Turquoise Days: The Weird World of Echo & the Bunnymen
by Chris Adams
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Author: Chris AdamsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-07-24
ISBN: 1887128891
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
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Book Review: A good read and a valuable permanent resource
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a chronological "oral history" sort of book. 90% of the text is made up of interview material and press clippings. The other 10% glues all this together into a coherent episode-by-episode history.
I'm a die-hard Bunnymen fan, and on the whole, I learned quite a bit, both about the band's history and about the personalities of everyone involved. The drawback is that Ian McCulloch is the source of well over half of the quotations that make up the book, and lots of his comments were made well after the songs and events he's talking about. I would have preferred more from other band members and more contemporaneous commentary - but I'm sure the author would have liked that too!
The feature of the book that makes it a permanent reference is the inclusion of EVERY lyric from the Bunnymen, up through "Flowers." (The Mac solo albums' lyrics are also included, while the Ian-less period's lyrics are omitted.) Alongside each lyric is commentary relating to it, which is often quite informative.
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