Album · The Jesus and Mary Chain
Munki by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Munki is an album by The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in 1998. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 15 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Love Rock-N-Roll”, on 14 lists with a best position of #1500.
Munki, the sixth album from the Jesus and Mary Chain, came out in 1998 and found Jim and William Reid back on Creation, the label that had put out their first single in 1984, with Sub Pop handling America. The East Kilbride brothers swing between feedback-scorched rockers and hazy, melancholy ballads, and Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval returns to lend her voice, as she had on "Sometimes Always".
The rock-and-roll love-hate runs right through the singles, from "I Hate Rock 'n' Roll" and "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" to "Cracking Up". It stalled at No. 47 in the UK, their first studio album to miss the top 40, and the band split the following year after an onstage altercation between the brothers. No new Mary Chain album would appear for 19 years, until Damage and Joy in 2017.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Munki on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Love Rock-N-Roll | 14 | #1500 | – | 1999–2014 | |
| 2 | Cracking Up | 1 | #11 | – | 1998 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.