Porcupine

Delta and the Bunnygirls. Surely a 1960's B-movie. Would watch.

blood for the bunny god

Nothing too special for me

Name something that follows the word "pork". "Upine"

Pop. Intrascendente.

Is this goth-rock or rock that goths like? Anyway, it's solid 80s dark, atmospheric guitar music.

Indeed Echo sings like someone shoved a porcupine up his ass. The Bunnymen (barf!) hold up their side of the bargain with reasonable musicianship . 🐰🐰

Interesting new wave album, I liked the first few songs better than the second half. A mix of the cure, talking heads. It was all right

Meh

I do like me some vaguely-gothic post-punk once in a while, but I don't get Echo & The Bunnymen. They're a diet version of The Cure that suck at song diversity. I've now heard two entire albums by these guys and the only song I remember is "The Killing Moon" off of "Ocean Rain". Everything else blends together into very middle-of-the-road goop of 80s post-punk clichés. Happy to hear that the dog from Family Guy did photography for this album as well. Oh yeah, and speaking of Porcupines, I recently learned that there are no Porcupine Tree albums on this entire list. That's gotta be a crime.

This is what, the third Echo album we're listening to? Outside of a few big songs, I don't find their stuff particularly enjoyable, and I can't help but feel they're taking up too much space on this list. I can certainly understand one or two, but not three. I found this one tedious to get through.

Like a goth U2.

I wanna like Echo And The Bunnymen more than I do.

Just another new wave post-punk album.

Yet another post punk album, although probably one of the better ones, narrowly missing the upgrade to 4 stars

Another reviewer, celebrating their 365th review, lambasted the rest of us for our minimalist reviews and descriptions. My response is that if they want loquacious treatises on the merits of an album, or lack thereof, then subscribe to RS or one of the other wastes of musical publishing. My reviews are primarily for me. The best I can say for this album is that is was boring but, overall, didn't suck.

For some reason I always think of this bad as a 50s group (think Buddy Holly and the Crickets) and am always surprised when they don’t have that sound. Enjoyable enough album but a bit samey.

I'm not saying <checks notes> Echo and The Bunnymen aren't a significant band, but do they really deserve a whopping 3 spots on the list? Is this really the best music humanity has to offer out of all the albums in the world?

I've been listening to it for quite a while, and suddenly - the tune started sounding familiar. I thought - well, something worthwhile after all... No. The album finished and the radio played Joy Division.

Neo-Psycehdilic, Post-Punk,, ok je ne pensais que ce genre de musique pouvait être considéré comme Punk... mais bon. Psychédelic oui par exemple. Cependant, je trouve cela un peu plus weirdelic, je n'ai pas adoré mais ca s'est bien écouté et j'ai eu quelque vents d'artiste de cette époque à l'écoute de cet album. (The Cure ?). 3.15

Not remarkable. Not bad.

A few misses but overall I thought it was fine. Not spectacular. 5/10.

Pretty boring all around. 3/10

Great 80 with a the Doors and pixies twist i feel like, i really enjoyed it

Smiths-esque, but eh

Definitely makes it into the top rank of the ubiquitous British post-punk/new wave presence on this list - smart lyrics and solid music. Still a bit of that British alt-pop guy vocal style that just ain't my favorite.

Just a worse version of The Cure

Interesting, but don't love these vocals.

I wanted to like it a lot more than I actually did. Maybe I need a re-listen.

Sadly I found it dull and monotonous

David Bowie gekruist met U2, maar dan met een chromosoompje minder. Jaren-tachtiggejengel waar ik mijn kostbare tijd verder niet aan zal verspillen.

Als je een typisch jaren '80 band bent en de zang laat inspireren door U2, dan krijg je dit. Probleem is wel dat dat je dan vergeleken gaat worden met U2. En tja...dat verlies je.

Mix van de baslijntjes van the Cure, de duistere drumfills van Joy Division/New Order en de zang van U2. Ik ken eigenlijk alleen het nummer Killing Moon, maar dat staat blijkbaar op het album hierna. De sound is onmiskenbaar hetzelfde. Het heeft iets duisters en treurigs, maar ook iets melancholisch en aanstellerigs. Zal wel typisch new wave zijn.

Dearest reader, As of this review, I’ve completed my 365th album in this ordeal. One year worth of albums, an anniversary of sorts - my first few weeks I wasn’t doing weekend albums, so it has, in fact, been more than a calendar year. In honor of my achievement, a retrospective, some takeaways and an airing of grievances from the past year: -I still think The Smiths are awful. This list has not changed that one iota and despite having completed all 3 Smith records, I still have 4 Morrissey records to listen to. That is the greatest injustice the list has served upon me. -These are the best albums I was introduced to via the list: Gil Scott Heron/Brian Jackson - Winter in America; Belle and Sebastian- Tigermilk; Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star; Little Simz - Grey Area; The United States Of America - s/t; Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene; Milton Nascimiento/Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina -The Residents album isn’t as bad as you think it is. -Elvis Costello sucks, but in a way he also kind of doesn’t. That’s why he is the worst. -There’s way too much Britpop on this list. -There’s way too much mopey British alt-rock in general. -“Why isn’t Stereolab’s “Dots and Loops” on this list?” has pretty much become a mantra for me. -I can’t proofread worth a shit. -Most of your reviews are underwhelming: “meh…not for me”; “this punk rock record is repetitive”…step up your game kids, it’s embarrassing. Now, for the record at hand, “Porcupine” by Echo and The Bunnymen: God, living under Maggie Thatcher must have been fucking miserable. That much is papable when listening to these 80’s British alternative records: it’s like going spelunking in a pit of despair. “Porcupine” is definitely better than a lot of the others from its time; a little more experimental and psychedelic than the rest of the lot, so it gets some bonus points for that. With that said, and in the wise words of the reviewers on this site: “Meh…not for me”.

When I was in school, there was a kid who got called "echo" because he had buck teeth (he was a "bunny man"). Anyway, Cutter is a solid song, as are a few others on this album. It does get a little samey though.

expected it to sound different. i enjoy this, it's got some interesting stuff. i like ripeness and the cutter the best, i think.

This album makes me worry that I really am that old. If my rating is less than 3 then maybe I'm not. Holy mid-life crisis Batman!

Echo & the Bunnymen are one of those bands, like Psychedelic Furs or Simple Minds, who are immediately recognizable by their vocalist. The Cutter is a great starter. The first 30 seconds are amazing. But it doesn't take long for the songs to start sounding like one another, and even like songs from the prior release, due to Ian McCulloch's phrasing, maybe.

Although I'm a fan of British post punk, Echo and the Bunnymen (dumb name) just doesn't resonate with me. Ian McCulloch has a powerful booming voice, but his singing style sounds quaintly dated now. I think The Killing Moon from their debut was their best song and they weren't able to replicate that in their subsequent efforts. Overall, this is a poor man's Cure.

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Solid stuff IMHO.

This period was too melancholy for me.

A perfect soundtrack to be buried to

Favourite track of the album The Cutter.

Meh

Very nice

This is the third album by these guys here. They're relative nobodies but they keep turning up. You have to be fucking kidding me. They're not bad, they're just an inoffensive and bland cure knockoff. They shouldn't be in this list once, let alone 3 times. 2/5.

Parempi ku edellinen Echo & pupu 4/5

Ei kyl oikein lähe. Jotenkin mikään biisi ei vedä mukaansa, vaikka ihan hyvää soittoa.

Tykkäsin tästä yllättävän paljon! En ihan neloseen saakka mutta kuitenkin.

Meh

Ever so marginally better than the other Echo & The Bunnymen album on this list I did already, but not by much. Still bland and did not enjoy a single song here

insuportavelmente chato 2/10

Just kept getting worse

This might indeed be the darker side of Echo & the Bunnymen and what really stuck out to me is how this psychedelic post-punk album really is shoegaze avant la lettre. The album is filled with oriental influences by the collaboration with Shankar (not Ravi, a different one) and quite uptempo and aggressive rhythmic material throughout the album. Songs like The Cutter, Back Of Love and Heads Will Roll are prime examples. But besides these there are also the steps sideways, like in My White Devil and Higher Hell, where the experiments with sounds and buildup work incredible. The more experimental Porcupine and Gods Will Be Gods might take an extra listen but when you do it's fully worth it and they turned out my favourites of this album. 4,5*

Post punk albums like this might as well be white noise to me at this point. I felt absolutely nothing throughout this entire album and struggled to even pay attention to it when I was driving home from my parents (I was really trying to focus on the music but just kept spacing out).

Decent. Better than Ocean Rain. Still, not all of it clicks but I can tell it influenced many artists.

This album was fine but I just cannot listen to A Man Who Sounds Like That

Kind of like The Cure but less interesting and worse singing.

A bit disappointed honestly. Other Bunnymen albums just stick with me more...

A fine album with one song I knew a bunch felt samey but good and a few others were saved to a post punk playlist, nothing amazing but pretty good.

Not particularly exciting

I have to work really hard to enjoy 80's English post-punk, and my motivation to give the benefit of the doubt is killed when the first and most popular (according to Spotify) track repeatedly rhymes "cutter" with "cut the." Stupid thing to hone in on, I know, but it bugs me, and at this point if it bugs me, I'm out. Best track: Gods Will Be Gods

Goths, man.

Loved it, 80's gold, sounds like early cure