Siberia (Echo & the Bunnymen album)
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Siberia | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 20 September 2005 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, post-punk, neo-psychedelia | |||
Length | 51:18 | |||
Label | Cooking Vinyl | |||
Producer | Hugh Jones | |||
Echo & the Bunnymen chronology | ||||
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Singles from Siberia | ||||
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Siberia is the tenth studio album by Echo & the Bunnymen. It was released on 20 September 2005 and received mixed reviews and was consequently the band's first album to not enter into the UK Top 75 Albums Chart.
The track "Of a Life" has the line "I want a song to learn and sing", which name-checks the band's 1985 compilation album Songs to Learn and Sing.
Reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 66/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Guardian | [3] |
NME | (3/10)[4] |
Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10)[5] |
Slant Magazine | [6] |
Spin | (favourable)[7] |
Stylus Magazine | (B)[8] |
Uncut | [9] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Siberia received an average score of 66, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Track listing
All tracks written by Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant.
- "Stormy Weather" – 4:24
- "All Because of You Days" – 5:44
- "Parthenon Drive" – 5:11
- "In the Margins" – 5:06
- "Of a Life" – 3:44
- "Make Us Blind" – 4:00
- "Everything Kills You" – 4:17
- "Siberia" – 4:56
- "Sideways Eight" – 3:16
- "Scissors in the Sand" – 5:29
- "What If We Are?" – 5:09
Personnel
- Echo & the Bunnymen
- Ian McCulloch - guitar, vocals
- Will Sergeant - lead guitar
with:
- Peter Wilkinson - bass
- Paul Fleming - keyboards
- Simon Finley - drums
- Hillary Browning - cello on "Everything Kills You" and "What If We Are?"
- Kate Evans, Martin Richardson - violin on "Everything Kills You" and "What If We Are?"
- John Robert Shepley - viola on "Everything Kills You" and "What If We Are?"
- Mimi McCulloch - tambourine on "In the Margins"
References
- ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Siberia". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Siberia - Echo & the Bunnymen". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Siberia review". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ Siberia review". 17 September 2005. p. 58.
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- ^ "Siberia review" Archived 17 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Slant Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Siberia review". Spin. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Siberia review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ Siberia review. October 2005. p. 94.
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