# The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| ChartAttack | |
| The Guardian | |
| Mojo | |
| Paste | 8.7/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.5/10 |
| PopMatters | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Uncut | |
| The Village Voice | favorable |
The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities is a box set compilation album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, released on November 19, 2007.
It consists of material from the Barbed Wire Kisses, The Sound of Speed and The Jesus And Mary Chain Hate Rock 'n' Roll compilations, alongside unreleased tracks and rarities from throughout their career; including early performances, unheard demos, re-mixes, alternate versions of some songs and bootleg recordings.

## Reception

Matt Collar of Allmusic felt that the collection represented the band in a "more honest portrait"... "than even the studio albums reveal. Often mischaracterized as gloomy, goth rock misanthropes -- only partly true -- JAMC were in truth huge fans of '60s sunshine pop, surf rock, and even hip-hop and aspired to a kind of D.I.Y. Phil Spector Wall of Sound aesthetic that found them substituting Spector's strings and horns with walls of feedbacking guitar." and concluded "Ultimately, The Power of Negative Thinking isn't the whole JAMC story, but it's the whole story behind the scenes and A-side singles, and sometimes the B-sides. Even better."
Aaron Brophy of Chart Attack observed, "When you look at it carefully, what the Chain attempted to do was nothing short of redefining the parameters and reigniting the spirit of rock 'n' roll. That's a lot to put on the shoulders of a couple angry brothers from Glasgow who dressed in too much black, but few others since them have done as much to advance the sound of old school rock 'n' roll."

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Jim Reid and William Reid; except where indicated

## Personnel

* Vanessa Atkins – Editorial Supervision
* Glenn A. Baker – Photography
* Paul Barber – Project Assistant
* Barry Blacker – Drums
* P.G. Brunelli – Photography
* Andrew Catlin – Photography
* Murray Dalglish – Drums
* Brad Davidson – Bass
* Donna DeChristopher – Project Assistant
* Geoff Donkin – Drums
* Steve Double – Photography
* Terry Edwards – Trumpet
* Casey Estevez – Package Supervision
* Dave Evans – Rhythm guitar
* Dele Fadele – Liner Notes
* Sheryl Farber – Project Assistant
* Lyn Fey – Project Assistant
* Lincoln Fong – Bass
* Joe Foster – Producer
* Bobby Gillespie – Drums
* Steven P. Gorman – Photo Research
* Dick Green – Bass
* Stephen Hague – Producer
* Douglas Hart – Bass
* Dan Hersch – Remastering
* Martin Hewes – Drums
* Robin Hurley – Project Assistant
* Wendy Idele – Photography
* Bill Inglot – Compilation Producer, Remastering
* Ivan Ivan – Remixing
* The Jesus and Mary Chain – Producer
* Philip King – Bass
* Gie Knaeps – Photography
* Masaki Koike – Art Direction, Design
* John Loder – Producer, Engineer
* Ben Lurie – Bass, Rhythm guitar, background vocals
* Shane MacGowan – Vocals
* Ross Marino – Photography, Cover Photo
* Patrick Milligan – Discographical Annotation
* Steve Monti – Drums
* John J. Moore – Drums, Rhythm guitar
* Kenny Nemes – Product Manager
* Karen Parker – background vocals
* Matthew Parkin – Bass
* Steve Peck – Engineer
* Joshua Petker – Art Supervisor
* James Pinker – Drums
* David Ponak – Project Assistant
* Alessandra Quaranta – Photo Research
* Jim Reid – Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Instrumentation
* Julie Reid – Project Assistant
* Linda Reid – Vocals
* William Reid – Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Instrumentation
* Paul Rider – Photography
* Ebet Roberts – Photography
* Nick Sanderson – Drums
* Hope Sandoval – Vocals
* Tom Sheehan – Photography
* Nina Talikka – Research Assistant
* Richard Thomas – Drums
* Phil Ward-Large – Producer
* Scott Webber – Project Assistant
* Kevin Westenberg – Photography
* Mason Williams – Compilation Producer
* Steve Woolard – Project Assistant