THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN ‘MUNKI’ 2LP (Limited Edition – Only 500 Made, Ultra Clear Vinyl)

Product Description

LABEL: FUZZ CLUB RECORDS

VINYL RELEASE DATE: 10/20/2023

ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 02/06/1998

VARIANT: Ultra Clear Vinyl 2LP

To celebrate the album’s 25-year anniversary, The Jesus And Mary Chain are reissuing their long-sold-out sixth studio album ‘Munki’. Out October 20th 2023 on Fuzz Club, the reissue arrives on CD and gatefold double LP. The vinyl has been remastered by Pete Maher (The Rolling Stones, Jack White, Liam Gallagher). Originally released June 2nd 1998 on Sub Pop / Creation Records, ‘Munki’ was – up until the Mary Chain’s reformation in 2007 – an experimental rock’n’roll masterclass turned swan song for the Reid brothers, whose fractious in-fighting culminated in the band’s break-up less than a year after its release. It was perhaps fitting, then, that ‘Munki’ is argued by some as the definitive Mary Chain record in the way it seemed to chart the full array of musical directions the band had ploughed over the five records that came before.

 The decision to bookend the album with Jim’s rousing sing-along ‘I Love Rock 'N' Roll’ and William’s caustic white-noise anthem ‘I Hate Rock 'N' Roll’ perfectly captures the two-fold tension at the heart of the Mary Chain at that time – a tension between noise and melody, and warring brothers. Across the album’s 17 tracks and 70-minute running time, there are the expected abrasive noise-rock epics ‘Cracking Up’ and ‘Degenerate’ by way of fuzzed-out pop hits like ‘Fizzy’ and the tender acoustic slow-burner ‘Never Understood’. Between the Reid’s Glaswegian snarls and unapologetically insolent lyrics – "I'm a mean motherf*cker now, but I once was cool”, “McDonald’s is sh*t!”, “Children are fools!” being just a few lyrical highlights – ‘Munki’ also features two great guest appearances. Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval returns for another Mary Chain duet on ‘Perfume’, which has a swagger that’s equal parts menacing and bittersweet, and the Reid’s younger sister Linda (Sister Vanilla) sings beautifully on top of ‘Moe Tucker’s motorik proto-punk scuzz.

This exclusive 2LP vinyl variant is on “Ultra Clear” and limited to only 500 copies, so order yours today! 

TRACKLIST:

1 I Love Rock 'N' Roll

2 Birthday

3 Stardust Remedy

4 Fizzy

5 Moe Tucker

6 Perfume

7 Virtually Unreal

8 Degenerate

9 Cracking Up

10 Commercial

11 Supertramp

12 Never Understood

13 I Can't find The Time For Times

14 Man On The Moon

15 Black

16 Dream Lover

17 I Hate Rock 'N' Roll

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