''Some Candy Talking'' is an

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(EP) by Scottish

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band

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, released on 14 July 1986 by

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. The EP includes an acoustic version of "Taste of Cindy", originally taken from the band's debut studio album, ''

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'', and a song titled "Psychocandy", which did not appear on that album. The titular song did not appear on the original pressing of ''

'', but was featured when the album was released on CD in 1986. The title track is commonly misunderstood as being about

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use. In a 2005 interview with ''

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'' magazine, lead singer

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stated, "'Some Candy Talking' had nothing to do with drugs, actually. It was just something a radio DJ picked up on, and it was banned in all the major radio stations in the UK". The song was originally banned for this reason by

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DJ Mike Smith, although it was later voted at number nine in that year's

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Festive 50. The song was included on the

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to the 1986 film ''

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''. The acoustic tracks on the Double 7-inch vinyl are the four tracks recorded for the 3rd John Peel Session in October 1986, and are included on the Complete John Peel Sessions album. The EP marked the final release that drummer

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appeared on. After this release, he returned to his own band,

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Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Some Candy Talking''. *

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– production on "Psychocandy", "Hit" and "Taste of Cindy" *

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– engineering on "Some Candy Talking" *

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– engineering assistance on "Some Candy Talking" * John Loder – engineering on "Psychocandy", "Hit" and "Taste of Cindy" * Phil Ward Large – production on "Cut Dead" (acoustic), "Psychocandy" (acoustic), "You Trip Me Up" (acoustic) and "Some Candy Talking" (acoustic) * Mike Laye – cover photo (7-inch) * Steve Mitchell – inside photo (7-inch)

Charts

References

{{The Jesus and Mary Chain 1986 debut EPs Blanco y Negro Records albums The Jesus and Mary Chain albums