Echo & the Bunnymen discography

The discography of Echo & the Bunnymen, an English post-punk band which formed in 1978, consists of thirteen studio albums, ten live albums, nine compilation albums, eight extended plays (EP), and thirty singles on Zoo Records; WEA and its subsidiaries, Korova, Sire Records, London Records and Rhino; Cooking Vinyl; and Ocean Rain Records, as well as five music VHS/DVDs, and twenty-two music videos.

Echo & the Bunnymen discography
Echo & the Bunnymen in concert in Rio de Janeiro in 2012
Studio albums	13
EPs	8
Live albums	10
Compilation albums	9
Singles	30
Video albums	5
Music videos	22

Echo & the Bunnymen's original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas had joined as the band's drummer, and their debut album, Crocodiles, met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 20. Their second album, Heaven Up Here (1981), again found favour with critics and reached number 10 in the UK. The band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the mid-1980s, as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with the single "The Cutter", and the attendant album, Porcupine (1983), which reached number two in the UK. The next release, Ocean Rain (1984), regarded as their landmark release, spawned the hit singles "The Killing Moon", "Silver" and "Seven Seas". One more studio album, Echo & the Bunnymen (1987), was released before McCulloch left the band to pursue a solo career in 1988. The following year, de Freitas was killed in a motorcycle accident, and the band re-emerged with a new line-up. Sergeant and Pattinson were joined by Noel Burke as lead singer, Damon Reece on drums and Jake Brockman on keyboards. They released Reverberation in 1990, but the disappointing critical and commercial reaction it received culminated with a complete disbanding in early 1993.

After working together as Electrafixion, McCulloch, Sergeant and Pattinson regrouped in 1997 and returned as Echo & the Bunnymen with the UK Top 10 hit "Nothing Lasts Forever". An album of new material, Evergreen, was greeted enthusiastically by critics and the band made a successful return to the live arena. Though Pattinson left the group for a second time, McCulloch and Sergeant continue to record as Echo & the Bunnymen, releasing What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (1999), Flowers (2001), Siberia (2005), The Fountain (2009), and Meteorites (2014).

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions							Certifications
		UK [1][2]	AUS [3][4]	US [5]	CAN	FRA [6]	SWE [7]	NZ [8]
Crocodiles	Released: 18 July 1980 Label: Korova (#KODE 1) Formats: LP, cassette	17	—	—	—	—	—	36	BPI: Gold[9]
Heaven Up Here	Released: 24 June 1981 Label: Sire (#SIRE 3) Format: LP	10	—	184	—	—	—	17
Porcupine	Released: 23 February 1983 Label: Sire (#SIRE 6) Format: LP	2	47	137	85 [10]	—	24	15	BPI: Gold[9]
Ocean Rain	Released: 24 August 1984 Label: Sire (#SIRE 8) Formats: LP, cassette	4	58	87	41 [11]	—	22	10	BPI: Gold[9]
Echo & the Bunnymen	Released: 6 July 1987 Label: Sire (#SIRE 108) Formats: LP, CD	4	70	51	51 [12]	—	22	26	BPI: Silver[9]
Reverberation	Released: 5 November 1990 Label: Sire (#SIRE 14) Formats: LP, Cassette, CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Evergreen	Released: 1 July 1997 Label: London (#828 905-2) Format: CD	8	98	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Gold[9]
What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?	Released: 1 June 1999 Label: London (#556 080-2) Format: CD	21	—	—	—	—	—	—
Flowers	Released: 22 May 2001 Label: Cooking Vinyl (#COOK 208) Formats: CD, LP	56	—	—	—	—	—	—
Siberia	Released: 20 September 2005 Label: Cooking Vinyl (#COOK CD 297) Format: CD	83 [13]	—	—	—	161	—	—
The Fountain	Released: 12 October 2009 Label: Ocean Rain (#OCEAN001CD) Formats: CD, download	63 [14]	—	—	—	176	—	—
Meteorites	Released: 3 June 2014 Label: 429 Formats: CD, download	37	—	138	—	—	—	—
The Stars, the Oceans & the Moon	Released: 5 October 2018 Label: BMG Formats: CD, download	11	—	—[A]	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Title	Album details
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert	Released: 18 September 1992 Label: Windsong International (#WINCD006) Format: CD
Live in Liverpool	Released: 6 June 2002 Label: Cooking Vinyl (#COOK CD 223) Format: CD
Instant Live: Fillmore – San Francisco, CA, 12/5/05	Released: 2006 Label: Instant Live Format: CD
Instant Live: House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA, 12/6/05	Released: 2006 Label: Instant Live Format: CD
Instant Live: House of Blues – Anaheim, CA, 12/7/05	Released: 2006 Label: Instant Live Format: CD
Instant Live: House of Blues – San Diego, CA, 12/9/05	Released: 2006 Label: Instant Live Format: CD
Me, I'm All Smiles	Released: 18 September 2006 Label: Secret (#SMACD 938) Format: CD
Breaking the Back of Love	Released: April 2008 Label: Great American (#CD-GA-964) Format: CD
Ocean Rain Live 2008	Released: 31 May 2009 Labels: Echo & The Bunnymen, California Dreamin' Formats: CD+DVD, download
Do It Clean	Released: 13 June 2011 Label: Ocean Rain Records Format: CD
It's All Live Now	Released: 2017 Label: Run Out Groove Format: LP

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications
		UK [2]	AUS [3]	US [5]	NZ [8]
Songs to Learn & Sing	Released: 11 November 1985 Label: Korova (#KODE 13) Formats: LP, cassette, CD	6	57	158	25	BPI: Gold[9]
The Cutter	Released: 15 March 1993 Label: WEA (#4509 91886-2) Format: CD	—	—	—	—
Ballyhoo	Released: 1997 Label: WEA (#0630-19103-2) Format: CD	59	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[9]
Crystal Days: 1979–1999	Released: 17 July 2001 Label: Rhino (#R2 74263) Format: 4-CD box set	—	—	—	—
Seven Seas	Released: 12 September 2005 Label: WEA (#5101-10402-2) Format: CD	20	—	—	—
More Songs to Learn and Sing	Released: 11 September 2006 Label: Korova (#KODE 1011 Z) Format: CD	47	—	—	—
Killing Moon: The Best of Echo & the Bunnymen	Released: 3 December 2007 Label: Music Club Deluxe (#MCDLX075) Format: CD	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[9]
B-sides & Live	Released: 3 December 2007 Label: Cooking Vinyl Format: Digital download	—	—	—	—
The Works	Released: 31 March 2008 Labels: Rhino, WEA (#427747) Format: 3-CD box set	—	—	—	—
The Killing Moon – The Singles 1980–1990	Released: 7 July 2017 Labels: Warner Music Group Format: CD	—	—	—	—
The John Peel Sessions 1979–1983	Released: 6 September 2019 Labels: Korova, WEA Format: Vinyl, MP3, CD		—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other album appearances

Year	Song	Album	Notes
1979	"Monkeys"[16]	Street To Street: A Liverpool Album	The title was misspelled as "Monkies" on the sleeve and inner record label.
1981	"The Puppet"[17]	Urgh! A Music War soundtrack	Live version recorded at the Lyceum Ballroom, London on 7 September 1980.
1982	"Villiers Terrace"[18]	To the Shores of Lake Placid	A previously unreleased version from the 1979 John Peel session.
1982	"All That Jazz"[19]	Life in the European Theater
1984	"Zimbo"[20]	Raindrops Pattering on Banana Leaves and Other Tunes	Live performance from the 1982 WOMAD festival with The Royal Burundi Drummers.
1991	"Action Woman"	Pebbles, Volume 1	A cover of a song by The Litter as a bonus track for the 1991 CD re-issue of the 1978 garage compilation album.
1992	"Foggy Notion"[21]	Heaven and Hell Vol.2: a Tribute to the Velvet Underground	A previously unreleased track, with singer Noel Burke.
1998	"Fools Like Us"[22]	Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence soundtrack	A previously unreleased track.
1998	"Just a Touch Away"[23]	Dark City soundtrack
2005	"The Cutter"[24]	Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story	The music video of the 1983 single.
2006	"Lips Like Sugar [Way Out West Remix Edit]"[25]	Future Retro	A previously unreleased mix of the 1987 single.

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions			Notes
		UK [2]	IRE [26]	NZ [8]
Shine So Hard	Released: 10 April 1981 Label: Korova (#ECHO 1) Formats: 12-inch vinyl, cassette	37	—	26
The Sound of Echo	Released: February 1984 Label: Korova (#9239871) Format: 12-inch vinyl	—	—	—	Also known as The Echo and the Bunnymen EP and The Never Stop EP.
Life at Brian's – Lean and Hungry	Released: 6 July 1984 Label: Korova (#KOW 35F) Format: Double 7-inch vinyl	16	10	—	Numbered limited edition of the "Seven Seas" single.
The Peel Sessions	Released: 1988 Label: Strange Fruit Records (#SFPS060) Formats: 12-inch vinyl, cassette, CD	—	—	—
New Live and Rare	Released: 1988 Label: WEA (#22P2-2155) Format: CD	—	—	—
World Tour E.P.	Released: 1997 Label: PolyGram (#POCD1270) Format: CD	—	—	—
Avalanche	Released: October 2000 Label: Gimme Music (#ECHO1) Format: CD	—	—	—
Live from Glasgow	Released: 12 October 2009 Label: Ocean Rain Format: Download	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions						Certifications	Album
		UK [2]	US Alt. [27]	CAN Alt.	IRE [26]	NZ [8]	AUS [28]
1979	"The Pictures on My Wall"	—	—	—	—	—	—		Crocodiles
1980	"Rescue"	62	—	—	—	—	—
	"The Puppet"	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
1981	"Crocodiles"	37	—	—	—	—	—		Crocodiles
	"A Promise"	49	—	—	—	—	—		Heaven Up Here
	"Over the Wall"	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982	"The Back of Love"	19	—	—	24	—	—		Porcupine
	"Fuel"	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	"The Cutter"	8	—	—	10	30	67
	"Never Stop"	15	—	—	8	49	—		Non-album single
1984	"The Killing Moon"	9	—	—	7	12	96	BPI: Gold[9]	Ocean Rain
	"Silver"	30	—	—	14	—	—
	"Seven Seas"	16	—	—	10	—	—
1985	"Bring On the Dancing Horses"	21	—	—	15	31	78		Songs to Learn & Sing
1987	"The Game"	28	—	—	—	—	—		Echo & the Bunnymen
	"Lips Like Sugar"	36	—	—	24	43	—
	"Bedbugs and Ballyhoo"	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	"People Are Strange"	29	—	—	13 [B]	—	—		The Lost Boys soundtrack
1990	"Enlighten Me"	96	8	—	—	—	—		Reverberation
1991	"Prove Me Wrong"	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
1992	"Inside Me, Inside You"	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	"Nothing Lasts Forever"	8	—	—	—	—	—		Evergreen
	"I Want to Be There (When You Come)"	30	26	16 [29]	—	—	—
	"Don't Let It Get You Down"	50	—	—	—	—	—
1999	"Rust"	22	—	—	—	—	—		What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?
	"Get in the Car"	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	"It's Alright"	41	—	—	—	—	—		Flowers
	"Make Me Shine"	84 [30]	—	—	—	—	—
2005	"Stormy Weather"	55	—	—	—	—	—		Siberia
	"In the Margins"	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	"Scissors in the Sand"	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	"Think I Need It Too"	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Fountain
2014	"Lovers On the Run"	—	—	—	—	—	—		Meteorites
2018	"Seven Seas (Transformed)"	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Stars, The Ocean & The Moon

Other singles appearances

Year	Song	Single	Notes
1990	"What Time Is Love? (Echo & The Bunnymen Mix)"[31]	"What Time Is Love? (Remodelled & Remixed)"	A remix of The KLF single by Echo & the Bunnymen.
1998	"(How Does it Feel to Be) on Top of the World?"[32]	"(How Does It Feel To Be) On Top of the World"	England's official 1998 World Cup song by England United (Echo & the Bunnymen, the Spice Girls, Ocean Colour Scene and Space).

Video albums

Title	Album details	Notes
Shine So Hard	Released: 1982 Label: Atlas Adventures Format: VHS	Released in a limited edition of 500.
Porcupine – An Atlas Adventure	Released: 1983 Label: Castle Hendring (#HEN2 001) Format: VHS
Pictures on My Wall	Released: 1985 Label: Warner Music Vision Format: VHS	Re-released 14 September 1998
Live in Liverpool	Released: 24 September 2002 Label: Cooking Vinyl (#COOKDVD001) Format: DVD
Dancing Horses	Released: 23 April 2007 Label: Pinnacle Vision (#SMADVD257X) Format: DVD

Other video album appearances

Year	Song	Video	Notes
1981	"The Puppet"[33]	Urgh! A Music War	Recorded at the Lyceum Ballroom, London on 7 September 1980.
2004	"Lips Like Sugar"[34]	F.I.B. Heineken 2003	Recorded at the 2003 Benicàssim International Festival.
	"Nothing Lasts Forever"[35]	Later... with Jools Holland – Cool Britannia	Recorded for the BBC Television programme Later... with Jools Holland.
	"Lips Like Sugar"[36]	Essential Music Videos: '80s UK	The promotional music video released in 1987.
	"The Killing Moon"[37]	Donnie Darko	An easter egg on the region 2 Metrodome version of the DVD. Performance is from the 2002 DVD Live in Liverpool.
2005	"Seven Seas"[38]	The Work of Director Anton Corbijn	The promotional music video released in 1984.

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1983	"The Back of Love"	Bill Butt[39]
	"In Bluer Skies"
	"The Cutter"
	"My White Devil"
	"Porcupine"
	"Heads Will Roll"
	"Higher Hell"	Anton Corbijn[33]
1984	"The Killing Moon"	Brian Griffin[33]
	"Seven Seas"	Anton Corbijn[40]
1985	"Bring on the Dancing Horses"
1987	"Bedbugs and Ballyhoo"
	"The Game"
	"Lips Like Sugar"
	"People Are Strange"	Joel Schumacher Anton Corbijn
1990	"Enlighten Me"
1997	"I Want to Be There (When You Come)"	Norman Watson[41][42]
	"Nothing Lasts Forever"
1999	"Rust"	The Douglas Brothers[42]
2001	"It's Alright"	Gavin Gordon-Rogers[43]
	"Make Me Shine"	Hambi Haralambous[43]
2005	"Stormy Weather"
	"In the Margins"
2014	"Lovers On the Run"	Roger Sargent

Notes

1. The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon reached number 70 on Billboard's United States Top Current Albums chart, which ranks the best-selling recently-released albums in the country.^[15] It was never on the Billboard 200 chart, which counts catalog albums in addition to current releases.
2. Chart position for the 1991 reissue; the 1987 chart position was No. 21.