Ocean Rain

Ocean Rain
An album cover showing four men in a rowing boat inside a blue lit sea cave. Two men are stood side-by-side at the back of the boat each holding an oar, the third man is sat in the centre of the boat and the fourth is leaning over the front of the boat with his hand in the water. The band's name is in the top-left of the cover and the album's name is in the top-right, both in white text.
Studio album by
Echo & the Bunnymen
Released4 May 1984 (1984-05-04)
Recorded1983–1984
Studio
Genre
Length36:36
LabelKorova
Producer
Echo & the Bunnymen chronology
Porcupine
(1983) 		Ocean Rain
(1984) 		Echo & the Bunnymen
(1987)
Singles from Ocean Rain
  1. "The Killing Moon"
    Released: 20 January 1984
  2. "Silver"
    Released: 13 April 1984
  3. "Seven Seas"
    Released: 6 July 1984

Ocean Rain is the fourth studio album by the English post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen. It was released on 4 May 1984 by Korova[6][7] and reached number four on the UK Albums Chart, number 87 on the United States Billboard 200, number 41 on the Canadian RPM 100 Albums and number 22 on the Swedish chart. Since 1984 the album has been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. Ocean Rain includes the singles "The Killing Moon", "Silver" and "Seven Seas".

The band wrote the songs for the new album in 1983. In early 1984 they recorded most of the album in Paris using a 35-piece orchestra, with other sessions taking place in Bath and Liverpool. Receiving mixed reviews the album was originally released as an LP and a cassette in May 1984 before it was reissued on CD in August. The album was reissued on CD in 2003, along with the other four of the band's first five studio albums, having been remastered and expanded before again being reissued in 2008 with a live bonus disc. The artwork for the album was designed by Martyn Atkins and the photography was by Brian Griffin. Echo & the Bunnymen played a number of concerts in 2008 where they performed Ocean Rain in full and with the backing of an orchestra.

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