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Ocean Rain

Ocean Rain
An album cover showing four men in a rowing boat inside a blue lit sea cave. Two men are stood side-by-side at the back of the boat each holding an oar, the third man is sat in the centre of the boat and the fourth is leaning over the front of the boat with his hand in the water. The band's name is in the top-left of the cover and the album's name is in the top-right, both in white text.
Studio album by Echo & the Bunnymen
Released 4 May 1984
Recorded Studio des Dames and Studio Davout in Paris, Crescent Studio in Bath, Amazon Studios in Liverpool.
Genre Post-punk, neo-psychedelia
Length 36:36
Label Korova
Producer Echo & the Bunnymen, Gil Norton, Henri Loustau
Echo & the Bunnymen chronology
Porcupine
(1983)		 Ocean Rain
(1984)		 Echo & the Bunnymen
(1987)
Singles from Ocean Rain
  1. "The Killing Moon"
    Released: 20 January 1984
  2. "Silver"
    Released: 13 April 1984
  3. "Seven Seas"
    Released: 6 July 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 5/5 stars
Blender 4/5 stars
The Guardian 4/5 stars
Mojo 4/5 stars
Pitchfork Media 8.6/10
Q 4/5 stars
Record Collector 5/5 stars
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3.5/5 stars
Uncut 4/5 stars

Ocean Rain is the fourth studio album by the English post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen. It was released on 4 May 1984 and reached number four on the UK Albums Chart, number 87 on the United States Billboard 200, number 41 on the Canadian RPM 100 Albums and number 22 on the Swedish chart. Since 1984 the album has been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. Ocean Rain includes the singles "The Killing Moon", "Silver" and "Seven Seas".

The band wrote the songs for the new album in 1983. In early 1984 they recorded most of the album in Paris using a 35-piece orchestra, with other sessions taking place in Bath and Liverpool. Receiving mixed reviews the album was originally released as an LP and a cassette in May 1984 before it was reissued on CD in August. The album was reissued on CD in 2003, along with the other four of the band's first five studio albums, having been remastered and expanded before again being reissued in 2008 with a live bonus disc. The artwork for the album was designed by Martyn Atkins and the photography was by Brian Griffin. Echo & the Bunnymen played a number of concerts in 2008 where they performed Ocean Rain in full and with the backing of an orchestra.

Following the poor reception of Echo & the Bunnymen's third album, 1983's Porcupine, the band recorded the single "Never Stop". The title track of the single was produced by Hugh Jones, who had produced the band's second album, 1981's Heaven Up Here. The single introduced a new sound for the band with an expanded arrangement including congas, marimbas, violins and cellos. After "Never Stop" was released on 8 July 1983 the band toured the Outer Hebrides in Scotland before two successful concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 18 and 19 July. Also that month, the band was filmed by RPM Productions for the Channel 4 documentary series Play at Home. Filmed in a café used by the band they recorded acoustic versions of two old songs, "Stars Are Stars" and "Villiers Terrace", as well as two new songs, "The Killing Moon" and "Silver", for their episode of Play at Home titled Life at Brian's.


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