4-CD: 8122742632
RELEASED: 2001
LABEL: Rhino

Disc: 1
01. Monkeys [Original Version] - Julian Cope
02. Pictures on My Wall [Original Single Version]
03. Read It in Books [Original Single Version]
04. Villiers Terrace [John Peel Session][Live]
05. Rescue
06. Simple Stuff
07. Stars Are Stars
08. All That Jazz
09. Crocodiles - David Balfe
10. Puppet
11. Do It Clean - David Balfe
12. Show of Strength
13. Over the Wall
14. Promise
15. Heaven Up Here
16. All My Colours
17. Broke My Neck [Long Version]
18. No Hands [John Peel Session][Live][#]
19. Fuel
20. Subject

Disc: 2
01. Back of Love
02. Cutter
03. Way Out and Up We Go
04. Clay
05. Heads Will Roll
06. Gods Will Be Gods [Alternate Version][#]
07. Never Stop [Discotheque] [Version]
08. Watch Out Below [John Peel Session][Live][#]
09. Killing Moon [All Night Version] [Version]
10. Silver (Tidal Wave)
11. Angels and Devils
12. Crystal Days
13. Seven Seas
14. My Kingdom
15. Ocean Rain
16. All You Need Is Love

Disc: 3
01. Bring on the Dancing Horses
02. Over Your Shoulder
03. Lover I Love You [#]
04. Satisfaction [#]
05. New Direction [Original Version][#]
06. Ship of Fools
07. All My Life
08. Game
09. Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
10. Lips Like Sugar [Single Version]
11. People Are Strange
12. Rollercoaster
13. Don't Let It Get You Down
14. I Want to Be There (When You Come)
15. Nothing Lasts Forever
16. Hurracaine
17. Rust
18. What Are You Going to Do With Your Life?

Disc: 4
01. In the Midnight Hour [#]
02. Start Again [Live 1987][#]
03. Original Cutter (A Drop in the Ocean)
04. Heads Will Roll [Summer Version] [Version]
05. Bed Bugs and Ballyhoo [Original Single Version]
06. Zimbo [Live, 1982] [Live]
07. Angels and Devils [Live, 1985] [Live][#]
08. She Cracked [Live, 1985] [Live][#]
09. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [Live, 1985] [Live][#]
10. Soul Kitchen [Live, 1985] [Live][#]
11. Action Woman [Live, 1985] [Live][#]
12. Paint It, Black [Live, 1985] [Live]
13. Run, Run, Run [Live, 1985] [Live]
14. Friction [Live, 1985] [Live]
15. Crocodiles [Live, 1985] [Live][#]
16. Heroin [Live, 1983] [Live][#]
17. Do It Clean [Live, 1983] [Live][#]
18. Cutter [Alternate Version][#]

Founded in 1978 and comprised of Ian McCulloch (vocals), Will Sergeant (guitars), Les Pattinson (bass), and Pete de Freitas (drums), Echo & The Bunnymen created a swirling fusion of gloomy postpunk and Doors-inspired psychedelia. They were key figures in the thriving club scene that put Liverpool on the pop map again for the first time since The Beatles. The Bunnymen rank among the most influential groups of the last two decades, their sound reverberating through acts as diverse as Pavement, The Flaming Lips, and Oasis. After a half-decade break that would reveal solo and side projects, as well as the McCulloch-less Bunnymen album Reverberation, the original lineup (minus Pete de Freitas, who died in a 1989 motorcycle accident) reunited in the mid-'90s and went on to create more of their best work. While the music and influence of Echo & The Bunnymen loom large on the modern rock landscape, strangely their albums never got the CD treatment they deserved?until now. The 4-disc Crystal Days (1979-1999) gathers songs from their seven albums for Sire and London, plus rarities and an extended live set from '85. Includes a gorgeous book with track-by-track quotes from Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant, liner notes from band publicist Mick Houghton, and a barrel of rare pix.