Videos 1985 to 1989

Entertainment Weekly
1989

(Warner Reprise, $16.98) Until very recently, Scotland's brilliant p p-noise proponents were deemed too extreme for the American TV audience, so most of the 12 clips on this career summary are likely to be unfamiliar, even to fans. Little matter: One J&M clip is pretty much like the next, each a challenging dose of insolence to match the records' antagonistic allure. The group takes a determinedly casual approach to making videos, indifferently miming songs in various TV studios, on a beach, and in a field. While all the clips succeed in capturing the chaotic spirit of the music, few besides the earliest ("Never Understand") and the latest ("Head On," "Blues From a Gun") add much to it. B-