Don't Let It Get You Down
I Want To Be There (When You Come)
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 & Ballyhoo (live At The Improv Theatre, 1999)
Nothing Lasts Forever (radio One Jo Whiley acoustic Session 1997)
The Killing Moon (radio One Jo Whiley acoustic Session 1997)
Baseball Bill (radio One live At The Kilburn National 1997)
Just A Touch Away (radio One live At The Kilburn National 1997)
I'll Fly Tonight (radio One live At The Kilburn National 1997)
Altamont (radio One 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 (radio One live Lounge Session 1999)
Nothing Lasts Forever (radio One live Lounge Session 1999)
Review: It's now 25 years since Echo and the Bunnymen reformed (the Liverpool-born band initially disbanded in 1993) and recorded 'Evergreen', their seventh studio album. While reviews were mixed at the time, there's no doubt that it's as jangly, timeless-sounding and sonically gorgeous as any of their more acclaimed albums of the '80s and early '90s. Given that it was released at the height of 'Britpop' (Liam Gallagher provided backing vocals on 'Nothing Lasts Forever', a by-product of Oasis recording in the studio next-door), it's sound is far baggier, looser and warmer than much of the music being made by their younger rivals. On this expanded anniversary edition, the original (if remastered) set is joined by a disc of live recordings, both from their own shows and promotional radio sessions, all of which were laid to tape between 1997 and '99.
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