Audio CD review:
Echo & the Bunnymen - What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?

Echo & the Bunnymen - What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?

Band: Echo & the Bunnymen Title: What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? Rating: Release Date: 22 June, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? 2: Rust 3: Get In The Car 4: Baby Rain 5: History Chimes 6: Lost On You 7: Morning Sun 8: When It All Blows Over 9: Fools Like Us

Editoral Review While it is great to hear Ian McCulloch's voice again, don't expect the cracked squeal and bark that helped to establish the band as a bastion of early alternative music. It's a fair question, and one that is equally fair to ask of the band: What have they done with their lives? If this album is any indication, they have grown up. Here, his voice is tamed, deep, steady, and a little weary. Fans of older Echo albums will hear this and think of a reunion with an old friend who, once excitable and angry, has become worldly and reflective. The tracks are unhurried and swirling, like a strong river current. Ringing rhythm guitar replaces naked post-punk melody. String and horn accompaniments are so mellow that removed from the context of these songs they are nothing short of Muzak. This is still the Echo and the Bunnymen you know and love, but the album rallies against the one thing you shouldn't do with your life: live in the past. --Beth Massa .. You can see a complete list of all Echo & the Bunnymen discography, or go back to the Echo & the Bunnymen tabs