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| Released | 3 June 2014 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 47:47 | |||
| Label | 429 Records | |||
| Producer | Youth, Andrea Wright | |||
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Meteorites is the twelfth studio album by British band Echo & the Bunnymen. It was released on 3 June 2014 and produced by Youth and Andrea Wright. [1] [2] It was the band's first UK Top 40 album entry since 1999 (peaking at #37).
Guitarist and lead vocalist Ian McCulloch said in reference to the album's title, "Meteorites' is what Echo and the Bunnymen mean and are meant to be—up there in heaven—untouchable, celestial, beautiful and real. It has changed my life." (The idea is mistaken—meteoroids are in space; meteorites have fallen to the ground.) The album's front cover, designed by Luke Insect, uses a thin-slice image of the Zagami meteorite from Mars. Pictures of other thin-sliced meteorites decorate the LP back cover and CD booklet.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 61/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Pitchfork | 6.0/10 [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
The album mostly received average reviews. [3]
All tracks written by Ian McCulloch, except where noted.
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