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Released
  
12 July 1993

Length
  
74:11

Release date
  
12 July 1993

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Recorded
  
1988–1993

Artist
  
The Jesus and Mary Chain

Label
  
Blanco y Negro Records

Producers
  
Jim Reid, William Reid

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The Sound of Speed(1993)
  
Stoned & Dethroned(1994)

Similar
  
The Jesus and Mary Chain albums, Alternative rock albums

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The Sound of Speed is a compilation of singles and rare tracks by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. The track listing below is for the version released in most of the world - the Japanese version dropped "Snakedriver", "Something I Can't Have", "Write Record Release Blues", "Tower of Song", "Little Red Rooster", "Lowlife" and "Reverberation", but added "Subway", "In the Black", "Terminal Beach" and "I'm Glad I Never".

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Reid and William Reid, except where noted.

LP (4509-93104-1)

Side 1

  1. "Snakedriver" – 3:44
  2. "Reverence (radio mix)" – 5:39
  3. "Heat" – 3:00
  4. "Teenage Lust (acoustic version)" – 2:25
  5. "Why'd You Want Me?" – 3:15
  6. "Don't Come Down" – 2:39
  7. "Guitarman" (Jerry Reed Hubbard) – 3:43
  8. "Something I Can't Have" – 3:02

Side 2

  1. "Sometimes" – 2:53
  2. "Write Record Release Blues" – 2:58
  3. "Shimmer" – 2:46
  4. "Penetration" – 2:48
  5. "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson) – 3:05
  6. "Tower of Song" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:49
  7. "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 3:25
  8. "Break Me Down" – 2:29
  9. "Lowlife" – 3:27
CD (4509-93104-2)
  1. "Snakedriver" – 3:44
  2. "Reverence (radio mix)" – 5:39
  3. "Heat" – 3:00
  4. "Teenage Lust (acoustic version)" – 2:25
  5. "Why'd You Want Me?" – 3:15
  6. "Don't Come Down" – 2:39
  7. "Guitarman" (Hubbard) – 3:43
  8. "Something I Can't Have" – 3:02
  9. "Sometimes" – 2:53
  10. "Write Record Release Blues" – 2:58
  11. "Shimmer" – 2:46
  12. "Penetration" – 2:48
  13. "My Girl" (Robinson) – 3:05
  14. "Tower of Song" (Cohen) – 4:49
  15. "Little Red Rooster" (Burnett, Dixon) – 3:25
  16. "Break Me Down" – 2:29
  17. "Lowlife" – 3:27
  18. "Deviant Slice" – 3:01
  19. "Reverberation" (Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Stacy Sutherland) – 3:46
  20. "Sidewalking (extended version)" – 7:52

Original releases

  • Track 20: Non-album single "Sidewalking" from 1988.
  • Tracks 11, 12, 13, 16: B-sides to "Blues from a Gun" from 1989.
  • Track 18: B-side to "Head On" from 1989.
  • Tracks 14, 17: Part of Rollercoaster EP from 1990.
  • Tracks 2, 3, 7: B-sides to "Reverence" from 1992
  • Tracks 5, 9: B-sides to "Far Gone and Out" from 1992.
  • Tracks 4, 6, 19: B-sides to "Almost Gold" from 1992.
  • Tracks 1, 8, 10, 15: Part of Sound of Speed EP from 1993.

    • The Jesus and Mary Chain

  • Jim Reid - vocals, guitar, production
  • William Reid - vocals, guitar, production, engineer (tracks 11 to 14, 16, 18, 19)
  • Ben Lurie - bass (track 1), guitar (track 15)
  • Nick Sanderson - drums (tracks 1, 8)

    • Additional personnel

  • Brad Davidson - bass (track 15)
  • Wiff - drums (track 15)
  • Dick Meaney - engineer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10, 15)
  • Anjali Dutt - engineer (track 2)
  • George Kaleve - engineer (track 4)
  • Alan Moulder - engineer (track 7)
  • Flood - engineer (track 17)
  • John Loder - production (track 20)
  • Colin Bell - photography

    • Songs

    1Reverence (radio mix)5:39
    2Teenage Lust (acoustic version)2:25
    3Don't Come Down2:40

    References

    The Sound of Speed Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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