Reverberation (album)

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Reverberation

Studio album by Echo & the Bunnymen
Released	April 16, 1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	Neo-Psychedelia
Length	46:42
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s)	Geoff Emerick
All Music Guide link
Echo & the Bunnymen chronology
Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)	Reverberation (1990)	Evergreen (1997)

"Reverberation" is the sixth album by Echo & the Bunnymen. It was released in 1990 and it was the first and only album from Echo & the Bunnymen with Irish vocalist Noel Burke instead of Ian McCulloch. The album was produced by Geoff Emerick, who had previously worked as an engineer with The Beatles. The band line-up also included Jake Brockman on keyboards and Damon Reece on drums. This version of the group also released three singles "Enlighten Me", "Prove Me Wrong", and "Inside Me Inside You", before splitting up.

The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr famously dubbed this incarnation of the group Echo & the Bogusmen.

Widely ill-riputed "Reverberation" is generally regarded as a mistake by many a core fan of the group, and after their reunion the band collectively uttered regrets about its existence.

However, the album should still be regarded as a work of quality, and though it takes the sound of Echo & the Bunnymen down a more psychedelic track and misses the characteristic vocal style of McCulloch, it is possibly closer in feel, sound and style to the Bunnymen of the 80s than are at least some of the albums released by the band as a duo.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Echo & the Bunnymen singles 1990 - 1992
4 Miscellanea
5 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Gone, Gone, Gone" – 3:50
"Enlighten Me" – 3:01
"Cut & Dried" – 3:28
"King Of Your Castle" – 4:32
"Devilment" – 4:22
"Thick Skinned World" – 4:52
"Freaks Dwell" – 4:36
"Senseless" – 4:45
"Flaming Red" – 3:18
"False Goodbyes" – 3:44

[edit] Personnel

Noel Burke - Vocals & Guitar
Will Sergeant - Guitar
Les Pattinson - Bass
Jake Brockman - Keyboards
Damon Reece - Drums (replacing the late Pete de Freitas)

[edit] Echo & the Bunnymen singles 1990 - 1992

Enlighten Me / Lady Don't Fall Backwards / Enlighten Me (12" Mix) (1990)
Prove Me Wrong / Fine Thing / Reverberation (1991)
Inside Me Inside You / Wigged-Out World (1992)

[edit] Miscellanea

Noel Burke had originally been vocalist with the group St. Vitus Dance, who released an album called "Love Me Love My Dogma" in 1987. This album was reissued on CD in 2005 with five bonus tracks.