Recording

Just Like Honey
The Jesus and Mary Chain

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

1985

Label

Blanco y Negro

On

Shoegaze and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 06

   Ranked No. 6 in Shoegaze

   A Ronettes drum intro drowned in feedback. Predates the scene by years and supplies its founding idea: bury a perfect pop song and let people dig.

2. ·

   Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

   A Ronettes drum pattern buried in feedback, with a love song underneath that nobody expected these people to have written. The template for the decade that followed.