Artist page · 06/07/2026
About
Eight studio albums including Psychocandy; rare UK Creations and limited editions tracked live.
Founded by the Reid brothers, Jim and William, The Jesus and Mary Chain emerged in the mid-1980s UK rock scene, integrating feedback-laden noise with melodic songwriting. Their work spans genres like post-punk, shoegaze, and alternative rock, with a discography featuring seminal releases under labels such as Creation Records and Cooking Vinyl. Vinyl collectors value multiple album pressings, including colored and limited editions from their recent GLASGOW EYES series, and classic studio albums like Munki and Honey's Dead.
This group's sound combined punk's raw edge with pop's harmonics, shaping alternative music movements through the 1980s and beyond.
Discography
Studio albums, EPs and notable live records, from newest to oldest. Drag the timeline to browse.
Fuzz Club Records · 2023
Artificial Plastic Records · 2017
Demon Records · 2015
Creation Records · 1998
Blanco Y Negro · 1992
Blanco Y Negro · 1989
Blanco Y Negro · 1987
Blanco Y Negro · 1985Playlist
The tracks that sum up The Jesus and Mary Chain's career.
The essentials
Our pick, validated by the editorial team.
Munki represents a late-90s phase blending indie rock with their signature style, featuring 17 tracks including 'I Love Rock 'N' Roll' and 'I Hate Rock 'N' Roll'. Original UK Creation pressing available from €15 upwards.
Sunset 666 is a recent studio album with 17 tracks capturing their enduring rock style, available in stereo LP from Fuzz Club Records with UK and European pressings starting around €21.75.
Honey's Dead features 12 tracks blending indie and shoegaze elements, originally issued on Blanco Y Negro with seven vinyl versions; median secondhand price near €50.
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Artists who share part of The Jesus and Mary Chain's musical DNA.
Collectors
The hidden side of the catalogue: rare pressings, sought-after matrices, Discogs values.
For each reference edition, these cards summarise the state of the global Discogs market. Market position places the average price of a copy between the observed min and max prices. Average price is the price seen for a mint-condition copy. Copies available counts listings currently for sale. Collectors who want it is the number of Discogs users who added it to their wantlist without owning it — a good signal of upcoming demand.
Face B
Studio secrets, touring anecdotes and B-sides worth the whole album.
They realized punk noise and pop melody could be intertwined for advanced musical textures.— Insight on The Jesus and Mary Chain's sound
Munki was produced and released in 1998 by Creation Records, with the UK LP format catalog number CRELP232 noted for its original pressing status and a collectible vinyl currently priced from €15.07 up.
The 2023 album Sunset 666 has multiple pressings, including UK original and a UK & Europe stereo LP pressing by Fuzz Club Records cataloged under FC167V12, with prices ranging from €21.75 to €35.95.
Barrowlands Live was issued as a limited edition LP for Record Store Day 2015, pressed by Demon Records and Edsel Records across different UK and European releases.
Damage And Joy appeared in 2017 with six vinyl versions including limited edition and test pressing LPs on Artificial Plastic Records, tracked with sale prices as high as €75 for original pressings.
FAQ
The most common questions about pressings, reissues and limited editions.
The Jesus and Mary Chain blend alternative rock, post-punk, noise pop, and shoegaze genres across their albums.
The band formed in East Kilbride, Scotland, in 1984, initiated by brothers Jim and William Reid.
Psychocandy and Honey's Dead are foundational studio albums; Munki offers interesting late 90s style; look for original UK pressings.
Yes, recent limited edition colored vinyl for Glasgow Eyes and special Record Store Day LPs like Barrowlands Live are collectible.
The Jesus and Mary Chain have recorded eight studio albums from 1985 onwards.
Their vinyl records, especially original Creation and Warner pressings, show active trading with tracked prices and collectible variants.
Munki original UK pressings occasionally appear on European vinyl markets including France, often priced from €15.
Top tracks include 'Just Like Honey', 'April Skies', and 'Sometimes Always', often featured in playlist compilations.
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