Album · The Jesus and Mary Chain
Honey’s Dead by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Honey’s Dead is an album by The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in 1992. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 14 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Far Gone and Out”, on 8 lists with a best position of #5.
Honey's Dead, the fourth album from Scotland's Jesus and Mary Chain, came out on Blanco y Negro in 1992, and the title is a kiss-off: it buries "Just Like Honey", the early hit, and the sugar-coated feedback it stood for. Jim and William Reid went back to making a racket, scraping the guitars raw again, and then did something sneakier, bolting on the loose-hipped grooves of the dance floor so the din actually moves.
"Reverence", the first single, leads the charge in a snarling wall of fuzz, and "Far Gone and Out" is the brothers at their most bubblegum-vicious. Even the sleeve has ambitions, borrowing a detail from Arthur Hughes's Pre-Raphaelite painting Ophelia (First Version). It made the Mercury Prize shortlist in 1992.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Honey’s Dead on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Far Gone and Out | 8 | #5 | – | 1992–2007 | |
| 2 | Sugar Ray | 2 | #281 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 3 | Reverence | 2 | #13 | – | 1992 | |
| 4 | Almost Gold | 2 | #1092 | – | 2002–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.