Echo & the Bunnymen

A Promise

The fourth Echo & the Bunnymen single, and in Britain the only one taken from their second album, Heaven Up Here. Will Sergeant’s chiming guitar, Les Pattinson’s bass and Pete de Freitas’s drums build around Ian McCulloch’s voice, with Leslie Penny on woodwind. It came out on July 10, 1981, spent four weeks on the UK chart and peaked at number 49.

Written by Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas. Produced by the Bunnymen and Hugh Jones; engineered by Hugh Jones. Woodwind by Leslie Penny. From Heaven Up Here. Released as a single by Korova: 7″ KOW 15 and 12″ KOW 15T, both with Broke My Neck on the B-side. ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK. Source: Wikipedia. Photograph: Perch Rock Lighthouse at low tide, New Brighton, Wirral, at the mouth of the Mersey across from Liverpool, January 29, 2011, by Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0. This tinted crop is shared under the same licence.