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.
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| Released | 20 September 2005 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, post-punk, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 51:18 | |||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl | |||
| Producer | Hugh Jones | |||
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| Singles from Siberia | ||||
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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
edit| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| 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
editAll 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Siberia review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "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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