Live In Liverpool

Performer: Echo & the Bunnymen
Engineer: Peter Coleman
Producer: Will Sergeant; Ian McCulloch
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Echo & The Bunnymen: Ian McCulloch (vocals); Will Sergeant, Ged Malley (guitar); Ceri James (keyboards); Steve Flett (bass); Vinnie Jamieson (drums). Recorded live at The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts, Liverpool, England on August 17 & 18, 2001. A document of the revived Bunnymen's 2001 reunion tour in support of their new album FLOWERS and the box set CRYSTAL DAYS, this 17-track set recorded before a hometown audience shows that the 13-year break dimmed none of the artistic rapport between singer Ian McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant, the two remaining original members. This is particularly impressive when considering how mediocre both McCulloch's solo career and the ill-fated McCulloch-less Bunnymen were. McCulloch is in excellent voice, and Sergeant's much-copied neo-psychedelic guitar sounds terrific throughout. Though the edge-of-stability clatter that often typified earlier Bunnymen live performances (as documented on the live tracks on CRYSTAL DAYS) is absent, the result actually more closely resembles the epic sweep and hazy grandeur of albums like OCEAN RAIN. And surprisingly, the four songs from the then-new album, especially the almost joyous "King of Kings," are actually quite solid additions to the Bunnymen canon. LIVE IN LIVERPOOL is proof that the revived Bunnymen are back with their artistic integrity and chops intact.

Q (2/02, p.107) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Things open convincingly with the Television manque of 1980's 'Rescue', and throughout it's the older songs that resonate..." Mojo (Publisher) (April 2002, p.112) - "...The Bunnymen seem determined to disprove their own observation that Nothing Lasts Forever..."

Along with Teardrop Explodes and Wah! Heat, Echo & the Bunnymen were part of the early-1980s Liverpool scene that was somewhat misleadingly dubbed "neo-psychedelic." While the Bunnymen bore elements of the Doors' dark, mysterious sound and decidedly abstract lyrics, punk played as much of a role in the development of the band's music as anything else. What marks their sound more than anything else, though, is a soaring, anthemic quality that can be quite affecting. After a lengthy hiatus, the band reunited in the early 2000s to tour and record.

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