Still clinging to the post-punk snarl that made them cult favorites during the '80s, Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant maintain a stunning...
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The eternal question remains: does anyone really need a live album? Sure, there are bands that are live entities and for whom the studio just about kills their momentum. But...
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Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant shaped Echo & the Bunnymen's dreamy post-punk into something timeless. Their 1997 reincarnation sparked new life for the band, and McCulloch...
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Originally released in 1979, the Pictures on My Wall EP showcases an early, pre-Pete de Freitas Echo & the Bunnymen that is exuberant in the manner of raw Brit-punk. Ian...
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The late-'90s reunion album (although the band considers it a mere "continuation," natch) isn't nearly as bad as one could reasonably expect, and doesn't sound unlike...
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The cover alone is a dead giveaway, echoing as it does the cover of Crocodiles, with what looks like a set of trees and a car in place of De Freitas. But that telling and...
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Liverpool's favorite lads Echo & the Bunnymen battled the cathartic reign of the Smiths and the enigmatic synth pop of Depeche Mode and New Order throughout the '80s...
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An immense debut that presents the new band already in full form. Although they stick to a four-piece here (not yet gathering up the additional instrumentation of...
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Inspired by psychedelia, sure. Bit of Jim Morrison in the vocals? Okay, it's there. But for all the references and connections that can be drawn (and they can), one listen...
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The last album of their initial stint, Echo & the Bunnymen is a gentle, more mature album, with Mac's vocals low-key and resigned, and songs that are a bit formulaic. ...
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This fine release (not to be confused with the self-titled 1983 EP) is the Bunnymen's best since their debut, Crocodiles. The album catches the group at a fortuitous career...
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The band's second album is the expected exercise in darkness and guitars, but with fewer grabbing tracks or well-known songs than on surrounding releases. Not a bad ...
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Following their more psychedelia-based debut, Crocodiles, and subsequent "Puppet" single, Echo & the Bunnymen returned in 1981 with the darkest and perhaps most experimental...
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This classic Echo & The Bunnymen album is dramatic and dark, yet entirely accessible, thanks to McCulloch's strong sense of songcraft and lyrics that are impassioned...
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Channeling the lessons of the experimental Porcupine into more conventional and simple structural parameters, Ocean Rain emerges as Echo & the Bunnymen's most beautiful and...
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The first of their albums to add violin, Porcupine is another expressive, atmospheric work with traces of the course they'll soon take with Ocean...
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The group's third album is a solid outing, a noticeably better listen than its predecessor, Heaven Up Here. Songs are intriguing and elaborate, often featuring swooping,...
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Reverberation 11/13/1990, Yahoo! Music, Mara Schwartz
Released more to spite McCulloch (who had said that his bandmates would never carry on the name without him) than for creative necessity, this Noel Burke-sung record...
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What's that echo you hear? One of the Bunnymen has decided to sit things out, and it's none other than the frontman himself. Reverberation is really an Echo & the Bunnymen...
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Echo & the Bunnymen made a dignified return in 1997 with Evergreen, but that record displayed some hints of rustiness and a desire to stay hip -- two things notably absent...
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The answer is a resounding yes -- Echo & the Bunnymen's Crystal Days: 1979-1999, a four-disc set boasting a great built-in book with a biography and track-by-track...
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Following their more psychedelia-based debut, Crocodiles, and subsequent "Puppet" single, Echo & the Bunnymen returned in 1981 with the darkest and perhaps most experimental...
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Inspired by psychedelia, sure. Bit of Jim Morrison in the vocals? Okay, it's there. But for all the references and connections that can be drawn (and they can), one listen...
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