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Porcupine: 25th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded Edition [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]

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  • Audio CD (3 Nov 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Wsm
  • ASIN: B0000E2PY4
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,054 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. The Cutter
2. The Back Of Love
3. My White Devil
4. Clay
5. Porcupine
6. Heads Will Roll
7. Ripeness
8. Higher Hell
9. Gods Will Be Gods
10. In Bluer Skies
11. Fuel
12. The Cutter (Alt. Vers)
13. My White Devil (Alt Vers)
14. Porcupine (Alt. Vers)
15. Ripeness (Alt. Vers)
16. Gods Will Be Gods (Alt. Vers)
17. Never Stop (Discotheque)

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Long out of print in the United States before its 2004 reissue, PORCUPINE, Echo & the Bunnymen's third album, has garnered a reputation for being as prickly as its namesake. Although the record is lined with jagged guitars and is arguably the band's darkest offering, these aspects suit the Bunnymenjust fine. Ian McCulloch, in particular, sounds right at home on this brooding set of songs, with his deep, Jim Morrison-esque vocals perfectly conveying his intriguing, shadowy tales.
PORCUPINE is front-loaded with its two key singles--the startling "The Cutter" and the strangely grand "The Back of Love". Both songs benefit from the dramatic string playing of Shankar, who also lends an ominous drone to "Heads Will Roll". Throughout the album, McCulloch conjures up vivid lyrical imagery with his powerful voice, from the demonic depths of "My White Devil" and "Higher Hell" to the soaring heights of "God Will Be Gods" and "In Bluer Skies". The 2004 expanded edition includes five alternate versions of album tracks, along with the excellent B-side "Fuel" and the much-loved single "Never Stop (Discotheque)", rounding out a recordthat holds its own with other revered Bunnymen outings.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just like my lower heaven..., 30 Jul 2004
Echo & The Bunnymen: Masters of the sacred art of album making.

Porcupine is volume 3 in the possibly greatest succession of albums ever... Crocodiles to Echo & The Bunnymen... and it is a worthy installment.

Following 81's dark and atmospheric Heaven Up Here, Porcupine is ready to progress accordingly and shows the growth of the Bunnymen as artists. In Crocodiles the sound was aggressive with a focus on drums. Heaven Up Here put the guitar in the spotlight with better (and quite frankly awesome) pipes from macca. Porcupine takes this and, looking back, bridges the gap from Heaven Up Here to Ocean Rain, whilst still being a quality record on its own. There are times where you can really feel the cold of its predecessor (with appropriate artwork), paticularly on Higher Hell, Porcupine and The Cutter with familiar lyrics and vocals. Difference comes with the sound which has been refined from the rawness of the two albums before, incorporating a greater range of instruments like strings and various percussion, whilst flexing some serious production muscle. However its important not to get carried away with Porcupine being a paticularly dark record as its just not. It is, like the cover, reminiscent of a snowy, blizzardy day (paticularly with the xylophony-bits) that is magical and wondrous but not exactly heart-warming. The songs are stuctured with real Bunnymen sophistication and mystery, but at the same time retaining just the right amount of accessibility as displayed on Back of Love. Its easy to see where they went from here, taking a little bit of the chilliness into 'Nocturnal Me' and twisting into a bit of eccentricity with 'Thorn of Crowns' on the following album.

Porcupine is solid and sophisticated. It is chilly and cool without being morbid or depressing. The instrumental arrangements are spot on without being showy or extravagant. This repackaged issue is actually pretty good, with polished sound and, interestingly, alternative versions of tracks which in some cases are better than their album equivalents. Not to mention Fuel and Never Stop which have typical Bunnymen quality all over them.

Despite all of this goodness... its still fourth in the pecking order. Never mind that though, just buy it anyway.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars freezing cold!, 7 Jan 2006
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Never has there been an album whose title or cover were more appropriate...porcupine is by far the most difficult, claustrophobic bunnymen lp to listen to, but that doesn't mean it's not worth it. It doesn't have the obvious emotional ache or talking heads-esque rhythms of heaven up here, it's just very bunnymen, inspired by nobody else. It seems a bit frosty at first, creeping on too quietly,, but once you've let it into your head it stays there. The icy little rhythms are class and mac's vocals are subtler than they've been before, but they really get under the skin. Of course the back of love is here and thats just rockin' so no more needs to be said on that. Glacial, spiky, precarious and aching with restraint that makes the occasional outburst all the more powerful...buy!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars bunnymen at their best, 24 April 2004
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In my opinion, this album represented the bunnymen at their best.
I wasat college around this time, and remember putting loads of money in thebar juke box to play the glorious single 'The Cutter' over and overagain.
I also saw them at the Royal Albert Hall during the summer of 1983 - thebest live concert I ever saw them do.
The album is an intense rollercoaster of melancholic splendour.
So many highlights - with wonderful guitar breaks of varying manic speed -Back of Love/ Heads will Roll / Gods will be Gods -and slower tracks thatstill display great tension - Porcupine / Higher Hell / In BluerSkies.
Great vocals and lyrics, with passion and angst.
In conclusion - this album was their finest moment - and still soundsstunning and exciting 21 years later.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless classic
When I first bought this album in 1983 I was struck by how unmemorable the songs were. Don't misunderstand me - I loved hearing the album but it was the uncatchiest record I had... Read more
Published 11 months ago by L. Holland

4.0 out of 5 stars My God forgot
Its easy to review Albums when they start off with such a blast as this. Quite simply 'The Cutter' and 'The Back of Love' are two of the best songs written by the Bunnymen. Read more
Published 12 months ago by awol37

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album, extra tracks detract more than they add
PORCUPINE is a masterpiece of early-80's alternative, with epic songwriting and production that any of todays mysteriously popular bands like COLDPLAY would love to be able to... Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2005 by Simon Booth

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Album
I got this album again recently after having owned the original when it came out. My memory was that it somehow fell between the sound of Crocodiles/Heaven Up Here and Ocean Rain... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2004 by J. Mann

3.0 out of 5 stars 1983's messy album.
I've never been very keen on Porcupine, which does at least move away from the miserablism of Heaven Up Here- most of the songs sound curiously formless and it all comes across as... Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2003 by Jason Parkes

5.0 out of 5 stars Ripeness 'twice over'
Porcupine is an album that has stayed with me musically and mentally for twenty years now (amazing, is it really that long?!). Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2003 by M. Edwards

4.0 out of 5 stars The least essential of the four first albums
"Porcupine" was always my least favourite of the four first Bunnymen albums. It has neither the power of "Heaven Up Here" nor the melodic majesty of "Ocean Rain" and, in... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2003 by degrant

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