Ballyhoo [IMPORT]

Echo & The Bunnymen

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B00000B5FM
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #169,465 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
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 KillingMoon', 'Silver', 'Seven Seas', 'Never Stop' and 'Rescue'. 1997 Korova/ Warner Music release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best single disc overview of the other great Liverpool band, January 25, 2005

By	G C. Todd "GCT" (Memphis) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Although this release is an import, thus, harder to find at a good price, it's a much better set than the widely available collection "Songs to Learn and Sing". [This c.d. is inexplicably described by Amazon as a "boxed set" which it's not.] With 18 songs vs 11 and great sequencing, this single disc anthology represents an ideal intro to the band or a great set for those who wants a quick fix periodically. For the committed fans, the 4 disc collection Crystal Days is, of course, essential. (update: As of 11/06 a new compilation, "More Songs to Learn and Sing" has been released which is also an excellent purchase as it significantly improves on the older hits collection.)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best of the 1980s college rock bands, January 20, 2005

By	J. Simon (Canton, Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Echo and the Bunnymen. Better than the Smiths, the Cure, Depeche Mode, REM, etc. although all of those bands are great too. A great rythm section, one of the most inventive guitarists of the era, and arguably the genre's greatest frontman, perhaps one of rock's greatest. "The Killing Moon" is one of the best songs of the 1980s, up there with "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Just Like Honey" in the alternative/indie canon. This is a great collection of songs from the band's first five albums. It fails to include "The Puppet" which is on the "Songs to Learn and Sing" compilation, but it adds "Villiers Terrace, All That Jazz, Over the Wall, The Disease, People Are Strange, The Game, Lips Like Sugar," and "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo," making it the superior collection. Buy it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Even more songs to learn and sing., November 29, 2005

By	H3@+h (VT) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This import collection is far superior to their other "Songs To Learn And Sing" disc. It reminds me of how much better the Police import "Greatest Hits" is than the "Classics" album. "Ballyhoo" is 18 tracks, and includes songs like "Over The Wall", "The Game", and the cover of "People Are Strange" that the other collection missed. Plus it has "Lips Like Sugar", which I think is one of the best alternative songs of the 80's. If you hesitate to get this because of the price, I bought it used through Amazon for less than half that amount, and in perfect condition. A must for fans of The Cure, Smiths, etc.