Nocturne (CD)

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• Release Date: April 7, 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Universal Distribution
• UPC: 600753148945
• WAPI (Tower ID): 113295382
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #68316 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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Siouxsie & The Banshees: Siouxsie Sioux (vocals); Steve Severin, Robert Smith (guitar); Budgie (drums, percussion).

Recorded live at Royal Albert Hall, London, England on September 30 & October 1, 1983.

Who ever would have assumed that Sex Pistols hanger-on Siouxsie Sioux would not only form a unique and compelling group of her own, but sustain it for decades after the Pistols dissolution? Although the band lost steam towards the '90s playing catch-up to newer trends and movements (who themselves owed Siouxsie a thing or two), at their peak the Banshees were a force to be reckoned with.

NOCTURNE is a document of the classic early '80s line-up captured live at the Royal Albert Hall in 1983. Without overdubs (as the album insert proudly proclaims), the Banshees manage to convey a multi-faceted sense of exoticism and menace, often within the same song. Classics like "Israel" and "Painted Bird" even seem more compelling stripped of the studio gloss and multi-tracking of Siouxsie's voice. Some songs ("Spellbound" and "Pulled to Bits") lose a little something in the translation, however. Fortunately the band seems to be enjoying itself (even without any stage patter from Souxsie), especially on the raucous Beatles covers "Helter Skelter" and "Dear Prudence." Perhaps not the best introduction for new fans, but a great recording of a band at its peak.

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