Stoned & Dethroned

Stoned & Dethroned
Studio album by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Released	23 August 1994
Recorded	January–November 1993
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	47:45
Label	Blanco y Negro, American Recordings
Producer	Jim Reid, William Reid
The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology
The Sound of Speed (1993) Stoned & Dethroned (1994) Hate Rock 'n' Roll (1995)
Singles from Stoned & Dethroned
"Sometimes Always" Released: 18 July 1994 "Come On" Released: October 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Drowned in Sound	6/10 [2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [3]
NME	8/10 [4]
Paste	[5]
Pitchfork Media	7.6/10 [6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]
Select	[9]

Stoned & Dethroned is the fifth studio album by the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. After spending most of 1992 touring, including a slot on that year's Lollapalooza tour, the band went into the studio during January 1993 with the notion of recording an acoustic album. For the first time since Psychocandy , JAMC recorded with a full band with Steve Monti from Curve playing drums and touring bassist Ben Lurie. The recording took longer than planned, lasting the better part of a year. The album also features lead vocals from guests Shane MacGowan from The Pogues on "God Help Me" and Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval, singing a duet with Jim Reid on "Sometimes Always", which was the album's first single.

As of May 1998 the album has sold 121,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. ^[10]

Release

The song "Come On" was released in October 1994 as the second single from Stoned & Dethroned. It reached #52 in the UK single charts. ^[11]

Track listing

All songs written by William Reid, except where noted.

1. "Dirty Water" – 3:08
2. "Bullet Lovers" – 3:39
3. "Sometimes Always" – 2:32
4. "Come On" (J. Reid) – 2:13
5. "Between Us" – 2:59
6. "Hole" (Jim Reid) – 2:15
7. "Never Saw It Coming" – 3:32
8. "She" (Jim Reid) – 3:08
9. "Wish I Could" – 2:42
10. "Save Me" (J. Reid, W. Reid) – 2:43
11. "Till It Shines" – 3:17
12. "God Help Me" – 2:47
13. "Girlfriend" – 3:16
14. "Everybody I Know" – 2:13
15. "You've Been a Friend" (J. Reid) – 3:37
16. "These Days" – 2:31
17. "Feeling Lucky" – 2:18

Personnel

The Jesus and Mary Chain

• Jim Reid – vocals (tracks 1–4, 6, 8, 10, 13–15), guitar, bass (tracks 6, 12, 13, 14), shaker (track 17), production
• William Reid – vocals (tracks 5, 7, 9–11, 16, 17), guitar, bass (track 17), production
• Ben Lurie – guitar, harmonica, organ, bass
• Steve Monti – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Hope Sandoval – vocals (track 3)
• Shane MacGowan – vocals (track 12)
• Alan Moulder – engineer (tracks 1, 2, 9, 11, 14), mixing (tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 13, 14)
• Dick Meaney – engineer (tracks 3 to 8, 10, 12, 13, 15 to 17), mixing (tracks 3 to 6, 8, 10 to 12, 15 to 17)
• Stylorouge – design
• Sophie Muller – photography

References

1. "Stoned & Dethroned - The Jesus and Mary Chain". AllMusic.
2. "Jesus and Mary Chain: Deluxe Reissues". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
3. "Stoned and Dethroned". Entertainment Weekly .
4. Quantick, David. NME . August 1994
5. "The Jesus and Mary Chain - Reissues". Paste .
6. "The Jesus and Mary Chain: Psychocandy / Darklands / Automatic / Honey's Dead / Stoned & Dethroned". Pitchfork . 4 August 2006.
7. "The Jesus and Mary Chain: Stoned and Dethroned". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 9 October 2008.
8. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "The Jesus and Mary Chain". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  429. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
9. Harrison, Andrew (September 1994). "New Albums". Select . p. 96. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
10. "Billboard". 9 May 1998.
11. "Come On". Chart Stats. Retrieved on 5 October 2009.