Crocodiles

Left less of an impression on me than the previous one tbh. I listened to it! Take it or leave it

it's nothing against echo and the bunnymen but the inclusion of music like THIS (pretty average to good white guy music) to me is so indicative of why this list is ultimately racist and it sucks

2.7 2x my preferable 80s music style but not my favorite

Is this better than Ocean Rain? There’s no “The Killing Moon” here, but the average song here might just be of a higher—or, at least, more relatable to me—quality.

Promising for a first album, but still sounds like reheated leftovers.

I can feel the influence on later alternative stuff, shoegaze and more. Interesting record.

ooo i liked this!

- ça me fait bcp penser à The Cure, I love it - j’aime l’aesthetic de l’album - meilleure chanson: rescue

Cool debut. Kinda was expecting more. That said, the title track rips. Would revisit…

I like it just fine...my last album was so ha in the key of life so this just feels - not special.

good album, but all songs sound very similar. other than that, i liked "stars are stars", "monkeys", "rescue", "villiers terrace". in the last one, the piano is very good. 3

My least favourite of the E&TB albums we've had. Just does less for me. 3*

Fully formed, but not yet at their peak

This one feels a little forgettable. It's good, but it just turns into background music.

3,1 - Typisches Rockalbum ohne besondere Eigenschaften, die es für mich hervorheben. Highlights: Rescue, Villiers Terrace

Not too bad for the genre but I wouldn’t want to listen to it again.

pas malll

they always talked a good game - listening to this again, for the first time in more than 40 years, it still sparkles, but not as much as legend would have it. great drums, especially, and some interesting guitar parts

Some really cool moments and songs, but ultimately felt pretty one note

Very 80s. Clearly influential, but felt very boring and background for me. Seems like the kind of album to be favourites by someone whose favourite movie is the Lost Boys and is into 80s darkwave stuff. Not bad, but not great either in my opinion.

A good album by a good band. Proto post punk. The band play fast, frantic and with lots of reverb. It’s probably the most punk album by them. I think they get better as they get weirder but all the elements are here- moody as hell, great vocals, a brilliant rhythm section and a big Doors influence. The band are well represented with 3 albums on the list and this one probably doesn’t need to be here.

Nice :) likely their best album tbh

3 stars

Nice album.

Good, reminded me of the doors

happy new year, guys! if i recieved this at this time last year i will be super happy because im a stupid baby bat trying to get more into goth after nick cave. but here we are in 2026 and im fixated on new wave musicians and stuffs that tumblr autistic teens like. lol So anyway not that good but since it’s their debut it’s alright. Haven’t heard their best to make a more profound judgement so 3/5.

12/27/25. I didn't mind this. Sounds like a bridge between the doors and the killers. 6/10

This was alright- after a while everything kinda started sounding the same.

Honestly, I thought this was an alright listen - I was surprised to see the critical acclaim behind it. I just didn't think this album was anything particularly remarkable.

Soooo 80s. And today simply boring. But at the time something special and as a debut album certainly worth being here on this list.

it was okay, didn’t blow me away but i enjoyed the tracks

Light rock. Album was okay. Not as many lyrics as I’d like. Guitar was good. Was not that into the music. 6/10

luckily this did not make me want to cancel my Spotify subscription. Decent album

i prefer tigers

Yeah, I don’t know what to say. This is post-punk.mp3. Very basic but not offensive in any way. It’s fine. I have zero thoughts about it.

I liked it - I knew a few of the tracks previously but had not listened to the whole album before. I cannot find any fault with it and there are no dud tracks it just does not really connect with me - possibly its the vocals which are a bit blunt and lacking emotional connection for me.

Blind album, know the artist by name. Mid album honestly. Was never a huge fan of the band but I know people like their style. This album felt heavier at times compared to others but still didnt hit my note personally.

I just found everything kind of dull, unfortunately. It wasn't bad, but I didn't hear any standout tracks. At least it was short.

Slightly disappointed. Maybe I'll like The Killing Moon (presuming it's on this list) more. I should probably give this another go but only some of it made my ears prick up. The rest was less enjoyable than I hoped.

I only know one echo song and it's not on this album... But it is amazing. This one started and the first track was very very very joy division, the middle 8 went somewhere else, which was nice. Don't get me wrong, I love joy division, but it was a bit too close really. The later tracks were more influenced by rather than sounding exactly like, It is a nice sound. Has a cool atmosphere, I'm not convinced any of the songs really grabbed me though.

Never heard any of these before but solid album

This was fine. Not really a big fan of this genre of music.

Bass is good and guitar is good. Vocals are bad

I did enjoy listening to this one, reminds me of my love of the single “The Cutter”, never really got into Echo & B when I was in my early 20s

Enjoyable enough but fairly forgettable

Kind of boring? Sad

Echo & the Bunnymen are a band I’ve always appreciated, but I never dug too deep. Now that I have listened to their debut, I can say they are pretty good in an album format. Although, the gloomy sounds start to blend together.

Not as good as Killing Moon. Still fine though. Simpsons: No

Album is chill honestly. Bass lines are not crazy but sooo good they ARE the song and honeslty drive the album and I found myself actually nodding along which I cannot say about a LOT of these albums. Has such a good 80s rock sound but not in the hair metal genre (i don't know a ton about 80s music genres). This was a 4/5 but not in a way that was like all great songs. these songs just didn't piss me off and all would be good to put on in the back of like work.

This is the musical definition of "fine." It’s clearly well-made post-punk. You can hear the DNA of so many bands that followed. I also know I will never voluntarily play this again. It’s objectively fine music that I have absolutely no desire to revisit. There’s nothing wrong with it, but there’s nothing pulling me in either. Spins: 1  Playlist Additions - Do It Clean - Rescue - Villiers Terrace

In college I helped a fraternity brother "acquire" this album (and Ocean Rain) from the internet because it wasn't readily available on the popular apps all the kids were using. I know I listened to this album once I had it, but it didn't make much of an impression. Twenty years later, I have a better understanding of post-punk and new wave, but this still didn't make much impression. This sub-genre of shoegaze-adjacent post-punk/new wave still isn't my thing. It's fine, but I don't really find anything sufficiently weird or infectious enough to grab my attention. I like more punk in my post-punk, and more funk in my new wave. Rather than a bunch of guys with avant-garde haircuts playing unremarkable music, I'd prefer dudes with unremarkable haircuts playing more avant-garde music. I'm going to put this firmly in the "Fine" zone, where I won't visit it for another twenty years.

If you took an average of all albums in this list it would sound like this.

Huh. This definitely shares some DNA with new wave stuff from the 80's, but I didn't hate it so it must be different. A little more energy, a little less synth, involves some actual drumming; whatever it is, this landed much better than I expected. 3.4

As a genre, post-punk is firmly in my wheelhouse, and so is this period. So why have E&tB never landed? I just don't know - I should like this, but I'm just not enthused. It's not a bad record, it's just not for me. The title track is decent. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★★☆☆ (6/10)

Start to finish a interesting collection of 80s alternative new wave music

Tolerable introduction to the bands career. Much more prefer the later stuff like THE KILLING MOON and LIPS LIKE SUGAR.

Bowie meets the smiths ish

Nunca fui fã de Echo and the Bunnymen mas ouvindo depois d| algum tempo, considero este disco em particular bom. Seu rock rítmico que combina guitarra envolvente com bateria pulsante tem um uma melancolia que me lembra The Cure e Joy Division.

Pretty good

gonna listen to htis

Early 80s straightforward rock, easy to o listen to.

Very decent

This is quintessential white mans alternative. Enjoyed it. Felt like I was Joseph Gordon Levitt in 500 days of Summer.

Great album. One of my favourite bands

Some of the melodies are kinda interesting but this album is too stereotypical 1980 post-punk for my taste. It just fades into the background without leaving much of a mark.

Grooved to this a little but honestly nothing memorable. Not sure if there really needed to be 3 Echo and the Bunnymen albums here.

Cool vibes, nothing too out there. Very middle of the road

I accidentally booted up their 1996 album “Evergreen” because it has SUCH similar cover art and got halfway through thinking “damn they were way ahead of their time for 1980 this sounds more like well-recorded late 90’s pop-rock! Wow!” Whoops. A bit of a shame too, I heard a lot of maturation in Evergreen. Not that this is a total sloppy mess, this just isn’t as sticky for me. “Villiers Terrace” is pretty fun, full of character, and a good Halloween song. To this albums credit, the band gets more comfortable experimenting and being its true self after this. “Pictures On My Wall” is even more creepy and subdued. Let’s say 3/5 and move on from accidentally listening to two albums

Dancey, reverb-heavy post-punk with angular guitars and clean bass lines. I like some of their later stuff more but they had a very interesting sound even on this debut.

It's been a long time since I heard this one. Thanks for the refresher!

Throw another decent-but-samey new wave album on the pile, I suppose.

Echo and he bunnymen are a band I know, but never properly got into them. I own this album digitally, yet I do not know it really, which means that it never really grasped my attention in the past, and it is kind of the same now. I enjoyed listening to the album but there was nothing that really stood out caught my attention. There were a few songs I marked as notable, but for he most part it was just ok. I know they played a role in the music scene in the UK in the 80s, but I just did not find it compelling enough to warrant a score higher than 3.5 Stars

Decent if not a little forgettable

Pre-streaming days, I downloaded the entire Bunnymen discography. Think I listened through exactly once then decided Ocean Rain was the one, bought that on CD and deleted the rest. For some reason I never bothered going back to the others so glad this came up. This was good. Definitely still not /as/ good as Ocean Rain though.

Thoughts before listening: These guys put out some good songs in the 80s with a sound that I believe would be considered dream pop style alt rock. I don't recognize this album cover though. I'm not positive this is what's happening here, but there are lots of examples on this list where some European 80s band gets their big hit album AND the more difficult/arty follow-up on the list. Review: I was so close...this is the lesser known debut album not the arty follow-up. Echo and the Bunnymen's big song came out in 1984, 4 years after this debut. In fact, this is the 2nd E&tB album I have heard on this list, and still no "Killing Moon". You know, I like being able to get a history lesson and not ONLY listen to the hit albums, but this one is just okay to me. Its perfectly fine post-punk that leans toward a darker sound, and I am sure if I listened to it enough it would grow on me. However, on an initial play through, only the title track is really pulling me in. To make it worse, Spotify auto-played a random later career song by the band and it was MUCH better. I think this album is suffering a bit from low production values and the band hasn't quite yet come into their own as songwriters. This is a 3-star album.

Crocodiles is kind of an interesting moment, seemingly capturing the evolution of post-punk to goth in real time. That being said, this isn't the most interesting Echo And The Bunnymen album in my opinion. They have a good sound here, but I just don't think they'd entirely carved their niche out yet. The result is a good post-punk album with some pretty great songs that I don't really think transcend the (very saturated) genre. Honestly, it's the gothier tracks that mostly do it for me here, Stars Are Stars springs to mind. But even so, there were bands pushing this sound further a couple of years earlier, like Siouxsie And The Banshees and Bauhaus. However I don't think that really discredits the material here: a good song is a good song. However, conversely there are songs here that specifically don't do it for me. Happy Death Men springs to mind. This is a good record overall, I just don't know if it stands out within it's niche, and I think Echo And The Bunnymen later surpassed it.

I know these guys have at least one great album, I just haven't received it yet... Favorite track: Do It Clean

kind of generic rock, but not afwul

I heard some Talking Heads similarities in some tracks, which is the kind of thing people say when they can't think of any unique descriptors. Comparison is the worst way to comment on music, and yet here we are.

Lacks bite.

snappy

It’s an ok album. I feel like I should’ve liked it more considering I’m a big fan of U2. But I’ll always prefer their work to this.

You know it just kinda passes through me 3/5

could've been moodier

Bit like Rolling Stones. Boring.

3 out of 5. Feels like it should have been a 4 and there are good moments here. That's how a lot of debut albums are to me.

Cool dark vibes - bonus points for cool band name and album cover

I really enjoyed this, but I feel like it won’t leave a very lasting impression.

file this under "decent, but won't listen to again"

I do not have any nostalgia for Echo and the Bunnymen. I think they fall into the category of bands that are talented and make fine music, whose influence I recognize and appreciate, yet have absolutely no interest in listening to regularly. 3⭐️

Ah! Finally, some post-punk. Enjoyable first listen, pure classic post-punk sound released at the peak of the genre. But can't help it but compare to other post-punk releases from 1980–we have "Remain in Light" by Talking Heads, "Closer" by Joy Division and "Seventeen Seconds" by the Cure to say the least. This album simply blanks compared to these 3, however it still seems like a solid debut effort by these guys. Definitely very enjoyable, at least 3 stars for sure, 3.5/5.0. A few songs from this going to my post-punk/new wave playlist. "Going Up" - an opening track and "Rescue" really stood out for me along, to a lesser extent, a couple of other tracks.

I get why this made the list but it wasn’t my favorite.

Fine, agree with the top review that it seems a bit filler in the context of best albums of all time. Odd, considering some standouts on the record.

3/5

= to the Beatles As far as post punk goes, this is listenable

It was alright. Nothing really stood out on this album for me one way or the other. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Mostly ambivalent.

This reminded me of Interpol. Pretty good. Easy listening.

Not bad, just put on some Donnie Darko and youre ready to go.

Didn't dislike it by any means. Definitely had some cool moments. Nothing seemed to come together to a great song though. 2.5.

british

This was just ok and hardly worth the reason to be on this list. 5/10.

I am only familiar with punk bands in the 70s, like Ramones, and that's it. This sounds kind of like them with the voice and the bass drum production. But sometimes riff like Crocodiles and beautiful piano playing like Villiers Terrace make this album shine. Listening in low volume, this album is still very expressive.

I've heard of them but thought they were more synth based. This one sounds like there are sonic connections to punk, REM, Talking Heads, New Wave, which all makes sense given 1980.

Meh.

I could have been tripping but I picked up a nice little late 60's, early 70''s, throw back vibe from this. Not bad, not bad at all...

British rock/punk(?) isn't a genre I know much about or listen to. The albums has a good coherent vibe throughout. While not a genre I listen to a lot I still enjoyed listening through this.

This was ok.

Ein düsterer, atmosphärischer Einstieg ins Post-Punk-Universum der Bunnymen. Crocodiles überzeugt mit treibenden Rhythmen, melancholischer Gitarrenarbeit und Ian McCullochs markanter Stimme. Songs wie „Rescue“ und „Villiers Terrace“ zeigen das Potenzial der Band, doch nicht jeder Track zündet. Insgesamt ein solides Debüt mit Ecken und Kanten – spannend, aber nicht ganz ausgereift.

okay

About as middle of the road as it comes

If imitation is the highest form of flattery, these guys were flattering a ton of people. I’m impressed by the range. I’m not getting off on this album, but I’m digging it.

This was pretty cool. I only know Nocturnal Me by these guys (though it’s not on this record). That song seems to be a pretty good depiction of what the band is like and I enjoyed it.

Average album of the era

I can recognize and appreciate the influence that this band had over other artists and I recognize elements that would show up more later in history; however, it sounds dated by now.

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Між 2.5. та 3. Психодилічний пост-панк. Досить цікава музика, але не дуже мене чіпляє

- in Ordnung, kann man definitiv hören - weitestgehend entspannt -holt mich jetzt aber nicht krass ab 3/5

3.4 It's quite good in parts. Really liked some of the tracks - Rescue, Monkeys, Going Up. However, others weren't as strong, and I felt the ending was quite weak. Nice bit of early post-punk, almost setting the scene for the darker sides of new-wave.

Seems very influential to be, but also something that has been so far surpassed, that it aged somewhat poorly. Still a decent listen, but most likely not as impactful as it would've been when it came out

Very 80s, crocodiles was good, a very much quiet rage against the big boys

Driving beat, ringing guitars, dark and moody themes make this Post Punk, which I enjoyed most of the time. Repeating the same line over and over again makes this a lot less enjoyable.

Mostly enjoyable, felt like a lot of inspiration for later Post-Punk

I like Echo And The Bunnymen but I don’t love them, I previously had their album Porcupine and considered it a 3.5/5 a pretty good album but not great, this album was pretty similar I like the instrumentation and the vocals throughout but I find the production to be a little flat. I loved “Stars Are Stars” though

I love E&TB so they get 3/5 but outside of the three GREAT tracks it’s kind of a forgettable album

Fav: Crocodiles Least Fav: Pride One of those albums that I was about to write off before immediately reaching the best songs

I prefer their sound at its most haunting. Some instrumental breakdowns were welcome surprises, but overall the songs blend together making the full album a dull (if inoffensive) listen. The vocalist has a pleasant tone but does nothing memorable with it. Crocodiles just melds into the post-punk albums pile, never distinct enough to stand out.

***An ok album

Was alright

I am familiar with the name Echo And The Bunnymen and have fond memories of it. But that must have been a long time ago. The music is typical of the 80s sound. It wasn't outstanding, and I had almost forgotten it, and rightly so. The album wasn't annoying, but it wasn't inspiring either. 3/5

Extreme late 70s/early 80s post punk vibes, close your eyes and it could be U2 or Simple Minds, somehow Ian McCulloch sounds like both Bono & Jim Kerr, depending who you are thinking of at that moment... A tidy package all in all.

I like Echo and the Bunnymen, but not as much as Robert Dimery, clearly. It's an OK album but I never found their first album quite as compelling as their second/third album. It's part of a UK musical movement but maybe Joy Division did it better?

Not their best, but still good.

A band that influenced so many bands I love, but because I am a philistine with no respect for history or legacy, I much prefer all those bands to these OGs.

I love this time in the early 80s... dark, moody, and completely unsure of where to go with punk rock. They almost have no filter, but they sound good. Maybe this is the bane of 80s music.

I like their best songs, but overall pretty boring.

Eurythmics was disappointing. Echo was not. I think I like this probably because it’s early. Good not great but way more rock and guitar that I thought. 6.2

I never got the die hard love for EatB, but it was fine.

It was fine. Nothing quite memorable.

I liked this one, wasn’t able to get really into it though. Best song: Pride Notable(s): Villiers Terrace, The Pictures On My Wall

rock pero no m produce nada

Never heard before. It’s ok I reckon. Not much variety though.

Pretty cool. Never listened to them before but I like their vibe.

I really like Ian McCulloch's vocals. It's good music but unfortunately it also sounds A LOT like a cheap version of other bands I prefer (Joy Division, Talking Heads, etc) Nothing really stood up to make an impact on me. 5,5/10 fav songs : Monkeys & Rescue

This was fine, but that's all. Not great.

I like Echo and the Bunnymen, but this album isn't quite up to par with their later work. Do It Clean is a fun song though.

Solid 80s alternative, but not their best.

Decent 1980 debut from EatBunnies. No hits or standouts, but an easy listen. Kinda reminded me of the somberness of The Cure with an REM vibe. Best song for me is Villier Terrace. Crocodiles surfaces at (2.65*s)

The thing with Echo and the Bunnymen is that I remember my mind being blown when I realised that Echo is a drum machine. This means whenever I listen now, I’m always looking for any telltale signs that the drummer isn’t actually a person playing. And I can never find any. Perhaps that isn’t the point of this album, but it’s still where my mind goes to. Anyway, this is a decent enough listen. It’s nothing revolutionary to me, but I’d still say I enjoyed it.

Honestly, I expected more from Echo and the Bunnymen because of how much I love The Killing Moon. It was still pretty good and enjoyable, very 80's alt. I would give it another listen for sure, hopefully I'll get more out of it the next time around.

Good

I usually like the post punk sound but I wasn't really feeling this one so much. I felt it would do well with repeat listens. The songs didn't feel distinctive enough from each other with the result that seemed like sets of noises giving way to other noises.

Not a bad sound - sit alongside The Smiths and Cure.

I read a memoir by a woman who started her career in the music industry working for the Beatles at Apple, and ended it at what she considered her rock bottom - being a tour manager for Echo and the Bunnymen. She honestly writes about it like it’s the ultimate humiliation. I thought about that book while listening to Crocodiles because while they’re no Beatles (who is?) , they are pretty good. Certainly not a mortifying stain on anyone’s CV.

Solid 80s rock.

I’ve always had a soft spot for the band, the dark melodies and the chime like guitar sounds sounds, but apart from being a really good debut I can’t quite see what distinguishes this one. Having given Nina Simone a 4 yesterday (really a 4.5 but I tasted it in a hurry at ten to midnight), I can’t give this more than 3-3.5.

Second best band ever from Liverpool. You can hear what they will become but they are not quite there yet. 3.5

This is ok but it's kind of dull.

This sits a few steps below the post punk, I really enjoy. I like it but it doesn’t grab me the way that post punk usually does

Crocodiles is for sure a benchmark in goth rock and post punk. I think it is one of the most 'tinny' sounding albums of this era, due to what they were recording on and with. Ian is totally consistent as a lead vocalist, even this early into the band's existence. The lyrics are pretty esoteric equally reflective and melancholic. The song structures are both isometric and linear, per the early post punk of the time. Obviously.. the Cure fucking exploded with this exact sound pretty much. I do think there is a more primitive nature to what Crocodiles does in particular, for the grooves are rigid and repetitive to perhaps dilution at times. Do It Clean, Stars Are Stars, Rescue and Villiers Terrace all stand out for obvious reasons, but mostly because they are a bit more compelling as full songs than the rest of the songs on this one. There are better Bunnymen albums.. I blame the sonics and songwriting on this one.

Aight

3.75

אלבום אייטיז קלאסי. זה נשמע כמו אייטיז מזוקק אבל עם גיטרות מצוינות. לא הקטע שלי אבל אני יכול להעריך את זה Happy death man זה 10 מתוך 10 שיר מועדף - Happy death man

There's no killing moon on this one. Altogether a fine post-punk album. Not amongst the best in my opinion, but it was a fine listen. Mid 3

Ocean Rain is the one you want to listen to

Their debut runs about as standard post punk as it goes I think, mainly because it's not quite as full of the psychedelic ideas that make EatB unique later on in Ocean Rain; however, average post punk runs at about a "pretty good" for me, so it's enjoyable no matter what, maybe in a few more listens I'll warm up to it

I have never heard of Echo & the Bunnymen before so I had no expectations. After listening, I'd say it was ..fine. Nothing really blew me away, but nothing made me want to turn it off either. I listened to it twice and the second time I enjoyed it a little more.

generic 80s rock album

it sounds good but nothing really excites me. it’s just… there. “rescue” slapped. “villiers terrace” was also good. i was not interested enough to listen to the extra two tracks from the US version, “do it clean” and “read it in the books”. 3/5

Strong record as you'd expect, even if not a true favourite.

Was okay, feel like it probably sounded better when it was released

Album 799 of 1089 Echo And The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) Rating : 3.5 / 5 " brooding lyrics, psychedelic influences, and tight musicianship" Good listen. Remember seeing this one on the Rolling Stone charts back in the day but never indulged.

It's fine, nothing special.

I never got into Echo and the Bunnymen and I don't really know why: they're adjacent to a lot of bands I love out of a time I think was pretty exciting for music, but listening to this I think I know why. Totally innocuous album. Some of these songs are really great, some of them are not so great. Almost wanna give this a 4 because a couple of moments really hit for me, but overall it feels pretty one note. I think people doing something similar did it a little better.

Chill and groovy. Probably won’t be back on my own I could be convinced to.

I think I should have liked this more, it just wasn’t as memorable as I was hoping. Finished faster than it felt like it would because the songs were pretty good, but I can’t really tell you much about anything I had listened to.

It was good, but I'll probably forget about it in a week.

Good English new wave but I feel they have better albums

It was fine

It's not bad, but my main feeling is gratitude that Oasis eventually came along and put an end to the brooding 80s.

I don’t see how this album stands out in its category. Extremely mid.

The album is 38 min long but why does it sounds so repetitive ?

No stand out songs here, but vocalist Ian McCulloch has long been one of my favorite new wave singers. Plaintive without being whiny.

The sound reminds me a little of other bands from that early 80's time: The Cure, REM, U2, etc. I didn't get into any song in particular.

When I think of Echo and the Bunnymen, I think of some of their hits like "The Killing Moon" and "Lips Like Sugar." Elements of some of these songs hint toward those hits, while never quite hooking me in the same way.

Like if you sprinkled some Stooges on Joy Division - with maybe a splash of the Cure and even the Cars. I enjoyed it but feel like I should have liked it more than I did.

One of the easiest albums I’ve ever tuned out. Couldn’t remember one melody if I tried. A general vibe will come to me if I think about it hard enough, but the lack of range here would have been very striking if I had been interested enough to pay attention. Energy was up and when I tuned back in for the last half of the final track, I was happy to find I enjoyed it. Fine work, gents, I guess. 3/5

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Compared to their other stuff… meh

liked songs: Going Up, The Pictures on My Wall, Not bad, not great. 2.75

Probably one of the most middling albums on the list and the global ratings reflect it. It's 80's British synthpop / new wave. One of many on the list, but better put together and more punch than others. Still, I don't really think it justifies its position here and I don't see myself revisiting this soon. I like how it seems to be a bit less polished than their other album on here, not edgy enough to be like the post punk and new wave I like though.

Ahhh I think I like their sound, but I'm struggling to pick out something I'd actually wanna relisten to on a regular basis!

Really not sure what to make of this album. It's cromulent, has a bunch of interesting moments, but nothing really stands out to me. It feels like an odd choice to include on a list like this. Overall pretty neat though!

It was perfectly fine. Not really sure why it was on the must-listen list.

I love Echo and the Bunnymen but this is not their best. Flipped between 2.5 and 3, especially on second listen, but the really good songs are good enough that I bumped it up. I think a lot of them will make it to my Playlist, but I dont see the album as a whole becoming regular.

Cool guitars Nothing stands out crazy but that’s ok

Was OK, yeah.

Solid 3.75

not bad, nothing special

Good album, I never listened to it before. I was surprised that it didn't have any of the Echo and the Bunnymen hits , but it was still a cohesive piece

It’s regular Brit Rock

A sound that underwhelmed me in my high school/college days. Apparently, not much has changed in my musical tastes since then.

Debut albums of bands who would go on to have better albums should have asterisks next to them. I get why I’m listening to it but I shouldn’t have to.

i absolutely loved this, felt like i was in an episode of something lol, they’ve got that ‘the cure’ essence its so good, sounds like something i’d hear in a vintage shop

was pretty good!! surprisingly not a favourite, would give it a 3.5 if i could! i did add "villiers terrace" to my playlist, really really liked the sound of that one!

It's not really my thing but I get it. A pretty solid 3-stars.

3/5. You can definitely tell they have not found their sound yet and are rather an imitation of other bands. Fortunately, they still sound great and you can see the direction they are heading. Interesting lyrics and sharp front and center guitar. This was a good listen but didn't give me many new feelings about Echo or this genre in general. Best Song: Pictures On My Wall, Rescue, Do It Clean

В общем нормально, но голос с эхом напрягает, словно запись с концерта

5/10…new wave / 80er goth

Alright

More 80s post punk. I can only handle in small doses.

Rating: 3.5/5 | Favorite Track: Pictures On My Wall --- Not my favorite Echo and the Bunnymen album, but still has some good early goth tracks. Pretty decent debut album.

This is a fine album but I really question why there are like three echo in the bunnymen albums on this list. Any of them would be fine but we don’t need this many

Decent songs. Good guitar-play. 3/5

Upbeat post punk with a darker twist at times. It’s well made, not necessarily boring, but I didn’t really love anything on it either.

Solid, pleasant on the ears. Nothing incredible going on though. 7/10.

solid 80s rock album!

Very decent new wavy album

Ah Punk? Hät aasatzwiis au ächli Gmeinsamkeite mit REM. Typischi Hitparade- und Radiomusig us däre Ziit. E

han chli angst ÄHHHÜÄÄ talking heads??? do it clean chönnt en soundtrack sii zumene amerikanische coming of age film wo de protagonist gad im chevy vo sim papi abhaut de bill drummond isch ja en funny guy es tönt zwar alles schnell chli ähnlich aber ich han seeehr spass joo es isch talking heads aber weniger quirky uii iwie han ichs gfühl gha, es müsst jz denn fertig sii, es zieht sich jz ebe doch chli puuh ja ursprünglich wärs es 4i worde aber jz ischs echt chli ahstrengend worde. drei

Kyllä tämän kuuntelee, mutta jää kyllä ainoaksi kerraksi.

Kuuntelee mutta ei tästäkään tule lisäystä omiin listoihin.

This is another group that I know of but have never really heard. I have quite a few friends from my time California that swear by these guys. We will see… Garage rock/punkishness, I certainly don’t hate it, but I can’t say I love it either. 3.4? I’m not quite sure I’m ready to round this one up to 4 stars.

Good album - not my preferred era of music, but a catchy, enjoyable album overall.

The best of the so far 3 albums by them

It's Fine? There are a billion of these 80's British post punk albums on the list. I like the genre but it's way over represented on this list. 6/10

3.75

“Echo and the Bunnymen, what a dreadful group. They've let me down. There's this duality I feel; I can think other people have let me down, yet as an artist I think that I can do whatever I want to do and I'm not letting anyone down. People trust us not to be stupid, at least in a way.” — Robert Smith https://www.spin.com/featured/the-cure-robert-smith-march-1988-cover-story-cure-all/

The second place runner up band on the original pre-emo pioneers. Although probably as good as the cure they didnt have big commercial success. This album is solid and well balanced. Good representation of what was to come for this type of music very charactaristic and great example to listen to.

Oh wow. Another 80s British post-punk debut album from a band with multiple albums on the list. Never seen that before. Whatever. At least this one's good. Echo & The Bunnymen are definitely a band worthy of being here, but I don't know if they need three albums or even two. Obviously, Ocean Rain is a classic, but Crocodiles just isn't on that album's level in my eyes. It's good, sure. The style is solid. I really like the bass in particular. The singing fits the vibes and the writing is alright. However, I just don't find this album as interesting as something like Ocean Rain. None of the songs on here really speak to me like how something like "The Killing Moon" did on that album. None of the songs here are bad, but none of them are masterpieces. This album is basically just a solid collection of post-punk songs and that's it. It's a good first showing, sure, but there are plenty of albums in the genre before and since this one that I'd rather listen to. Crocodiles is good, but not great. High 3/5.

mmm

Just…..why?

Decent.

Do you want to listen to some music that has a lot of guitar? Well in Rescue you can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐⭐. I kind of recommend this song. Do you want to listen to some music that has some good drums? Well in Do It Clean you can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐⭐. I kind of recommend this song. Do you want to listen to some music that has a lot of drums? Well in Crocodiles you can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐⭐. I kind of recommend this song.

I don't like this because I don't like the instruments used in it and I don't like how old type of music it is. I would not recommend this album to someone else because I feel like in the generation people don't really like this type of music. I would give this album a solid 3 out of 5 stars.

I guess I've heard these guys on this list before, but I can't remember a thing about them. Not bad for an early punk record, things sound pretty polished. Very indicative of its era, but not super memorable outside of that.

Didn't really stick out, thought it would be reggae based on the band name

listened to this a looong time ago on dads record player. Haven’t really listened to them since. Definitely fits the 80s goth/cure/joy division vibes. Love the bass throughout. Good guitar tones.

Fine

6.5/10

Not bad but too 80’s emo for me.

Good moody music but I found it a little boring

This is like a sampler platter of post-punk sounds. Not a bad thing, but obviously the band found their sound later. I enjoyed this although it was a bit unmemorable.

Certainly not thier peak but a notable debut non the less. A great foundation was layer here!

Later records are much better, this one gets boring pretty quickly. A standout is Rescue.

this band really so unremarkable to me i gaslighted myself into thinking i had already gotten this This is fine but I just do not care.

Where are the hits.

As picks for this list go, this one is OK, but I think it means the other Echo album can leave the list.

Solidly listenable but forgettable.

Great sound. (25 known/50 new)

Cool enough listen. Stars are Stars and Rescue as take aways.

I know exactly one Echo & the Bunnymen song: 'The Killing Moon', from Rock Band 3. That song is not on this album, but its essence certainly is. I deem this genre "80s Brit-goth". Enjoyable enough, but not remarkable.

Alright

Those Brits sure could make some 80s alternative

5/10

Enjoyed this. I can't say there are whole songs I loved but pieces of them all were impressive and definitely in the genre I enjoy. Sounds like they were finding their way. Glad we are along for the ride!

Outstandingly average.

Yep. Sounds like Echo and the Bunnymen. Well crafted sounds and excellent musicianship but I'll stick to the songs I know when I want to listen to their brand of post punck

This was a nice album. Id known and generally wasnt bothered by the Echo and the Bunnyman id heard. It turns out that it was their later work that was too close but not close enough to my own formative musical tastes. This early stuff seems like a lovely bridge between the late 70's stuff like stooges and into the 80's stuff

I like the band, but this isn't their best album, at least to my taste.

2.5

Listened to the US-version. Nothing bad and nothing outstanding. But I like it. 2,5

Vaguely attractive.

I'm not a fan of 80s music for the most part. If anything, this 1001 album challenge has confirmed that. There are a few bands I can think of that stand out, though, and one of those is the Talking Heads. I feel like Echo and the Bunnymen sound a lot like early Talking Heads when they're at their best. Which makes sense because 1980 when this album came out might as well be the late 70s in terms of music. So, this album was fine, and there are a few tracks I really enjoyed ("Do It Clean" being my favorite of the album). But, a lot of it sounded the same, and I felt that while it was mostly enjoyable, it wasn't anything remarkable, and I was ready to be done with this by the end.

If what Jim Morrison was the front man of the Velvet Underground, well they’d be way better off. Echo And The Bunnymen are the proof. Love the guitar, needs more listens. 6.8/10

Unterdurchschnittlich durchschnittlich

Het begin was best wel nice, maar al vrij snel word alles een soort gezapige Post Punk brij. Mn issue met deze muziek is dat het allemaal zo depri klinkt en zo erg hetzelfde klinkt. Waar het begin dan best wel fris is enzo, word het al vrij snel meer van hetzelfde. Gelukkig heeft post punk de korte albumduur van punk zelf overgenomen, maar verder vind ik het toch al vrij snel saai. Echt een beetje een issue dat ik heb met post punk, het klinkt zo erg hetzelfde. Vond wat dat betreft het album van The Doors een verademing omdat het ook wel in de post-punk hoek zat maar vernieuwend genoeg was dat er echt verschil in de muziek zat. Wel gezegd dat ik me zeker niet heb geirriteerd aan de muziek en dat het gewoon vrij prima was allemaal. FAVO: Do it clean, Monkeys, Crocodiles

Can't tell if they influenced the clash and Duran Duran, or the opposite. Ok new wave but not my fave.

Awesome, jangly, 80’s indie rock! I dig it, I dig it way mucho!

Interesting post punk, I’m glad it’s here as I wouldn’t have sought it out. I love the chorused guitars.

Chyba będzie nudno, ówczesna, nowoczesna psychodelia, tego albumu nie znałem, ale inne Echo były męczące. Wyszlo niezle

Not the EATB that I'm used to from their other big album. A bit darker feeling? Not bad just not a huge fan of it either. 3.5

Early Echo. Very standard music. It was OK.

For a genre that is not my favorite, this album wasn’t too bad. Probably not a re-listen for me though.

Their debut album. I've only heard Ocean Rain prior to this but I found their style of post-punk to be quite boring. In comparison, Crocodiles is a bouncier affair with more energy and pop-oriented hooks. Echo And The Bunnymen remind me of a post-punkier REM at times, sharing an affinity for cleaner guitar tones and eccentric basslines. For that, I think Crocodiles is slightly better, but only ever just good.

Kiva

Kinda just alright, not memorable and not bad

Fun and highly listenable.

favorites: do it clean all that jazz

Very uneven album. The best songs are the ones where the bass is able to lay down a riff and just sit in a groove for the songs duration. If the song doesn't have that bass line, it's not very good in my opinion. Solid highs, and uninteresting lows. Top tracks: Do It Clean, Monkeys, Rescue

Довольно нейтральный альбом, есть свой стиль, но для меня он недостаточно выделяется

80s new wave, I tend to listen instead to Ocean Rain (because of the Killing Moon), but this is definitely in the same vein.

Nice.

Fine

Enjoyable 3.5

# Album Name: Crocodiles # Artist: Echo And The Bunnymen # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Not bad but not as good i was expecting. Few good tracks like Pride, Rescue and Pictures on my wall. It doesnt seem to hit the highs of the other singles ive heard from the band. Overall just an OK album. # Top Tunes: Pride, Rescue and Pictures on my wall # Would I listen to it again? hmmmm

2.5/5

Es pop-punk, mucho bajo, mucho alargue de voz. No es malo pero no es la gran cosa. Poquito.

Sounded fine. Epitomizes the 1001 albums list.

I have a headache and feel not so hot so my opinions rn may be off. Not bad but didn’t do anything crazy. The birthday party played on the auto play of random songs after this lol.

5/10 - it was mid. I didn’t know that echo and the bunny men were so into the bee movie

Okay post-punk. Like a not-so-depressing Cure.

there are better echo and the bunnymen but you will not go wrong with any echo and the bunnymen could i write poetry to this? y

Another example of a debut album being chosen for this list when a later release would have been the better choice. At this early stage in their career, Echo & The Bunnymen sound like their contemporaries in U2, but with darker lyrics and a better drummer.

This is not their best work, but it's a good enough representation of their sound.

Nothing memorable but not offensive

Very dated. 2.5

Meh, nothing really grabbing me, but not bad.

I was anticipating this album, but if The Fountain is a 5, then Crocodiles is a solid 3.

I thought it had good vibes, I like the band name

EtB's first album is energetic. And okay.