History Music / Psychocandy

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''Psychocandy'' is the 1985 debut of AlternativeRock band Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain and the TropeMaker of NoisePop. The album combines the band's love of Music/PhilSpector-ish "Wall of Sound" Pop with Music/{{Velvet Underground}} and Music/{{Einsturzende Neubauten}}'s head-crushing noise, plus Jim Reid's [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifying]] PerishingAltRockVoice and a PunkRock attitude of not giving a damn.

# "It's So Hard" - 2:37\\
''The CD version also includes "Some Candy Talking" between "Taste of Cindy" and "Never Understand".''

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Much of the album goes up to 7-8 due to the feedback.

The record is considered the band's defining masterpiece. Along with NoisePop, the album was instrumental in the development of {{Shoegazing}}, and it continues to be a pillar of Indie and Alternative music to this day. It was placed at #268 on ''UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''.

''Psychocandy'' is the 1985 debut of AlternativeRock band Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain and the TropeMaker of NoisePop. The album combines the band's love of Phil Specter-ish "Wall of Sound" Pop with Music/{{Velvet Underground}} and Music/{{Einsturzende Neubauten}}'s head-crushing noise, plus Jim Reid's [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifying]] PerishingAltRockVoice and a PunkRock attitude of not giving a damn. The record is considered the band's defining masterpiece

Along with NoisePop, the album was instrumental in the development of {{Shoegazing}}, and it continues to be a pillar of Indie and Alternative music to this day. It was placed at #268 on ''UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''.

* {{Shoegazing}}: UrExample with its combination of dense walls of guitar noise, foggy atmospheres, and pop melodies.

->''"We already had learned that kind of thing worked. If you could listen to [[Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico "The Black Angel's Death Song" on the same record as "I'll Be Your Mirror,"]] it worked then. So it's going to work again."''\\

-->''"We already had learned that kind of thing worked. If you could listen to [[Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico "The Black Angel's Death Song" on the same record as "I'll Be Your Mirror,"]] it worked then. So it's going to work again."''\\
--[[http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/the_jesus_and_mary_chain_-_jim_reid_on_touring_psychocandy Jim Reid]], discussing ''Psychocandy'''s contrast of noise and Pop ("psycho" and "candy") with ''Under the Radar Magazine'', September 2015

* {{Shoegazing}}: UrExample with its combination of dense walls of guitar noise, foggy atmospheres and Pop melodies.
* StandardSnippet: The distinct "dum-du-dum-tsch" drum beat that kicks off "Just Like Honey" was originally a ShoutOut to The Ronettes' "Be My Baby", but has since been used by just about every indie rock band.

''Psychocandy'' is the 1985 debut of AlternativeRock band Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain and the TropeMaker of NoisePop. The album combines the band's love of Phil Specter-ish "Wall of Sound" Pop with Music/{{The Velvet Underground}} and Music/{{Einsturzende Neubauten}}'s head-crushing noise, plus Jim Reid's [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifying]] PerishingAltRockVoice and a PunkRock attitude of not giving a damn. The record is considered the band's defining masterpiece

* StandardSnippet: The distinct dum-du-dum-tsch drum beat that kicks off "Just Like Honey" was originally a ShoutOut to The Ronettes' "Be My Baby", but has since been used by just about every indie rock band.

Along with NoisePop, the album was instrumental in the development of {{Shoegazing}}, and it continues to be a pillar of Indie and Alternative music to this day. It was placed at #268 on RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime.