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Track Listing
1. Rescue
2. Lips Like Sugar
3. King of Kings
4. Never Stop
5. Seven Seas
6. Buried Alive
7. Supermellowman
8. My Kingdom
9. All My Colours
10. All That Jazz
11. Eternity Turns, An
12. Back of Love, The
13. Killing Moon, The
14. Cutter, The
15. Over the Wall
16. Nothing Lasts Forever
17. Ocean Rain
| Details | | Producer: | Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Echo & The Bunnymen: Ian McCulloch (vocals); Will Sergeant, Ged Malley (guitar); Ceri James (keyboards); Steve Flett (bass); Vinnie Jamieson (drums).
Recorded live at The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts, Liverpool, England on August 17 & 18, 2001.
A document of the revived Bunnymen's 2001 reunion tour in support of their new album FLOWERS and the box set CRYSTAL DAYS, this 17-track set recorded before a hometown audience shows that the 13-year break dimmed none of the artistic rapport between singer Ian McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant, the two remaining original members. This is particularly impressive when considering how mediocre both McCulloch's solo career and the ill-fated McCulloch-less Bunnymen were. McCulloch is in excellent voice, and Sergeant's much-copied neo-psychedelic guitar sounds terrific throughout.
Though the edge-of-stability clatter that often typified earlier Bunnymen live performances (as documented on the live tracks on CRYSTAL DAYS) is absent, the result actually more closely resembles the epic sweep and hazy grandeur of albums like OCEAN RAIN. And surprisingly, the four songs from the then-new album, especially the almost joyous "King of Kings," are actually quite solid additions to the Bunnymen canon. LIVE IN LIVERPOOL is proof that the revived Bunnymen are back with their artistic integrity and chops intact.
Industry Reviews
...The Bunnymen seem determined to disprove their own observation that Nothing Lasts Forever...
Mojo (04/01/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Things open convincingly with the Television manque of 1980's 'Rescue', and throughout it's the older songs that resonate...
Q (02/01/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Things open convincingly with the Television manque of 1980's 'Rescue', and throughout it's the older songs that resonate...Mojo (April 2002, p.112) - ...The Bunnymen seem determined to disprove their own observation that Nothing Lasts Forever...
Q (02/01/2002)
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