The Back of Love

About The Back of Love

"The Back of Love" is a single which was released by Echo & the Bunnymen on 21 May 1982. It reached number nineteen on the UK Singles Chart the same month. It was subsequently added to the album Porcupine which was released on 4 February 1983. The single was produced by Ian Broudie under the pseudonym Kingbird. The a-side of the single was recorded at Trident Studios in London, while the b-side was recorded at Square One Studios in Liverpool. The b-side to both the 7" and 12" versions of the single is "The Subject". The 12" has an extra track on the b-side, "Fuel". The cover of both the 7" and 12" versions is painting by Henry Scott Tuke called "The Promise" which was on display at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. The song was covered by the American rock group Burning Airlines on the 1998 "Always Something There to Remind Me / Back of Love" single, a split release with Braid who performed "Always Something There to Remind Me". more »

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2007

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I'm on the chopping block 
Chopping off my stopping thought 
Self doubt and selfism 
Were the cheapest things I ever bought 
When you say it's love 
D'you mean the back of love 
When you say it's love 
D'you mean the back of love? 

We're taking advantage of 
Breaking the back of love 
We're taking advantage of 
Breaking the back of love 

Easier said than done you said 
But it's more difficult to say 
With eyes bigger than our bellies 
We want to but we can't look away 
What were you thinking of 
When you dreamt that up? 
What were you thinking of 
When you dreamt that up? 

Taking advantage of 
Breaking the back of love 

When you're surrounded 
by a simple chain of events 
(Behind my eyes, behind my eyes)
(Your eyes don't lie)
Eventually you'll shack those shackles off 
(Dreams above those eyes)
(Those eyes)

We can't tell our left from right 
But we know we love extremes 
Getting to grips with the ups and downs 
Because there's nothing in between 
When you say that's love 
D'you mean the back of love 
When you say that's love 
D'you mean the back of love? 

Taking advantage of 
Breaking the back of love 

What were you thinking of 
When you dreamt that up? 

We're taking advantage of 
We're breaking the back of love 
Breaking the back of love

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Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk band, formed in Liverpool in 1978. The 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 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 the critics and reached number 10 in the UK Album chart. The band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the mid-1980s, as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with "The Cutter", and the attendant album, Porcupine (1983), reached number 2 in the UK. Their next release, Ocean Rain (1984), continued the band's UK chart success, a… more »

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