Echo & Bunnymen - Porcupine
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Artist: Echo & BunnymenEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-01-27
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
- The Cutter
- The Back Of Love
- My White Devil
- Clay
- Porcupine
- Heads Will Roll
- Ripeness
- Higher Hell
- Gods Will Be Gods
- In Bluer Skies
- Fuel
- The Cutter (Alternate Version)
- My White Devil (Alternate Version)
- Porcupine (Alternate Version)
- Ripeness (Alternate Version)
- Gods Will Be Gods (Alternate Version)
- Never Stop (Discotheque)
Music reviews of Porcupine
Music Review: Curious to see...
Rating: 5 Stars
...that most reviewers here don't really acknowledge most of the songs on PORCUPINE, concentratng on the bonus tracks and the singles "The Cutter" and "The Back of Love". All well and good, but there are many more reasons to enjoy this very fine collection of Bunnymen songs. Personally, I rate this as BY FAR their best album, well ahead of popular favourites like OCEAN RAIN.
Why? Because this album is probably the best harmony between the disparate elements that the various early Bunnymen albums represent. The towering pretension - lyrical and vocal - of Ian McCulloch is in abundance here, but there are flashes of brilliance, too. I felt Mac kind of took himself too seriously sometimes, but there is an air of play that mitigates it on PORCUPINE.
The music, although symphonic and powerful, is not as overtly so as on OCEAN RAIN and the influences that overwhelmed earlier cuts are harnessed and transcended on this album.
"The Cutter" is a Beatlesque romp complete with brass and Eastern-sounding synths that sets an upbeat tone: "The Back of Love", a choppy piece of angst takes that beat and kicks in into the middle of next year. A gorgeous hazy interlude complete with gliding electric violin provides a nice break in the hammering, rhythmic feeling that these two songs create.
"My White Devil" is a little less strident - it has a Wild-West bassline and strange honking, whining guitar figures as McCulloch enthuses about Elizabethan dramatist John Webster.
"Clay" is chirpier, but it is here, I think, that the 'orchestral' impulse surfaces - with the guitar sounding at times like a string section. "Porcupine" has paradoxical lyrics and two distinct sections - a meandering waffle that hints at Eastern and Slavic textures that is then transmuted into an angry, sonic rant. its interesting but not particularly likeable.
To me, the second half of the original set is much the better. "Heads Will Roll" is a bit like "The Cutter"- Mk. II, but is more coherent and utilises more of that orchestral sound. My own pick for peak of the whole set is "Ripeness" - a funk-tinged piece with a superb chorus - Will Sergeant plucks out a wandering set of scales as McCulloch hits some NASTY tones towards the top of his register in full operatic regalia (and provides an odd, waffling near-dialogue as counterpoint).
"Higher Heaven" is solid, but not particularly exciting - McCulloch duels well with himself in the chorus, though.
"Gods Will Be Gods" is pretty neat- its the most symphonic piece on the whole set, I believe - although it too has a Wild West bassline, and barely moves away from the chord D - which is played in a variety of rhythms and effects.
"In Bluer Skies" sees McCulloch back in opera mode with Sergeant playing counter-melody. Although the chorus soars, the tone of the song is gentle and reflective.
its a great set of songs, and the bonus tracks simply add to the pleasure.
Description of Porcupine
Remastered reissue of 1983 album features 17 tracks including 7 bonus tracks, 'Fuel', 'The Cutter' (Alt. Version), 'My White Devil' (Alt. Version - prev. unreleased), 'Porcupine' (Alt. Version - prev. unreleased), 'Ripeness' (Alt. Version - prev. unreleased), 'Gods Will Be Gods' (Alt. Version), & 'Never Stop (Discoteque)'. 25th anniversary expanded edition features new liner notes & unseen photos. Slipcase. WSM. 2003.Alternative Rock CDs
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