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The best album ever made ...
An rare album of staggering godlike genius.
Misrepresentation
The Greatest Album Ever Made...?
Whatever..

Ocean Rain
Echo & the Bunnymen
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000E2PY6
Release Date: 2004-01-27

Tracks:

Silver
Nocturnal Me
Crystal Days
The Yo-Yo Man
Thorn Of Crowns
The Killing Moon
Seven Seas
My Kingdom
Ocean Rain
Angels And Devils
All You Need Is Love
The Killing Moon
Stars Are Stars
Villiers Terrace
Silver
My Kingdom (Live)
Ocean Rain (Live)

Album Description

Remastered reissue of 1984 album features 17 tracks including 8 bonus tracks, 'Angels & Devils', 'All You Need Is Love' (Alt. Version), 'The Killing Moon' (Alt. Version), 'Stars Are Stars' (Alt. Version), 'Villiers Terrace' (Alt. Version), 'Silver' (Alt Version. - prev. unreleased), 'My Kingdom' (Live - prev. unreleased), & 'Ocean Rain' (Live - prev. unreleased). 25th anniversary expanded edition features new liner notes & unseen photos. Slipcase. WSM. 2003.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered and Expanded Edition of their Fourth Album with Ian Mcculloch's Most Consistent and Strongest Collection of Songs with Subdued Guitar Textures, Sweeping String Arrangements and Haunting Evocative Production. The Tracks Are Rife with Drama and Majesty. Eight Bonus Tracks have Been Added to this Disc (Album Tracks Alternate Versions, Some Previously Unrelesaed and Two Previously Unreleased Live Tracks from "The Crystal Day"). The Package Includes New Liner Notes and Plenty of Previously Unseen Photos in the Booklet, Housed in an "o" Card Slipcase.

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The best album ever made ..........2007-05-25

well that's what Mac said when this originally came out. I am not sure if that is true but it is certainly their masterpiece. It doesn't get any better than this for the Bunnymen. This is the place to start if you are a newcomer to them, without a doubt. All their albums have their moments but this is as good as a greatest hits, every track a classic. I have had this record on vinyl since it came out and just recently got it on CD, the original had past it's prime so it's was time for a new copy and I was very happy to find that the current version is so special, it has all the bells and whistles and a very nice booklet describing this project. A must have for anyone who loves this under rated band. Check out the track "thorn of crowns" and Will Sergeant's guitar on this. The best it can be!

An rare album of staggering godlike genius. .......2007-03-18

On this album the Bunnymen were possessed with something they would never recaputure. They never came close to equalling it, before or after. Somehow these mostly warm, lush, melodic songs emerged barely a year after the cold, caustic claustrophobia of 'Porcupine'. This is an impeccably paced set of songs that truly works as an album, from beginning to end. It sounds as original and fresh today as it did in 1984: flitting between the bright, shimmering pop of Silver and Crystal Days, and the brooding majesty of The Killing Moon and Ocean Rain itself. I've never known what the hell McCulloch is on about, but it hardly matters here. Everything flows. Even the weakest link, Noctural Me, has its place. Broad, sweeping, majestic. One of the half dozen finest albums ever made. It's that good.

Misrepresentation.......2007-03-09

I bought this CD because I wanted to hear more than "Killing Moon." I read the other reviews on this CD which helped me decide to buy the CD.

"Killing Moon" almost seems like it doesn't belong on Ocean Rain. It has better production qualities than the rest of the CD and it is much melodically darker than the rest of the CD.

Ocean Rain is decent, but if you're expecting more songs like "Killing Moon," they're not here.

The Greatest Album Ever Made...?.......2007-01-19

"Ocean Rain", which singer Ian McCulloch referred to as "the greatest album ever made" at their live shows, is perhaps the most beloved of all Echo & the Bunnymen albums. Many newer fans have been introduced to the band through the use of a song from this album, "The Killing Moon", in movie soundtracks (such as "Donnie Darko"). This song captures the spirit of the band incredibly well, through the dark atmosphere, intricate instrumentation, and ardent, emotional vocals.

Unlike many albums from years gone by, this album does not sound dated. For example, Duran Duran's self-titled debut, Depeche Mode's "Speak and Spell", and Pete Shelley's "Homosapien" are all great albums; still, they are obviously "80s music", a fact hard to ignore when listening to them. If I hadn't ever heard Echo & the Bunnymen's music previously and this was the first album I listened to, without prior knowledge of what year it was from, I probably wouldn't be able to pinpoint it. "Ocean Rain" is a timeless classic. While perhaps not "the greatest album ever made", it defintely amongst my top favorites, as well as those of other fans and critics. The contrast of cheery ballads, like "Silver" and "Crystal Days", and more epic, brooding tracks, like "Nocturnal Me" and "The Killing Moon", works quite well. "Ocean Rain", at this point, was definitely their best album since "Crocodiles".

This re-mastered edition includes eight extra tracks: one B-side ("Angels and Devils") and seven live songs ("All You Need Is Love", "The Killing Moon", "Stars and Stars", "Villiers Terrace", "Silver", "My Kingdom", and "Ocean Rain").

Whatever.........2006-11-04

As an eighties child myself, Killing Moon, Bedbugs and Ballyhoo along with a few others have a very special place in my heart. So I thought I'd venture out a little and see if there was anything else I overlooked from their era.

NOPE. I had not, and this was a waste of money.

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Perfect To Fall Asleep To
3-Dimensional Pure Nature Sounds

Sounds of Nature Sampler
Suzanne Doucet , and Chuck Plaisance
Manufacturer: Only New Age Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009XFIX2
Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

Ocean Waves
Southern Swamp
Rainstorms
Desert Oasis
Forest Morning
Mountain Ranch
The River
Pine Forest
Thunderstorm
At the Lake
Summer Nights
Song of the (Humpback) Whale
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A Night in the Canyon
Before the Storm
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Waterfall
Wetlands

Album Description

The sounds for this series were recorded in 3D by Chuck Plaisance. His recording system is designed to simulate human hearing, using a binaural head microphone to capture depth, height, width, as well as directional movement. No special equipment is needed to get 3D sound from traditional stereo speakers. In fact, these albums will make your system - speakers or headphones - sound like it never has before. You are the experience.

All pieces contain compositions of pure Nature Sounds produced, arranged, edited and mastered by Chuck Plaisance and Suzanne Doucet. (aka Virtual Audio Environment).

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Perfect To Fall Asleep To.......2006-07-20

I bought this CD because I didn't really know which type of sound I'd relax most too be it ocean, rain, forest, etc. Well I love all the sounds on this sampler, and I play it every night. My hubby says that 20 mins into the CD there's a rooster crowing, but I wouldn't know because by that time I'm already fast asleep. Great stuff!

3-Dimensional Pure Nature Sounds.......2005-11-21

This excellent compilation of 20 different Nature Sound albums was out of print, but is now finally available again through ONLY NEW AGE MUSIC(repackaged and remastered). This album creates a journey through different Nature scenes all recorded by Chuck Plaisance, with a special microphone that simulates human hearing. The sounds were then edited and composed, arranged and mixed like an orchestrated piece but still remain pure Sounds of Nature. Like Bernie Krause Doucet and Plaisance take essential Nature Sounds and recreate an ambience that takes you even deeper into the essence of Nature.

Music of Nature for Relaxation & Meditation

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Music of Nature for Relaxation & Meditation

Manufacturer: Spj Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Ocean Surf
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When I was 16 Years Old....
Beautifully dark chamber pop.
Exhilarating...
Oceans and Mountains
Screaming from beneath the waves....

Ocean Rain
Echo & the Bunnymen
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002L5U
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Silver
Nocturnal Me
Crystal Days
The Yo Yo Man
Thorn Of Crowns
The Killing Moon
Seven Seas
My Kingdom
Ocean Rain

Customer Reviews:

When I was 16 Years Old...........2005-03-11

The first time I heard "Echo & The Bunnymen" was in the 80s when I was a 16 year old. To this day , I have the vinyls of their records. This album, is, in particular, one of their finest works, and one takes pleasure in each song as it is with most all of their albums. Now... many years later, I find this album in a CD and not in Vinyl, so I bought it. I do recommend it. Enjoy!

Beautifully dark chamber pop........2004-02-03

Echo And The Bunnymen are a gravely underrated post-punk band from Britain, alongside better-known contemporaries such as Joy Division, The Cure, The Smiths, and U2. Their albums had a great deal of influence on the alternative genre, starting back in 1980 with the excellent debut Crocodiles and continuing throughout the '80s.

1984's Ocean Rain was perhaps one of their best releases. Similar to its predecessor Porcupine (which is now back in print as a remaster), Ocean Rain features a gorgeous string section that serves to bolster the four-piece band's sound. Compared the more insular and dark, occasionally bleak previous albums, Ocean Rain is brighter and more expansive (dare I say poppier) yet still cryptic and mysterious. It doesn't "rock" as much as some of their previous work, but Ocean Rain still offers plenty of ear candy.

The lyrics are full of dark romanticism and ambigious imagery, sung to great effect by Ian McCulloch. His voice recalls the deep, brooding timbre of Jim Morrison (The Doors). Will Sargeant's shimmering guitarwork places him in the echelon of excellent post-punk guitarists such as U2's Edge and Joy Division/New Order's Bernard Sumner, while the rhythm section of Les Pattinson (bass) and Pete de Freitas (drums) is tight and fluid. The strings and other instruments (piano and the occasional woodwinds) are beautiful yet never overwhelm the other instruments in the mix.

Some of the Bunnymen's most notable songs can be found here. Silver, Crystal Days, and Seven Seas are all glorious pop gems, while Yo-Yo Man and Nocturnal Me are ominous and memorable. The title track and The Killing Moon rank among the best post-punk tracks ever cut (the latter was featured recently on the Donnie Darko soundtrack, which by the way is an excellent movie). Not all is bliss, however--Thorn Of Crowns is junk, with goofy lyrics and some annoying vocal theatrics by McCulloch, and My Kingdom is a little better but suffers from similar faults. Also the album runs on the short side--skipping over Thorn Of Crowns (like I do) leaves you with only 33 minutes or so of music.

Still, this is a classic album that makes a fine introduction to an overlooked and great band. I reccommend it highly, along with Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here, and Porcupine.

Exhilarating..........2004-01-17

... not an adjective that can really be applied to any other Bunnymen album. Whereas its predecessor, Porcupine, had been turned in upon itself, the huge sound and sweeping strings of Ocean Rain are suggestive of wide open spaces. Silver is one of the best album openers ever, warm, exhuberant and inviting. At one point Ian McCulloch, in love with his own tune (wasn't he always?) simply sings 'la la la la la la la la la la la la la', and it's great. Similarly joyful-sounding, Crystal Days, My Kingdom and Seven Seas remain the best upbeat songs this band have ever done, although sometimes the lyrics don't seem to quite match the tunes. Enough has already been written about The Killing Moon. Suffice to say that although it's not, as McCulloch claims, the best song ever written, his authorial pride is entirely justified. The title track is of similar quality, featuring perhaps McCulloch's best ever vocal performance, swelling from a subdued introduction to an impassioned climax so naturally that you don't even notice the introduction of individual instruments, which seems to have been done purely to underscore the vocal.
The real star on this album is the overall sound, though, sweeping and magnificent, with the best use of strings I've ever heard in popular music. It's just great. What's fantastic about the first four Bunnymen albums is that each has a unique atmosphere - not just unique in the Bunnymen canon, but in the wider context of pop music itself. They've never been able to come close since, but Ocean Rain stands out as one of the best albums ever made.

Oceans and Mountains.......2003-09-09

Out of my 600 plus albums, this is one of my top 20 of all time. Edging out their other albums as the best, Ocean Rain is a well-crafted masterpiece by a unique talent at their creative hieght. The rich atmosphere rivals any great modern record (OK Computer, A Northern Soul, Achtung Baby) while predating them by many years. Echo had a distinctive moody that must be heard to be appreciated, best described by frontman Ian McCulloch:"We're a mountains and oceans band". Ian was a huge Frank Sinatra fan, and brought one of the most powerful and beautiful baritones ever heard in rock. The album flows from start to finish effortlessly. Their isn't a bad song on this record. The title track is haunting with perfectly crafted lyrics-"now your hurricanes/have brought down this ocean rain/to bathe me again/my ship's asail/can you hear it's tender frame/screaming from beneathe the waves". Seven Seas is a classic staple of alternative pop, as is The Killing Moon. Thorn of Crowns is one of the best song titles I have ever heard, and shows off what made Echo so special: they were alternative when alternative meant doing something no one else had ever done. An evocative, mystical masterpiece.

Screaming from beneath the waves...........2003-08-25

Ocean Rain is, in my opinion, the best Echo & The Bunnymen album. When you listen to it, it's hard to believe that it was originally released in 1984. Even more difficult to believe is that this album is every bit as cool today as it was almost 20 years ago.

The lyrics, coupled with the music, lead the listener on a journey that takes them to strange and beautiful places. The album as a whole is beautiful, ethereal, melodic, original, and poetic. What is amazing is that it manages to be all of these things without sounding pretentious.

The absence of synthesizers sets it apart from other new wave albums. You can actually hear instruments being played--like the cello, piano and drums. Anyone familiar with music from this era knows how impressive that, in and of itself, is.

I really love the lyrics on this album. For example, there is Silver-- "Just look at you, with burning lips, you're living proof of my fingertips" Another great line, "Take me internally, forever yours, nocturnal me" (from Nocturnal Me) And, one of my favorite's, "Froze to the bone in my igloo home, counting the days till the ice turns green."

There are good albums and then there are great albums. This is one of the great ones because it excels on many levels. It has strong lyrics, catchy melodies, appropriate vocals and of course originality.

I highly recommend it to anyone who used to own this album and sort of remembers liking it, anyone who enjoys 80's new wave music, or anyone looking for a truly great album that will transport their soul every time they play it. Incidentally, if you want to purchase an Echo & The Bunnymen album and you're not sure which one to get, get this one! :)

The Chaliapin Edition, Vol. 3: 1911-14, La Scala Recordings

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The Chaliapin Edition, Vol. 3: 1911-14, La Scala Recordings

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Release Date: 2001-05-22

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Sleepy Ocean & Rain
Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson
Manufacturer: Relaxation
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000QEILVK
Release Date: 2007-06-26

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Sleepy Ocean

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Sleepy Rain

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Needs a better title
The Ocean that has no West and no East

The Ocean that has no West and no East

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Needs a better title.......2007-03-12

I kept running across this CD and thinking (from the title and the cover art) that it was some sort of New-Age mumbo-jumbo. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

The only overarching theme to this CD seems to be that these are pieces that Peter Serkin likes to play. That's a lucky thing for the listener. These are excellent pieces and their performance indicates yet again that the Serkin genome has expressed itself nobly for another generation. None of the pieces is lengthy: in that regard the novice listener can explore new music without overextending. The experienced listener will enjoy it even more. There are some gems in here, including a languid(!) piece by Wuorinen, a dandy Toccato by Wolpe, lovely Takemitsu, aggressive Messiaen and much more. The playing is precise and impassioned. The recording is clear and intimate. It's a keeper.

The Ocean that has no West and no East.......2007-01-12

Dear Sir or Madam,

I have had some difficulty in enjoying this CD. However, it must be good to use the right half of our brain, which is usually not used.

The Best of Nature - Zen Serenity CD (4 CD Set)

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Four Hours of realxing sounds.

The Best of Nature - Zen Serenity CD (4 CD Set)

Manufacturer: BuddhasPlace.com
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000R91TF4

Product Description

Four CDs each about one hour long.. Our most popular relaxation CDs: "Ocean", "Summer in the Park", "Train", and "Whales II". Sit back and relax with this CD. There is No over music and No voice over, just relaxing sounds. This CD is perfect for relaxing, meditation or doing yoga.

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Four Hours of realxing sounds........2007-06-29

Wow! four hours of relaxing sounds. My favorite is the Summer in the Park and the Whales CD. My only complaint is the name: "The Best of Nature" -Train is not part of nature, but I did find the Train CD relaxing.

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Rain on Me
Calvin Suggs
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Release Date: 1996-05-28

Tracks:

Rain on Me
Happy
Send Me Lord
Going All the Way
Surrender Your Life
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Songs of Yesterday for Today

Manufacturer: Romeo Records
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Release Date: 2005-03-01

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By Strauss
So in Love
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Man I Love
Way You Look Today
Here's That Rainy Day
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How Deep Is the Ocean?
But Beautiful
You're Nearer
Come Rain or Come Shine
Nearness of You
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