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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. The Flickering Wall | |||
| 2. The White House | |||
| 3. Proud to Fall | |||
| 4. The Cape | |||
| 5. Candleland | |||
| 6. Horse's Head | |||
| 7. Faith and Healing | |||
| 8. I Know You Well | |||
| 9. In Bloom | |||
| 10. Start Again | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Proud to Fall (Long Night's Journey Mix) | |||
| 2. Pots of Gold | |||
| 3. The Dead End | |||
| 4. Everything Is Real | |||
| 5. The Circle Game | |||
| 6. Candleland (The Second Coming) (Extended) | |||
| 7. Big Days | |||
| 8. The World Is Flat | |||
| 9. Wassailing in the Dark | |||
| 10. Faith and Healing (UK 7" Remix) | |||
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Product Description
CD Description
Disc 1
CANDLELAND
1. The Flickering Wall
2. The White Hotel
3. Proud to Fall
4. The Cape
5. Candleland
6. Horse's Head
7. Faith And Healing
8. I Know You Well
9. In Bloom
10. Start Again
BONUS TRACKS
11. September Song [Short Version]
12. Cockles And Mussels
13. September Song [Long Version]
14. Faith And Healing [The Carpenter's Son Mix]
15. Toad
16. Fear Of The Known
17. Rocket Ship
Disc 2
1. Proud To Fall [Long Night's Journey Mix]
2. Pots Of Gold
3. The Dead End
4. Everything Is Real
5. The Circle Game
6. Candleland (The Second Coming) [extended]
7. Big Days
8. The World Is Flat
9. Wassailing In The Night
10. Faith And Healing [UK 7" Remix]
11. Faith And Healing [7" Remix]
12. Faith And Healing [12" Remix]
13. Faith And Healing [Club Mix]
14. Faith And Healing [12" Dub]
15. Faith And Healing [Rock Mix]
CANDLELAND
1. The Flickering Wall
2. The White Hotel
3. Proud to Fall
4. The Cape
5. Candleland
6. Horse's Head
7. Faith And Healing
8. I Know You Well
9. In Bloom
10. Start Again
BONUS TRACKS
11. September Song [Short Version]
12. Cockles And Mussels
13. September Song [Long Version]
14. Faith And Healing [The Carpenter's Son Mix]
15. Toad
16. Fear Of The Known
17. Rocket Ship
Disc 2
1. Proud To Fall [Long Night's Journey Mix]
2. Pots Of Gold
3. The Dead End
4. Everything Is Real
5. The Circle Game
6. Candleland (The Second Coming) [extended]
7. Big Days
8. The World Is Flat
9. Wassailing In The Night
10. Faith And Healing [UK 7" Remix]
11. Faith And Healing [7" Remix]
12. Faith And Healing [12" Remix]
13. Faith And Healing [Club Mix]
14. Faith And Healing [12" Dub]
15. Faith And Healing [Rock Mix]
About the Artist
Edsel is proud to announce its reissue programme of Echo & The Bunnymen front man s three solo albums, expanded to include all the non-album a- and b-sides, remixes and live tracks, the lyrics and notes by Terry Staunton, in a slipcased set.
Ian McCulloch s first solo release was a single, a cover of Kurt Weil s September Song , released in 1984, but he didn t issue his first solo album until 1989, having quit Echo & The Bunnymen shortly after the release of the band s eponymous fifth long player, a record that came to be known as The Grey Album .
This release features twenty-two bonus tracks, starting with September Song and including all the non-album tracks from Candleland s associated singles and seven mixes of Faith And Healing .
Ian McCulloch s first solo release was a single, a cover of Kurt Weil s September Song , released in 1984, but he didn t issue his first solo album until 1989, having quit Echo & The Bunnymen shortly after the release of the band s eponymous fifth long player, a record that came to be known as The Grey Album .
This release features twenty-two bonus tracks, starting with September Song and including all the non-album tracks from Candleland s associated singles and seven mixes of Faith And Healing .
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Firstly, though this record succeeds the Bunnymen (the legendary and brilliant Scouse-pop band McCulloch sang with) by a couple of years, it has dated much more than any of that seminal band's work. Mostly this is down to the fact that rather than working out his own sound (as the Bunnymen did), McCulloch instead places himself in the Leonard Cohen-esque role of songwriter, and perhaps in an unintentional homage to Cohen's I'm Your Man (an otherwise cracking record), leaves the song arrangements in the hands of some seriously '80s synthesiser fetishist. The songs aren't really of Bunnymen quality either, but this is not to say they're unmelodic - the key thing to bear in mind here is 'McCulloch does Cohen'. Indeed, some even have quite a bit of charm, most notably the closing song 'Start Again' which, extreme '80s-ness and all, is on a par with the Bunnymen's Ocean Rain and the undoubted highlight of this record.
So what I'd say is: don't come to this record expecting a long-lost Bunnymen record. It isn't. If you come to it with an open mind, however, you will probably quite enjoy it, and it is very clearly the predecessor of the Bunnymen's 1999 album What Are You Going to Do With Your Life?
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Following the break-up of the Bunnymen (and death of his father) Ian McCulloch went solo and released this deeply introspective and sombre album to yawning indifference in 1989. Given that it was released at the height of Acid House and the Madchester phenomenon (the Happy Mondays' album Bummed was released in 1988 and Pills 'n' Thrills in 1990) it inevitably didn't make much of a splash. I remember seeing Ian at the Manchester Ritz in 1989 when he was touring Candleland and the venue was only half-full. And just to be even more unfashionable he had earlier released a cover of Kurt Weill's brooding classic September Song.
But twenty years on one can see this album in a different light for it contains a wonderful array of songs, the greatest of which is the title track.
McCulloch sings and plays guitar on the album and Ray Shulman produces it as well as plays bass guitar and keyboards on most of the songs so it's really a joint effort. But McCulloch takes all of the songwriting credits of course.
Highlights of the ten songs for me are Proud To Fall, The Flickering Wall (New Order-ish guitars), Horses Head (classic Bunnymen sound), I Know You Well (aching lyrics) and Start Again (sobbing passion) with only The Cape and In Bloom providing chugging filler material.
But the real stand-out track is the duet with his chanteuse Elizabeth Frazer of the Cocteau Twin on Candleland, truly one of the great duets of all time. Why this single wasn't a No 1 is a mystery to me. Their voices meld so beautifully that every time Liz chimes in with Ian you get a tingle down your spine. Fabulous stuff.
The CD is long deleted but individual tracks are downloadable. Candleland is a must for every record collection. Wonderful Wonderland.
But twenty years on one can see this album in a different light for it contains a wonderful array of songs, the greatest of which is the title track.
McCulloch sings and plays guitar on the album and Ray Shulman produces it as well as plays bass guitar and keyboards on most of the songs so it's really a joint effort. But McCulloch takes all of the songwriting credits of course.
Highlights of the ten songs for me are Proud To Fall, The Flickering Wall (New Order-ish guitars), Horses Head (classic Bunnymen sound), I Know You Well (aching lyrics) and Start Again (sobbing passion) with only The Cape and In Bloom providing chugging filler material.
But the real stand-out track is the duet with his chanteuse Elizabeth Frazer of the Cocteau Twin on Candleland, truly one of the great duets of all time. Why this single wasn't a No 1 is a mystery to me. Their voices meld so beautifully that every time Liz chimes in with Ian you get a tingle down your spine. Fabulous stuff.
The CD is long deleted but individual tracks are downloadable. Candleland is a must for every record collection. Wonderful Wonderland.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Michael 80
Format:Audio CD
It's hard to imagine Ian McCulloch without his Bunnymen, but on his solo debut from 1989 no harm is done. Thoroughly enjoyable, Candleland finds him at his most commercial and tuneful spirit representing the Alternative 80s. Cocteau Twins' Liz Fraser guests of the titlecut as well. This remastered & expanded 2cd set from Edsel should be on everyone's list.
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heaven
cherished memories have been rekindled by hearing this again.
these memories arrived on my door mat in great time and in perfect condition as promised
these memories arrived on my door mat in great time and in perfect condition as promised
Published 24 days ago by Mr. Paul Fudge
3.0 out of 5 stars
To fall from grace
Oh dear what can one say
Ian Mculloch is a lazy bugger and closer examination of his historical works, shows us that he has a tendency to recycle Bunnymen reject songs into... Read more
Ian Mculloch is a lazy bugger and closer examination of his historical works, shows us that he has a tendency to recycle Bunnymen reject songs into... Read more
Published 8 months ago by P. Frizelle
4.0 out of 5 stars
An enjoyable solo outing from the Bunnymen's frontman
At least the lyrics on this album are suitably dark and foreboding, in the style of Echo and the Bunnymen, even if much of the music and production is not. Read more
Published on 3 July 2003
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