Damage And Joy (studio album) by The Jesus And Mary Chain

From IanFrance 12/05/2020 22:03

Not exactly picking up where their last album left off, but perhaps harking back to Darklands days. There’s just enough barbed wire fuzz wrapping up the pop melodies to make it classic JAMC and it rocks hard when it needs to. Production is perhaps a little cleaner than we’re used to, thanks to input from Youth, but that’s no bad thing in 2017. There was criticism that this album was boring, something that could be said about a small portion of it – it can get a little repetitive – but you’re so busy enjoying the package, that you can easily overlook this. Besides, Jim and William have always been a somewhat keen to recycle material, even on the same album. It does sound different to halcyon JAMC, but if the boys had simply re-rehashed Psychocandy, I feel that critics would be even unhappier.
High Points: Amputation; Simian Split; War On Peace; All Things Pass

Mediocre, but actually a slight improvement over the overlong, murky "Munki" because at least their heart seems to be in this record.

Okay, "Damage and Joy" doesn't hold a candle to JAMC's work in the 80s, and I didn't expect it to, but this is a good record and actually a slight improvement over their last one "Munki" because this one bothers to be engaging; it really feels like their hearts are truly in this comeback. Groovy melodies and lovely duets abound.

From Brad1770 01/02/2018 09:24

Don't believe the positive reviews for this album , unfortunately this album is rubbish a sad , sad release from a band who really needs to call it a day . I love early JAMC stuff , this is a looooooooong way from that .

Who'd have thought that after Psycho Candy all those decades ago a band as anarchic as JMC would still be producing decent, and exciting, music

From awesomness425 04/07/2017 15:31

Did not need this comeback, sounds like something 40-year-old dad's would like though.

Sonido escasamente original, pero bien manufacturado, para una colección de canciones correcta, pero que en ningún momento llega a trascender hacia un nivel superior. Pasable.