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''Honey's Dead'' is the fourth studio album by the Scottish
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band
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, released in 1992 on
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. It marked a return to a more abrasive sound for the group, as well as incorporating elements of
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. The title refers to one of the band's early hits, "
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", and is intended to demonstrate a complete departure from their earlier musical style. The album's first single, " Reverence", attracted some controversy for the lyrics "I want to die just like
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", and "I want to die just like
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". Banned by
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, the track peaked at #10 in the UK charts and received airplay in the United States on alternative radio stations. ''Honey's Dead'' was recorded in the band's London studio, the aptly named "Drugstore", with accomplished engineer
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and future JaMC producer
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on board (not to mention a considerably larger bankroll). Alternative and campus radio stations picked up "Far Gone and Out" which remains one of the band's most popular singles to date, peaking at #23 in the band's native UK. The Mary Chain shared the bill during parts of
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1992 in the U.S. with
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,
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,
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, Lush,
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and
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.
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even used the samples of "Sugar Ray" as a background bed for their Bud Ice television commercials in 1993. ''Honey's Dead'' was on the short list of nominees for the 1992
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. The album posts a close second in sales to (1994) release ''
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'' (which contains the hit single " Sometimes Always" with
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of
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). The Reid brothers alternate between singing duties on tracks (most likely coinciding with songwriting duties).


Artwork

The album cover art features a detail from the painting ''Ophelia (First Version)'' by the
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painter Arthur Hughes. As of May 1998 the album has sold 122,000 copies in United States according to
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.


Track listing

All songs written by
Jim Reid James McLeish Reid (born 29 December 1961) is a Scottish singer/songwriter and the lead singer for the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid in 1983. Career The Jes ...
and William Reid. LP (BYN 26) and Cassette (BYNC 26) Side one #" Reverence" – 3:40 #"Teenage Lust" – 3:06 #" Far Gone and Out" – 2:51 #" Almost Gold" – 3:19 #"Sugar Ray" – 4:41 #"Tumbledown" – 4:10 Side two #"Catchfire" – 4:47 #"Good for My Soul" – 3:05 #"
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" – 3:46 #"I Can't Get Enough" – 2:56 #"Sundown" – 4:59 #"Frequency" – 1:19 CD (BYNCD 26) #" Reverence" – 3:40 #"Teenage Lust" – 3:06 #" Far Gone and Out" – 2:51 #" Almost Gold" – 3:19 #"Sugar Ray" – 4:41 #"Tumbledown" – 4:10 #"Catchfire" – 4:47 #"Good for My Soul" – 3:05 #"
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" – 3:46 #"I Can't Get Enough" – 2:56 #"Sundown" – 4:59 #"Frequency" – 1:19 Notes * Track 6: Contains a sample of
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's "Tanz Debil" ( Kollaps, 1981) starting at 1:25 and lasting for roughly 18 seconds. * Track 9: Is listed as "copyright 1990" (while the rest of the album is "copyright 1992"), but the version here is not the original 1990 EP version. This version features live drums (presumably by Monti) and does not have the echo on William Reid's voice, and is likely a re-recorded version from the album sessions.


Personnel

The Jesus and Mary Chain *
Jim Reid James McLeish Reid (born 29 December 1961) is a Scottish singer/songwriter and the lead singer for the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid in 1983. Career The Jes ...
vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
(tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8),
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, producer * William Reid – vocals (tracks 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12), guitar, producer *Steve Monti –
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, percussion Additional personnel *
Alan Moulder Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer. Early life Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Boston Grammar School. He had an interest in music fro ...
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(except track 9), mixing *
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– engineer (track 9) *Andy Catlin –
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References

{{Authority control The Jesus and Mary Chain albums 1992 albums Blanco y Negro Records albums