The discography of Echo & the Bunnymen, an English post-punk band which formed in 1978, consists of thirteen studio albums, ten live albums, nine compilation albums, eight extended plays (EP), and thirty singles on Zoo Records; WEA and its subsidiaries, Korova, Sire Records, London Records and Rhino; Cooking Vinyl; and Ocean Rain Records, as well as five music VHS/DVDs, and twenty-two music videos.
| Echo & the Bunnymen discography |
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| Studio albums | 13 |
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| Live albums | 10 |
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| Compilation albums | 9 |
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| Video albums | 5 |
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| Music videos | 22 |
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| EPs | 8 |
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| Singles | 30 |
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Echo & the Bunnymen's original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas had joined as the band's drummer, and their debut album, Crocodiles, met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 20. Their second album, Heaven Up Here (1981), again found favour with critics and reached number 10 in the UK. The band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the mid-1980s, as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with the single "The Cutter", and the attendant album, Porcupine (1983), which reached number two in the UK. The next release, Ocean Rain (1984), regarded as their landmark release, spawned the hit singles "The Killing Moon", "Silver" and "Seven Seas". One more studio album, Echo & the Bunnymen (1987), was released before McCulloch left the band to pursue a solo career in 1988. The following year, de Freitas was killed in a motorcycle accident, and the band re-emerged with a new line-up. Sergeant and Pattinson were joined by Noel Burke as lead singer, Damon Reece on drums and Jake Brockman on keyboards. They released Reverberation in 1990, but the disappointing critical and commercial reaction it received culminated with a complete disbanding in early 1993.
After working together as Electrafixion, McCulloch, Sergeant and Pattinson regrouped in 1997 and returned as Echo & the Bunnymen with the UK Top 10 hit "Nothing Lasts Forever". An album of new material, Evergreen, was greeted enthusiastically by critics and the band made a successful return to the live arena. Though Pattinson left the group for a second time, McCulloch and Sergeant continue to record as Echo & the Bunnymen, releasing What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (1999), Flowers (2001), Siberia (2005), The Fountain (2009), and Meteorites (2014).
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Other album appearances
| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
| 1979 | "Monkeys" | Street To Street: A Liverpool Album | The title was misspelled as "Monkies" on the sleeve and inner record label. |
| 1981 | "The Puppet" | Urgh! A Music War soundtrack | Live version recorded at the Lyceum Ballroom, London on 7 September 1980. |
| 1982 | "Villiers Terrace" | To the Shores of Lake Placid | A previously unreleased version from the 1979 John Peel session. |
| 1982 | "All That Jazz" | Life in the European Theater | |
| 1984 | "Zimbo" | Raindrops Pattering on Banana Leaves and Other Tunes | Live performance from the 1982 WOMAD festival with The Royal Burundi Drummers. |
| 1991 | "Action Woman" | Pebbles, Volume 1 | A cover of a song by The Litter as a bonus track for the 1991 CD re-issue of the 1978 garage compilation album. |
| 1992 | "Foggy Notion" | Heaven and Hell Vol.2: a Tribute to the Velvet Underground | A previously unreleased track, with singer Noel Burke. |
| 1998 | "Fools Like Us" | Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence soundtrack | A previously unreleased track. |
| 1998 | "Just a Touch Away" | Dark City soundtrack | |
| 2005 | "The Cutter" | Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story | The music video of the 1983 single. |
| 2006 | "Lips Like Sugar [Way Out West Remix Edit]" | Future Retro | A previously unreleased mix of the 1987 single. |
Extended plays
Singles
Other singles appearances
Video albums
Other video album appearances
| Year | Song | Video | Notes |
| 1981 | "The Puppet" | Urgh! A Music War | Recorded at the Lyceum Ballroom, London on 7 September 1980. |
| 2004 | "Lips Like Sugar" | F.I.B. Heineken 2003 | Recorded at the 2003 Benicàssim International Festival. |
| "Nothing Lasts Forever" | Later... with Jools Holland – Cool Britannia | Recorded for the BBC Television programme Later... with Jools Holland. |
| "Lips Like Sugar" | Essential Music Videos: '80s UK | The promotional music video released in 1987. |
| "The Killing Moon" | Donnie Darko | An easter egg on the region 2 Metrodome version of the DVD. Performance is from the 2002 DVD Live in Liverpool. |
| 2005 | "Seven Seas" | The Work of Director Anton Corbijn | The promotional music video released in 1984. |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1983 | "The Back of Love" | Bill Butt |
| "In Bluer Skies" |
| "The Cutter" |
| "My White Devil" |
| "Porcupine" |
| "Heads Will Roll" |
| "Higher Hell" | Anton Corbijn |
| 1984 | "The Killing Moon" | Brian Griffin |
| "Seven Seas" | Anton Corbijn |
| 1985 | "Bring on the Dancing Horses" |
| 1987 | "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo" |
| "The Game" |
| "Lips Like Sugar" |
| "People Are Strange" | Joel Schumacher
Anton Corbijn |
| 1990 | "Enlighten Me" | |
| 1997 | "I Want to Be There (When You Come)" | Norman Watson |
| "Nothing Lasts Forever" |
| 1999 | "Rust" | The Douglas Brothers |
| 2001 | "It's Alright" | Gavin Gordon-Rogers |
| "Make Me Shine" | Hambi Haralambous |
| 2005 | "Stormy Weather" | |
| "In the Margins" | |
| 2014 | "Lovers On the Run" | Roger Sargent |
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