Porcupine

Porcupine is the title of the third studio album by British group Echo & The Bunnymen. It was released on 04 February 1983 and gained immediate commercial success entering the UK album charts at no.2 the week after its release, remaining in the Top 40 for six weeks.

The lead single, The Back of Love, had been released almost a year earlier, while the follow-up The Cutter was released in January. No further singles were taken from the album.

Tracklisting

 * original LP/MC

Side One


 * 1) The Cutter
 * 2) The Back of Love
 * 3) My White Devil
 * 4) Clay
 * 5) Porcupine

Side Two


 * 1) Heads Will Roll
 * 2) Ripeness
 * 3) Higher Hell
 * 4) Gods Will Be Gods
 * 5) In Bluer Skies


 * 1998 CD re-issue: 10 tracks as above
 * 2003 "25th Anniversary" CD remaster. 10 tracks as above plus bonus tracks
 * Fuel / The Cutter (alternate) / My White Devil (alternate) / Porcupine (alternate) / Ripeness (alternate) / Gods Will Be Gods (alternate) / Never Stop (Discotheque)

Bonus cassette
Initial copies of The Cutter were sold with a free cassette featuring four previously unreleased Peel session tracks on one side and The Cutter on the other. Some of these cassettes are also known to have been given with the LP and cassette issues of Porcupine.


 * Side One: Villiers Terrace / Ashes To Ashes (Stars Are Stars) / Monkeys / Read It In Books (all Peel session, Aug. 1979)
 * Side Two: The Cutter