The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities is a box set compilation album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released on November 19, 2007.
It consists of material from the Barbed Wire Kisses, The Sound of Speed and The Jesus And Mary Chain Hate Rock 'n' Roll compilations, alongside unreleased tracks and rarities from throughout their career; including early performances, unheard demos, re-mixes, alternate versions of some songs and bootleg recordings.
Reception Matt Collar of Allmusic felt that the collection represented the band in a "more honest portrait"... "than even the studio albums reveal. Often mischaracterized as gloomy, goth rock misanthropes -- only partly true -- JAMC were in truth huge fans of '60s sunshine pop, surf rock, and even hip-hop and aspired to a kind of D.I.Y. Phil Spector Wall of Sound aesthetic that found them substituting Spector's strings and horns with walls of feedbacking guitar." and concluded "Ultimately, The Power of Negative Thinking isn't the whole JAMC story, but it's the whole story behind the scenes and A-side singles, and sometimes the B-sides. Even better."
Aaron Brophy of Chart Attack observed, "When you look at it carefully, what the Chain attempted to do was nothing short of redefining the parameters and reigniting the spirit of rock 'n' roll. That's a lot to put on the shoulders of a couple angry brothers from Glasgow who dressed in too much black, but few others since them have done as much to advance the sound of old school rock 'n' roll."
Track listing
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
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