What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?

Echo & Bunnymen - What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?

What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?
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Artist: Echo & Bunnymen
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-06-22
Music Label: Sire / London/Rhino
Soundtracks:
  1. What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?
  2. Rust
  3. Get In The Car
  4. Baby Rain
  5. History Chimes
  6. Lost On You
  7. Morning Sun
  8. When It All Blows Over
  9. Fools Like Us

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Music Review: Bunny-est album in 15 years
Rating: 4 Stars

Following up their excellent reunion album, 1997's Evergreen, with this lush little gem, What...? proves that Echo & The Bunnymen are back for good. Whereas Evergreen found the band brash and playful in its "we're-back" sound, the new album recalls their 1984 masterpiece, Ocean Rain, in its brooding, introspective moodiness and orchestration. The nine tracks, however, clock in at only 38 minutes, and while that may have been acceptable in the days of vinyl, it seems downright stingy now. Especially considering that the 4 b-sides available on the 2 "Rust" cd-singles could have easily been incorporated into this release. Fortunately, these nine tracks have clearly been chosen for their cohesiveness and quality, leaving the listener with little to sequence or edit.

The opening title track sets the tone for what will follow - melancholy strings punctuated by laid-back guitar strumming and Ian McCulloch's trademark yearning vocals. Reminiscent of the song "Ocean Rain", the placement of this track at the beginning is a hint that this album is more candlelight than glitterball. This is followed by the single, "Rust", which has a similarly orchestral sound built around yet another melancholy lyric line borrowed in part from one of Ian's last solo b-sides, "Ribbons And Chains". The pace picks up with "Get In The Car", a soothingly upbeat radio-friendly tune, and "Baby Rain". After the lush orchestration of the preceding tracks, "History Chimes" gleams elegantly - a simple, soulful combination of Ian's voice accompanied only by piano, and arguably the best track on the album. "Lost On You" is another remodeled Ian b-side originally titled "Birdy". "Morning Sun" recalls the Evergreen sound, with heavier drums and guitars and a catchy chorus. "When It All Blows Over" provides a short retro respite before the concluding shimmer of "Fools Like Us" brings the album to a close with an onslaught of violins and guitars.

While not quite the masterpiece that Ocean Rain was, What...? earns the distinction of being the Bunny-est album in 15 years. Highly recommended despite its short length - sometimes big things do come in small, elegant packages.

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Description of What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?

1999 album from Ian McCulloch & co., featuring the single 'Rust'. The full title is 'What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?'.
It's a fair question, and one that is equally fair to ask of the band: What have they done with their lives? If this album is any indication, they have grown up. While it is great to hear Ian McCulloch's voice again, don't expect the cracked squeal and bark that helped to establish the band as a bastion of early alternative music. Here, his voice is tamed, deep, steady, and a little weary. Fans of older Echo albums will hear this and think of a reunion with an old friend who, once excitable and angry, has become worldly and reflective. The tracks are unhurried and swirling, like a strong river current. Ringing rhythm guitar replaces naked post-punk melody. String and horn accompaniments are so mellow that removed from the context of these songs they are nothing short of Muzak. This is still the Echo and the Bunnymen you know and love, but the album rallies against the one thing you shouldn't do with your life: live in the past. --Beth Massa

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