"It's Alright" | ||||
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![]() CD No. 1 cover | ||||
Single by Echo & the Bunnymen | ||||
from the album Flowers | ||||
Released | 23 April 2001 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | Cooking Vinyl | |||
Songwriter(s) | Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch | |||
Producer(s) | Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch | |||
Echo & the Bunnymen singles chronology | ||||
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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]
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.
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]
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]
All tracks written by Will Sergeant and Ian McCulloch except where noted.
Chart (2001) | Peak position | Weeks on Chart |
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UK Singles Chart [1] | 41 | 1 |