16-10-2015, 21:51
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN "songs to learn and sing" cd, 1985
career stats:
studio albums..............12
singles........................30
this album...................#6 UK...#25 NZ...#158 US
a compilation of singles from their first four albums from this UK "new wave" band...
these guys were always a bit more intelligent than a lot of their counterparts/peers from that scene...
I guess you could probably put them alongside OMD and even Japan....
I never liked their studio albums much(I own their debut on vinyl and heard a couple of others, lots of filler IMO....
so this compilation of their so called classic years is pretty good and worth owning, either way, its even better when
I remember it cost me $3 in a discount bin....
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: seven seas
best track: do it clean
[video=youtube;Zg5xvDoQOhA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg5xvDoQOhA[/video]
tracks:
1...rescue **
2...the puppet **
3...do it clean ***
4...a promise **
5...the back of love **
6...the cutter ***
7...never stop **
8...the killing moon ***
9...silver **
10.seven seas *
11.bring on the dancing horses **
3s=3
2s=7
1s=1
rating: 2.1
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.