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Compilation · 2008

The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities

by The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities is a 2008 alternative rock compilation by The Jesus and Mary Chain. It runs 81 tracks across 238 minutes on WEA International.

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Alternative Rock · Indie Rock · Rock

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238 min
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130 bpm
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E major
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Tracklist

81 tracks · 238 min

  1. 01The Perfect Crime
  2. 01Up Too High
  3. 01In the Black
  4. 01Kill Surf City
  5. 02Bo Diddley Is Jesus
  6. 02Little Stars
  7. 02Upside Down
  8. 02Terminal Beach
  9. 03Vegetable Man
  10. 03Who Do You Love
  11. 03Drop (re‐recorded)
  12. 03Deviant Slice
  13. 04I'm Glad I Never
  14. 04Suck
  15. 04(I'm in With) The Out Crowd
  16. 04Everything's Alright When You're Down
  17. 05New York City
  18. 05Ambition
  19. 05Shake
  20. 05Drop (acoustic remix)
  21. 06Just Out of Reach
  22. 06Taking It Away
  23. 06Rollercoaster
  24. 06Happy When It Rains (demo)
  25. 07Silverblade
  26. 07Happy Place
  27. 07Ghost of a Smile
  28. 07Boyfriend's Dead
  29. 08Lowlife
  30. 08F.Hole
  31. 08Alphabet Street
  32. 08Head
  33. 09Just Like Honey (demo Oct. '84)
  34. 09Coast to Coast (alternate – William Vox)
  35. 09Tower of Song
  36. 09Rider
  37. 10Cracked
  38. 10Dirty Water (demo – William Vox)
  39. 10Heat
  40. 10On the Wall (Porta Studio demo)
  41. 11Surfin' USA (April outtake)
  42. 11Till I Found You
  43. 11Guitarman
  44. 11Taste of Cindy (acoustic version)
  45. 12The Hardest Walk
  46. 12Why'd You Want Me
  47. 12Bleed Me
  48. 12Here It Comes Again
  49. 13Never Understand (alternate)
  50. 13Sometimes
  51. 1333⅓
  52. 13Don't Ever Change
  53. 14Teenage Lust (acoustic version)
  54. 14Lost Star
  55. 14Swing
  56. 14My Little Underground (demo)
  57. 15Hide Myself
  58. 15The Living End (demo)
  59. 15Sidewalking
  60. 15Reverberation (Doubt)
  61. 16Don't Come Down
  62. 16Rocket
  63. 16Some Candy Talking
  64. 16Surfin' USA (Summer mix)
  65. 17Psychocandy
  66. 17Easy Life, Easy Love
  67. 17Snakedriver
  68. 17Shimmer
  69. 18Something I Can't Have
  70. 18Penetration
  71. 1840,000k
  72. 18Hit
  73. 19Break Me Down
  74. 19Cut Dead (acoustic)
  75. 19Write Record Release Blues
  76. 19Nineteen666
  77. 20Little Red Rooster
  78. 20You Trip Me Up (acoustic)
  79. 20Subway
  80. 21Walk and Crawl
  81. 21My Girl

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In brief

When was The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities released?
The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities was released in 2008 on WEA International.
How many tracks are on The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities?
The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities has 81 tracks, with a runtime of 238 minutes.
What genre is The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities?
The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities is catalogued under Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Rock.
What BPM is The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities?
The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities runs at a median tempo of 130 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities?
Listeners of The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities also rate Beautiful Future by Primal Scream, Tarantula by Ride, The Sound of The Smiths by The Smiths.
Who produced The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities?
The Power of Negative Thinking: B‐Sides & Rarities was produced by Jim Reid, William Reid and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Jim Reid produced 10 of them.

Credits

Produced by
Jim ReidWilliam ReidThe Jesus and Mary Chain
Engineered by
William ReidFloodDick MeaneyNick AddisonAlan Moulder
+2 more
Georg KaleveJohn Loder
Played by
Jim ReidWilliam ReidBen LurieNick SandersonSteve Monti
+2 more
Bobby GillespieDouglas Hart
Vocals by
Jim ReidWilliam Reid

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