Honey's Dead

Honey's Dead is an album released by the Scottish rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain on Blanco y Negro Records in 1992. The title refers to the band's early hit "Just Like Honey", and was intended to show they had "moved on" from that period.

The album's first single, "Reverence", attracted some controversy for the lines, "I want to die just like Jesus Christ" and "I want to die just like JFK". Banned by Top of the Pops, the track surprisingly received some airplay in the United States.

"Honey's Dead" was recorded in the band's London studio, the aptly titled "Drugstore". With Alan Moulder on board, and a considerably larger bankroll on hand, the Brothers Reid crafted their signature sound: screaming-feedback hollow-body guitar-driven songs with clever hooks and an urgency that does not press the listener.

Alternative and college radio stations picked up "Far Gone and Out" which remains one of the band's most popular singles to date. The Mary Chain shared the bill during parts of Lollapalooza 1992 in the U.S. with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ministry, Lush, Ice Cube and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Anheuser Busch even used the track "Sugar Ray" as a background bed for their Bud Ice television commercials in 1993.

While it may post a close second only in sales to the 1994 release "Stoned & Dethroned" (which contains the hit single "Sometimes Always"), Honey's Dead serves as an excellent example of the band's trademark sound.

"Rollercoaster" was originally issued on an EP in 1990.

Tracks

Reverence
Teenage Lust
Far Gone and Out
Almost Gold
Sugar Ray
Tumbledown
Catchfire
Good for My Soul
Rollercoaster
I Can't Get Enough
Sundown
Frequency

Personnel

William Reid: guitar, vocals on tracks 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
Jim Reid: guitar, vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6
Steve Monti: drums, percussion

All tracks by Reid/Reid. Produced by William Reid/Jim Reid. Engineered and mixed by Alan Moulder, except for "Rollercoaster" (engineered by Flood, mixed by Alan Moulder).