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 The Jesus and Mary ChainHoney's Dead Release Date: 1992 03 zz Running Time: 42:22 Label: Blanco y Negro/Rhino Rating:  |
Again working with Alan Moulder but now also using a live drummer on most tracks -- namely Monti from Curve, one of the Mary Chain's many descendants -- the Reids came back strong with Honey's Dead, on balance a more consistent and satisfying record than Automatic. There's a sense of greater creativity with the arrangements, while the balance between blasting static rampage and precise, almost clinical delivery is the finest yet, making the album as a whole the best straight-through listen since Psychocandy. Monti's drumming finally replaces Bobby Gillespie's properly; he's a much more talented musician than the Primal Scream overlord, using the warped funk hits familiar from Curve's work to the Mary Chain's advantage. Even the drum machine-driven cuts work better than before, especially the brilliant, coruscating opener, "Reverence." Burning with some of the best nails-on-chalkboard feedback the band had yet recorded, combined with a whipsmart sharp breakbeat, all it took was the finishing touch of Jim Reid's sneering lines like "I wanna die like Jesus Christ" to make it another stone-cold classic single from the band. Other winners include "Sugar Ray," with beats and melody so immediate and addictive the track was actually used for a beer commercial, of all things, and the steady slap and crunch of "Good for My Soul." If there's a danger in Honey's Dead, it's that the near bottomless pit of reworked melodies and lyrics had almost reached its end -- even the final track, "Frequency," combines both "Reverence" itself with the Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner" -- which made the stylistic shift on Stoned & Dethroned a logical follow-up. William and Jim Reid split all the vocals almost evenly, the former especially shining on the nearly gentle "Almost Gold," the closest the record comes to a sweet ballad. Ned Raggett, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Reverence | Reid, Reid | 3:40 |
| 2 | Teenage Lust | Reid, Reid | 3:06 |
| 3 | Far Gone and Out | Reid, Reid | 2:51 |
| 4 | Almost Gold | Reid, Reid | 3:19 |
| 5 | Sugar Ray | Reid, Reid | 4:41 |
| 6 | Tumbledown | Reid, Reid | 4:10 |
| 7 | Catchfire | Reid, Reid | 4:47 |
| 8 | Good for My Soul | Reid, Reid | 3:05 |
| 9 | Rollercoaster | Reid, Reid | 3:46 |
| 10 | I Can't Get Enough | Reid, Reid | 2:56 |
| 11 | Sundown | Reid, Reid | 4:59 |
| 12 | Frequency | Reid, Reid | 1:19 |
Other Releases:
| Honey's Dead [DualDisc] Release Date: 1992 Label: Rhino/WEA |
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