| date | publication | author | title |
| 1984 | Sounds | Ralph Traitor | ICA : 29.12.84 It's all very beautiful, like a snow egg in a bath of acid. |
| 03.11.1984 | NME | Neil Taylor | HARK! The herald angels sing.. "an alternative musical apocalypse" |
| 1985 | | Nottingham Rock City - 25.6.85 more interested in furthering their reputation as the bastard sons of pop | |
| 1985 | Bob Dickson | Manchester Hacienda - 26.06.85 most surprising element of the Chain-gang sound is how very quiet it really is | |
| 1985 | Sounds (?) | Chris Roberts | North London Polytechnic - 15.3.85 predominantly wild and exciting |
| 1985 | | Boston, Massachusetts - 10.12.85 | |
| 21.09.1985 | NME | Danny Kelly | Bible Belter! London Electric Ballroom |
| 21.12.1985 | LA Times | Robert Hilburn | Fire and Ice: Pop Music From Poles Apart "separates itself defiantly from the rest of the rock pile" |
| 04.1986 | LA Times | Robert Hilburn | Powerful 'Chain' Shows Weak Link Santa Monica Civic Auditorium |
| 07.05.1988 | NME | Alastair McKay | Boredwalking Live review from an unimpressed reviewer going to such lengths as naming them "the cheezers and airyplanes" |
| 10.1988 | Gregg Araki | John Anson Ford Theater, Oct. 5 1988 "one of the most pertinent, intriguing and significant bands in this fucked-up age" | |
| 10.1988 | Pop Music Review | Craig Lee | Jesus, Mary Chain Makes Claim to Its Underground Destiny "one of the most important underground acts of this decade" |
| 04.04.1992 | NME | Keith Cameron | Will and Jim's Excellent Misadventure UK Rollercoaster gig with Blur, My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr |
| 11.1992 | the Press-Enterprise | Cathy Maestri | Darkness Befits the Lyrics for Jesus and Mary Chain The Reid brothers incorporate catchy melodies with rumblings that are sturdy and well-formed |
| 07.11.1992 | NME | | White Knuckle Sandwich First two shows of the Rollercoater US tour with Spiritualized and Curve |
| 15.12.1994 | Rolling Stone | Eric Gladstone | Radio Music Hall, Oct 31 1994 Live at Radio Music Hall, Washington, D.C. October 31, 1994 |
| 24.12.1994 | NME | Taylor Parkes | Overcome All JAMC and Mazzy Star Live at the Paladium LA |
| 06.05.1995 | Melody Maker | S P | The New Trinity, Bristol "I tell my friends they were f***ing 'mazin. No one believes me." |
| 08.07.1995 | Melody Maker | Jennifer Nine | Holy Rollers Supposedly about JAMC live at Ritz, Manchester, but more like a nice little story |
| 22.07.1995 | Fiona Shephard | Jesus and Mary Chain : Glasgow Arches "..it's time to evolve or die" | |
| 1998 | The Times | Stephen Dalton | The Bad Boys Are Back In Town Glasgow Garage Gig |
| 28.03.1998 | NME | Stephen Dalton | Unfinished Munki Business London King's Cross Water Rats.. there's hope yet |
| 28.03.1998 | Melody Maker | Ian Watson | Water Rats, London Out with the old, in with the new |
| 05.1998 | Hot Press | | Dublin Live at the Heineken Green Energy Festival |
| 16.05.1998 | NME | Mark Beaumont | Kick Out The JAMC! a lifeless husk of the Mary Chain legend |
