Crocodiles (Remastered) Echo & The Bunnymen

• 1 Going Up 04:03
• 2 Stars Are Stars 02:47
• 3 Pride 02:41
• 4 Monkeys 02:49
• 5 Crocodiles 02:40
• 6 Rescue 04:29
• 7 Villiers Terrace 02:46
• 8 Pictures on My Wall 02:55
• 9 All That Jazz 02:47
• 10 Happy Death Men 04:56
• Total Runtime 32:53

Info zu Crocodiles (Remastered)

Echo & The Bunnymen formed in Liverpool back in 1978, with Ian McCulloch on vocals, Will Sergeant on guitar, bassist Les Pattinson with Pete De Freitas on drums. Their first release came in the form of the single The Pictures On My Wall, with the B-side Read It In Books. Both tracks would appear on their debut album Crocodiles, released in 1980. Released amid the growing wave of post-punk, Crocodiles cemented the band amongst the best around, with the NME at the time describing it as “probably the best album this year by a British band” and featuring amongst many greatest ever debut album lists.

The lead single from the album, Rescue, was produced by Ian Broudie who would later produce more Echo & The Bunnymen material, as well as later forming The Lightning Seeds in 1989. The single would enter the UK charts, with the album breaking into the top 20 and going on to be certified Gold. The original cover was shot by Brian Griffin near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. The atmospheric, moody aura of the sleeve sets the tone for quintessential post-punk.

"Inspired by psychedelia, sure. Bit of Jim Morrison in the vocals? OK, it's there. But for all the references and connections that can be drawn (and they can), one listen to Echo's brilliant, often harrowing debut album and it's clear when a unique, special band presents itself. Beginning with the dramatic, building climb of "Going Up," Crocodiles at once showcases four individual players sure of their own gifts and their ability to bring it all together to make things more than the sum of their parts. Will Sergeant in particular is a revelation -- arguably only Johnny Marr and Vini Reilly were better English guitarists from the '80s, eschewing typical guitar-wank overload showboating in favor of delicacy, shades, and inventive, unexpected melodies. More than many before or since, he plays the electric guitar as just that, electric not acoustic, dedicated to finding out what can be done with it while never using it as an excuse to bend frets. His highlights are legion, whether it's the hooky opening chime of "Rescue" or the exchanges of sound and silence in "Happy Death Men." Meanwhile, the Pattinson/De Freitas rhythm section stakes its own claim for greatness, the former's bass driving yet almost seductive, the latter's percussion constantly shifting rhythms and styles while never leaving the central beat of the song to die. "Pride" is one standout moment of many, Pattinson's high notes and De Freitas' interjections on what sound like chimes or blocks are inspired touches. Then there's McCulloch himself, and while the imagery can be cryptic, the delivery soars, even while his semi-wail conjures up, as on the nervy, edgy picture of addiction "Villiers Terrace," "People rolling round on the carpet/Mixing up the medicine." Brisk, wasting not a note, and burning with barely controlled energy, Crocodiles remains a deserved classic." (Ned Raggett, AMG)

Ian McCulloch, Gesang
Will Sergeant, Gitarre
Les Pattinson, Bass
Pete de Freitas, Schlagzeug

Digitally remastered

Echo & The Bunnymen
eine der einflussreichsten Bands der späten 70er und frühen 80er Jahre, die maßgeblich den Sound der New Wave / Post Punk Zeit mitgeprägt haben, kommen für ein exklusives Konzert am 31. Oktober nach Berlin.

An diesem Abend werden die beiden Urmitglieder, Sänger/Gitarrist Ian McCulloch und Gitarrist Will Sergeant, von einer String Section unterstützt um ihre psychdelischenNew Wave und Pop- Hymnen in ein ganz besonderes Gewand zu hüllen. Seit nunmehr fast 40 Jahren sind die Liverpooler aktiv und haben sich seit den eher düsteren ersten Jahren mit schrägen Texten über Drogenexzesse und die damit verbundene Reue, gepaart mit schwarzen Klamotten und Turmfrisuren zu einem eher von Burt Bacharach Arrangements beeinflusste Popband gemausert, die auch weiterhin ihren ganz eigen Weg gehen wird.

Die kürzlich beendete UK Tour führte die Band unter anderem in legendäre Konzerthallen wie die Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Birmingham`s Symphony Hall und endete in der legendären Royal Albert Hall in London.

Das neue Album, „The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon“wurde gerade fertiggestellt und erscheint via BMG am 05. Oktober. Es enthält 13 Bunnymen Classic, die mit „Strings and Things“ neu aufgenommen wurden. Zudem bekommt man noch zwei brandneue Songs „The Sonambulist“ und „HowFar?“dargeboten. Aufgenommen wurde im The Dog House Studios mit Co-Produzent Andy Wright. Mac sagt zu den neuen Aufnahmen: „Ich mache das für niemand anderes als für mich. Ich mache das weil es mir wichtig ist die Songs noch besser zu machen. Ich muss das tun.“

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