''Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides and More)'' is a compilation album by Scottish

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. It was released on 18 April 1988 by Blanco y Negro Records. The album contains singles,

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s and rare tracks. Throughout the 1980s the band was known for their prodigious output in these formats, often in limited editions which quickly went out of print. This album collects many of those releases spanning the band's career up to that point. The band's cover of

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's " Who Do You Love?" was used on the soundtrack to the 1988 film '' Earth Girls Are Easy''. "Mushroom" is a cover of a Can song. "Sidewalking" was voted one of the best singles of 1988 by

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magazine. The title comes from a line in the song "Cherry Came Too" from the '' Darklands'' album. This album was not included in the 2006 remasterings of the group's back catalogue. All tracks from this compilation, except for "Mushroom" and "Just Out of Reach" (which appears in a re-recorded form on ''Barbed Wire Kisses'') are now included on '' The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities''.

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re-released ''Barbed Wire Kisses'' as a 2-LP Limited edition of 8,000 copies on 180-gram blood red vinyl for 2015 Black Friday

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. The name is also used for Zoë Howe's 2014 biography of the band.

Track listing

All tracks written by

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and William Reid, except where noted. ;LP (BYN 15) ''Side 1'' # "Kill Surf City" – 3:09 ^G # "Head" – 3:48 ^C # "Rider" – 2:10 ^F # "Hit" – 3:26 ^D # "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30 ^E # "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04 ^J # "Happy Place" – 2:22 ^H # "Psychocandy" – 2:52 ^D ''Side 2'' # " Sidewalking" – 3:32 ^I # " Who Do You Love?" (

) – 4:03 ^G # "

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) – 2:57 ^F # "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37 ^H # "

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" – 2:57 ^A # "Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)" – 1:58 ^D # "Swing" – 2:23 ^E # "On the Wall (Porta Studio Demo/F. Hole)" - 4:46 ^F ;Cassette (BYNC 15) ''Side 1'' # "Kill Surf City" – 3:09 ^G # "Head" – 3:48 ^C # "Rider" – 2:10 ^F # "Hit" – 3:26 ^D # "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30 ^E # "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04 ^J # "Happy Place" – 2:22 ^H # "Psycho Candy" – 2:52 ^D # "Cracked" – 3:43 ^C # "

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(Live 1986)" ( Can) – 3:16 ^G ''Side 2'' # " Sidewalking" – 3:32 ^I # " Who Do you Love?" (

) – 4:03 ^G # "

" (

) – 2:57 ^F # "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37 ^H # "

" – 2:57 ^A # "Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)" – 1:58 ^D # "Swing" – 2:23 ^E # "On the Wall (Demo)" - 4:46 ^F # "Here It Comes Again" – 2:31 ^F # "Bo Diddley is Jesus" – 3:16 ^G ;CD (BYNC 15) # "Kill Surf City" – 3:09 ^G # "Head" – 3:48 ^C # "Rider" – 2:10 ^F # "Hit" – 3:26 ^D # "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30 ^E # "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04 ^J # "Happy Place" – 2:22 ^H # "Psycho Candy" – 2:52 ^D # " Sidewalking" – 3:32 ^I # " Who Do You Love?" (Diddley) – 4:03 ^G # "

" (Berry, Wilson) – 2:57 ^F # "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37 ^H # "

" – 2:57 ^A # "Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)" – 1:58 ^D # "Swing" – 2:23 ^E # "On the Wall (Demo)" – 4:46 ^F # "Cracked" – 3:43 ^C # "Here It Comes Again" – 2:31 ^F # "

(Live 1986)" ( Can) – 3:16 ^G # "Bo Diddley Is Jesus" – 3:16 ^G Some, but not all, of the releases of the album credit the short noise instrumental "F-Hole" (from the " Happy When It Rains" 12" single) as appearing directly after the demo version of "On the Wall," but it's there on all of the releases. "F-Hole" appears as its own track on the 2008 compilation The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities.

Original releases

* ^A The band's first, non-album single "

" from 1984. * ^B B-side to " You Trip Me Up" from 1985. * ^C B-sides to " Just Like Honey" from 1985. * ^D B-sides to " Some Candy Talking" EP from 1986. * ^E '' Darklands'' session out-takes. * ^F B-sides to " Darklands" EP from 1987. * ^G B-sides to " April Skies" from 1987. * ^H B-sides to " Happy When It Rains" from 1987. * ^I Released as non-album single " Sidewalking" in 1988. * ^J Previously unreleased. Rerecorded version. The original version appears on " You Trip Me Up" from 1985.

Personnel

The Jesus and Mary Chain *

– vocals, guitar, production * William Reid – vocals, guitar, production Additional personnel * John Loder – production * Helen Backhouse – design * Andrew Catlin – photography

Charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1988 compilation albums Blanco y Negro Records compilation albums B-side compilation albums The Jesus and Mary Chain compilation albums