The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities

The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities is a box set compilation album by the noise pop band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in 2008. As the title proclaims, it contains b-sides and rarities from the group's career.

The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
Box set by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Released	September 2008
Genre	Alternative rock, noise pop, post-punk
Label	Blanco Y Negro Rhino
Producer	Mason Williams, Phil Ward-Large, John Loder, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bill Inglot, Stephen Hague, Joe Foster
The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology
Live in Concert (2003) The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities (2008) Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
ChartAttack	[2]
The Guardian	[3]
Mojo	[4]
Paste	8.7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media	7.5/10[6]
PopMatters	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Uncut	[9]
The Village Voice	favorable[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jim Reid and William Reid; except where indicated.

Disc one

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Up Too High" (demo '83)	William Reid	3:44
2.	"Upside Down"		3:00
3.	"Vegetable Man"	Syd Barrett	3:35
4.	"Suck"		2:08
5.	"Ambition"	Vic Goddard	3:29
6.	"Just Out of Reach"		2:08
7.	"Boyfriend's Dead"		1:43
8.	"Head"		3:50
9.	"Just Like Honey" (demo Oct. '84)		2:59
10.	"Cracked"		3:47
11.	"Taste of Cindy" (acoustic version)		2:00
12.	"The Hardest Walk"		3:13
13.	"Never Understand" (alternate take)		3:26
14.	"My Little Underground" (demo)		2:33
15.	"The Living End" (demo)		2:17
16.	"Some Candy Talking"		3:18
17.	"Psychocandy"		2:54
18.	"Hit"		3:28
19.	"Cut Dead" (acoustic)		2:47
20.	"You Trip Me Up" (acoustic)		2:42
21.	"Walk and Crawl"		2:24

Disc two

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Kill Surf City"		3:11
2.	"Bo Diddley Is Jesus"		3:18
3.	"Who Do You Love"	Ellas McDaniel	4:05
4.	"Everything's Alright When You're Down"		2:39
5.	"Shake"		2:01
6.	"Happy When It Rains" (demo)		3:47
7.	"Happy Place"		2:24
8.	"F. Hole"		1:09
9.	"Rider"		2:12
10.	"On the Wall" (Porta Studio demo)		3:42
11.	"Surfin' U.S.A." (April outtake)	Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson	2:58
12.	"Here It Comes Again"		2:33
13.	"Don't Ever Change"		3:33
14.	"Swing"		2:26
15.	"Sidewalking"		3:35
16.	"Surfin' U.S.A." (Summer mix)	Berry, Wilson	2:58
17.	"Shimmer"		2:47
18.	"Penetration"		2:48
19.	"Break Me Down"		2:31
20.	"Subway"		2:06
21.	"My Girl"	Smokey Robinson, Ronald White	3:05

Disc three

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"In the Black"		2:55
2.	"Terminal Beach"		2:25
3.	"Deviant Slice"		3:03
4.	"I'm Glad I Never"	Lee Hazlewood	1:31
5.	"Drop" (acoustic remix)		1:54
6.	"Rollercoaster"		3:52
7.	"Silverblade"		2:58
8.	"Lowlife"		3:28
9.	"Tower of Song"	Leonard Cohen	4:50
10.	"Heat"		3:01
11.	"Guitarman"	Hubbard, Jerry Reed	3:43
12.	"Why'd You Want Me"		3:14
13.	"Sometimes"		2:52
14.	"Teenage Lust" (acoustic version)		2:25
15.	"Reverberation (Doubt)"	Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Stacy Sutherland	3:47
16.	"Don't Come Down"		2:41
17.	"Snakedriver"		3:41
18.	"Something I Can't Have"		3:03
19.	"Write Record Release Blues"		2:57
20.	"Little Red Rooster"	Chester Arthur Burnett, Willie Dixon	3:27

Disc four

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Perfect Crime"	J. Reid	1:35
2.	"Little Stars"	W. Reid	3:33
3.	"Drop" (Re-recorded)	W. Reid	1:53
4.	"I'm In With the Out Crowd"	J. Reid	2:37
5.	"New York City"	W. Reid	1:59
6.	"Taking It Away"	Ben Lurie	2:12
7.	"Ghost of a Smile"	Shane MacGowan	2:55
8.	"Alphabet Street"	Prince	2:17
9.	"Coast to Coast" (alternate - William Vox)		2:17
10.	"Dirty Water" (demo - William Vox)	W. Reid	3:15
11.	"Till I Found You"		2:05
12.	"Bleed Me"	J. Reid	3:38
13.	"33⅓"	J. Reid	3:19
14.	"Lost Star"	W. Reid	2:05
15.	"Hide Myself"	J. Reid	3:31
16.	"Rocket"	Lurie	3:02
17.	"Easylife, Easylove"	J. Reid	4:08
18.	"40.000k"	J. Reid	2:51
19.	"Nineteen666"	Dick Meaney, W. Reid	3:31
20.	"Some Candy Talking" (acoustic version; iTunes US bonus track)		3:12

Personnel

• Vanessa Atkins - Editorial Supervision
• Glenn A. Baker - Photography
• Paul Barber - Project Assistant
• Barry Blacker - Drums
• P.G. Brunelli - Photography
• Andrew Catlin - Photography
• Murray Dalglish - Drums
• Brad Davidson - Bass
• Donna DeChristopher - Project Assistant
• Geoff Donkin - Drums
• Steve Double - Photography
• Terry Edwards - Trumpet
• Casey Estevez - Package Supervision
• Dave Evans - Rhythm guitar
• Dele Fadele - Liner Notes
• Sheryl Farber - Project Assistant
• Lyn Fey - Project Assistant
• Lincoln Fong - Bass
• Joe Foster - Producer
• Bobby Gillespie - Drums
• Steven P. Gorman - Photo Research
• Dick Green - Bass
• Stephen Hague - Producer
• Douglas Hart - Bass
• Dan Hersch - Remastering
• Martin Hewes - Drums
• Robin Hurley - Project Assistant
• Wendy Idele - Photography
• Bill Inglot - Compilation Producer, Remastering
• Ivan Ivan - Remixing
• The Jesus and Mary Chain - Producer
• Philip King - Bass
• Gie Knaeps - Photography
• Masaki Koike - Art Direction, Design
• John Loder - Producer, Engineer
• Ben Lurie - Bass, Rhythm guitar, background vocals
• Shane MacGowan - Vocals
• Ross Marino - Photography, Cover Photo
• Patrick Milligan - Discographical Annotation
• Steve Monti - Drums
• John J. Moore - Drums, Rhythm guitar
• Kenny Nemes - Product Manager
• Karen Parker - background vocals
• Matthew Parkin - Bass
• Steve Peck - Engineer
• Joshua Petker - Art Supervisor
• James Pinker - Drums
• David Ponak - Project Assistant
• Alessandra Quaranta - Photo Research
• Jim Reid - Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Instrumentation
• Julie Reid - Project Assistant
• Linda Reid - Vocals
• William Reid - Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Instrumentation
• Paul Rider - Photography
• Ebet Roberts - Photography
• Nick Sanderson - Drums
• Hope Sandoval - Vocals
• Tom Sheehan - Photography
• Nina Talikka - Research Assistant
• Richard Thomas - Drums
• Phil Ward-Large - Producer
• Scott Webber - Project Assistant
• Kevin Westenberg - Photography
• Mason Williams - Compilation Producer
• Steve Woolard - Project Assistant

References

1. "The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities - The Jesus and Mary Chain". Allmusic.
2. "Jesus And Mary Chain — The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides And Rarities". ChartAttack. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.
3. Petridis, Alexis (19 February 2009). "The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities". Retrieved 26 September 2015.
4. Mojo magazine. December 2008, p.120
5. "The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities". Paste.
6. Berman, Stuart (1 October 2008). "The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
7. "The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Power of Negative Thinking". PopMatters.
8. "The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008.
9. Uncut magazine. December 2008, p.100
10. "The Jesus and Mary Chain Gleefully Confound Both their Fans and Themselves". Village Voice.