Do It Clean: An Anthologyis a new two-CD Echo andthe Bunnymen set from Salvo Music that summarises the band’s output between 1979 and 1987.
The 38-track collectionactually contains all the band’s singles from this era including non-album 45s and People Are Strange from The Lost Boys soundtrack.
There’s a small sprinkling of relative raritieswith the inclusion ofThe Original Cutter – A Drop in the Ocean–originally on the flipside to Never Stop. Speaking of which, that single is also included in its remixed form (Never Stop (Discotheque)).New sleeve notes from Paul Lester are included inthe 16 page booklet.
1. ThePictures on my Wall 2. Read It In Books 3. Rescue 4. Crocodiles 5. Pride 6. Villiers Terrace 7. The Puppet 8. Do It Clean 9. Show of Strength 10. With A Hip 11. Over The Wall 12. A Promise 13. Turquoise Days 14. All I Want 15. The Cutter 16. The Back Of Love 17. Porcupine 18. Heads Will Roll 19. Gods Will Be Gods 20. Never Stop (Discotheque)
CD 2
1. Silver 2. Crystal Days 3. Thorn of Crowns 4. The Killing Moon 5. Seven Seas 6. Ocean Rain 7. Bring On The Dancing Horses 8. The Game 9. Bedbugs & Ballyhoo (Single version) 10. All In Your Mind 11. Lips Like Sugar (Single mix) 12. New Direction 13. Satellite 14. People Are Strange 15. Never Stop 7″ version 16. Bedbugs and Ballyhoo (Club Mix) 17. Rollercoaster 18. The Original Cutter – A Drop In The Ocean
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They released Reverberation in 1990, but the disappointing critical and commercial reaction it received culminated with a complete disbanding in early 1993.
Echo & the Bunnymen's debut single "The Pictures on My Wall" was released on Bill Drummond & David Balfe's Zoo Records in May 1979, the B-side being "Read It in Books" (also recorded by the Teardrop Explodes approximately six months later as the B-side of their final Zoo Records single "Treason").
Topping our list of the best Echo And The Bunnymen songs, The Killing Moon is, by Will Sergeant's own admission, such a defining tune, it's “almost like the only thing we've ever done”.
Immediately prior to the release of the band's next album, What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (1999), Les Pattinson quit to take care of his mother.
Echo & the Bunnymen—the other lads from Liverpool—is a post-punk band led by a moody poet named Ian McCulloch. Formed in 1978, they were as goth as The Cure and grandiose as U2; they defined 1980s New Romanticism.
Peter Louis Vincent de Freitas (2 August 1961 – 14 June 1989) was an English musician and producer. He was the drummer in Echo & the Bunnymen, and performed on their first five albums.
Between 1980-1998 Echo and the Bunnymen had 6 Top Ten Albums on the UK Charts, and 3 Top Ten Singles on the UK Singles Charts. The highest ranking album was "Porcupine"(1983) at #2. "The Cutter" (1983) and "Nothing Lasts Forever" (1997) were the highest ranking singles, both at #8.
Ash killed Echo in self-defense after Nia had told Echo to kill Ash to prove her loyalty. As Echo's first mission as a spy had been planned with her name known, Nia made Ash take on Echo's name and go on the mission for her.
Formed in the late-'70s wake of punk's first wave, Echo & the Bunnymen forged a unique fusion of post-punk, new wave, and neo-psychedelia that established them as pioneers of a new direction in British rock.
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