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The Best Of Siouxsie & The Banshees (CD)

By: Siouxsie & The Banshees (Artist)

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Siouxsie & The Banshees Artist Snapshot:

In its crude initial formation in 1976, Siouxsie & the Banshees consisted of members of the "Bromley contingent," a group of notorious Sex Pistols groupies. In various permutations, the band survived for almost 20 years. Featuring core members Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steve Severin, the group's lineup would go on to include drummer Budgie (Siouxsie's future husband) and, for one album only, the Cure's Robert Smith on guitar. Over the course of their long, influential career, they moved from aggressive post-punk to moody goth and accessible new wave pop-rock. When the band called it quits in the late 1990s, Siouxsie and Budgie turned their side project, the Creatures, into a full-time pursuit. In 2002, Siouxsie & the Banshees reunited for the successful "Seven Year Itch" tour.

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DISC 1 for The Best Of Siouxsie & The Banshees (CD) Album By Siouxsie & The Banshees (Artis...
1   Dear Prudence
2   Hong Kong Garden
3   Cities In Dust
4   Peek-A-Boo
5   Happy House
6   Kiss Them For Me
7   Face To Face
8   Dizzy
9   Israel
10   Christine
11   Spellbound
12   Stargazer
13   Arabian Knights
14   Killing Jar, The
15   This Wheel's On Fire
 

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Q (10/02, p.131) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This Best Of will remind the world what an excellent singles band they were behind the gothic veil. They deserve to sit in the same paddock as Maddness, Squeeze and The Cure..."

Title Note

Siouxsie & The Banshees: Siouxsie (vocals); John McKay (guitar); Steven Severin (bass); Kenny Morris (drums).

Includes liner notes by Mark Paytress.

Part of the infamous "Bromley contingent" of late-1970s UK punk, Siouxsie & the Banshees co-founders Siouxsie Sioux and Steve Severin went far beyond punk's three-chord roots in their decades with the group. The Banshees developed a highly textured sound and gloomy-yet-flamboyant look that helped define the goth subgenre, going on to incorporate world-music and cabaret influences for a unique aesthetic that was boldly exemplified by the unmistakable singing and charismatic presence of Siouxsie.

Although this BEST OF lacks a chronological order, the 15-song compilation does offer up an excellent representation of the Banshees' studio output (including a previously unreleased 2002 track, "Dizzy"). Highlights are the surging goth-dance classic "Cities in Dust," the frenetic "Spellbound," and the group's gauzy take on the Beatles' "Dear Prudence" (which features the Cure's Robert Smith on guitar). Though the combined collections ONCE UPON A TIME and TWICE UPON A TIME boast a more in-depth look at Siouxsie & the Banshees, THE BEST OF is an ideal single-disc introduction to these British post-punk icons.

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