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{{Infobox album

| name = Barbed Wire Kisses

| type = compilation

| artist = The Jesus and Mary Chain

| cover = Barbed_Wire_Kisses_(Album_Cover).jpg

| released = {{start date|1988|4|18|df=yes}}

| recorded = 1984–1987

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = {{duration|m=62|s=20}}

| label = Blanco y Negro

| producer = {{hlist|John Loder|Jim Reid|William Reid}}

| prev_title = Darklands

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Automatic

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Barbed Wire Kisses

| type = compilation

| single1 = Sidewalking

| single1date = March 1988

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r10352/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=The Jesus and Mary Chain|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/429 429]}}

}}

Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides and More) is a compilation album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. It was released on 18 April 1988 by Blanco y Negro Records. The album contains singles, B-sides 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 Bo Diddley'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 Musician 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.

Rhino Records 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 Record Store Day.

The name is also used for Zoë Howe's 2014 biography of the band.{{cite book|last1=Howe|first1=Zoë|title=The Jesus and Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses.|date=2014|publisher=St Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-250-03024-5}}

Track listing

All tracks written by Jim Reid and William Reid, except where noted.

;LP (BYN 15)

Side 1

  1. "Kill Surf City" – 3:09 G
  2. "Head" – 3:48 C
  3. "Rider" – 2:10 F
  4. "Hit" – 3:26 D
  5. "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30 E
  6. "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04 J
  7. "Happy Place" – 2:22 H
  8. "Psychocandy" – 2:52 D

Side 2

  1. "Sidewalking" – 3:32 I
  2. "Who Do You Love?" (Bo Diddley) – 4:03 G
  3. "Surfin' U.S.A." (Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson) – 2:57 F
  4. "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37 H
  5. "Upside Down" – 2:57 A
  6. "Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)" – 1:58 D
  7. "Swing" – 2:23 E
  8. "On the Wall (Porta Studio Demo/F. Hole)" - 4:46 F

;Cassette (BYNC 15)

Side 1

  1. "Kill Surf City" – 3:09 G
  2. "Head" – 3:48 C
  3. "Rider" – 2:10 F
  4. "Hit" – 3:26 D
  5. "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30 E
  6. "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04 J
  7. "Happy Place" – 2:22 H
  8. "Psycho Candy" – 2:52 D
  9. "Cracked" – 3:43 C
  10. "Mushroom (Live 1986)" (Can) – 3:16 G

Side 2

  1. "Sidewalking" – 3:32 I
  2. "Who Do you Love?" (Bo Diddley) – 4:03 G
  3. "Surfin' U.S.A." (Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson) – 2:57 F
  4. "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37 H
  5. "Upside Down" – 2:57 A
  6. "Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)" – 1:58 D
  7. "Swing" – 2:23 E
  8. "On the Wall (Demo)" - 4:46 F
  9. "Here It Comes Again" – 2:31 F
  10. "Bo Diddley is Jesus" – 3:16 G

;CD (BYNC 15)

  1. "Kill Surf City" – 3:09 G
  2. "Head" – 3:48 C
  3. "Rider" – 2:10 F
  4. "Hit" – 3:26 D
  5. "Don't Ever Change" – 3:30 E
  6. "Just Out of Reach" – 3:04 J
  7. "Happy Place" – 2:22 H
  8. "Psycho Candy" – 2:52 D
  9. "Sidewalking" – 3:32 I
  10. "Who Do You Love?" (Diddley) – 4:03 G
  11. "Surfin' U.S.A." (Berry, Wilson) – 2:57 F
  12. "Everything's Alright When You're Down" – 2:37 H
  13. "Upside Down" – 2:57 A
  14. "Taste of Cindy (Acoustic)" – 1:58 D
  15. "Swing" – 2:23 E
  16. "On the Wall (Demo)" – 4:46 F
  17. "Cracked" – 3:43 C
  18. "Here It Comes Again" – 2:31 F
  19. "Mushroom (Live 1986)" (Can) – 3:16 G
  20. "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 =

Personnel

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Additional personnel

  • John Loder – production
  • Helen Backhouse – design
  • Andrew Catlin – photography

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for Barbed Wire Kisses

scope="col"| Chart (1988–1990)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite magazine |title=The ARIA Report: ARIA Chart – issue #6 {{!}} Chartifacts |magazine=The ARIA Report |date=18 February 1990}}

| 97

scope="row"| European Albums (Music & Media){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/88/M&M-1988-05-07-OCR-Page-0013.pdf |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Albums |magazine=Music & Media |volume=5 |issue=19 |date=7 May 1988 |page=24 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}

| 37

scope="row"| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=fi |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |year=2006 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}

| 38

{{album chart|New Zealand|29|artist=The Jesus and Mary Chain|album=Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides and More)|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2019}}
{{album chart|UK2|9|date=19880424|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2019}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|192|artist=The Jesus and Mary Chain|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2019}}

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Jesus & Mary Chain|title=Barbed Wire Kisses|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1992|date=1 May 1992|access-date=12 September 2021|id=709-1861-2}}

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References

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Category:1988 compilation albums

Category:Blanco y Negro Records compilation albums

Category:B-side compilation albums

Category:The Jesus and Mary Chain compilation albums