Stoned & Dethroned is the fifth album by the Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 alternative

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride, Glasgow in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid...

. After spending most of 1992 touring, including a slot on that year's Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...

 tour, the band went into the studio during January 1993 with the notion of recording an acoustic album. For the first time since Psychocandy

Psychocandy

Psychocandy is the debut album by the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in November 1985. Psychocandy combined the concepts of pop songs and searing guitar chords....

, JAMC recorded with an actual full band with Steve Monti from Curve

Curve (band)

Curve was an English music group formed in 1990 chiefly around the collaboration of singer/songwriter Toni Halliday and bassist/guitarist/programmer Dean Garcia.-History:...

 playing drums and touring bassist Ben Lurie. The recording took longer than planned, lasting the better part of a year. The album also features lead vocals from guests Shane MacGowan

Shane MacGowan

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan is an Irish musician and singer, best known as the original singer and songwriter of The Pogues.-History:...

 from The Pogues

The Pogues

The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...

 on "God Help Me" and Mazzy Star

Mazzy Star

Mazzy Star is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Monica, California, in 1989 from the group Opal, a collaboration of guitarist David Roback and bassist Kendra Smith...

's Hope Sandoval

Hope Sandoval

Hope Sandoval is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead singer for Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions....

, singing a duet with Jim Reid

Jim Reid

Jim Reid is the lead singer for the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid -The Jesus and Mary Chain:...

 on "Sometimes Always

Sometimes Always

"Sometimes Always" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the first single from the group's album Stoned & Dethroned. It is a duet between Jim Reid and Hope Sandoval...

", which was the album's first single.

Track listing

All songs were written by William Reid

William Reid (musician)

William Adam Reid is a guitarist, composer and, at times, singer for the Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain.-The Jesus and Mary Chain:...

, except where noted.

LP(4509-96717-1)
Side 1

1. "Dirty Water" - 3:08
2. "Bullet Lovers" - 3:39
3. "Sometimes Always
   Sometimes Always
   "Sometimes Always" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the first single from the group's album Stoned & Dethroned. It is a duet between Jim Reid and Hope Sandoval...
   
   " - 2:32
4. "Come On
   Come On (The Jesus and Mary Chain song)
   "Come On" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the second single from the group's album Stoned & Dethroned...
   
   " (Jim Reid
   Jim Reid
   Jim Reid is the lead singer for the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid -The Jesus and Mary Chain:...
   
   ) - 2:13
5. "Between Us" - 2:59
6. "Hole" (J. Reid) - 2:15
7. "Never Saw It Coming" - 3:32
8. "She" (J. Reid) - 3:08

Side 2

1. "Wish I Could" - 2:42
2. "Save Me" (J. Reid, W. Reid) - 2:43
3. "Till It Shines" - 3:17
4. "God Help Me" - 2:47
5. "Girlfriend" - 3:16
6. "Everybody I Know" - 2:13
7. "You've Been a Friend" (J. Reid) - 3:37
8. "These Days" - 2:31
9. "Feeling Lucky" - 2:18

CD (4509-96717-2)

1. "Dirty Water" - 3:08
2. "Bullet Lovers" - 3:39
3. "Sometimes Always
   Sometimes Always
   "Sometimes Always" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the first single from the group's album Stoned & Dethroned. It is a duet between Jim Reid and Hope Sandoval...
   
   " - 2:32
4. "Come On
   Come On (The Jesus and Mary Chain song)
   "Come On" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the second single from the group's album Stoned & Dethroned...
   
   " (J. Reid) - 2:13
5. "Between Us" - 2:59
6. "Hole" (Jim Reid) - 2:15
7. "Never Saw It Coming" - 3:32
8. "She" (Jim Reid) - 3:08
9. "Wish I Could" - 2:42
10. "Save Me" (J. Reid, W. Reid) - 2:43
11. "Till It Shines" - 3:17
12. "God Help Me" - 2:47
13. "Girlfriend" - 3:16
14. "Everybody I Know" - 2:13
15. "You've Been a Friend" (J. Reid) - 3:37
16. "These Days" - 2:31
17. "Feeling Lucky" - 2:18

The Jesus and Mary Chain

• Jim Reid
  Jim Reid
  Jim Reid is the lead singer for the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid -The Jesus and Mary Chain:...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
   (tracks 1 to 4, 6, 8, 10, 13 to 15), guitar
  Guitar
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  , bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , production
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
  
• William Reid
  William Reid (musician)
  William Adam Reid is a guitarist, composer and, at times, singer for the Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain.-The Jesus and Mary Chain:...
  
   - vocals (tracks 1 to 3, 5, 7, 9 to 14, 16 to 17), guitar, production
• Ben Lurie
  Ben Lurie
  Ben Lurie is an Australian musician, best known as a member of the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain from 1989 to 1998.-Biography:...
  
   - guitar, harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  , organ
  Organ (music)
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  , bass
• Steve Monti - drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion

Additional personnel

• Hope Sandoval
  Hope Sandoval
  Hope Sandoval is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead singer for Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions....
  
   - vocals (track 3)
• Shane MacGowan
  Shane MacGowan
  Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan is an Irish musician and singer, best known as the original singer and songwriter of The Pogues.-History:...
  
   - vocals (track 12)
• Alan Moulder
  Alan Moulder
  Alan Moulder is one of Britain's premier alternative rock record producers. He has worked with such artists as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Elastica, Gary Numan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve, Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, Lostprophets, Shihad, Ivyrise and Placebo, as well as with many American...
  
   - engineer (tracks 1, 2, 9, 11, 14), mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
  In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
  
   (tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 13, 14)
• Dick Meaney - engineer (tracks 3 to 8, 10, 12, 13, 15 to 17), mixing (tracks 3 to 6, 8, 10 to 12, 15 to 17)
• Stylorouge
  Stylorouge
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   - design
  Graphic design
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• Sophie Muller
  Sophie Muller
  Sophie Muller is a British music video director, noted for her long-time collaborations with artists like Sophie Ellis-Bextor, No Doubt, Sade, Shakira, Shakespears Sister, Garbage, Blur, Annie Lennox and Eurythmics.-Background:...
  
   - photography