Missing #TheJesusandMaryChainTop10 today.

Many thanks to @tansleyjames@twitter.com for setting the challenge.

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1 - Head On (Automatic, 1989)

In many ways the antithesis of everything else I love about JAMC. The walls of feedback and distortion excised and driven by synth bass and drum machine. Eccentric pop perfection.

https://youtu.be/d79UIkiY6ss

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2 - Snakedriver (Sound of Speed EP, 1993)

Sleazy blues rock that shimmies and stomps towards a wall of feedback and distortion. Beautiful.

https://youtu.be/d2KD_Ljc5nE

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3 - Reverence (Honey's Dead, 1992)

Utterly danceable dirge like baggy industrial. Fantastic album opener and as controversy-baiting as ever.

https://youtu.be/8a_K8UEC7EA

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4 - Blues from a Gun (Automatic, 1989)

Some beefy riffing and my favourite lyrics of any JAMC song. The lyrics are a perfect fit for the melody. It's a pop song of the highest order.

https://youtu.be/esJhhZk-BqE

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5 - Darklands (Darklands, 1987)

A break from the noise of feedback and distortion. Moody introspection that has its own romance and heartache.

https://youtu.be/zXSCdU4KUks

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6 - The Living End (Pyschocandy, 1985)

The track that effectively got me into JAMC. They made an artform of feedback.

https://youtu.be/kRq_oSJ4fMg

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7 - UV Ray (Automatic, 1989)

The combination of William Reid's heavy riffing with the relentless drum machine assault and the spacious production pushes JAMC towards a more industrial sound.

https://youtu.be/broW3iz6sxA

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8 - April Skies (Darklands, 1987)

JAMCs highest charting single. Maybe a bit of an obvious choice, but it's a gorgeous pop song in all its sullen beauty.

https://youtu.be/OPPP3BXurHk

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9 - I Hate Rock 'N' Roll (Hate Rock 'N' Roll, 1995)

More squealing and whining feedback. Just a bit better produced. It never gets old. And if there's one thing that the brothers Reid hate it's not rock 'n' roll.

https://youtu.be/wCJ-eueGsDQ

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10 - Tumbledown (Honey's Dead, 1992)

Quasi-industrial in places and the feedback drenched sections feel like a massive nod to the Pyschocandy days.

https://youtu.be/rUL_aHA7224

January Music Challenges:

#TheSmithsAnthology Starts 1st Jan.
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#TheJesusAndMaryChainTop10 9th Jan.
#LloydColeTop10 22nd Jan.

Anyone else going to join in with #TheJesusAndMaryChainTop10 hosted by @tansleyjames starting on 9th January?

Post one song a day to make up your top 10.

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