Songs to Learn & Sing

Songs to Learn & Sing was first released as an LP, a cassette and a CD by Korova in the United Kingdom, WEA in Germany and Sire Records in the United States on 15 November 1985. The album was also available as a limited edition picture disc and a limited edition album with a copy of the "Pictures on My Wall" single.

The album includes songs in chronological order taken from the band's four studio albums that had been released up to that point, as well as the previously unreleased "Bring On the Dancing Horses", slated for the John Hughes film Pretty in Pink (1986).{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/november-1985-echo-the-bunnymen-release-songs-to-learn-sing |title=November 1985: Echo & the Bunnymen Release SONGS TO LEARN & SING |date=11 November 2022 |website=Rhino Entertainment |access-date=17 June 2023}} It also includes the non-album singles "The Puppet" and "Never Stop". "Bring On the Dancing Horses" was released as a single on 14 November 1985. It reached number 21 on the UK singles chart{{Cite book |year=2006 |editor-last=Roberts |editor-first=David |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |edition=19th |publisher=HIT Entertainment |isbn = 1-904994-10-5}} and number 15 on the Irish Singles Chart.{{cite web |title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association |year=2008 |access-date=2008-04-30}}

MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic rated Songs to Learn & Sing four and a half stars out of five and described it as "a solid and comprehensive collection of the band's material".{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=MacKenzie |title=Songs to Learn and Sing – Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6559/review|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2008-05-19}} The album reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart and number 158 on the US Billboard 200. In 1993, it was featured in Rock Compact Disc magazine's list of 45 classic "British Indie Guitar Rock" albums.{{Cite news |last=Patterson |first=Sylvia |title=State of Independents: British Indie Guitar Rock |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/cd_magazine.htm |magazine=Rock Compact Disc |date=April 1993 |access-date=2008-05-19}}

All words by Ian McCulloch. All music composed by McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas.

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| extra_column = Original release

| title1 = Rescue

| length1 = 3:46

| extra1 = Crocodiles (1980)

| title2 = The Puppet

| length2 = 3:05

| extra2 = Non-album single (1980)

| title3 = Do It Clean

| length3 = 2:43

| extra3 = Crocodiles (US version)

| title4 = A Promise

| length4 = 3:40

| extra4 = Heaven Up Here (1981)

| title5 = The Back of Love

| length5 = 3:13

| extra5 = Porcupine (1983)

| title6 = The Cutter

| length6 = 3:55

| extra6 = Porcupine

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| extra_column = Original release

| title1 = Never Stop

| length1 = 3:29

| extra1 = Non-album single (1983)

| title2 = The Killing Moon

| length2 = 5:46

| extra2 = Ocean Rain (1984)

| title3 = Silver

| length3 = 3:17

| extra3 = Ocean Rain

| title4 = Seven Seas

| length4 = 3:19

| extra4 = Ocean Rain

| title5 = Bring On the Dancing Horses

| length5 = 3:56

| extra5 = Previously unreleased

}}

Echo & the Bunnymen

• Will Sergeant – guitar
• Ian McCulloch – vocals
• Les Pattinson – basses
• Pete de Freitas – drums
• The Bunnymen – all other instruments

Technical

• Ian Broudie – producer ("Rescue", "The Back of Love", "The Cutter")
• The Chameleons (David Balfe and Bill Drummond) – producers ("The Puppet", "Do It Clean")
• Hugh Jones – producer ("A Promise", "Never Stop")
• The Bunnymen – producers ("The Killing Moon", "Silver", "Seven Seas"); associate producers ("A Promise", "Never Stop")
• David Lord – engineer ("The Killing Moon")
• Laurie Latham – producer ("Bring On the Dancing Horses")
• Anton Corbijn – photography
• X=X – design

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• [https://www.bunnymen.com/ The official Echo and The Bunnymen website]

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