Echo And The Bunnymen : Ballyhoo - The Best Of

Length: 67:44

Released to coincide with Echo & the Bunnymen's 1997 comeback, the 18-track Ballyhoo is an attempt to assemble a definitive overview of the group's seminal '80s material, yet it falls short of the mark. Ballyhoo essentially replicates the bulk of 1985's Songs to Learn & Sing, adding three tracks from their eponymous 1987 album and their non-LP cover of 'People Are Strange.' Meanwhile, four songs ( 'Angels and Devils,' 'Simple Stuff,' 'Pride and the Puppet,' 'Read It in Books' ) are eliminated in favor of 'All That Jazz,' 'Villiers Terrace,' 'Over the Wall,' and 'The Disease.' Those four songs are good, and the remaining singles -- 'The Cutter,' 'The Killing Moon,' 'Bring on the Dancing Horses' -- are post-punk classics, but Ballyhoo still overlooks too much fine material to be a definitive retrospective. Instead, it's simply a respectable, solid introduction. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Definitive 18 track hits collection of their Korova singles,1981-1987. Includes 'Lips Like Sugar', 'The Cutter', 'Bring On The Dancing Horses', 'Bedbugs And Ballyhoo', 'The Killing Moon', 'Silver', 'Seven Seas', 'Never Stop' and 'Rescue'.1997 Korova/ Warner Music release.