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What Are You Going to Do With Your Life?
Rock · 1999 · 9 tracks

What Are You Going to Do With Your Life?

Echo & the Bunnymen

A gentle, orchestral departure from post-punk gloom. Ian McCulloch trades theatrical mystery for vulnerable, sun-drenched acoustic reflections and sweeping strings.

April 16, 1999 · London Records

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A gentle, sun-dappled meditation on aging and the search for identity beyond past glories.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
What Are You Going to Do With Your Life?
5:12
02
Rust
5:10
03
Get in the Car
4:22
04
Baby Rain
4:17
05
History Chimes
3:26
06
Lost on You
4:50
07
Morning Sun
4:12
08
When It All Blows Over
2:56
09
Fools Like Us
4:04
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the strings swell and sigh during the bridge of Rust, mimicking a slow-motion collapse.
The intimate, almost whispered vocal delivery in the opening title track that feels like a private confession.
The bright, rhythmic acoustic strumming on History Chimes that provides a sudden burst of rhythmic momentum.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

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Sunday Morning+4.0σ

Sunday Morning saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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