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Track Listing
1. King of Kings
2. Supermellow Man
3. Hide & Seek
4. Make Me Shine
5. It's Alright
6. Buried Alive
7. Flowers
8. Everybody Knows
9. Life Goes On
10. Eternity Turns, An
11. Burn For Me
| Details | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Echo & The Bunnymen: Ian McCulloch (vocals, guitar); Will Sergeant (12-string & electric guitars, tambourine, samples, loops).
Additional personnel: Ceri James (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards); Alex "Kong" Germains (bass, background vocals); Vincent Jamieson (drums, congas, shaker, tambourine).
Producers: Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Pete Coleman.
Recorded at Elevator Studios, Liverpool, England and Bryn Derwyn Studios, Snowdonia, North Wales.
While Echo & the Bunnymen rarely reached the heights of their 1980s glory days on later releases, albums like 2001's FLOWERS prove they still had plenty of creative juice nine albums into their career. Moody, melodic tunes like "King of Kings" and "Make Me Shine" may lack the angst of OCEAN RAIN-era Echo & the Bunnymen, but the songcraft is as as sharp as ever, if not more. The music still swirls with tinges of `60s psychedelia, but there's a clarity to Will Sargeant's guitar lines and Ian McCulloch's singing that is deeply appealing. FLOWERS proves that though this band may have mellowed, they have also deepened in flavor.
Industry Reviews
7 out of 10 - ...FLOWERS adds a little Beatlesome jangle and some comfortable footwear to the Bunny blueprint laid out in OCEAN RUIN in 1984...
NME (06/02/2001)
...Stripped down and sporting a welcome ruggedness...thier dark pop with an ironic silver lining still burns brightly....the bloom has not fallen off these black flowers...
CMJ (05/14/2001)
...Life-affirming....among their best...
Magnet (06/01/2001)
...A fine bunch of songs...
Mojo (06/01/2001)
8 out of 10 - ...Rooted in chiming and growling guitar licks, the dense layers of each songs are revealed only through multiple listens...yielding unexpected pleasures...
Alternative Press (07/01/2001)
3 stars out of 5 - ...From the opening line McCulloch is still in love with the idea of being a poet in the demi-monde....Every track is festooned with backwards guitar...
Q (08/01/2001)
3.5 stars out of 5 - ...McCulloch's in fine voice, and wonderfully 'louche'....proving that Echo's crystal days haven't shattered yet...
Rolling Stone (09/13/2001)
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