[.ca] Automatic

Overproduced....score another victory for the suits.:
Compared to all other J & MC albums, this one stands out as the most banal and 2-dimensional. This album was produced by suits. End of story. There is no question that a reasonable album was cut in the studio and a bunch of remix jockeys massaged it into something that pandered to the lowest common denominator. Psychocandy had none of that and was a large commerical success - why the label decided that could not be replicated, I could not tell you. Muscially there are some very interesting elements in this work, but they have had all the rough edges sanded down. If you are looking for J & MC albums that are creative and push the edges of music, listen to Psychocandy and Munki. While I *do* enjoy listening to this album, keep in mind it is J & MC work in an "Elevator Music" warpper. Annoying and dissappointing.

Great CD...:
This cd is great, I got into JAMC thru the video for 'Head On', and I bought the cd, and its great!! If you like some 80's dance beats you'll like this, although its really different then Pyschocandy, this is a great album. Songs like: Here comes alice, Blues from a gun, Between planets, Head on, Half way to crazy arr all amazing tracks. It's a shame this is an import though. I'm now buying the BBC Live cd. it's cool to hear the songs without their drum machine drummers...

Better Than Psycho Candy:
Even though this is different than Darklands in the fact that it's faster paced and a little over produced it still is an excellent Album from the end of the 80's. Automatic is better musically structured and sonically superior to the inferior, strident, harsh, unlistenable, mish mash of PsychoCandy and miles better than the convoluted unmemorable Honey's Dead. Don't always believe reviews that slam a groups music, if it was up to these boobs the music these groups played would not progress and become redundant recycled rehashes; Pearl Jam, Hootie and the Blowfish, Matchbox 20 ect. are prime examples. Unfortunately Jesus and Mary Chain had a hard time finding a sound that was uniquely them, explains why every CD sounds totally different from each other. Frankly I personally find Darklands to be the best this group ever had to offer, the most complete and a darkly haunting masterpiece. Automatic is Darklands on speed fast furious and intense, the same type of songs (lyrically, musically) sped way up, it's pure enjoyment for anyone who loves feedback guitar! and a song that jams and is easy to listen to, unlike the ears bleeding, grating nails on the chalk board PsychoCandy!

Awesome!:
Jesus & Mary Chain have 2 sets of fans, those who like the feedback drenched "Psychocandy". And the rest of us, who like everything after. "Automatic" is full of 50's - 60's guitar style rockers played in the JMC way. Perhaps, one little flaw is the drum machine. But you can't deny the sheer power of "Her way of praying", "Coast to Coast", "Blues from a gun" and the classic "Head on". Without all the feedback, the songs really come out! They made it a point to stray away from "Psychocandy"'s sound alltogether and sort of reinvented themselves, pissing off their early fans. (Like the reviewer before me). The band made that very clear with the title of their next great album "Honey's dead" in 1992. Get it?

• Here Comes Alice
• Coast to Coast
• Blues from a Gun
• Between Planets
• Uv Ray
• Her Way of Praying
• Head On
• Take It
• Halfway to Crazy
• Gimme Hell
• Drop
• Sunray