Audio CD review:
Echo & the Bunnymen - Me, I'm All Smiles

Echo & the Bunnymen - Me, I'm All Smiles

Band: Echo & the Bunnymen Title: Me, I'm All Smiles Rating: Release Date: 25 September, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Going Up 2: With a Hip 3: Stormy Weather 4: Show of Strength 5: Bring on the Dancing Horses 6: Disease 7: Scissors in the Sand 8: All That Jazz 9: Back of Love 10: Killing Moon 11: In the Margins 12: Never Stop 13: Villiers Terrace 14: Of a Life 15: Rescue 16: Cutter 17: Nothing Lasts Forever 18: Lips Like Sugar 19: Ocean Rain

Customer Reviews Too many glitches It is sad that such a great band is marred by such sloppy mastering. The performances are very good and the sound quality is good, but there are many digital sounding glitches similar to a poor MP3. A fan will want this, but a perfectionist might be a bit annoyed. They tour often, and there is no reason for a CD to be released that is imperfect like this. Again, a great performance that is worth checking out, but just be ready for some distortions that get in the way of the performance. As good as it gets I was still pretty young and listening to corny pop rock when the grey album and Ocean Rain came out. I'll admit right off that I've never had the opportunity of seeing E&tB live. But I've gotten into them in the last few years, and really enjoy all of their stuff. This is a GREAT live album. All the predictable songs (Killing Moon, Lips Like Sugar, Rescue), all the usual songs (Villiers Terrace, Ocean Rain, etc. ), all the new songs from the newest album, and luckily some oldies and goodies. All the songs are played amazingly and are faithful to the original. This is a blistering show that sounds like a great representation of the shows they did to support Siberia. I like this one better than Live in Liverpool. The new songs, IMO, are better than the songs from Flowers. One beef is that at times the new songs stick out like a sore thumb in the flow of songs. For instance- the disc starts with Going Up and With a Hip, both pretty hard punk-ish songs. Then the twinkly sequencing of Stormy Weather comes up and sounds odd. It makes me giggle at the strangeness of it. This is a great set, and I really recommend it to all Bunny fans!. Long time Echo fans, here is a great CD for your collection Although the venue this was recorded from is obviously for the making of the CD (no one cheers when the songs from the album "Siberia" are sung) it is a well put together concert. Being an Echo fan for over 20 years and being priviledged to see them twice in concert in NYC I will say this is a great live album. Even though Ian's voice cracks and strains (too much smoke and drink?) he can still sing the Bunny tunes! A must have for Bunny fans!. . You can see a complete list of all Echo & the Bunnymen discography, or go back to the Echo & the Bunnymen tabs