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Format: CD
Oct 2003
Record Label: Warner Music Benelux (Australia)
Recording Type: Studio
UPC: 766483223540 |
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Details
Track Listing
1. Silver
2. Nocturnal Me
3. Crystal Days
4. Yo Yo Man, The
5. Thorn of Crowns
6. Killing Moon, The
7. Seven Seas
8. My Kingdom
9. Ocean Rain
10. Angels and Devils
11. All You Need Is Love
12. Killing Moon, The
13. Stars Are Stars
14. Villiers Terrace
15. Silver
16. My Kingdom
17. Ocean Rain
| Details | | Distributor: | Phantom Import Distributi | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Echo & The Bunnymen: Ian McCulloch (vocals, guitar); Will Sergeant (guitar); Les Pattinson (bass); Pete De Freitas (drums).
Additional personnel: Adam Peters (cello, piano).
Recorded at Les Studio Des Dames, Paris, France and Amazon Studios, Liverpool, England. Originally released on Sire (25084). Includes
liner notes by Max Bell.
There are eight additional songs on the 2003 Australian re-release of this 1984 album: "Angels And Devils," "All You Need Is Love (Alternative Version)," "The Killing Moon (Alternative Version)," "Stars Are Stars (Alternative Version)," "Villiers Terrace (Alternate Version)," "Silver (Alternate Version--previously unreleased)," "My Kingdom (Live--previously unreleased)," and "Ocean Rain (Live--previously unreleased)." The album has been completely remastered, and it includes photos and new liner notes.
OCEAN RAIN was modestly described as "the greatest album ever made" during it's promotional campaign. While it doesn't quite live up to this rash claim, it remains Echo and the Bunnymen's most ambitious and cohesive '80s release--a stepping stone that really should have led the band to world-wide fame. This is where the band left any traces of post-punk shambling behind and reached for the stars.
The majestic mood of the album is heightened by the extravagant string arrangements that underpin Ian McCulloch's plaintive croon. On "The Killing Moon," one of the band's finest moments, the orchestra is deployed to spectacular effect. McCulloch gives the performance of his life, while the group's often overlooked guitarist Will Sergeant plays with imaginative dexterity. Things turn spookily psychedelic during "Thorn of Crowns," with its memorable refrain "c-c-c-cucumber, c-c-c-cabbage, c-c-c-cauliflower." It's hard to tell whether McCulloch is exorcising some inner demon or just trying to remember his shopping list. Somehow, in the context of the sparkling OCEAN RAIN, it doesn't really matter.
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - Effervescent songs, sympathetically orchestrated...
Mojo (12/01/2003)
5 stars out of 5 -- A disparate, one-off masterpiece in an already amazing oeuvre, OCEAN RAIN was an album of unparalleled scope and ornateness...
4 stars out of 5 -- Pushing acoustic guitars to the fore on three songs...the band employed a far more direct compositional approach, with Ian McCulloch's lyrics eschewing doomy portent for universal human connection.
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