The Sound of Speed
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12 July 1993 (Worldwide)
| The Sound of Speed | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | 25 October 1992 (Japan) 12 July 1993 (Worldwide) | |||
| Recorded | 1988–1993 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 74:11 | |||
| Label | Blanco y Negro | |||
| Producer | Jim Reid, William Reid | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| NME | 7/10[3] |
The Sound of Speed is a compilation of singles and rare tracks by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain.[4][5]
The track listing below is for the version released in most of the world - the Japanese version dropped "Snakedriver", "Something I Can't Have", "Write Record Release Blues", "Tower of Song", "Little Red Rooster", "Lowlife" and "Reverberation", but added "Subway", "In the Black", "Terminal Beach" and "I'm Glad I Never".
It reached #15 on the UK albums chart.[6]
The Independent gave the compilation a mixed review, writing that "the most interesting tracks here are the cover versions of songs like 'Guitarman' (Elvis done in the vein of Dylan), 'Little Red Rooster', and Leonard Cohen's 'Tower of Song', whose exhausted languor makes a surprisingly smooth transfer to Mary Chain mode".[7]
