Darklands [Original recording remastered]

Jesus & Mary Chain | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino Records
• ASIN: B0013D8JB0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,459 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Darklands

2. Deep One Perfect Morning

3. Happy When It Rains

4. Down on Me

5. Nine Million Rainy Days

6. April Skies

7. Fall

8. Cherry Came Too

9. On the Wall

10. About You

Editorial Reviews

1987's DARKLANDS, still full of reverb but somewhat sparer sounding, features highlights including April Skies, Happy When It Rains, and the title track.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums ever !, November 1, 2001

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D. Christen "dan_chris" (Rushville, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darklands (Audio CD)

Darklands is pure genious - from the first note of the opening track to the very last sound of 'About You'. This is one of the albums I could not live without. While 'Psycho Candy' was a fantastic debut, 'Darklands' just blew me away. 'April Skies' and 'Happy when it rains' were two grandiose singles, released prior to 'Darklands', and there is not a bad song on this entire album. The first time I put this LP on my turntable was back in 1987 and I have listened to it at least once a month every year since then. Your CD collection will not be complete without this album !

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars buy this album, November 25, 1999

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Kelan L. Koning (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darklands (Audio CD)

I honestly couldn't have gotten through the 80s and early 90s without this album. Haunting, beautiful, and true. "There's something warm about the rain/there's something good in everything." Coming from Oregon, it was my most played album. Living in Cali, it's the album I play to remind me of home and long walks in my trench coat with my sister: "we lived our lives in the pouring rain/and the raindrop beat out of time to our refrain." Surprisingly optimistic despite the sometimes funereal moan of the vocals. What can I say except buy it and make your own memories.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No More Hissssssssssssssssssss...., June 7, 2001

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Clark Paull "(Sleepin' with the TV on)" (Murder City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darklands (Audio CD)

Back when The Jesus & Mary Chain released their debut album "Psychocandy," curiosity got the better of me and I went to check out the band when they played a gig at a [club], located in one of Detroit's worst neighborhoods. The brothers Reid, accompanied only by a drum machine and their guitars, played a half hour of what sounded like feedback amplified through a fast food restaurant's drive-through speaker system in a wind tunnel, with an occasional hook or melody coming through the din, never turning to face the audience once. So imagine my surprise, and delight, when, a few years later, I bought "Darklands," slapped it on my turntable and heard some of the darkest, melodic, most beautiful noise ever committed to vinyl. Songs like "Happy When It Rains" and "April Skies," in a perfect world, would have been huge radio hits. The album that showed the world what is at the core of the J&MC's music when stripped of all the feedback, distortion, and white noise. Simply stunning...