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Echo & the Bunnymen (Bonus Tracks) | 
| Manufacturer: Rhino/Warner Bros.
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $8.99
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 11672
Genre: pop-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes
ASIN: B001229GRS
Release Date: December 9, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Iconic and Irreplaceable! June 17, 2008
G. Bradley Currie (Houston, TX)
This is one of the greatest 80's Brit bands to ever emerge from this era. Their music is iconic and quite inspirational for many bands of today. This cd has it all, with the exception of my other favorite, 'The Killing Moon' ... and I adore the early version of 'Bring on the Dancing Horses' entitled 'Jimmy Brown'. The artwork is great too! This is a must have for any Echo fan!
 Lips Like Sugar the only hit March 20, 2007
John Darling (Ventura, CA)
0 out of 15 found this review helpful
The rest is pretty BORING. Amazing how a group can produce one fantastic song and not be able to follow it up with anything nearly as good.
 *sigh* March 4, 2007
Fahion_Plate (Somewhere)
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
What can I say? Meh. Nothing too spectacular going on here. I was a little disappointed. This later sound is a little too commercial for me. You'd be better off buying "Crocodiles" if you want the early, good stuff.
The Last 'True' Echo & the Bunnymen Album January 21, 2007
MoogleFan
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Echo & the Bunnymen's self-titled album, popularly referred to as "the gray album" (due to the color of the cover), is similar to "Ocean Rain" in the sense that it has a timeless quality and sounds fresh and new, despite the passing of years. This, their fifth studio album, comes off as a far less earnest attempt than their previous releases. Ian McCulloch's vocals are more restrained, possibly more refined and artful than before.The instrumentation isn't anything epic or grandeur like "Porcupine" or "Ocean Rain", but I think this album is a bit classier and probably more accessible for newer fans' tastes. Though there are a few tracks that stand out ("Lips Like Sugar", "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo", and "The Game", for instance), this album seems to be best listened to as a whole.
This album was really the last one that truly captured the spirit of the band; after this, the band's singer, Ian McCulloch, on to do solo work and the drummer, Pete de Freitas, died in a motorcycle accident. Their next album, "Reverberation", was released in 1990 and featured an entirely different vocalist and new drummer in place of the previous Echo & the Bunnymen members. An album featuring Ian McCulloch as vocalist, "Evergreen", did not appear until 1997. Still, after several more major album releases (in 1999, 2001, and 2005) the band hasn't yet been able to, and probably won't, regain the energy and style of music that they once made in their first five studio albums, especially due to the loss of a very critical member of a band, Pete de Freitas, Echo & the Bunnymen's incredibly talented drummer.
This re-mastered edition includes seven extra tracks: "Jimmy Brown" (an early version of "Bring on the Dancing Horses"), "Hole in the Holy" (an early version of "Over You"), "Soul Kitchen" (Doors cover), an acoustic demo of "The Game", and two B-sides ("Over Your Shoulder" and an early version of "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo").
Echo & the Bunnymen CD January 15, 2007
Walter De M. Marco (CAMPINAS, BRASIL)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Good Material. And the best Echo & the Bunnymen Album.
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