Label: London
Reissued 12/9/2022, Originally released 1997
In 1997, after a lengthy hiatus, Echo & The Bunnymen returned to the fore with Evergreen, revealing the brighter side of the band, and standing up with any of their earlier work. The self-produced album was recorded at The Doghouse in Henley-On-Thames with additional strings, horns, and vocal arrangements recorded at Abbey Road. The album saw the band rightfully return to the UK album charts at #8, with three singles ("Nothing Lasts Forever", "I Want to Be There (When You Come)", and "Don't Let It Get You Down") entering the UK top 50. "Nothing Lasts Forever" (with backing vocals and tambourine by Liam Gallagher) has grown to become one of the band's most enduring and well-loved songs -- a UK Top 10 and a fan favorite to this day. To celebrate its 25-year anniversary, London Records releases Evergreen. Double-CD version is remastered and expanded; includes studio B-sides, live and acoustic sessions, and previously unreleased versions across 33 tracks.
Track listing:
- Don't Let It Get You Down
- In My Time
- I Want to Be There (When You Come)
- Evergreen
- I'll Fly Tonight
- Nothing Lasts Forever
- Baseball Bill
- Altamont
- Just a Touch Away
- Empire State Halo
- Too Young to Kneel
- Forgiven
- Watchtower
- Polly
- Hurracaine
- Colour Me in
- Antelope
- Jonny
CD 2
- I Want to Be There (When You Come)(Live at the Improv Theatre, 1999)
- Rescue (Live at the Improv Theatre, 1999)
- Lips Like Sugar (Live at the Improv Theatre, 1999)
- Bedbugs and Ballyhoo (Live at the Improv Theatre, 1999)
- Nothing Lasts Forever (Radio One Jo Whiley Session, 1997)
- The Killing Moon (Radio One Jo Whiley Session, 1997)
- Baseball Bill (Live at the Kilburn National, 1997)
- Just a Touch Away (Live at the Kilburn National, 1997)
- I'll Fly Tonight (Live at the Kilburn National, 1997)
- Altamont (Live at the Kilburn National, 1997)
- Lips Like Sugar (Whyt Radio Acoustic Version, 1997)
- I Want to Be There (When You Come)(Whyt Radio Acoustic Version, 1997)
- The Killing Moon (Whyt Radio Acoustic Version, 1997)
- Forgiven (GLR Robert Elms Acoustic Session, 1997)
- Nothing Lasts Forever (Radio One Live Lounge Session, 1999)