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After years of departures, solo albums, strange alliances, and rapprochement, Echo & the Bunnymen returned with Ian McCulloch at the helm for 1997's Evergreen. It's clear from the first song that the re-formed band is back in all its mysterious, uplifting, and graceful glory. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" features the best elements of the group -- Will Sergeant's soaring, biting guitar work, McCulloch's majestic vocals and yearning lyrics, Les Pattinson's rock-solid bass -- and applies them to a deeply felt midtempo ballad that's as heart-tugging as it is melodic. It's a fine start, and the rest of the album follows suit. The sound of the record bypasses the .....

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