Crystal Days: 1979–1999

Crystal Days: 1979–1999
Box set by Echo & the Bunnymen
Released 17 July 2001
Recorded March 1979 – 15 March 1999
Genre Post-punk
Label Rhino
Producer

Compilation
Andy Zax

Original Recordings
Lars Aldman, David Balfe, Bill Drummond, Echo & the Bunnymen, Kevin Howlett, Hugh Jones, Laurie Latham, Ray Manzarek, Gil Norton, Alan Perman
Echo & the Bunnymen chronology
Flowers
(2001)		 Crystal Days: 1979–1999
(2001)		 Live in Liverpool
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
Q[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
Uncut[5]

Crystal Days: 1979–1999 is a four CD box set by Echo & the Bunnymen, which was released in July 2001. It is a retrospective of the band's work between 1979 and 1999, although it omits the material released when the band was fronted by Noel Burke (1990–92).

Track listing

All tracks written by Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "Monkeys" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) (original version) – 3.04
  2. "The Pictures on My Wall" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) (original single version) – 2.51
  3. "Read It in Books" (Julian Cope, McCulloch) (original single version) – 2.59
  4. "Villiers Terrace" (John Peel session 15 August 1979) – 4.13
  5. "Rescue" – 4.26
  6. "Simple Stuff" – 2.35
  7. "Stars Are Stars" – 2.47
  8. "All That Jazz" – 2.47
  9. "Crocodiles" – 2.40
  10. "The Puppet" – 3.07
  11. "Do It Clean" – 2.48
  12. "Show of Strength" −4.56
  13. "Over the Wall" – 6.06
  14. "A Promise" – 4.04
  15. "Heaven Up Here" −3.43
  16. "All My Colours" – 4.02
  17. "Broke My Neck" (long version) – 7.17
  18. "No Hands" (John Peel session 27 January 1982) – 3.11
  19. "Fuel" – 4.05
  20. "The Subject" – 5.09

Disc two

  1. "The Back of Love" – 3.15
  2. "The Cutter" – 3.52
  3. "Way Out and Up We Go" – 4.03
  4. "Clay" – 4.16
  5. "Heads Will Roll" – 3.33
  6. "Gods Will Be Gods" (alternate version) – 5.30
  7. "Never Stop (Discotheque)" – 4.46
  8. "Watch Out Below" (John Peel session 19 September 1983) – 2.50
  9. "The Killing Moon" (All Night version) – 9.13
  10. "Silver (Tidal Wave)" – 5.12
  11. "Angels and Devils" – 4.23
  12. "Crystal Days" – 2.26
  13. "Seven Seas" – 3.20
  14. "My Kingdom" – 4.06
  15. "Ocean Rain" – 5.18
  16. "All You Need Is Love" (Lennon–McCartney) – 6.42

Disc three

  1. "Bring on the Dancing Horses" – 4.05
  2. "Over Your Shoulder" – 4.07
  3. "Lover, I Love You" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 4.20
  4. "Satisfaction" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 4.11
  5. "New Direction" (original version) (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 4.23
  6. "Ship of Fools" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 4.04
  7. "All My Life" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 4.10
  8. "The Game" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 3.51
  9. "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo" – 3.29
  10. "Lips Like Sugar" (single mix) (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 4.37
  11. "People Are Strange" (full-length version) (Robbie Krieger, Jim Morrison) – 4.32
  12. "Rollercoaster" – 4.05
  13. "Don't Let It Get You Down" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 3.52
  14. "I Want to Be There (When You Come)" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 3.39
  15. "Nothing Lasts Forever" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 3.56
  16. "Hurricane" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 4.21
  17. "Rust" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 5.24
  18. "What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?" (McCulloch, Sergeant, Pattinson) – 5.11

Disc four

  1. "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 3.30
  2. "Start Again" (live 6 November 1987) (McCulloch) – 3.26
  3. "The Original Cutter – A Drop in the Ocean" – 4.00
  4. "Heads Will Roll" (Summer version) – 4.25
  5. "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo" (original single version) – 3.38
  6. "Zimbo" (live 17 July 1982 with The Royal Burundi Drummers) – 4.57
  7. "Angels and Devils" (live 25 April 1985) – 3.04
  8. "She Cracked" (live 4/85) (Jonathan Richman) – 2.54
  9. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (live 4/85) (Bob Dylan) – 3.33
  10. "Soul Kitchen" (live 25 April 1985) (John Densmore, Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Morrison) – 3.50
  11. "Action Woman" (live 25 April 1985) (Warren Kendrick) – 3.21
  12. "Paint It, Black" (live 25 April 1985) (Jagger/Richards) – 3.15
  13. "Run Run Run" (live 25 April 1985) (Lou Reed) – 3.59
  14. "Friction" (live 25 April 1985) (Tom Verlaine) – 4.44
  15. "Crocodiles" (live 25 April 1985) – 6.06
  16. "Heroin" (live 18 July 1983) (Reed) – 5.43
  17. "Do It Clean" (live 18 July 1983) – 8.18
  18. "The Cutter" (alternate version) – 4.06

Personnel

Musicians

Echo & the Bunnymen

Other musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ↑ Q review
  4. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  5. ↑ Uncut review
  6. ↑ French sound engineer at the Studio des Dames recording studio (Paris, France), misspelled as Henri Lonstan

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