Songs to Learn & Sing es un álbum recopilatorio de la banda británica de post punk Echo & the Bunnymen publicado el 15 de noviembre de 1985 que contiene todos los sencillos de la banda publicados hasta la fecha. Se lanzó en formatos LP, casete y CD a ttravés de los sellos discográfico Korova, WEA y Sire Records. Recibió críticas positivas y alcanzó el puesto número seis en la lista británica de álbumes y el 158 en el Billboard 200 estadounidense.
A pesar de ser un disco recopilatorio, incluye un sencillo inédito — "Bring On the Dancing Horses", publicado el 14 de noviembre de 1985. Alcanzó el puesto veintiuno del UK Singles Chart2 y el quince en el Irish Singles Chart.6
Allmusic le otorgó cuatro estrellas y media de cinco posibles y describió el disco como "una colección exhaustiva y sólida del material de la banda". Aparece en la lista de la revista Rock Compact Disc en el puesto cuarenta y cinco de los mejores álbumes de "rock indie británico".
Lista de canciones:
Todas las canciones compuestas por Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson y Pete de Freitas.
1."Rescue" – 3:46
2."The Puppet" – 3:05
3."Do It Clean" – 2:43
4."A Promise" – 3:40
5."The Back of Love" – 3:13
6."The Cutter" – 3:55
7."Never Stop" – 3:29
8."The Killing Moon" – 5:46
9."Silver" – 3:17
10."Seven Seas" – 3:19
11."Bring On the Dancing Horses" – 3:56
Songs to Learn & Sing is a compilation album by Echo & the Bunnymen which was released on 11 November 1985 and featured all of the singles the band had released up to that point. Released on LP, cassette and CD by Korova, WEA and Sire Records, the album received good reviews and reached number six on the UK Albums Chart and number 158 on the US Billboard 200.
Songs to Learn & Sing was first released as an LP, a cassette and a CD by Korova in the United Kingdom, WEA in Germany and Sire Records in the United States on 15 November 1985. The LP and cassette versions of the album have six tracks on side one and five tracks on side two. The album was also available as a limited edition picture disc and a limited edition album with a copy of the "The Pictures on My Wall" single. The album was reissued on 17 October 1990 by WEA.
The tracks included on the album are in chronological order and taken from the four studio albums that had been released up to that point as well including two non-album singles: "Rescue" from the Crocodiles album; "The Puppet", a non-album single; "Do It Clean", the B-side to "The Puppet"; "A Promise" from the Heaven Up Here album; "The Back of Love" and "The Cutter" from the Porcupine album; "Never Stop", a non-album single; "The Killing Moon", "Silver" and "Seven Seas" from the Ocean Rain album; and "Bring on the Dancing Horses" a new single.