Automatic (The Jesus and Mary Chain album)

Automatic
Studio album by the Jesus and Mary Chain
Released	9 October 1989
Recorded	1989
Studio	Sam Therapy (West London)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	43:26
Label	Blanco y Negro
Producer	Jim Reid William Reid
the Jesus and Mary Chain chronology
Barbed Wire Kisses (1988) Automatic (1989) Honey's Dead (1992)
Singles from Automatic
"Blues from a Gun" Released: September 1989 "Head On" Released: November 1989

Automatic is the third studio album by Scottish alternative rock band the Jesus and Mary Chain, released on 9 October 1989 by Blanco y Negro Records. The group on this record consists of the core duo of brothers William and Jim Reid, with a drum machine providing percussion and synthesised bass. The only other credited musician was Richard Thomas, who joined the touring version of the Jesus and Mary Chain as a drummer. Thomas drummed on "Gimme Hell" and was a former member of Dif Juz. He also made appearances on Cocteau Twins' 1986 album Victorialand and This Mortal Coil's 1986 album Filigree & Shadow.