''Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides and More)'' is a compilation album by Scottish

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The Jesus and Mary Chain The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid. After signing to independent label Creation Records, they re ...

. It was released on 18 April 1988 by

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. The album contains singles, B-sides and rare tracks. Throughout the 1980s the band was known for their prodigious output in these formats, often in limited editions which quickly went out of print. This album collects many of those releases spanning the band's career up to that point. The band's cover of

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's "Who Do You Love?" was used on the soundtrack to the 1988 film

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. "Mushroom" is a cover of a Can song. "Sidewalking" was voted one of the best singles of 1988 by Musician magazine. The title comes from a line in the song "Cherry Came Too" from the '' Darklands'' album. This album was not included in the 2006 remasterings of the group's back catalogue. All tracks from this compilation, except for "Mushroom" and "Just Out of Reach" (which appears in a re-recorded form on ''Barbed Wire Kisses'') are now included on '' The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities''.

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re-released ''Barbed Wire Kisses'' as a 2-LP Limited edition of 8,000 copies on 180-gram blood red vinyl for 2015 Black Friday

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. The name is also used for Zoë Howe's 2014 biography of the band.

Track listing

All tracks 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, except where noted. ;LP (BYN 15) ''Side 1'' # "Kill Surf City" – 3:09 ^G # "Head" – 3:48 ^C # "Rider" – 2:10 ^F # "Hit" – 3:26 ^D # "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30 ^E # "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04 ^J # "Happy Place" – 2:22 ^H # "Psychocandy" – 2:52 ^D ''Side 2'' # " Sidewalking" – 3:32 ^I # " Who Do You Love?" (

) – 4:03 ^G # " Surfin' U.S.A." (

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, Brian Wilson) – 2:57 ^F # "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37 ^H # " Upside Down" – 2:57 ^A # "Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)" – 1:58 ^D # "Swing" – 2:23 ^E # "On the Wall (Porta Studio Demo/F. Hole)" - 4:46 ^F ;Cassette (BYNC 15) ''Side 1'' # "Kill Surf City" – 3:09 ^G # "Head" – 3:48 ^C # "Rider" – 2:10 ^F # "Hit" – 3:26 ^D # "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30 ^E # "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04 ^J # "Happy Place" – 2:22 ^H # "Psycho Candy" – 2:52 ^D # "Cracked" – 3:43 ^C # "

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(Live 1986)" ( Can) – 3:16 ^G ''Side 2'' # " Sidewalking" – 3:32 ^I # " Who Do you Love?" (

) – 4:03 ^G # " Surfin' U.S.A." (

, Brian Wilson) – 2:57 ^F # "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37 ^H # " Upside Down" – 2:57 ^A # "Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)" – 1:58 ^D # "Swing" – 2:23 ^E # "On the Wall (Demo)" - 4:46 ^F # "Here It Comes Again" – 2:31 ^F # "Bo Diddley is Jesus" – 3:16 ^G ;CD (BYNC 15) # "Kill Surf City" – 3:09 ^G # "Head" – 3:48 ^C # "Rider" – 2:10 ^F # "Hit" – 3:26 ^D # "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30 ^E # "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04 ^J # "Happy Place" – 2:22 ^H # "Psycho Candy" – 2:52 ^D # " Sidewalking" – 3:32 ^I # " Who Do You Love?" (Diddley) – 4:03 ^G # " Surfin' U.S.A." (Berry, Wilson) – 2:57 ^F # "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37 ^H # " Upside Down" – 2:57 ^A # "Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)" – 1:58 ^D # "Swing" – 2:23 ^E # "On the Wall (Demo)" – 4:46 ^F # "Cracked" – 3:43 ^C # "Here It Comes Again" – 2:31 ^F # "

(Live 1986)" ( Can) – 3:16 ^G # "Bo Diddley Is Jesus" – 3:16 ^G Some, but not all, of the releases of the album credit the short noise instrumental "F-Hole" (from the "

Happy When It Rains "Happy When It Rains" is a song by Scottish alternative rock group the Jesus and Mary Chain, released as the second single from their second studio album, '' Darklands'' (1987). It was issued through Blanco y Negro Records on 3 August 1987 and ...

" 12" single) as appearing directly after the demo version of "On the Wall," but it's there on all of the releases. "F-Hole" appears as its own track on the 2008 compilation The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities.

Original releases

* ^A The band's first, non-album single " Upside Down" from 1984. * ^B B-side to "

You Trip Me Up "You Trip Me Up" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain from their 1985 debut album ''Psychocandy''. The track was released as the second single from the record through Blanco y Negro Records in May 1985. The son ...

" from 1985. * ^C B-sides to "

Just Like Honey "Just Like Honey" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain from their 1985 debut album '' Psychocandy''. The track was released as the third single from the record through Blanco y Negro Records in September 1985. ...

" from 1985. * ^D B-sides to " Some Candy Talking" EP from 1986. * ^E '' Darklands'' session out-takes. * ^F B-sides to " Darklands" EP from 1987. * ^G B-sides to "

April Skies "April Skies" is a song by Scottish alternative rock group the Jesus and Mary Chain and the first single from the group's second studio album, '' Darklands'' (1987). The song was released by Blanco y Negro Records in April 1987, reaching 8 on ...

" from 1987. * ^H B-sides to "

" from 1987. * ^I Released as non-album single " Sidewalking" in 1988. * ^J Previously unreleased. Rerecorded version. The original version appears on "

" from 1985.

Personnel

The Jesus and Mary Chain *

– vocals, guitar, production * William Reid – vocals, guitar, production Additional personnel * John Loder – production * Helen Backhouse – design * Andrew Catlin – photography

Charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1988 compilation albums Blanco y Negro Records compilation albums B-side compilation albums The Jesus and Mary Chain compilation albums