Ocean Rain - a rare album, beautiful and haunting

Review Score: (10/10)
I am unsure if it can be said that this is the best Echo and the Bunnymen album, with such classic as Crocodiles and Heaven Up Here, but I would put this on my list of top five albums for the 80s above the rest. The songs are so hook laden you will be singing them for decades. This album weaves a balance between melancholy (Killing Moon, Nocturnal Me) and a wide-eyed hopefulness (Crystal Days, Seven Seas, Silver) that is rare and refreshing. Ocean Rain resonates on a deeper level than most bands ever dream of attempting, let alone accomplishing. The album has a much cleaner feel emotionally than a lot of the bands of the 90s. For me, it is one of the most beautiful and haunting albums ever written.

- st_severin@hotmail.com

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