Avalanche (EP)

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Avalanche
Bunnymen avalanche.jpg
EP by
ReleasedOctober 2000
Genre Post-punk
Length20:29
Label Gimme Music
Producer Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant
Echo & the Bunnymen chronology
Get in the Car
(1999)
Avalanche
(2000)
It's Alright
(2001)

Avalanche is an EP that was released in October 2000 by Echo & the Bunnymen. The EP was released on CD by Gimme Music and was only available to buy on the internet. [1]

Contents

Overview

The first track on the original EP is a cover version of American folk musician Tim Hardin's song "How Can We Hang On to a Dream?", with the title changed to "Hang on to a Dream". The second track, "Avalanche", was a new song by the band. The next three tracks ("All My Colours (Zimbo)", "Silver" and "Angels and Devils") are re-recordings of songs previously released by the band. The final track of the original EP is a cover of the Bob Dylan song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" with the title listed as "It's All Over Now".

In 2003 the EP was re-released with two bonus tracks: the first being the Electrafixion version of "Baseball Bill" and the second being a remixed version called "Baseball Bill (Sgt Fuzz Remix)".

Track listing

Original release

  1. "Hang on to a Dream" (Tim Hardin) – 2:26
  2. "Avalanche" (Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch) – 3:27
  3. "All My Colours (Zimbo)" (Sergeant, McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas) – 4:12
  4. "Silver" (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson, de Freitas) – 3:18
  5. "Angels and Devils" (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson, de Freitas) – 3:31
  6. "It's All Over Now (Baby Blue)" (Bob Dylan) – 3:35

2003 reissue

  1. "Baseball Bill (Electrafixion Version)" (Sergeant, McCulloch) – 4:43
  2. "Baseball Bill (Sgt Fuzz Remix)" (Sergeant, McCulloch) – 4:35

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. "The Ultimate Echo and the Bunnymen Discography". Villiers Terrace.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.