My Top 2000 Songs #1105: Happy When It Rains

The Jesus And Mary Chain's 1985 debut, Psychocandy , was an absolute monster, its merger of sugar-sweet pop songs with an onslaught of reverb and distortion still being imitated today. And while they could have easily continued to milk the gimmick for a few more records, it was a pleasant surprise when the 1987 follow-up, Darklands, demonstrated they could deliver compelling material even with some of the wall of sound pared back. Not that Darklands didn't still wield some buzzsaw din; but for th...