The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities (2007)

About this title: The Jesus and Mary Chain's 2008 Rhino four-disc box set The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities, collects all of the influential Scottish noise-pop band's various B-side singles, cover songs, and sundry demos in one terrific package. Fans of JAMC who already own the band's albums should be pleased to see that none of the original album tracks are included here. For those who don't own them, Rhino's 2006 bonus disc reissues of Psychocandy, Darklands, Automatic, Honey's Dead, and Stoned & Dethroned is the place to start. However, in many ways The Power of Negative Thinking is a more ... read more

Tracks:

1. Up Too High [Demo '83] [Reid]
2. Upside Down [Reid/Reid]
3. Vegetable Man [Barrett]
4. Suck [Reid/Reid]
5. Ambition [Goddard]
6. Just out of Reach [Reid/Reid]
7. Boyfriend's Dead [Reid/Reid]
8. Head [Reid/Reid]
9. Just Like Honey [Demo Oct. '84] [Reid/Reid]
10. Cracked [Reid/Reid]
11. Taste of Cindy [Acoustic Version] [Reid/Reid]
12. The Hardest Walk [Reid/Reid]
13. Never Understand [Alternative] [Reid/Reid]
14. My Little Underground[Demo Version] [Reid/Reid]
15. The Living End[Demo Version] [Reid/Reid]
16. Some Candy Talking [Reid/Reid]
17. Psychocandy [Reid/Reid]
18. Hit [Reid/Reid]
19. Cut Dead [Acoustic] [Reid/Reid]
20. You Trip Me Up [Acoustic] [Reid/Reid]
21. Walk and Crawl [Reid/Reid]
22. Kill Surf City [Reid/Reid]
23. Bo Diddley Is Jesus [Reid/Reid]
24. Who Do You Love [McDaniel]
25. Everything's Alright When You're Down [Reid/Reid]
26. Shake [Reid/Reid]
27. Happy When It Rains [Demo Version] [Reid/Reid]
28. Happy Place [Reid/Reid]
29. F. Hole [Reid/Reid]
30. Rider [Reid/Reid]
31. On the Wall [Porta Studio Demo] [Reid/Reid]
32. Surfin' USA [April Out-Take] [Berry/Wilson]
33. Here It Comes Again [Reid/Reid]
34. Don't Ever Change [Reid/Reid]
35. Swing [Reid/Reid]
36. Sidewalking [Reid/Reid]
37. Surfin' USA [Summer Mix] [Berry/Wilson]
38. Shimmer [Reid/Reid]
39. Penetration [Reid/Reid]
40. Break Me Down [Reid/Reid]
41. Subway [Reid/Reid]
42. My Girl [Robinson/White]
43. In the Black [Reid/Reid]
44. Terminal Beach [Reid/Reid]
45. Deviant Slice [Reid/Reid]
46. I'm Glad I Never [Reid/Reid]
47. Drop [Acoustic Re-Mix] [Reid/Reid]
48. Rollercoaster [Reid/Reid]
49. Silverblade [Reid/Reid]
50. Lowlife [Reid/Reid]
51. Tower of Song [Cohen]
52. Heat [Reid/Reid]
53. Guitarman [Hubbard]
54. Why'd You Want Me [Reid/Reid]
55. Sometimes [Reid/Reid]
56. Teenage Lust [Acoustic Version] [Reid/Reid]
57. Reverberation (Doubt) [Erikcson/Hall/Suthe]
58. Don't Come Down [Reid/Reid]
59. Snakedriver [Reid/Reid]
60. Something I Can't Have [Reid/Reid]
61. Write Record Release Blues [Reid/Reid]
62. Little Red Rooster [Burnett/Dixon]
63. The Perfect Crime [Reid]
64. Little Stars [Reid]
65. Drop - Re-Recorded [Reid]
66. I'm in with the out Crowd [Reid]
67. New York City [Reid]
68. Taking It Away [Lurie]
69. Ghost of a Smile [MacGowan]
70. Alphabet Street [Prince]
71. Coast to Coast [Alternate-William Vox] [Reid/Reid]
72. Bleed Me [Reid]
73. 33 1/3 [Reid]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.