The Sound of Speed

The Sound of Speed
Compilation album by
Released25 October 1992 (Japan)
12 July 1993 (Worldwide)
Recorded1988–1993
GenreAlternative rock
Length74:11
LabelBlanco y Negro
ProducerJim Reid, William Reid
The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology
Honey's Dead
(1992)
The Sound of Speed
(1992)
Stoned & Dethroned
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
NME7/10[3]

The Sound of Speed is a compilation of singles and rare tracks by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain.[4][5]

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".

It reached #15 on the UK albums chart.[6]

  1. ^ "The Sound of Speed - The Jesus and Mary Chain". Allmusic.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Fadele, Dele (10 July 1993). "Long Play: Kilbriders on the Storm". New Musical Express. p. 31.
  4. ^ "Jesus and Mary Chain". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. ^ Howe, Zoe (11 November 2014). The Jesus and Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses. Macmillan. ISBN 9781250030245 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "The Jesus and Mary Chain Barbed Wire Disses". exclaim.ca.