It's Alright (Echo & the Bunnymen song)

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"It's Alright"
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CD No. 1 cover
Single by Echo & the Bunnymen
from the album Flowers
Released23 April 2001
Genre Alternative rock
Length3:29
Label Cooking Vinyl
Songwriter(s) Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch
Producer(s) Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch
Echo & the Bunnymen singles chronology
"'Avalanche'"
(2000)		"It's Alright"
(2001)		"Make Me Shine"
(2001)
CD No. 2 cover
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7" single cover
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"It's Alright" is a single by Echo & the Bunnymen which was released on 23 April 2001 on the Cooking Vinyl record label. It was the first single to be released from the 2001 album Flowers . It reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart. [1]

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Overview

The single was released as a 7-inch single and as two separate CD versions – apart from the title track, all three releases had different track listings and each with a different cover. The covers of the three different versions, like their parent album Flowers , are pictures taken from the book Wisconsin Death Trip . [2]

Written and produced by Will Sergeant and Ian McCulloch, the title track also had additional production, engineering and mixing by Pete Coleman. The version of "Rescue" on CD No. 1 was mixed by Joe McKechnie.

Critical reception

The song has received mixed reviews. Allmusic described the song as rolling with "layered guitars", with McCulloch experimenting vocally for a "rough-edged spiral of psychedelics and '60s pop flair" and chose the song as an AMG pick from the Flowers album. [3] CanEhdian.com described the single as having "both the style and beat that seems to be needed for commercial success". [4] NME was less positive, describing it as "a dead-on pastiche of the swirling, Doors-y acid rock" and "not a great song". [5]

Cover versions

A cover version of "It's Alright", performed by Bombones, is included on the 2005 Spanish tribute album Play the Game: Un Tributo a Echo & the Bunnymen. [6]

Track listings

All tracks written by Will Sergeant and Ian McCulloch except where noted.

7-inch release (Cooking Vinyl FRY104)
  1. "It's Alright"
  2. "SuperMellow Man" (instrumental)
CD No. 1 release (Cooking Vinyl FRYCD104)
  1. "It's Alright"
  2. "Marble Towers"
  3. "Rescue" (The Mindwinder's Remix) (Sergeant, McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas)
CD No. 2 release (Cooking Vinyl FRYCD104X)
  1. "It's Alright" – 3:29
  2. "Scratch the Past" – 4:05
  3. "A Promise" (Lo-Fi Lullabye #1) (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson, de Freitas) – 6:34
  4. "It's Alright" (video)

Chart positions

Chart (2001)Peak
position		Weeks
on Chart
UK Singles Chart [1] 411

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References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). HIT Entertainment. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ "The Ultimate Echo and The Bunnymen Discography". Villiers Terrace.com. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
  3. ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Flowers > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  4. ↑ David, Stefanie (2001). "Echo and the Bunnymen: "Flowers"". CanEhdian.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
  5. ↑ Dalton, Stephen (23 April 2001). "Echo & The Bunnymen : It's Alright". New Musical Express. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "The Ultimate Echo and the Bunnymen Resource". Villiers Terrace.com. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
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