The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities

Box set by The Jesus and Mary Chain

Released

September 2008

Genre

Alternative rock, noise pop, post-punk

Label

Blanco Y Negro
Rhino

Producer

Mason Williams, Phil Ward-Large, John Loder, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bill Inglot, Stephen Hague, Joe Foster

The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology

Live in Concert
(2003)

The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
(2008)

Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain
(2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
ChartAttack	^[2]
The Guardian	^[3]
Mojo	^[4]
Paste	8.7/10^[5]
Pitchfork Media	7.5/10^[6]
PopMatters	^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]
Uncut	^[9]
The Village Voice	favorable^[10]

The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities is a box set compilation album by the noise pop band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in 2008. As the title proclaims, it contains b-sides and rarities from the group's career.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jim Reid and William Reid; except where indicated.

Disc one
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Up Too High" (demo '83)	William Reid	3:44
2.	"Upside Down"		3:00
3.	"Vegetable Man"	Syd Barrett	3:35
4.	"Suck"		2:08
5.	"Ambition"	Vic Goddard	3:29
6.	"Just Out of Reach"		2:08
7.	"Boyfriend's Dead"		1:43
8.	"Head"		3:50
9.	"Just Like Honey" (demo Oct. '84)		2:59
10.	"Cracked"		3:47
11.	"Taste of Cindy" (acoustic version)		2:00
12.	"The Hardest Walk"		3:13
13.	"Never Understand" (alternate take)		3:26
14.	"My Little Underground" (demo)		2:33
15.	"The Living End" (demo)		2:17
16.	"Some Candy Talking"		3:18
17.	"Psychocandy"		2:54
18.	"Hit"		3:28
19.	"Cut Dead" (acoustic)		2:47
20.	"You Trip Me Up" (acoustic)		2:42
21.	"Walk and Crawl"		2:24

Disc two
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Kill Surf City"		3:11
2.	"Bo Diddley Is Jesus"		3:18
3.	"Who Do You Love"	Ellas McDaniel	4:05
4.	"Everything's Alright When You're Down"		2:39
5.	"Shake"		2:01
6.	"Happy When It Rains" (demo)		3:47
7.	"Happy Place"		2:24
8.	"F. Hole"		1:09
9.	"Rider"		2:12
10.	"On the Wall" (Porta Studio demo)		3:42
11.	"Surfin' U.S.A." (April outtake)	Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson	2:58
12.	"Here It Comes Again"		2:33
13.	"Don't Ever Change"		3:33
14.	"Swing"		2:26
15.	"Sidewalking"		3:35
16.	"Surfin' U.S.A." (Summer mix)	Berry, Wilson	2:58
17.	"Shimmer"		2:47
18.	"Penetration"		2:48
19.	"Break Me Down"		2:31
20.	"Subway"		2:06
21.	"My Girl"	Smokey Robinson, Ronald White	3:05

Disc three
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"In the Black"		2:55
2.	"Terminal Beach"		2:25
3.	"Deviant Slice"		3:03
4.	"I'm Glad I Never"	Lee Hazlewood	1:31
5.	"Drop" (acoustic remix)		1:54
6.	"Rollercoaster"		3:52
7.	"Silverblade"		2:58
8.	"Lowlife"		3:28
9.	"Tower of Song"	Leonard Cohen	4:50
10.	"Heat"		3:01
11.	"Guitarman"	Hubbard, Jerry Reed	3:43
12.	"Why'd You Want Me"		3:14
13.	"Sometimes"		2:52
14.	"Teenage Lust" (acoustic version)		2:25
15.	"Reverberation (Doubt)"	Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Stacy Sutherland	3:47
16.	"Don't Come Down"		2:41
17.	"Snakedriver"		3:41
18.	"Something I Can't Have"		3:03
19.	"Write Record Release Blues"		2:57
20.	"Little Red Rooster"	Chester Arthur Burnett, Willie Dixon	3:27

Disc four
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Perfect Crime"	J. Reid	1:35
2.	"Little Stars"	W. Reid	3:33
3.	"Drop" (Re-recorded)	W. Reid	1:53
4.	"I'm In With the Out Crowd"	J. Reid	2:37
5.	"New York City"	W. Reid	1:59
6.	"Taking It Away"	Ben Lurie	2:12
7.	"Ghost of a Smile"	Shane MacGowan	2:55
8.	"Alphabet Street"	Prince	2:17
9.	"Coast to Coast" (alternate - William Vox)		2:17
10.	"Dirty Water" (demo - William Vox)	W. Reid	3:15
11.	"Till I Found You"		2:05
12.	"Bleed Me"	J. Reid	3:38
13.	"33⅓"	J. Reid	3:19
14.	"Lost Star"	W. Reid	2:05
15.	"Hide Myself"	J. Reid	3:31
16.	"Rocket"	Lurie	3:02
17.	"Easylife, Easylove"	J. Reid	4:08
18.	"40.000k"	J. Reid	2:51
19.	"Nineteen666"	Dick Meaney, W. Reid	3:31
20.	"Some Candy Talking" (acoustic version; iTunes US bonus track)		3:12

Personnel

Vanessa Atkins - Editorial Supervision
Glenn A. Baker - Photography
Paul Barber - Project Assistant
Barry Blacker - Drums
P.G. Brunelli - Photography
Andrew Catlin - Photography
Murray Dalglish - Drums
Brad Davidson - Bass
Donna DeChristopher - Project Assistant
Geoff Donkin - Drums
Steve Double - Photography
Terry Edwards - Trumpet
Casey Estevez - Package Supervision
Dave Evans - Guitar (Rhythm)
Dele Fadele - Liner Notes
Sheryl Farber - Project Assistant
Lyn Fey - Project Assistant
Lincoln Fong - Bass
Joe Foster - Producer
Bobby Gillespie - Drums
Steven P. Gorman - Photo Research
Dick Green - Bass
Stephen Hague - Producer
Douglas Hart - Bass
Dan Hersch - Remastering
Martin Hewes - Drums
Robin Hurley - Project Assistant
Wendy Idele - Photography
Bill Inglot - Compilation Producer, Remastering
Ivan Ivan - Remixing
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Producer
Philip King - Bass
Gie Knaeps - Photography
Masaki Koike - Art Direction, Design
John Loder - Producer, Engineer
Ben Lurie - Bass, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (background)
Shane MacGowan - Vocals
Ross Marino - Photography, Cover Photo
Patrick Milligan - Discographical Annotation
Steve Monti - Drums
John J. Moore - Drums, Guitar (Rhythm)
Kenny Nemes - Product Manager
Karen Parker - Vocals (background)
Matthew Parkin - Bass
Steve Peck - Engineer
Joshua Petker - Art Supervisor
James Pinker - Drums
David Ponak - Project Assistant
Alessandra Quaranta - Photo Research
Jim Reid - Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Instrumentation
Julie Reid - Project Assistant
Linda Reid - Vocals
William Reid - Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Instrumentation
Paul Rider - Photography
Ebet Roberts - Photography
Nick Sanderson - Drums
Hope Sandoval - Vocals
Tom Sheehan - Photography
Nina Talikka - Research Assistant
Richard Thomas - Drums
Phil Ward-Large - Producer
Scott Webber - Project Assistant
Kevin Westenberg - Photography
Mason Williams - Compilation Producer
Steve Woolard - Project Assistant

References

↑ "The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities - The Jesus and Mary Chain". Allmusic.
↑ "Jesus And Mary Chain — The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides And Rarities". ChartAttack. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.
↑ Petridis, Alexis (19 February 2009). "The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities". Retrieved 26 September 2015.
↑ Mojo magazine. December 2008, p.120
↑ "The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities". Paste.
↑ Berman, Stuart (1 October 2008). "The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
↑ "The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Power of Negative Thinking". PopMatters.
↑ "The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008.
↑ Uncut magazine. December 2008, p.100
↑ "The Jesus and Mary Chain Gleefully Confound Both their Fans and Themselves". Village Voice.

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Jim Reid William Reid Mark Crozer Brian Young Phil King Murray Dalglish Dave Evans Bobby Gillespie Douglas Hart Ben Lurie Steve Monti Nick Sanderson Richard Thomas John Moore Loz Colbert

Studio albums	Psychocandy Darklands Automatic Honey's Dead Stoned & Dethroned Munki

Live albums	Live in Concert

Compilations	Barbed Wire Kisses The Sound of Speed Hate Rock 'n' Roll The Complete John Peel Sessions 21 Singles The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain The Complete Vinyl Collection

EPs	Some Candy Talking Happy When It Rains Darklands Rollercoaster The Peel Sessions Sound of Speed

Singles	"Upside Down" "Never Understand" "You Trip Me Up" "Just Like Honey" "April Skies" "Happy When It Rains" "Darklands" "Sidewalking" "Blues from a Gun" "Head On" "Reverence" "Far Gone and Out" "Almost Gold" "Sometimes Always" "Come On" "I Hate Rock 'n' Roll" "Cracking Up" "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"

Related articles	Discography Rollercoaster Tour Beautiful Noise

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