1 Heaven up here ( simply the greatest album ever) 2 Ocean Rain 2 Porcupine 4 Crocodiles 5 Echo and the Bunnymen 6 Siberia 7 Reverberation The Fountain 9 What are you going to do with your life 10 Flowers 11 Evergreen 12 Meteorites 13 That Moon and stars album
@@tokyochuchu I have been a Bunnymen fan since 1981 and I liked your list and honest opinion, I agree with you in I cannot split Ocean Rain and Porcupine depending which mood I am in. Some things I disagree with but hey! Be a bit boring if we liked the same tracks and good to see a different perspective of what someone else thinks is a poor or good track. The Moon album was something I was really looking forward to at the time of its release and such a disappointing outcome as I always thought that their style of music would suit this big orchestra thing, saying that there are a couple of good tracks on it. Oh! And I totally agree with you regarding The Killing Moon as not being their best single and Ocean Rain is probably one of the greatest ballads ever.
I think reverberation is better than Fountain, meteorites or what are you doing ...In this time i denied to Hear this álbum but later i changed my opinión. Was traumátic to see the bunnymens whithout Ian but is not "the worst álbum"
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who thought Reverberation was a great album. I thought the 2nd half of the album was very good, while not as strong as the first half. But False Goodbyes closed out the album strong. Like others though, I don't really consider it a Bunnymen album. Unlike others, I was able to listen to it as a separate band and give it a chance. I really think critics and fans panned it simply because they resented the fact that they tried to retain the name without Ian doing the vocals.... which is a real shame. Burke had a terrific voice which really suited the music well. I was always disappointed that they never released another album with Burke.
I absolutely agree ! These two songs are really great! If i would listen to the advice to skip these tracks, i would have missed 2 great songs from this fantastic album! This is a problem with reviewers and alike!
I tend to like quite a few bands from Liverpool outside of the Beatles era bands, the Bunnymen are one of them; The La's, The Coral, OMD, Cast, The Lightning Seeds just to name a few... I first heard the Bunnymen & U2 at around the same time; around 1980; U2 I took no interest in until 'Joshua Tree' & three albums later had no interest once more... The Bunnymen I liked instantly, they are one of my all timers and McCulloch has one of my favourite voices of all time and like Johnny Marr, Will Sergeant is an inspiring guitarist... 01... Ocean Rain 5* ... Everything... 02... Porcupine 4.5*... The Cutter, The Back Of Love, Heads Will Roll... 03... Echo & The Bunnymen 4.25*... Over You, Lips Like Sugar, The Game, All My Life... 04... Crocodiles 4.25*... Stars Are Stars, Rescue, Villiers Terrace... 05... Heaven Up Here 4.25*... A Promise, All My Colours, Over The Wall... 06... What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? 4.25* ... What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?, Rust, Get In The Car... I like this album more than it's placing suggests, several very strong songs... 07... Evergreen 4*... Don't Let It Get You Down, I Want To Be There (When You Come), Nothing Lasts Forever... 08... Flowers 3.75*... Make Me Shine, Kings Of Kings, Buried Alive... 09... Siberia 3.5*... All Because Of You Days, Everything Kills You, What If We Are?... 10... The Fountain 2.75*... Think I Need It Too, Do You Know Who I Am, The Idolness Of Gods... 11... Meteorites 2.5*... 12... Reverberation 2.5* ... Not a bad album but at times I don't get along with the song writing, Ian is definitely a huge miss ... McCulloch's solo outings 'Candleland', 'Mysterio' & 'Slideling' are all better in my opinion and if ranked on this list would slot nicely in the middle section,1 or 2 of the songs would also feature in my top 10... 13... The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon 2.25/5... Sadly Ian's voice is not what it once was, I seem to remember reading that he wished he had packed up smoking early in his career, I wish he had... Songs:- 10... Lips Like Sugar 09... A Promise 08... Seven Seas… (Just like ‘Friday I’m In Love’ by The Cure it is pop perfection to me)… 06... The Cutter... 05... Angels And Devils (B. side of ‘Silver)… Why was this a B. side… 04... Ocean Rain… 03... Rescue 02... The Back Of Love... 01... Rust... I tried to keep away from the singles but they are just too good, maybe I should have done a list for singles and one for album tracks... I adore 'Killing Moon' , I do get fed up of it and don't listen to it for ages, then it comes up on a random playlist and I understand why it's their most famous song; and in that moment it would take number one on my list but today it misses...
It's always a real close race between Ocean Rain & Porcupine for me. I often flip-flop on which is my favourite. Both are iron clad 5* all-time bangers.
There is no way Porcupine is better than Heaven up here, no way. I heard them all live from the very start not one of their albums comes near the live experience.
Most of the post-Evergreen albums just have a few good tracks. Buried Alive (Flowers), Constantinople/Market Town/Meteorites (Meteorites - thanks to Youth for the production) are good examples, but given relationship between Mac and Will is now shot then I'm done, but the memories will always be strong.
I find myself going back to Siberia. Great album. When I first heard Parthenon drive I got chills: the guitar work, rhythm, the lyrics. I thought it was true return to the Bunnymen sound. When I first got into them I listened to the live EP Shine So Hard repeatedly( the version of Crocodiles and Over The Wall blew me away). Awesome example of their early years. Lucky enough to see them live twice before the breakup.
I love the Porcupine comment. I remember listening to it with headphones and you would pick up this sound or that sound. Great job! I saw the Ocean Rain show in LA when they played with the orchestra with my buddy Paul.
Loved this video man. 1- Porcupine 2 - Heaven up here 3 - Ocean rain for me but despite me liking the darker stuff, I've really enjoyed a lot of their later middle aged rock and pop stuff. They just have a great vibe. Some bands just have it and they have it in abundance.
The only saving grace re Stars/Oceans/Moon is (a) I have a signed copy and (b) The Somnambulist. Heaven up Here No.1, it is the greatest ever for me, and best cover. Fortunate enough to have visited the site of the Porcupine album cover - and The Cutter is one of the best videos ever (and the story behind it!)
you nailed it with the headphones comment on Porcupine. Remember hearing it in an Austin record store in like 1997 - Clay (FAVORITE), Cutter, Back of Love, Heads Will Roll - sound so awesome on headphones! I'd put Heaven Up Here a lot higher though - probably #1
Echo & the Bunnymen are one of my favorite bands. These albums were kind of hard to rank, except maybe the last few. 1. The Grey Album... the first Echo album I ever owned, so a bit nostalgic for me. 2. Heaven Up Here... I LOVE this record. 3. Crocodiles 4. Ocean Rain... Classic 5. Porcupine 6. Siberia... Best of the reunion albums 7. What Are You Going to With Your Life... So underrated 8. Evergreen 9. Flowers 10. Meteorites 11. The Fountain 12. Reverberation 13. The Moon & Stars... What the hell were they thinking with this one? Check out 1995's 'Burned' by Electrafixion, Ian and Will are both on it. On this list, I'd put it between Evergreen and Flowers. Also 1989's 'Candleland', Ian's first solo record. On this list I'd put it at the top, I just LOVE that record... but that might be nostalgia. In 89, The Cure's Disintegration, Ian McCulloch's Candleland and Kate Bush's The Sensual World were kind of like a trilogy of records that I just really loved and still do to this day. They even have similar covers.
Don't sleep on Mysterio, it's got some genuinely great songs on it, and thanks to Spotify, the deluxe edition is up there, which means you have access to the B-sides, which means the excellent Guthrie-produced Ribbons and Chains, aka the song that was Rust before Rust existed.
1- porcupine 2- heaven up here or 1- heaven up here 2- porcupine -------- 3- crocodiles 4- ocean rain -------- -------- 5- what are.. 6- siberia 7- echo and the bunnymen 8- evergreen 9- flowers
HUH Is their best album by a long show its the Bunnymen at their best , Ocean Rain has some classics and had a new approach with acoustic however for me the production is overblown and the peel sessions during this period were better versions
have you listened to Electrafixion and/or McCulloch's solo career? if so what are your thoughts on them? thanks for covering all their albums, i love their first 5 and some of Evergreen and didnt know where to go from there.
Everything up to Siberia is worth revisiting except Reverberations , no Mac , no Bunnymen ,, Ocean Rain and Heaven Up Here are top of my list , my underrated one is WAYGDWYL
Yeah I enjoyed that and I would agree with pretty much everything you said. I'd have "Evergreen" a bit higher because that was the first ever EATB album I bought as they somehow passed me by in the 80s. I did eventually buy the whole back catalogue. What is your opinion regarding the Electafixion album , essentially a bunnymen album. You don't rate it ? Regards.
Evergreen was also the first one I bought too when I was 16 years old back in '97. Oh yeah... Electafixation... I totally forgot about that one. To be honest, I haven't heard it. I know of it but I haven't checked that out yet. Consider it on my 'to do' list!
1. Porcupine 2. Heaven Up Here 3. Crocodiles 4. Ocean Rain 5. Grey Album 6. Evergreen 7. Siberia 8. Flowers 9. The Fountain Reverberation should’ve been called something else and WAYGTDWYL was a spiteful solo album. These shouldn’t be included in their catalog. I saw these guys back in September and they were great albeit Mac’s back pain. I do like The Somnambulist and Brussels is Haunted.
My very fave bad until 90's but Ian's voice is so changed since, they should just do new punk/lounge songs that match his voice, &/or get a singer who can hit the notes in the earlier songs. Will still plays wonderfully regardless.
1 Reverberation (Far from running out of steam, both Heaven Up Here and the equally brilliant Reverberation reach a perfect crescendo towards the final songs!) 2 Heaven Up Here (as above) 3 The B-sides/rarities album they need to make. (The original Bedbugs & Ballyhoo, Fuel, Broke my Neck, Antelope and throw in Lowdown from Electrafixion) 4 Crocodiles(Nice punk debut? Sorry utterly ground-breaking and astonishing is a better description. The greatest debut album ever, with the exception of "Script of the Bridge, but don't bother, if you can't get the Bunnymen you certainly won't get The Chameleons ) 5 Porcupine (In Bluer Skies is one of their greatest songs, along with Flaming Red from Reverberation) 6 Ocean Rain (Innovative change of direction, but some fillers) 7 Siberia (In the Margins is the ultimate swansong, utterly great-but too much filler) 8 Evergreen (The songs do not sound the same. Too young to Kneel and I'll Fly tonight would put The Verve to shame. The greatest comeback since Lazarus) 9 Flowers (some of the songs speak to my middle aged dread, and SuperMellowMan is one of their most beautiful and poignant songs. But his damaged voice 10 The Grey Album. (Blue Blue Ocean is nice, New Direction is classic! Too much filler though.) is noticeable on the other songs. King of Kings is not bad. But there are some depressing songs as well. As for the rest, I do not agree with most of your list, but have to agree that "The Fountain" marked the end of the Bunnymen as a creative force. Unlike the brilliant Mark Burgess of The Chameleons, who never had a beautiful voice and face to ruin with smoke, drink and drugs in the first place, the Fountain shows Mac a bit like Superman when he lost his powers. It has to be said that lockdown has restored quite a bit of Macs voice and they are now quite a good self tribute act. Check out Poltergeist with Les and Will duelling to see how the loss of their rhythm section did a lot of damage as well. But perhaps they should have stuck with Noel Burke, who totally restored the bands powers. The Bunnymen MK 2 were even more authentic than the original.
For me, What Are You Going to Do with Your Life and Evergreen rank way higher. I would put What Are You Going to Do with Your Life as my #2. I would place Evergreen up there next to Siberia. I also don't think The Stars, the Oceans and the Moon is bad, but not sure if it really belongs on the list as it is more of a complilation. Ocean Rain is a clear #1.
Stars, Oceans and Moon was recorded as a cohesive studio project, which makes it an album because no version on it had been previously released. I agree with your opinion on WAYGTDWYL. If I was being entirely subjective on this list, it probably would have gone higher...
@@tokyochuchu Sounds like our subjective preferences are pretty aligned. I can see how Crocodiles, Porcupine and Heaven Up Here might be perceived as somehow more objectively important in the Bunnymen canon than WAYGTDWYL. But to me, Ocean Rain and WAYGTDWYL are their two real masterpieces.
I love the first FIVE albums - with songs like Lips, Blue Blue Ocean and lost & found being on it i don't get the hate/snobbery about the 5th, it's a logical progression from the up and down quality of Ocean Rain. Heaven Up here still rules the roost though.
Porcupine is full of filler, I think. Your top ten songs are interesting. I never liked Rust , quite dull. The title track of that album is one of their best , I think. In the Margins is a truly wonderful song. My top ten would probably include The Game , Heaven Up Here, Monkeys, Dancing Horses 12'' and Heads Will Roll.
My personal order: - Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen (the Grey album) - Crocodiles - Porcupine - Evergreen - Meteorites - What are you going to do with your life - Heaven up here - Siberia - Flowers - The Fountain 'Reverberation' is decent but I don't consider it a real Bunnymen album.
@@tokyochuchu hahaha I just thought "If he had the balls to rank it lower than Siberia I can get away with that too" LOL. By the way, your voice sounds incredibly familiar, do you make videogame reviews too or any other reviews? I'd swear I've heard you before, aside from the other 'worst to best' videos you've done.
@@Gonzax I doubt it. I am the host of a Podcast about movies and videogames called Radiophonic Sea Creatures and I am the lead singer, guitarist, songwriter of the band Suigei... But all are extremely minor endeavours. Although I encourage everyone to check out Suigei's music. I think we make banging tunes on the reg. And our incoming third album is going to be absolutely amazing. If I do say so myself. God I feel like an egotistical asshole for saying that... 🤪
@@tokyochuchu haha no need to feel like that at all; I heard a few tracks on your channel just out of curiosity, not knowing you were the singer. The Smiths were there, Gene, Echo and then this band called Suigei.... well I had to find out who the hell they were for you to put them in such good company. Good stuff! As for your voice, it sounded very familiar but no, it's not from that podcast that I heard it. Anyway, I love it, it's a perfect voice for an actor or tv host. It's funny because when you sing it sounds very different, I wouldn't have recognised it in the songs.
@@Gonzax I'll upload a full album version of our second LP Travelogue soon. That's where we start to shine, imo. Our third album which will be released early next year is our full-on masterwork. Thanks for some nice feedback. I feel positively narcissistic from your praise. 😉 Seriously though, you have a nice day sir!
@@tokyochuchu Reverberarion vocal melodies are so contagious. I love Noel Burke's singing as it drives the whole album. Never had the impression it emulates jangle pop cause it doesnt even have arpeggiated chords. Maybe you should listen more and more and more.
Going just by the CDs I have and how much I play them, my ranking is as follows (If the LP is not there it’s because I either never bought it - ‘the grey album’ or else I only have on vinyl and thus can’t play in the car or on the MP3 player)…. 1. By a country mile is WAYGTDWYL….. no bad song, never out of my car CD player - fantastic album 2. Ocean Rain (plenty to think about, absorb and luxuriate in) 3. Siberia (great rock, pop, ballad album) 4. Porcupine (The Cutter, Never Stop and Back of Love are so good that it doesn’t matter that I hardly listen to any of the other songs) 5. Meteorites (better pop music than the Fountain) 6. The Fountain (nice pop music - glad they are still recording/releasing) 7. Evergreen (I like it particularly because I was so pleased/relieved it was a good ‘comeback’ album) 8. Flowers (love the lyrics & tunes but the sound is just too dense) 9. Reverberation (I never gave it a chance before, only got it 2nd hand recently) Mostly for Heaven Up Here I used to play A Promise over and over again… I probably should have just bought the single!
My list wouldn't be too different. Let's see: 01. Ocean Rain 02. Porcupine 03. What Are You Going To Do... 04. Siberia 05. Crocodiles 06. Echo & The Bunnymen 07. Meteorites 08. Flowers 09. Heaven Up Here 10. Evergreen 11. The Fountain 12. The Stars... And, well, I must admit I never gave Reverberation a chance. Maybe one day.
as the first five are so brilliant (yes, I rate the grey eponymous one), the rest are total rubbish. Flowers in particular is just insanely unlistenable. oh dear you are way too soft on Meteorites: another utter failure. Siberia? YOU are crazy! hahaha. come on, mate.
What a joke putting Meteorites anywhere better than 2nd worst. And trying to pretend it's better than Reverberation?!?! Between this and your Aztec Camera rankings you need help.
It is obvious that Echo and the Bunnymen was not that important to you. The first 4 albums were far better than anything that came afterwards with Heaven Up Here being the absolute masterpiece. Everything after Ocean Rain is insipid, uninspired, and frankly boring. The mystery, excitement, and danger were absent from the grey album onward
Sad that you can't enjoy such amazing records like Siberia, What are You Going to Do With Your Life or Evergreen. I loved their classic records and a lot of their modern records too. Not quite sure how that makes Echo & the Bunnymen less important to me than you. 🤔
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Heaven Up Here is my all time favorite album .. so it's my # 1. Classic cover as well.
You are my brother. I feel exactly the same.
Huge, obsessive fan.
Never bothered listening to any of their reunion albums- I'm like that.
1.Crocodiles. 2.Ocean Rain 3.Porcupine 4.Heaven Up Here.
1 Heaven up here ( simply the greatest album ever)
2 Ocean Rain
2 Porcupine
4 Crocodiles
5 Echo and the Bunnymen
6 Siberia
7 Reverberation
The Fountain
9 What are you going to do with your life
10 Flowers
11 Evergreen
12 Meteorites
13 That Moon and stars album
That moon and stars album... Lmfao. That sounds about right.
@@tokyochuchu I have been a Bunnymen fan since 1981 and I liked your list and honest opinion, I agree with you in I cannot split Ocean Rain and Porcupine depending which mood I am in. Some things I disagree with but hey! Be a bit boring if we liked the same tracks and good to see a different perspective of what someone else thinks is a poor or good track.
The Moon album was something I was really looking forward to at the time of its release and such a disappointing outcome as I always thought that their style of music would suit this big orchestra thing, saying that there are a couple of good tracks on it.
Oh! And I totally agree with you regarding The Killing Moon as not being their best single and Ocean Rain is probably one of the greatest ballads ever.
I think reverberation is better than Fountain, meteorites or what are you doing ...In this time i denied to Hear this álbum but later i changed my opinión. Was traumátic to see the bunnymens whithout Ian but is not "the worst álbum"
much closer
Agreed
Agreed ,while the whole album is phenomenal, Ocean Rain (the song)is an absolute masterpiece.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who thought Reverberation was a great album. I thought the 2nd half of the album was very good, while not as strong as the first half. But False Goodbyes closed out the album strong.
Like others though, I don't really consider it a Bunnymen album. Unlike others, I was able to listen to it as a separate band and give it a chance. I really think critics and fans panned it simply because they resented the fact that they tried to retain the name without Ian doing the vocals.... which is a real shame. Burke had a terrific voice which really suited the music well. I was always disappointed that they never released another album with Burke.
man, blue blue ocean and satellites are fantastic songs! that piano part in blue blue ocean is amazing !
Glad you like them!
I absolutely agree ! These two songs are really great! If i would listen to the advice to skip these tracks, i would have missed 2 great songs from this fantastic album! This is a problem with reviewers and alike!
Totally agree with your sentiment about “the killing moon.”
Never stop discotheque,
"This thing you found must never stop"!...
1. Heaven up Here
2. Crocodiles
3. Porcupine
4. EATB
5. Ocean Rain + everything else
I tend to like quite a few bands from Liverpool outside of the Beatles era bands, the Bunnymen are one of them; The La's, The Coral, OMD, Cast, The Lightning Seeds just to name a few... I first heard the Bunnymen & U2 at around the same time; around 1980; U2 I took no interest in until 'Joshua Tree' & three albums later had no interest once more... The Bunnymen I liked instantly, they are one of my all timers and McCulloch has one of my favourite voices of all time and like Johnny Marr, Will Sergeant is an inspiring guitarist...
01... Ocean Rain 5* ... Everything...
02... Porcupine 4.5*... The Cutter, The Back Of Love, Heads Will Roll...
03... Echo & The Bunnymen 4.25*... Over You, Lips Like Sugar, The Game, All My Life...
04... Crocodiles 4.25*... Stars Are Stars, Rescue, Villiers Terrace...
05... Heaven Up Here 4.25*... A Promise, All My Colours, Over The Wall...
06... What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? 4.25* ... What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?, Rust, Get In The Car... I like this album more than it's placing suggests, several very strong songs...
07... Evergreen 4*... Don't Let It Get You Down, I Want To Be There (When You Come), Nothing Lasts Forever...
08... Flowers 3.75*... Make Me Shine, Kings Of Kings, Buried Alive...
09... Siberia 3.5*... All Because Of You Days, Everything Kills You, What If We Are?...
10... The Fountain 2.75*... Think I Need It Too, Do You Know Who I Am, The Idolness Of Gods...
11... Meteorites 2.5*...
12... Reverberation 2.5* ... Not a bad album but at times I don't get along with the song writing, Ian is definitely a huge miss ... McCulloch's solo outings 'Candleland', 'Mysterio' & 'Slideling' are all better in my opinion and if ranked on this list would slot nicely in the middle section,1 or 2 of the songs would also feature in my top 10...
13... The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon 2.25/5... Sadly Ian's voice is not what it once was, I seem to remember reading that he wished he had packed up smoking early in his career, I wish he had...
Songs:-
10... Lips Like Sugar
09... A Promise
08... Seven Seas… (Just like ‘Friday I’m In Love’ by The Cure it is pop perfection to me)…
06... The Cutter...
05... Angels And Devils (B. side of ‘Silver)… Why was this a B. side…
04... Ocean Rain…
03... Rescue
02... The Back Of Love...
01... Rust...
I tried to keep away from the singles but they are just too good, maybe I should have done a list for singles and one for album tracks... I adore 'Killing Moon' , I do get fed up of it and don't listen to it for ages, then it comes up on a random playlist and I understand why it's their most famous song; and in that moment it would take number one on my list but today it misses...
It's always a real close race between Ocean Rain & Porcupine for me. I often flip-flop on which is my favourite. Both are iron clad 5* all-time bangers.
There is no way Porcupine is better than Heaven up here, no way. I heard them all live from the very start not one of their albums comes near the live experience.
Subjective ? I don't like H U Here, at all. I find it boring & unmelodic. I love Porcupine, however.
Live The Bunnymen were untouchable for the first two/three albums.
Porcupine is without a doubt their best album imo, the band at their height but I do love HUH as well.
Their later albums are great too, but my favorite is a tie between Heaven Up Here and Porcupine
Most of the post-Evergreen albums just have a few good tracks. Buried Alive (Flowers), Constantinople/Market Town/Meteorites (Meteorites - thanks to Youth for the production) are good examples, but given relationship between Mac and Will is now shot then I'm done, but the memories will always be strong.
I find myself going back to Siberia. Great album. When I first heard Parthenon drive I got chills: the guitar work, rhythm, the lyrics. I thought it was true return to the Bunnymen sound.
When I first got into them I listened to the live EP Shine So Hard repeatedly( the version of Crocodiles and Over The Wall blew me away). Awesome example of their early years.
Lucky enough to see them live twice before the breakup.
Siberia rules. As you say, Parthenon Drive is so awesome. It acts as a small microcosm for the band's late period sound overall.
Number one : "Heaven Up Here", Number two : "Porcupine", Number three : "Ocean Rain"
I love the Porcupine comment. I remember listening to it with headphones and you would pick up this sound or that sound. Great job! I saw the Ocean Rain show in LA when they played with the orchestra with my buddy Paul.
Loved this video man. 1- Porcupine 2 - Heaven up here 3 - Ocean rain for me but despite me liking the darker stuff, I've really enjoyed a lot of their later middle aged rock and pop stuff. They just have a great vibe. Some bands just have it and they have it in abundance.
The only saving grace re Stars/Oceans/Moon is (a) I have a signed copy and (b) The Somnambulist. Heaven up Here No.1, it is the greatest ever for me, and best cover. Fortunate enough to have visited the site of the Porcupine album cover - and The Cutter is one of the best videos ever (and the story behind it!)
I'm with you regarding The Killing Moon!
you nailed it with the headphones comment on Porcupine. Remember hearing it in an Austin record store in like 1997 - Clay (FAVORITE), Cutter, Back of Love, Heads Will Roll - sound so awesome on headphones! I'd put Heaven Up Here a lot higher though - probably #1
I forgot What are you ....... - love it.
The first 4 albums are the only ones you need, all 4 original members is the only way to listen to them.
Echo & the Bunnymen are one of my favorite bands. These albums were kind of hard to rank, except maybe the last few.
1. The Grey Album... the first Echo album I ever owned, so a bit nostalgic for me.
2. Heaven Up Here... I LOVE this record.
3. Crocodiles
4. Ocean Rain... Classic
5. Porcupine
6. Siberia... Best of the reunion albums
7. What Are You Going to With Your Life... So underrated
8. Evergreen
9. Flowers
10. Meteorites
11. The Fountain
12. Reverberation
13. The Moon & Stars... What the hell were they thinking with this one?
Check out 1995's 'Burned' by Electrafixion, Ian and Will are both on it. On this list, I'd put it between Evergreen and Flowers. Also 1989's 'Candleland', Ian's first solo record. On this list I'd put it at the top, I just LOVE that record... but that might be nostalgia. In 89, The Cure's Disintegration, Ian McCulloch's Candleland and Kate Bush's The Sensual World were kind of like a trilogy of records that I just really loved and still do to this day. They even have similar covers.
How i loved Candlelad....
Don't sleep on Mysterio, it's got some genuinely great songs on it, and thanks to Spotify, the deluxe edition is up there, which means you have access to the B-sides, which means the excellent Guthrie-produced Ribbons and Chains, aka the song that was Rust before Rust existed.
It has made me want to listen to the later albums but for the record 1 HUH 2 Porcupine 3 crocodiles 4 ocean rain that’s it 👍😊
1- porcupine
2- heaven up here
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1- heaven up here
2- porcupine
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4- ocean rain
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5- what are..
6- siberia
7- echo and the bunnymen
8- evergreen
9- flowers
Nahhh man porcupine is filled with filler
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A mí me encanta..cuál es tu top?
Almost the same as mine but I’d move Evergreen and Self Titled to the bottom two with Flowers higher
HUH Is their best album by a long show its the Bunnymen at their best , Ocean Rain has some classics and had a new approach with acoustic however for me the production is overblown and the peel sessions during this period were better versions
have you listened to Electrafixion and/or McCulloch's solo career? if so what are your thoughts on them?
thanks for covering all their albums, i love their first 5 and some of Evergreen and didnt know where to go from there.
I covered Electrafixion in this episode of Chuchu Reviews: ruclips.net/video/dHANNYpDLzQ/видео.htmlsi=R6OEv9Ghi9Av4beC
I may be the only person alive to have really liked Mysterio.
Everything up to Siberia is worth revisiting except Reverberations , no Mac , no Bunnymen ,, Ocean Rain and Heaven Up Here are top of my list , my underrated one is WAYGDWYL
Yeah I enjoyed that and I would agree with pretty much everything you said. I'd have "Evergreen" a bit higher because that was the first ever EATB album I bought as they somehow passed me by in the 80s. I did eventually buy the whole back catalogue. What is your opinion regarding the Electafixion album , essentially a bunnymen album. You don't rate it ? Regards.
Evergreen was also the first one I bought too when I was 16 years old back in '97. Oh yeah... Electafixation... I totally forgot about that one. To be honest, I haven't heard it. I know of it but I haven't checked that out yet. Consider it on my 'to do' list!
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Yeah check it out. Will 'let's rip' with his guitar on most tracks and it works for me.
@@tokyochuchu Finally checked it out myself recently! (Was always intrigued by the cover art...) It's Bunnymen go grunge - good stuff!!
Great stuff!
1. Porcupine
2. Heaven Up Here
3. Crocodiles
4. Ocean Rain
5. Grey Album
6. Evergreen
7. Siberia
8. Flowers
9. The Fountain
Reverberation should’ve been called something else and WAYGTDWYL was a spiteful solo album. These shouldn’t be included in their catalog.
I saw these guys back in September and they were great albeit Mac’s back pain. I do like The Somnambulist and Brussels is Haunted.
My very fave bad until 90's but Ian's voice is so changed since, they should just do new punk/lounge songs that match his voice, &/or get a singer who can hit the notes in the earlier songs. Will still plays wonderfully regardless.
Kissing the spires
I think Heaven Up Here is hard to beat
1 Reverberation (Far from running out of steam, both Heaven Up Here and the equally brilliant Reverberation reach a perfect crescendo towards the final songs!)
2 Heaven Up Here (as above)
3 The B-sides/rarities album they need to make. (The original Bedbugs & Ballyhoo, Fuel, Broke my Neck, Antelope and throw in Lowdown from Electrafixion)
4 Crocodiles(Nice punk debut? Sorry utterly ground-breaking and astonishing is a better description. The greatest debut album ever, with the exception of "Script of the Bridge, but don't bother, if you can't get the Bunnymen you certainly won't get The Chameleons )
5 Porcupine (In Bluer Skies is one of their greatest songs, along with Flaming Red from Reverberation)
6 Ocean Rain (Innovative change of direction, but some fillers)
7 Siberia (In the Margins is the ultimate swansong, utterly great-but too much filler)
8 Evergreen (The songs do not sound the same. Too young to Kneel and I'll Fly tonight would put The Verve to shame. The greatest comeback since Lazarus)
9 Flowers (some of the songs speak to my middle aged dread, and SuperMellowMan is one of their most beautiful and poignant songs. But his damaged voice
10 The Grey Album. (Blue Blue Ocean is nice, New Direction is classic! Too much filler though.)
is noticeable on the other songs. King of Kings is not bad. But there are some depressing songs as well.
As for the rest, I do not agree with most of your list, but have to agree that "The Fountain" marked the end of the Bunnymen as a creative force. Unlike the brilliant
Mark Burgess of The Chameleons, who never had a beautiful voice and face to ruin with smoke, drink and drugs in the first place, the Fountain shows Mac a bit
like Superman when he lost his powers. It has to be said that lockdown has restored quite a bit of Macs voice and they are now quite a good self tribute act.
Check out Poltergeist with Les and Will duelling to see how the loss of their rhythm section did a lot of damage as well. But perhaps they should have stuck with
Noel Burke, who totally restored the bands powers. The Bunnymen MK 2 were even more authentic than the original.
Wow, this is a ballsy as fuck list.
For me, What Are You Going to Do with Your Life and Evergreen rank way higher. I would put What Are You Going to Do with Your Life as my #2. I would place Evergreen up there next to Siberia. I also don't think The Stars, the Oceans and the Moon is bad, but not sure if it really belongs on the list as it is more of a complilation. Ocean Rain is a clear #1.
Stars, Oceans and Moon was recorded as a cohesive studio project, which makes it an album because no version on it had been previously released. I agree with your opinion on WAYGTDWYL. If I was being entirely subjective on this list, it probably would have gone higher...
@@tokyochuchu Sounds like our subjective preferences are pretty aligned. I can see how Crocodiles, Porcupine and Heaven Up Here might be perceived as somehow more objectively important in the Bunnymen canon than WAYGTDWYL. But to me, Ocean Rain and WAYGTDWYL are their two real masterpieces.
I love the first FIVE albums - with songs like Lips, Blue Blue Ocean and lost & found being on it i don't get the hate/snobbery about the 5th, it's a logical progression from the up and down quality of Ocean Rain. Heaven Up here still rules the roost though.
I LOVE REVERBERATION!
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"Porcupine" is my favourite!
The best band The Cure ,I love The Cure , the best songs
One thing is certain, no one will be ranking these RUclips clips 40 years from now.
Porcupine is full of filler, I think. Your top ten songs are interesting. I never liked Rust , quite dull. The title track of that album is one of their best , I think. In the Margins is a truly wonderful song. My top ten would probably include The Game , Heaven Up Here, Monkeys, Dancing Horses 12'' and Heads Will Roll.
Reverberation is a great album, its just not a Bunnymen album.
Did you ever get around to Electrafixion?
No... That's a good idea though. I will include it on a future episode of Chuchu Reviews!
My personal order:
- Ocean Rain
- Echo and the Bunnymen (the Grey album)
- Crocodiles
- Porcupine
- Evergreen
- Meteorites
- What are you going to do with your life
- Heaven up here
- Siberia
- Flowers
- The Fountain
'Reverberation' is decent but I don't consider it a real Bunnymen album.
You're a brave man for putting Heaven Up Here so low. 😉
@@tokyochuchu hahaha I just thought "If he had the balls to rank it lower than Siberia I can get away with that too" LOL.
By the way, your voice sounds incredibly familiar, do you make videogame reviews too or any other reviews? I'd swear I've heard you before, aside from the other 'worst to best' videos you've done.
@@Gonzax I doubt it. I am the host of a Podcast about movies and videogames called Radiophonic Sea Creatures and I am the lead singer, guitarist, songwriter of the band Suigei... But all are extremely minor endeavours. Although I encourage everyone to check out Suigei's music. I think we make banging tunes on the reg. And our incoming third album is going to be absolutely amazing. If I do say so myself. God I feel like an egotistical asshole for saying that... 🤪
@@tokyochuchu haha no need to feel like that at all; I heard a few tracks on your channel just out of curiosity, not knowing you were the singer. The Smiths were there, Gene, Echo and then this band called Suigei.... well I had to find out who the hell they were for you to put them in such good company. Good stuff!
As for your voice, it sounded very familiar but no, it's not from that podcast that I heard it. Anyway, I love it, it's a perfect voice for an actor or tv host. It's funny because when you sing it sounds very different, I wouldn't have recognised it in the songs.
@@Gonzax I'll upload a full album version of our second LP Travelogue soon. That's where we start to shine, imo. Our third album which will be released early next year is our full-on masterwork.
Thanks for some nice feedback. I feel positively narcissistic from your praise. 😉 Seriously though, you have a nice day sir!
Ian is like brain Wilson like they were good singers but the older they get the worse they’re singing gets
the cutter ...........there best song
Their
Siberia in my top 3 with Ocean rain and porcupine. Evergreen must to be higuer in your list
Porcupine is fantastic
How can you say reverberation is a bad album?
I don't know man... After the first couple tracks I just don't care for it. But nice to see it getting some love from you anyway!
@@tokyochuchu Reverberarion vocal melodies are so contagious. I love Noel Burke's singing as it drives the whole album. Never had the impression it emulates jangle pop cause it doesnt even have arpeggiated chords. Maybe you should listen more and more and more.
Ocean Rain is a good album but no way is it their best
What would you pick as The Bunnymen's best LP?
Going just by the CDs I have and how much I play them, my ranking is as follows (If the LP is not there it’s because I either never bought it - ‘the grey album’ or else I only have on vinyl and thus can’t play in the car or on the MP3 player)….
1. By a country mile is WAYGTDWYL….. no bad song, never out of my car CD player - fantastic album
2. Ocean Rain (plenty to think about, absorb and luxuriate in)
3. Siberia (great rock, pop, ballad album)
4. Porcupine (The Cutter, Never Stop and Back of Love are so good that it doesn’t matter that I hardly listen to any of the other songs)
5. Meteorites (better pop music than the Fountain)
6. The Fountain (nice pop music - glad they are still recording/releasing)
7. Evergreen (I like it particularly because I was so pleased/relieved it was a good ‘comeback’ album)
8. Flowers (love the lyrics & tunes but the sound is just too dense)
9. Reverberation (I never gave it a chance before, only got it 2nd hand recently)
Mostly for Heaven Up Here I used to play A Promise over and over again… I probably should have just bought the single!
It probably matters that I am about the same age as the band and bought the albums in the same order as they were released….
My list wouldn't be too different. Let's see:
01. Ocean Rain
02. Porcupine
03. What Are You Going To Do...
04. Siberia
05. Crocodiles
06. Echo & The Bunnymen
07. Meteorites
08. Flowers
09. Heaven Up Here
10. Evergreen
11. The Fountain
12. The Stars...
And, well, I must admit I never gave Reverberation a chance. Maybe one day.
For me Reverberation is the greatest vocal album ever.
The self titled I think is a top 4
Scissors in the sand is great, unfortunately its a ripoff from another band (i dont remember the name right now)
It's quite a lot like New Direction
as the first five are so brilliant (yes, I rate the grey eponymous one), the rest are total rubbish. Flowers in particular is just insanely unlistenable. oh dear you are way too soft on Meteorites: another utter failure. Siberia? YOU are crazy! hahaha. come on, mate.
I love Siberia! It's great. 👍
The worst for me is what are you ....I'm sorry but can't stand this álbum. For me is a bad Ian's solo álbum.
What a joke putting Meteorites anywhere better than 2nd worst. And trying to pretend it's better than Reverberation?!?! Between this and your Aztec Camera rankings you need help.
That, sir, is your opinion and you're wholly entitled to it. Just as I am entitled to mine. And to that end; Meteorites owns Reverberation.
Here is a joke for you:" I like Meteroidtes a lot"(actually no joke!)!
Not at all in the right order.. lol.
There is no 'right' order. But why not post your own list and let us know how you would rank them?
It is obvious that Echo and the Bunnymen was not that important to you. The first 4 albums were far better than anything that came afterwards with Heaven Up Here being the absolute masterpiece. Everything after Ocean Rain is insipid, uninspired, and frankly boring. The mystery, excitement, and danger were absent from the grey album onward
Sad that you can't enjoy such amazing records like Siberia, What are You Going to Do With Your Life or Evergreen. I loved their classic records and a lot of their modern records too. Not quite sure how that makes Echo & the Bunnymen less important to me than you. 🤔