- The task of following up their seminal debut album was daunting, but the Jesus And Mary Chain accomplished it with style on sophomore collection Darklands . A more subtle and understated album, it nevertheless contains their biggest chart hit in "April Skies" and several of the Reid brothers' most loved songs. Premiering a more expansive and nuanced sound, Jim and William wrote, produced and played everything on here.
- This deluxe expanded edition features all the non-album b-sides, the pre-Darklands Some Candy Talking EP, outtakes, the complete BBC Radio Sessions the band recorded in this period, previously unreleased material includes a much sought-after Janice Long session from 1986, an alternate version of the "Some Candy Talking" single recorded for the NME, a recently unearthed version of the track "Darklands" with strings, and a BBC audio interview with Jim and William Reid from 1987.
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