Siberia (Echo & the Bunnymen album)

Siberia is the tenth studio album by Echo & the Bunnymen. It garnered generally positive reviews, with some commentators calling it their best work since Ocean Rain, despite it being their first album not to reach the UK Top 75.

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

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Guardian Unlimited	16 September 2005
NME	(3/10) 17 September 2005, p. 58
Pitchfork Media	(6.7/10) 23 September 2005
Slant Magazine	2005
Spin	(favourable) link
Stylus Magazine	(B) 2005

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

All 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

References

1 2 "Critic Reviews for Siberia". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
↑ "Siberia - Echo & the Bunnymen - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

External links

Siberia (Echo & the Bunnymen album) at Discogs (list of releases)

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Echo & the Bunnymen

Ian McCulloch Will Sergeant Les Pattinson Pete de Freitas Jake Brockman Noel Burke Damon Reece

Studio albums	Crocodiles Heaven Up Here Porcupine Ocean Rain Echo & the Bunnymen Reverberation Evergreen What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? Flowers Siberia The Fountain Meteorites

Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert Live in Liverpool Me, I'm All Smiles

Compilations	Songs to Learn & Sing The Cutter Ballyhoo Crystal Days: 1979–1999 Seven Seas More Songs to Learn and Sing Killing Moon: The Best of Echo & the Bunnymen B-sides & Live (2001–2005) The Works

Singles	"The Pictures on My Wall" "Rescue" "The Puppet" "A Promise" "Over the Wall" "The Back of Love" "The Cutter" "Never Stop" "The Killing Moon" "Silver" "Seven Seas" "Bring On the Dancing Horses" "The Game" "Lips Like Sugar" "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo" "People Are Strange" "Enlighten Me" "Prove Me Wrong" "Inside Me, Inside You" "Nothing Lasts Forever" "I Want to Be There (When You Come)" "Don't Let It Get You Down" "Rust" "Get in the Car" "It's Alright" "Make Me Shine" "Stormy Weather" "In the Margins" "Scissors in the Sand" "Think I Need It Too"

EPs	Shine So Hard The Sound of Echo Life at Brian's – Lean and Hungry The Peel Sessions New Live and Rare World Tour E.P. Avalanche

Related articles	Discography Korova Electrafixion

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