Honey’s Dead The Jesus and Mary Chain

“a more consistent and satisfying record than ‘Automatic’. There’s a sense of greater creativity with the arrangements, while the balance between blasting static rampage and precise, almost clinical delivery is the finest yet, making the album as a whole the best straight-through listen since ‘Psychocandy’. Monti’s drumming finally replaces Bobby Gillespie’s properly. Even the drum machine-driven cuts work better than before, especially the brilliant, coruscating opener, “Reverence.” Burning with some of the best nails-on-chalkboard feedback the band had yet recorded, combined with a whipsmart sharp breakbeat, all it took was the finishing touch of Jim Reid’s sneering lines like “I wanna die like Jesus Christ” to make it another stone-cold classic single from the band. Other winners include “Sugar Ray,” with beats and melody so immediate and addictive the track was actually used for a beer commercial, of all things, and the steady slap and crunch of “Good for My Soul.”” - Ned Raggett, AllMusic