Songs to Learn & Sing
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| Greatest hits album by Echo & the Bunnymen | ||||
| Released | 11 November 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–1985 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, new wave | |||
| Length | 40:09 | |||
| Label | Korova, Sire | |||
| Producer | Ian Broudie, Bill Drummond, David Balfe, Hugh Jones, Echo & the Bunnymen, Laurie Latham | |||
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| Singles from Songs to Learn & Sing | ||||
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| Robert Christgau | C+ |
Songs to Learn & Sing is a compilation album by Echo & the Bunnymen which was released on 11 November 1985 and featured all of the singles the band had released up to that point. Released on LP, cassette and CD by Korova, WEA and Sire Records, the album received good reviews and reached number six on the UK Albums Chart and number 158 on the US Billboard 200.
Songs to Learn & Sing was first released as an LP, a cassette and a CD by Korova in the United Kingdom, WEA in Germany and Sire Records in the United States on 15 November 1985. The LP and cassette versions of the album have six tracks on side one and five tracks on side two. The album was also available as a limited edition picture disc and a limited edition album with a copy of the "The Pictures on My Wall" single. The album was reissued on 17 October 1990 by WEA.
The tracks included on the album are in chronological order and taken from the four studio albums that had been released up to that point as well including two non-album singles: "Rescue" from the Crocodiles album; "The Puppet", a non-album single; "Do It Clean", the B-side to "The Puppet"; "A Promise" from the Heaven Up Here album; "The Back of Love" and "The Cutter" from the Porcupine album; "Never Stop", a non-album single; "The Killing Moon", "Silver" and "Seven Seas" from the Ocean Rain album; and "Bring on the Dancing Horses" a new single.
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