| | Echo & The Bunnymen Evergreen CD - Import Echo & The Bunnymen Discography of CDs
Principally recorded at Barry Barlow's Doghouse Studio, Henley On Thames, England in February 1997.
The tellingly titled EVERGREEN finds all the surviving charter members of Echo & the Bunnymen recording together for the first time since 1987. The band made one album without singer Ian McCulloch before disintegrating. Band members collaborated on various projects over the years, but only as a cohesive unit have they ever truly hit their mark.
McCulloch's voice is still velvety and pure, at once exuberant and tragic. His lyrics marry fragmented wordplay ("I'm in my prime and you're wasting my time/ You're denominator commonest low") with the swaggering self-confidence that has long been his trademark. Will Sergeant's guitar playing is, as ever, an inspired mix of frenetic stabs, swirling arpeggios, and soaring melodic accompaniment. Not to be overlooked, bassist Les Pattinson holds it all together admirably, delivering a tuneful, confident low end. EVERGREEN marks the triumphant return for Liverpool's other favorite sons--free of formula, but true to the promise of their majestic early years.
Import pressing of Ian McCulloch & co.'s 1997 reunion album that is out of print domestically. This pressing features four bonus John Peel/BBC session tracks of, 'I Want To Be There When You Come', 'Bedbugs & Ballyhoo', 'Rescue' & 'Lips Like Sugar', 16 tracks total including the singles 'Don't Let It Get You Down' and 'I Want To Be There (When You Come)'. Warner.
This Dutch edition features four bonus tracks.
Echo & The Bunnymen: Ian McCulloch (vocals, guitar); Will Sergeant (guitar); Les Pattinson (bass).
Additional personnel: Ed Shearmur (piano); Adam Peters (keyboards); Michael Lee (drums); The London Metropolitan Orchestra.
Rolling Stone (8/7/97, p.64) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "... a stunning comeback....Frontman Ian McCulloch brings his brooding melodrama to full flower..."
Melody Maker (12/20-27/97, pp.66-67) - Ranked #15 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums Of The Year."
Melody Maker (7/12/97, p.42) - "...A triumph (and relief) if you love 'em; a cautious success if you're friendly; probably too little to sway those too young to know who they are..."
NME (Magazine) (12/20-27/97, pp.78-79) - Ranked #41 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll. Evergreen Music | List Price | $13.99 (You save $0.84) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Pop CDs, Alternative, New Wave, British, Rock | | Label | Warner | | Orig Year | 1997 | | All Time Sales Rank |  112612  | | CD Universe Part number | 1431947 | | Catalog number | 429642 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jan 04, 2000 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Ian McCulloch - vocals, guitar
Will Sergeant - guitar
Les Pattinson - bass
Also: London Metropolitan Orchestra, Michael Lee, Ed Shearmur, Adam Peters, Henley On Thames | | Additional Info | Bonus Tracks; England; Netherlands |
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