Echo & The Bunnymen - Biografia - Discografia

Echo & the Bunnymen é uma banda inglesa de pós-punk formada em Liverpool, em 1978.As origens da banda remontam ao final dos anos 70, quando Ian McCulloch, Pete Wylie e Julian Cope formam os The Crucial Three. Em 1977, Cope e Wylie deixam o grupo para criar os Teardrop Explodes e os Whah!, respectivamente.
Em 1978, McCulloch, juntamente com Will Sergeant, criam o duo Echo, utilizando uma caixa de ritmos em substituição da bateria. No mesmo ano, o baixista Les Pattinson junta-se à banda, e realizam o seu primeiro concerto ao vivo no clube Eric, em Liverpool, com o nome Echo & The Bunnymen.
No ano seguinte, em 1979, a banda lança o primeiro single, Pictures on My Wall, e o sucesso deste dá-lhes um contrato com a editora Korova. O baterista Pete de Freitas entra para o grupo.
Em 1980, gravam o primeiro álbum de originais, Crocodiles que, juntamente aos dois trabalhos seguintes, Heaven Up Here e Porcupine, lhes dá trás o reconhcimento. Porcupine chega ao numero 2 das tabelas do Reino Unido.
O álbum de 1984, com o single Killing Moon, entra, mais uma vez, para o Top Ten das tabelas, atingindo a quarta posição, no Reino Unido, e entrando para o Top 100, nos EUA.
Três anos depois, os Echo & the Bunnymen lançam um novo álbum que atinge a posição numero 51 nos EUA, o melhor lugar até à data, e o quarto lugar no país natal. No entanto, o álbum não apresenta nehuma evolução nos trabalhos da banda, e McCulloch abandona o grupo para trabalhar a solo. Em 1989 edita Candleland, e no ano seguinte Mysterio. Neste período, Noel Burke susbtitui McCulloch nos vocais, e lançam Reverberation.
Em 1994, McCulloch forma os Electrafixion com Will Sergeant. Mais tarde, em 1997, é a vez de Pattinson se juntar, e de novo reunem os Echo & the Bunnymen.


Pictures On My Wall(Single)1979

01 Pictures On My Wall
02 I've Read It In Books


Crocodiles(1980)

01 Going Up 3:57
02 Do It Clean 2:44
03 Stars Are Stars 2:45
04 Pride 2:41
05 Monkeys 2:49
06 Crocodiles 2:36
07 Rescue 4:26
08 Villiers Terrace 2:44
09 Read It In Books 2:31
10 Pictures On My Wall 2:52
11 All That Jazz 2:46
12 Happy Death Men 4:56


Rescue(Single)1980

01 Rescue
02 Simple Stuff


The Puppet(Single)1980

01 The Puppet
02 Do It Clean


A Promise(Single)1981

01 A Promise 3:55
02 Broke My Neck (Long Version) 7:11


Heaven Up Here(1981)

01 Show Of Strength 4:48
02 With A Hip 3:13
03 Over The Wall 5:54
04 It Was A Pleasure 3:09
05 A Promise 3:59
06 Heaven Up Here 3:42
07 The Disease 2:17
08 All My Colours 4:03
09 No Dark Things 4:17
10 Turquoise Days 3:48
11 All I Want 4:00


Shine So Hard(EP)1981

01 Crocodiles 5:06
02 Zimbo 3:32
03 All That Jazz 2:52
04 Over The Wall 5:29


The Back Of Love(Single)1982

01 The Back Of Love
02 The Subject
03 Fuel


The Cutter(Single)1982

01 The Cutter 3:53
02 Way Out And Up We Go 3:59
03 Zimbo (Live) 4:52


Echo And The Bunnymen(EP)1983

01 Never Stop 4:44
02 Rescue 4:30
03 The Cutter 3:55
04 Back Of Love 3:12
05 Do It Clean (Live) 5:36


Never Stop(Single)1983

01 Never Stop 3:31
02 Heads Will Roll 3:29


Porcupine(1983)

01 The Cutter 3:50
02 Back Of Love 3:12
03 My White Devil 4:30
04 Clay 4:10
05 Porcupine 5:55
06 Heads Will Roll 3:28
07 Ripeness 4:46
08 Higher Hell 5:00
09 Gods Will Be Gods 4:10
10 In Bluer Skies 5:55


The Killing Moon(Single)1983

01 The Killing Moon (All Night Version) 9:04
02 The Killing Moon 5:38
03 Do It Clean (Live) 6:25


Ocean Rain(1984)

01 Silver 3:19
02 Nocturnal Me 4:54
03 Crystal Days 2:24
04 The Yo Yo Man 3:11
05 Thorn Of Crowns 4:50
06 The Killing Moon 5:46
07 Seven Seas 3:19
08 My Kingdom 4:06
09 Ocean Rain 5:10


Silver(Single)1984

01 Silver 3:19
02 Angels And Devils 4:24


Bring On The Dancing Horses(Single)1985

01 Bring On The Dancing Horses 3:59
02 Over Your Shoulder 4:04


Songs To Learn & Sing(1985)

01 Rescue 3:44
02 Puppet 3:02
03 Do It Clean 2:44
04 A Promise 3:39
05 The Back Of Love 3:11
06 The Cutter 3:53
07 Never Stop 3:31
08 Killing Moon 5:45
09 Silver 3:18
10 Seven Seas 3:17
11 Bring On The Dancing Horses 3:58


Bedbugs And Ballyhoo(EP)1987

01 Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (Club Remix) 6:15
02 Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (LP Version) 3:28
03 Run, Run, Run 3:39
04 Paint It Black 2:56
05 Friction 4:40


Echo & The Bunnymen(1987)

01 The Game
02 Over You
03 Bedbugs And Ballyhoo
04 All In Your Mind
05 Bombers Bay
06 Lips Like Sugar
07 Lost And Found
08 New Direction
09 Blue Blue Ocean
10 Satellite
11 All My Life


Lips Like Sugar(EP)1987

01 Lips Like Sugar (12" Mix) 6:44
02 Rollercoaster 4:01
03 Lips Like Sugar (Dub) 6:36
04 Lips Like Sugar (Single Mix) 4:19


The Game(Single)1987

01 The Game
02 Lost And Found
03 Ship Of Fools


The Peel Sessions(EP)1988

01 Read It In Books 2:25
02 Stars Are Stars 3:05
03 I Bagsy Yours 2:50
04 Villiers Terrace 4:10


Reverberation(1990)

01 Gone, Gone, Gone 4:15
02 Enlighten Me 4:37
03 Cut & Dried 3:45
04 King Of Your Castle 4:35
05 Devilment 4:40
06 Thick Skinned World 4:25
07 Freaks Dwell 4:05
08 Senseless 4:50
09 Flaming Red 5:33
10 False Goodbyes 5:38


BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert(1991)

01 Rescue 3:52
02 Heaven Up Here 3:25
03 With A Hip 2:43
04 Bombers Bay 4:27
05 All I Want 3:50
06 Back Of Love 3:00
07 Crocodiles 4:02
08 Zimbo 4:02
09 Seven Seas 2:49
10 Bedbugs And Ballyhoo 2:51
11 The Cutter 3:30
12 Show Of Strength 4:22
13 Lips Like Sugar 5:10
14 Thorn Of Crowns 5:26


Prove Me Wrong(Single)1991

01 Prove Me Wrong 3:59
02 Fine Thing 3:45
03 Reverberation 2:47


The Cutter(1993)

01 The Cutter 3:56
02 Bombers Bay 4:23
03 Paint It Black (Live) 3:13
04 All You Need Is Love 6:43
05 Ashes To Ashes (aka 'Stars Are Stars') 2:46
06 All My Life 4:09
07 A Promise 3:40
08 Read It In Books 2:32
09 Crocodiles 2:37
10 Crystal Days 2:26
11 Ocean Rain 5:10
12 My Kingdom 4:04


Ballyhoo - The Best Of(1997)

01 Rescue 4:17
02 Do It Clean 2:44
03 Villiers Terrace 3:11
04 All That Jazz 2:50
05 Over The Wall 5:50
06 A Promise 3:41
07 The Disease 2:22
08 The Back Of Love 3:13
09 The Cutter 3:51
10 Never Stop 3:32
11 The Killing Moon 5:45
12 Silver 3:19
13 Seven Seas 3:18
14 Bring On The Dancing Horses 3:55
15 People Are Strange 3:37
16 The Game 3:45
17 Lips Like Sugar 4:51
18 Bedbugs & Ballyhoo 3:26


Evergreen(1997)

01 Don't Let It Get You Down
02 In My Time
03 I Want To Be There (When You Come)
04 Evergreen
05 I'll Fly Tonight
06 Nothing Lasts Forever
07 Baseball Bill
08 Altamont
09 Just A Touch Away
10 Empire State Halo
11 Too Young To Kneel
12 Forgiven


I Want To Be There (When You Come)(Single)1997

01 I Want To Be There (When You Come)
02 The Killing Moon (Jo Whiley Session)
03 Nothing Lasts Forever (Jo Whiley Session)


Nothing Lasts Forever(1997)

01 Nothing Lasts Forever 3:54
02 Watchtower 4:25
03 Polly 4:17


World Tour E.P.1998

01 Evergreen 3:22
02 Don't Let It Get You Down 4:38
03 Rescue (Live At Glastonbury) 3:39
04 Altamont (Live At Glastonbury 1997) 2:42
05 Forgiven (Live Acoustic) 3:01


What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?(1999)

01 What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?
02 Rust
03 Get In The Car
04 Baby Rain
05 History Chimes
06 Lost On You
07 Morning Sun
08 When It All Blows Over
09 Fools Like Us


Avalanche(2000)

01 Hang On To A Dream
02 Avalanche
03 All My Colours (Zimbo)
04 Silver
05 Angels And Devils
06 It's All Over Now


Album Sampler(EP)2001

01 Make Me Shine
02 Buried Alive
03 Supermellow Man
04 It's Allright


Flowers(2001)

01 King Of Kings
02 SuperMellowMan
03 Hide & Seek
04 Make Me Shine
05 It's Alright
06 Buried Alive
07 Flowers
08 Everybody Knows
09 Life Goes On
10 An Eternity Turns
11 Burn For Me


It's Alright(2001)

01 It's Alright 3:29
02 Marble Towers 4:05
03 Rescue (The Mindwinder's Mix) 6:34


In The Margins(Single)2005

01 In The Margins (Radio Edit) 3:58
02 Nothing Lasts Forever (Acoustic) 4:10
03 In The Margins (Instrumental) 5:40


Seven Seas(2005)

01 The Back Of Love 3:11
02 Seven Seas 3:17
03 All That Jazz 2:47
04 Do It Clean 2:50
05 Villiers Terrace 6:00
06 Over The Wall 5:59
07 A Promise 4:08
08 The Disease 2:28
09 Never Stop 3:31
10 The Game 3:50
11 Lips Like Sugar 4:52
12 Bedbugs And Ballyhoo 3:28
13 Bring On The Dancing Horses 3:58
14 Silver 3:18
15 The Cutter 3:53


Siberia(2005)

01 Stormy Weather 4:24
02 All Because Of You Days 5:44
03 Parthenon Drive 5:11
04 In The Margins 5:06
05 Of A Life 3:43
06 Make Us Blind 4:00
07 Everything Kills You 4:17
08 Siberia 4:56
09 Sideways Eight 3:16
10 Scissors In The Sand 5:29
11 What If We Are? 5:05


Me, I'm All Smiles(2006)

01 Going Up 2:40
02 With A Hip 3:25
03 Stormy Weather 4:16
04 Show Of Strength 5:05
05 Bring On The Dancing Horses 4:11
06 The Disease 2:08
07 Scissors In The Sand 4:28
08 All That Jazz 3:05
09 The Back Of Love 3:29
10 The Killing Moon 4:44
11 In The Margins 4:56
12 Never Stop 3:36
13 Villiers Terrace 2:44
14 Of A Life 3:50
15 Rescue 4:31
16 The Cutter 4:47
17 Nothing Lasts Forever 3:48
18 Lips Like Sugar 4:55
19 Ocean Rain 6:11


Scissors In The Sand(Single)2006

01 Scissors In The Sand (Radio Edit)
02 In The Margins (Live - Tiscali Session)
03 Villiers Terrace (Live - Reading Festival 2005)


The Very Best Of Echo & The Bunnymen - More Songs To Learn And Sing(2006)

01 The Cutter
02 The Back Of Love
03 The Killing Moon
04 Seven Seas
05 Never Stop
06 Rescue
07 I Want To Be There (When You Come)
08 Don't Let It Get You Down
09 A Promise
10 Silver
11 People Are Strange
12 Do It Clean
13 The Game
14 Rust
15 Lips Like Sugar
16 Nothing Lasts Forever
17 Bring On The Dancing Horses
18 Hang On To A Dream
19 It's Alright
20 Stormy Weather
21 The Cutter
22 The Killing Moon
23 Seven Seas
24 Bring On The Dancing Horses
25 The Game
26 Lips Like Sugar
27 Nothing Lasts Forever
28 Rust


The Fountain(2009)

01 Think I Need It Too 3:41
02 Forgotten Fields 3:46
03 Do You Know Who I Am? 2:52
04 Shroud Of Turin 4:10
05 Life Of A Thousand Crimes 3:22
06 The Fountain 4:01
07 Everlasting Neverendless 3:08
08 Proxy 3:15
09 Drivetime 4:11
10 The Idolness Of Gods 4:38