Barbed Wire Kisses

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
1988 collection of B-sides, outtakes & rarities by Scottishbrothers Jim & William Reid's feedback-loving post-moderngroup. No longer available in the U.S., 'Barbed Wire Kisses(B-Sides And More)' contains 20 tracks, including thesingles 'Sidewalking' & their cover of 'Surfin' USA', plusthe anti-surf theme 'Kill Surf City'. The full title is'Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides And More)'. A Blanco Y NegroRecords release. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Kill Surf City
Head
Rider
Hit
Don't Ever Change
Just Out of Reach
Happy Place
Psycho Candy
Sidewalking
Who Do You Love
Surfin' USA
Everything's Alright When You're Down
Upside Down
Taste of Cindy [Acoustic Version]
Swing
On the Wall [Demo Version]
Cracked
Here It Comes Again
Mushroom [Live]
Bo Diddley Is Jesus

Album Description

1988 collection of B-sides, outtakes & rarities by Scottishbrothers Jim & William Reid's feedback-loving post-moderngroup. No longer available in the U.S., 'Barbed Wire Kisses(B-Sides And More)' contains 20 tracks, including thesingles 'Sidewalking' & their cover of 'Surfin' USA', plusthe anti-surf theme 'Kill Surf City'. The full title is'Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides And More)'. A Blanco Y NegroRecords release.

Customer Reviews:

Jimmy Eat World.......2006-03-09

Jimmy makes bands like Blink 182 seem like hardcore punk in comparison. Blink and others seem brilliant next to the mediocre standards set by many Emo groups like Jimmy, their catalogs become trend setters to those that were force fed Jimmy in their teenage existence. I try to listen to everyone so I gave Jimmy more than a few tries because they were at the head of a new music direction, Emo, but instead of them growing on me each listen brought aworse opinion of them. Since they have been successful in a new genre they will get mercilessly ripped on. Even more than if they just sucked like other bands that just suck, so I made sure I took this into account when listening. It didn't help. Jimmy is actually a group deserving the criticism it receives. They suck. They also represent Emo and ironically the problem I had with their music was that their songs didn't elicit any emotion. Everything was safe and boring. They couldn't even write the annoyingly catchy song that sticks in your head even though you don't want it there. I also don't understand why you bought a B-Sides collection to start with. B-Sides are discards and for diehard fans. Fans like me will report this is a shockingly good B-Sides collection, but only for fans. "Upside Down" needs to be in the record collection of any person with a pulse. It has more emotion than the whole Jimmy catalog put together. It may be one of the best songs ever written and is worth the price of the whole Jesus & Mary Chain recorded history. Hearing the melancholy rise from the fierce noise on top of it is the ultimate cathartic experience music can provide. Playing "Upside Down" when your goldfish dies will surely help you cope more than any Jimmy song. Enough Jimmy. Why do many bands leave off the title songs for an album? Especially when it is as good as this and the song would have fit perfectly in about 6 different places on the Psychocandy CD. Glad they finally released it, instead of continuing to hide it. The rest has tons of ace covers, truly great ear candy, and some hit and miss experiments. This is a treasure hunt of embarrassing riches that will continue to amaze fans from start to finish.

Huh?.......2005-12-11

If you listen to Jimmy Eats World, your opinion on music is invalid. Enough Said.

i bought it because jimmy eat world dropped their name.......2005-09-05

This is the worst album I've ever purchased. If I wasn't going to return it, I would burn it.

More than B sides.......2005-05-04

Psychocandy is the album that defined the Jesus and Mary Chain. It was unfortunate that they turned down the distortion petals and created Darklands.

Where does that leave Barbed Wire Kisses, you ask. After all, this review is about Barbed Wire Kisses. Barbed Wire Kisses is a mixed bag of B sides, out-takes, alternate versions and singles only songs. Somehow, this mix blends well, and only in a couple of spots on the album feel disjointed. That said, this album ranks up there with Psychocandy. In fact, I like it more than Psychocandy.

As far as the songs on this album, there is a range from sinister to silly (read 'not serious')... with the covers of Who Do You Love and Surfin' USA being the poles. Who Do You Love is worth the price of the album, a slow and evil nod to Bo Diddley and cooler than George Thorogood's version. 'Kill Surf City', 'Hit', 'Just Out of Reach', 'Cracked' represent the dark side. 'Upside Down' has the distiction of being the greatest distortion-filled sonic assault the Jesus and Mary Chain ever did. It makes the Psychcandy album sound "nice" in comparison. The album is balanced by lighter fare such as 'Psycho Candy' and the acoustic version of 'Taste of Cindy'. And then there are the tunes that are just cool, like a pair of pitch black shades... 'Sidewalking' and 'Bo Diddley is Jesus'.

If anything doesn't work on the album it is the Darklands outtakes and the porta-studio demo 'On the Wall'. They sound out of place.

All in all, this album is one of my Desert Island albums. If I ever have to be a castaway, I better have this with me!

JAMC take u to hell n back..........2004-01-22

Some albums effortlessly morph from being mere musical platters to representing whole chunks of your life. Barbed Wire Kisses, apart from opening my eyes to the JAMC phenomenon, represented 1992 in its entirety for me. (Yeah, I clued on four years after its release.)
Aside from the fact that BWK contains some of the band's best material, as well as their trippiest, oddest, eeriest and rockin'est (Sidewalking is the aural definition of cool), this album should be purchased by every single human being soley for Cracked. Without a doubt, this is the most terrifying song that was ever created. I see Hades every time I hear it. Nuff said.

Average customer rating:

Jimmy Eat World
Huh?
i bought it because jimmy eat world dropped their name
More than B sides
JAMC take u to hell n back...

Barbed Wire Kisses
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

The Sound of Speed
Darklands
Automatic
Psychocandy
Honey's Dead

ASIN: B000002LEG
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Kill Surf City
Head
Rider
Hit
Don't Ever Change
Just Out Of Reach
Happy Place
Psycho Candy
Sidewalking
Who Do You Love
Surfin' USA
Everything's Alright When You're Down
Upside Down
Taste Of Cindy
Swing
On The Wall
Cracked
Here It Comes Again
Mushroom
Bo Diddley Is Jesus

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

Jimmy Eat World.......2006-03-09

Huh?.......2005-12-11

If you listen to Jimmy Eats World, your opinion on music is invalid. Enough Said.

i bought it because jimmy eat world dropped their name.......2005-09-05

This is the worst album I've ever purchased. If I wasn't going to return it, I would burn it.

More than B sides.......2005-05-04

JAMC take u to hell n back..........2004-01-22

Average customer rating:

Barbed Wire Kisses
Jesus & Mary Chain
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000564KG

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