42 years ago (4 February 1983), Echo & the Bunnymen released their third studio album “Porcupine” produced by Ian Broudie and featuring singles “The Back of Love" and “The Cutter".
In a review of the original release on AllMusic, Porcupine was described as "arguably the band's darkest offering", with the review concluding that the album "holds its own with other revered Bunnymen outings". The website's review of the remastered 2003 version calls the new release "a very well done expansion of an already fine album". Blender magazine described the album in a review on their website as "impossibly exciting pop-rock" and Pitchfork called the album "the band's definitive statement" and described "The Back of Love" as "the astonishing highlight of the group's career".