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Originally Posted by Starcat
A Mary Chain greatest hits set is Psychocandy, verbatim.
Their songs may have been better written on later albums, but it was at the loss of their noisy, dissonant sound that made them something more than a run-of-the-mill alt-rock band.
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Don't believe the hype, kiddo. The only thing that stopped JAMC from being a run of the mill indie band from the very off was the fact that they had a reputation for somewhat fiery live shows, and that's the reason that the music press picked up on them, nothing to do with the music. And Psychocandy contains just as much tosh as any other indie album of the time (and just as much as any of their subsequent albums), but it has been hidden beneath the noise (which wasn't something as unique to them at the time as mythology would like you to believe, you couldn't move for noise and distortion in UK indie music at the time).