Stoned & Dethroned

1994 album by the Scottish post-modern rock act, no longer available in the U.S. Having made a name for itself through its career for punishing noise combined with candy-coated hooks, the Jesus and Mary Chain took a sideways step on Stoned and Dethroned that actually worked rather handsomely. The Reids turned the emphasis towards much calmer, acoustic folk/country-tinged songs and, for the first time since Psychocandy, recorded with an actual full band, with Monti from Curve once again doing the drum honors and touring bassist Ben Lurie handling the same duties in studio.