wall immediately reminds me of the chords in Heroin by Velvet Underground. Is this shoegaze? That would explain a lot. Best track - Deep One Perfect Morning, Happy When it Rains (as one of the most up-tempo tracks) 3 stars - I bet it will grow on me, but first listen found it a bit underwhelming

Ok album

used to love this album but this time kinfa bored me

Happy When It Rains was a familiar, pleasant surprise. Good stuff, we enjoyed it.

I ended up not remembering a lot of this one, but when I listened to it yesterday I thought it was alright Standouts Darklands 3/5

Love jesus and mary chain especially their debut album psychocandy, aswell as this album in certain ways. All the songs are very simple, some are brilliantly simple like down on me and darklands, yet some other tracks lack edge. Overall part of their more pop infused career, starting to stray away from the scarier part of their career. High 3

Voll chillig gsi bim hei fahre. Hät sich aber nur wie hintergrund Grüsch a gfühlt

I enjoyed it quite a bit. It kind of grew on me. A solid 3.5. I'll round down since I probably won't listen to it again.

Niet mijn smaak muziek; het is me wat saai. Maar dit lijkt mij een mooie vertegenwoordiger van het genre. Af en toe komt de jaren '80 wel door, zoals in April Skies. Maar dit album zou ook 10 jaar later gemaakt kunnen zijn. En af en toe komt er een echt sfeerscheppend nummer voor bij, zoals Nine million rainy day. Wat waarschijnlijk niet zo negatief uitgelegd moet worden als de titel en de muziek doen vermoeden, gelet op het eerdere nummer Happy when it rains...

Hallo zeg, we weten gelijk in welk decennium we aanbeland zijn, want het eerste dat opvalt, is de enorme bak aan reverb in de drums. Dat is zo ontiegelijk jaren '80, dat kan echt niet meer. Verder vind ik het een beetje inspiratieloze muziek. Het is niet per se slecht, maar ik word hier niet heel vrolijk van. Ik denk dat het de combinatie van de galm in de drums is met de luie zang. Want op zich rockt het redelijk en ik ben zeker niet de grootste 80s hater hier volgens mij. Als ik mijn review van het debuut teruglees, is de kwaliteit een stuk beter, al vallen ze hier ook graag terug op die eerder genoemde galm. Dat zal hun identiteit wel geweest zijn. Het bevalt me iets beter dan het debuut, dat een krappe 2 scoorde. Laat ik dit dan een krappe 3 geven.

The album was okay. I didn't hate it, but I also didn't LOVE it. It was easy to listen to though.

This was fine, nothing really grabbed me or stuck with me

We had this groups Psychocandy album on the list before, which was an absolute atrocity. Luckily, I didn't find any of the distortions issues on this album that was present on Psychocandy, even though much of this album still sounds like it was recorded in a cathedral. All tracks are just drenched in reverb. That aside, I think the opening track 'Darklands' was a great track! And 'Happy When it Rains' was also decent. Though the mixing didn't sound great on this album, I still think it is an OK album. So the group has definitely recovered some esteem.

We already had “Psychocandy”, which I barely remember, but I gave it 1 star, so I must have hated it. This wasn’t nearly as bad. I could kind of see the appeal of this band. Dark, gloomy, and with just the right guitar tone, it felt like the soundtrack to an indie movie. “April Skies” and “Happy When It Rains” were the standouts, though they sound pretty similar. I get why they’re famous: they’re like a more emo version of Pulp. 3 stars.

It was a really “cozy” feeling listening to this album, weird. I thought the lyrics were solid and the production was really nice for me

Rock, Pop, Folk, 1987 -> 3

Dark, synthy pop. Not my favourite JATHM record, but it's still very good.

Not that I think it's amazing but this stuff's way better than any shit The Smiths and their types have produced..

Cet album rejoint la longue liste d'albums dont je ne comprends pas trop la présence dans la liste. C'est tout sauf un mauvais album, comme je le dis à chaque fois, mais je ne suis pas sûr de ce qu'il le rend particulièrement exceptionnel, influent ou novateur. Donc ben écoute, ça sera un petit 3/5. J'ai rien de plus à dire.

Just a really dull album today. Not bad as such, but nothing to it at all for me. Heard a lot about them, but don't feel I've missed out from them really.

Fine? Given them three plays and nothing has yet hooked me in.

Couldn't help but gaze at my shoes the entire listen Best Song: April Skies Rating: 5.0/10 Starts: 3

Some nice songs on an easygoing album.

Pretty good it felt emotional

I'm not going to remember a single song tomorrow and it's dynamically kind of bland but it's OK.

I think I’ve said this about the other Jesus And Mary Chain album, but I get the appeal. I hear the good. It’s a nice mixture of 80’s pop sounds, early shoegaze, and a some gothic aesthetics. I’m not gonna bother listening again, but there’s a time and place for these guys. My favorite song was “Cherry Came Too”. Soft 3/5

A long and steady wave of melancholy. In isolation, the chord progressions are standard upbeat pop, but contrasted with the slow pace and sombre vocals it makes for a digestible sad. It could have used a couple more tempo changes.

It's actually surprising that I never got into the Jesus and Mary Chain much in the late 80s/early 90s, as they were right in with the groups that I loved and the music I loved. I listened to them casually from time to time, but didn't seriously get into their music. This album was new to me, although some of the songs sounded familiar. I loved a couple of songs on the album, but a lot of it was somewhat boring. I was surprised to hear some definite influence from the Beach Boys on a couple of songs. I didn't mind listening to it and a couple of songs ended up on my playlist, but it's not an album I would return to.

Had the pleasure to see this band live opening for NIN on their Cold, Black, and Infinite Tour. They are good, but better live. 3.

Pleasant and yet really boring. It would make good music to put on while cooking or cleaning out closets.

I respect The Jesus and Mary Chain, but it's not really my kind of thing. I'm sure that If this has been the jams when I was getting into music it would be a 5 but for now it's going to be a 3.

This generator has a category of albums I've created, titled "Generic". This is another generic album that simply sounds like a 1980s Pop Rock album. I really can't say much more. Favorite Track: "April Skies".

not too bad just didn’t amaze me

I enjoyed this. This is my kind of 80’s music. I have heard April Skies before, but I didn’t really know any of the songs on this.

Nice melodic rock.

Some pretty good alternative. Not something I expect to return to much but enjoyable nonetheless. No tracks particularly stood out to me. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: April Skies, Happy When It Rains, Cherry Came Too, Fall

Expectation: -> Based on band name, I thought this might be a 60s rock album. Nope. After listening: -> My wife asked me to describe this. I'm admittedly not good at categorizing music into genres and subgenres. I just listen. I said somthing like it having a new wave sound. It is part pop and radio friendly, part rock/guitar. Such an album from 1987 should be right up my alley. Well, I could listen to this all day. Yet, not once would I (or did I) stop to look at my phone to identify a song I was really enjoying. This album needs a proper spark, some fire. The most likely prognosis here is that this will fade into obscurity for me. Track ranking: Darklands April Happy Fall Down Cherry Deep Wall About Nine

Pretty okay I guess

they like singing about rain gilmore girls background music? WHY DO THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT RAIN

JAMC were on the alterna-radio a lot back in the day, but never grabbed me enough to buy any of their records. Did I make the right choice at the time? We shall see. This stuff is tuneful, but not very exciting. I liked "Happy When it Rains," though, and some of it feels almost like some of the slower Velvets songs, which I appreciated. Maybe if I were following the lyrics more closely, it might be hitting me with some poignant feeling that the music seems to call for but doesn't quite evoke. But this sounds so much like other bands from this period. Their drum machine is making me tap my foot, but most of these songs aren't hitting for me. 3 stars

The Jesus and The Mary Chain was the nickname of Len Houmous’ genitals 3.1 3/33 Happy When It Rains

1001 albums to hear before you see jesus and mary, the virgin 100# omg first hundred albums. until now it's been very interesting and some days I'm more in the mood or just can't listen to anything because i'm outside, but have to get back to it the next day and compensate. For the albums appearing.. i thought i would know the majority and more, but i only knew the majority of them and didn't had listened to quite a lot of them, so the objective of it all is being accomplished, open horizons of music and learn more about the history of music. The list isn't perfect, but at least has the potential to expand tastes and kind of lecture the history of music. I'm repeating myself here. Stop Well, for the album. It feels kind of restrained.. but it's still good nevertheless. I'm curious to hear the other album they have on the list that is said to be more experimental. Has a shoegazy sound to it, but really being alt rock Love the vocals on 'Nine Million Rainy Days' and the backing vocals coupled with the instrumentals.. i floated.

I can see very well why a fan of PSYCHOCANDY wouldn't like this album. I mean, you take these guys out of the endless wall of noise they built for themselves, and, well... They can sound a little plain. Maybe a little convential. Not terribly exciting. However, given how much I couldn't stand PSYCHOCANDY, shoot, I'll take plain, convential and not terribly exciting any day of the week. Sure, it doesn't hold my attention too well — but at least my ears can discern what's happening.

Nothing special but ok.

I had heard about the Jesus And Mary Chain but couldn't remember a song. This hasn't changed after listening to their "Darklands" album - it's nice-ish but got nothing special. Just another hour of well-produced boredom. Before I joined this project I wondered if there are really 1001 albums you must hear before you die. After listening to one quarter of this I still think a list of 101 albums would do.

fine

There is some really good guitar work. Lead vocals is a little blah

Way more refined than the debut. Ditched the distortion, cleaned it up a bit. Still sort of feels like a slightly more boring Stone Roses

Moody ambient album, feels like a predecessor to a lot of alt albums in the 90s. 3*

I’d never heard of this group let alone heard any of their songs before listening to this album. What a pleasant experience with a mix of music & vocals that provided multidimensional sound. I liked it.

savo gaat dit sws leuk vinden het was once again saaie rock.. sommige liedjes wel leuk maar gwn ... niet echt fan van hun naam? alice in chains >

If the stone roses were Scottish. Not bad but got a little samey in some places.

need to listen to the first one

Pretty solid atmospheric 80s indie sound. I'd go 3.5 if I could.

While you can hear the Velvet Underground influence here, what's more readily apparent is the influence this band had on a lot of subsequent bands from the era like Stone Roses, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, and the Verve. Actually, now that I think of it, that guy from Soup Dragons sounds like Jim Reid - remember them? A few times, "Darklands" made me think they were doing a cover of Bowie's "Heroes". "Fall" sounds a little like Bauhaus. This is pretty straightforward rock - guitars and drums with a Ramones-like or Lou Reed kind of vocal delivery. Chill and shoegazery in some spots, a bit more noisy in others. Nothing here is particularly ground-breaking or even memorable, but it's OK.

Very repetitive

(2.75)

Dark and brooding and moody. I liked it

This album does a bad job at hiding that they wrote the same song a handful of times, and mixes it with other songs

Nothing really bad. But boring. 3 stars for a good day. 1 for a bad day.

Just pretty standard 80s alternative music. There were influences that were easy to spot and parts that sounded like other artists altogether. Nothing offensive or difficult to listen to, just didn't seem all that notable.

I liked it. It was nice to listen to, but I couldn't tell you a single lyric. I got lost in it, but didn't find any deep meaning. A very pleasant 3 star album.

Of course really likeable. Missed out on them the first time thinking they were likely heavy metal but no, they’re really a part of a genre I already enjoy. A great listen.

I never really got into JAMC. They seem like a band that bridged a gap between dark wave goth and new wave pop. I didn't hate this album, but it's not something I'd seek out on purpose.

never heard of these guys but i like their sound. i guess this is like, proto-grunge? early shoegaze? i'm into it. although, i'm currently on my third listen to try and get it to register fully cos it's all very samey. which i'm kind of ok with in this case cos i'm totally down to just let that good grunge texture wash over me, but its making it so hard to pick out individual tracks to say anything about... after really concentrating hard on it i think "nine million rainy days" is my favourite? but idk if i could really even explain why in concrete terms. despite the composition being a bit slower and softer than average for the album, it feels more forceful somehow.....? could be the rock ballad ass beat? the reverb feels bigger too and it's known that i'm a sucker for that shit. idk. "on the wall" stood out a bit more too but there's no mystery there, it's just repetitive to the point of being kinda catchy. when it comes down to it, i'm a simple woman. i hear guitars playing through a fat stack of effects and vocals pushed down into the mix and i space the fuck out bobbing my head slowly and swaying side to side with my eyes closed. easiest 3 so far even if it does keep fading into the background.

This was fine? Very samey after a while. Listened to it in the morning and by the time I'm writing this review in the evening and I really couldn't remember much about it and had to listen to it again. "Happy When It Rains" "April Skies" and "About You" are the standouts for me

6/10

Good

Really wanted to like this album cause it’s right up my alley in terms of genre and style but it just was a bit drowning, and his voice starts to bother me after a few tracks in.

Good mellow vibes, but pretty samey through the whole album. 3.5 if I could.

Jesus christ

Nothing special either way.

Alternative sounding for sure, but not really the most interesting sounding to me. Perhaps it's been overtaken by time and became a victim of other albums having made more interesting stuff. It does sound a bit more mature and evolved than their first listen. Not that much to say about it.

3 is about right

more chill than i thought itd be, nothing particularly life changing but a solid albu, overall

Fine.

Mediocre tavaraa taas eikä oikein mitään jää taskuun. Siellä täällä ihan kivoja fiboja

Tää on tää pändi, joka varmaan influenssas useempaa myöhempien aikojen yrittäjää. Tykkään yleisilmeestä ja viiliksestä, mutta kokonaisuus jää semisti vajaaks ja venyy ja vanuu liiaks. Meinasin muuten mennä pari suvee sitten kattomaan kun kävivät härmässä, mutta yllättäen jäi. No nyt se on turha surkutella! Ei voi siis myöskään leikkii tosifäniä, kun ei oo keikkaa vyöllä.

Nothin crazy typical band

I gave up on this band years ago and I shouldn’t have. LA radio only played a few songs and I burned out on them before I could hear more of their depth.

Meh. Like Velvet Underground's outtakes.

Not outstanding

6/10

I've always liked the Jesus and Mary Chain...but over the course of their albums, the song structures get tedious and samey. That said, there are some really good songs on this, especially the title song, "Happy When It Rains," and "April Skies." I also liked the closer, "About You," because it is acoustic and breaks out of the same song structures that bog down the second half of the album especially. These Glaswegians carved out a sonic space and were hugely influential.

1987. Their first use of drum machines after their drummer left for another band.

This is probably my favorite of the three J&MC albums I've heard. Going with a light 3.5 based on its relative tunefulness and easy listening. But overall, I definitely don't get the hype over this group. I don't find either of the brothers to be exceptional vocalists or lyricists, and I haven't yet keyed into anything particularly interesting or noteworthy from a musical standpoint. Again, it's fine, I'm just a bit bored by it. There is far better stuff from 1987 in my book, most of which doesn't include these awful drum machines. 3.5/5

I liked it. Very warm and vibrant sounds, a cozy yet moody record throughout. Is this an album you have to listen to before you die? Eh, I don't know. But it's still a decent experience. Have to be honest that it didn't really wow me, and in terms of shoegaze I think there's much, much better artists and albums out there (Cocteau Twins come to mind), but it's undeniably of high quality regardless. 3.5/5.

It was like they took their first take (which was a proper goth album) and gave it to the studio execs, and they said "nope, too dark, won't sell, try again". And this is the second attempt. Just a little broody, but not enough. And half-produced.

Enjoyable, it's good music, it's quite samey, but i can see how hugely influential it is, a lot of music still wants to sound like this but doesn't succeed. It is a kind of music that doesn't do much for me though

I’m on the fence with this one because it’s on the border of new wave and gothic rock, and I like both of them, but it’s resisting the hopeless, unashamed emoness of an album like Floodland (which I love and return to constantly), and that is clouding my perceptions of this album. It’s like if the sisters of mercy went on Prozac and started sounding like verve or the goo goo dolls. With Floodland in my mind, I just can’t respect their inability to go all in on the gothic vibes. So it’s a 3.5 or 4 that I’m forced to round down to a 3. I’m sorry.

nice

I liked this better than Psychocandy. Maybe it’s because - according to Pitchfork - “the band turns down the noise attitude and works on developing the back-to-basics pop songs that were always underneath.” Whatever the reason, I thought this was a totally solid album and enjoyed it more than their feedback drenched first album.

Sounds like the era it was made in

No longer the album of 40 years ago. All rather samey, as if losing the drummer and removing the feedback was the wrong choice

Good vibes but the tracks sorta just blended together for me

Perfectly enjoyable listen.

While I was aware of the existence of The Jesus and Mary Chain in 1987, they were WAY off my radar. So this thing isn't bad at all. There just isn't anything for me to latch onto.

Me gustó. Tiene un Sonido muy alternativo

Tasaista ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ei oikein mitään mainitsemisen arvoista. Ihan ok. ⭐⭐⭐

This was fine, but didn't excite me much.

The perfect Portlandia soundtrack.

This is classic alt rock. Not a whole lot of highs and lows, but a relatively pleasant listen if you're in the mood.

Forgettable but decent

Pop music for goth kids fits firmly into that ‘alt pop’ category that’s just a little too weird for the mainstream but is just a little too bubblegum to be counter-culture. It’s like a cheat code for alt kids like I was, that let me listen to pop-adjacent music without the icky sellout feelings attached to anything you’d hear on that end-of-the-dial pop radio station. Listening to this today, it feels pretty dated and I’m struggling to decide if it holds up. Ultimately. I can listen to this whole record, but I probably wouldn’t choose to. (It’s the morning after, I tried to do a relisten this morning before writing my notes and only made it through a few songs before I decided I’d heard what I needed.

Pretty, pretty good.