It's kind of akin to saying, "Oh, that just sounds like a typical Cure album" when none of them really sound alike (ESPECIALLY pre-1989).
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Actually I've always thought that Seventeen Seconds and Faith very definitely belong together stylistically. ;~P
Be that as it may 'though, I'm not particularly saying that any particular album sounds specifically like any preceding one, just that (in the both cases) pretty much everything that either band released from, say, 1984 onwards was immediately recognisable as being by that band, and that from that point onwards the contents of each band's musical pallette was always far more familiar than it was unfamiliar.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
i do agree with you a bit on this stewart, but it kind of made it great in that way that it was sort of like the ultimate definition of the banshees at that point. it was a great record and the tour was fantastic, but ultimately as you inferred it was a bit expected for long standing fans. i have to say though, some of the songs were a bit sweeter than usual such as in the case of "sweetest chill" one of my favorite songs, "lands end" another schorcher and "party's fall", but the banshees vibe was still very much there. unlike the following two records which broke the mold, especially peepshow.
however, I still stand by kaleidoscope as their best record... i just can't sway on that. :)
"shoulders form rows to make waves again..."
― ehbenoit, Monday, 22 August 2005 16:16 (nineteen years ago) link
How I'd feel about their albums if I'd heard them in a different order other than chronologically as they were released (when they released), I have no idea - but (having only seen them once and heard the first couple of Peel sessions and Hong Kong Garden beforehand) The Scream astounded me in a way very few albums by anyone have done before or since.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 22 August 2005 18:32 (nineteen years ago) link
PeepshowTinderboxSuperstitionHyaena(bits of Kaleidescope, A Kiss In The Dreamhouse, Join Hands)NocturneThe ScreamJuju
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 22 August 2005 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Immediately got the entire back catalogue, then Looking Glass, Peepshow, Superstition as they were released. With the exceptions of Join Hands and The Rapture I say they are all chock full of goodies. Yes, Kaliedoscope is awesome.
Initially I was dissapointed that Through The Looking Glass had no originals, but can you imagine their canon without it now? And I trust it will continue to age more gracefully than any other work of theirs.
― Fortier (bkjj40a), Monday, 22 August 2005 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link
Tinderbox was the first LP I got. I remember distinctly that my first impression upon hearing it was that it reminded me of ... Sinead o' Connor... Tinderbox, Scream, Juju and possibly Rapture are the only SATB albums that are consistently great
― Baaderonixx on a long black leash (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 06:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 12:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Having investigated further I'm now seeing different and conflicting information and release dates everywhere! Does anyone here actually know for certain what's happening about this?
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 12:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link
This means that as each album is reissued without a nice extra disc, they won't look as 'important' as the Cure. Right?
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:31 (nineteen years ago) link
http://video-c.co.uk/artistfeatures/siouxsiesioux/about.html
― Fortier (bkjj40a), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― ehbenoit, Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:42 (nineteen years ago) link
"This means that as each album is reissued without a nice extra disc, [Siouxsie And The Banshees] won't look as 'important' as the Cure. Right?"
I wonder if there'll be a bonus disc with the reissue of Blue Sunshine?
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link
TS: Night out with Bob and Severin vs. Suzie and Budgie?
― Baaderonixx on a long black leash (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:48 (nineteen years ago) link
Didn't they appear on the Oxford Road Show, back in...
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:52 (nineteen years ago) link
When they're together 'though, they're like Laurel and Hardy, only with a substantially larger drug habit.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:52 (nineteen years ago) link
"This is another fine mess you've gotten me into Severin"
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 14:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 14:30 (nineteen years ago) link
LOL
though i think i would rather spend a night with siouxsie and budgie, a) the shit-talking would be better and b) the cats...
― ehbenoit, Tuesday, 23 August 2005 17:44 (nineteen years ago) link
don't do a disservice to the excellent album tracks on kaliedescope please!
If these are following the cure format, expect bsides to be omitted, there's a box set for that for both bands.
There will be a reissue of The Glove LP with the cure reissues! I can't wait to have siouxsie and pitts--I mean Nocturne on DVD! Robert's guitar is so cool looking!
I can't wait the most for Hyeana remastered---it needs it the most out of all of them so we can hear all the crazy stuff going on!
But, I can't wait to BLAST LAND'S END out into the neighborhood.
Finally, I always buy the remaster because there's always a reason to inside, and I keep the old packaging in the new--my old cure cassette and cd covers fit nicely in the cure packaging, so if these are the same....
And finally, I have the A Short Term Effect live version that was remastered for Pornography and it FAR surpasses the remastering on their reissue. Why? because to remaster and have everything level out, you lose some quality on some tracks and gain on others--you look for the happy medium, so expect the extras to sound a little different from what you are used to.
Blah blah blah, blah blah.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXBurntFur
― BurntFur, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx and the choco-pop babies (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― piscesboy, Friday, 21 October 2005 08:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 21 October 2005 08:30 (eighteen years ago) link
hoow come they didnt release it? or re-issue it til 2005!!
the NME are all over this reissue.
― piscesboy, Friday, 21 October 2005 08:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 November 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Also it is way way way better than Three Imaginary Boys and if Siouxsie hadn't done that stupid swastika shit, I'd have been all on her jock from the get-go as opposed to avoiding her like the plague for fear of encountering some neo-Nazi bullshit.
― Dan ("Mirage" And "Metal Postcard" Are Completely Brilliant) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 November 2005 17:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 November 2005 17:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 28 November 2005 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx weaves a daisy chain for... SATAN!! (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 09:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 09:47 (eighteen years ago) link
I have played The Scream reissue more than anything else this year. The Peel and Pathway sessions are just SO fantastic. Her voice is great - quite girlish and playful on the likes of Mirage, HKG, Carcass espec, with none of the goth foghorn that she sometimes lapsed into later. We all talk about McGeoch and Budgie, but McKay and Morris sound terrific. McKay's metallic tone sounds better on the sessions than on the album, where Lilywhite takes the edge off a touch. I wonder if it's Pete Fenton playing guitar on 'Make-Up..'? Maybe I should read the sleeve notes! The Peel version of Overground is amazing too - (why did I never bother with the Peel sessions before this?) - love the little organ on it. I could talk about this all day.
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Mmmmmmm) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link
I am disappointed that The Scream didn't include the whole of the Riverside session and the preceding Track studios session (Scraphead/20th C Boy/Captain Scarlet/Psychic).
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― duckfeeling, Saturday, 11 February 2006 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link
She had to completely re-learn how to sing at one point (around '79-'80 iirc) because unfortunately she was developing nodules or something and was in imminent danger of destroying her voice completely.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Saturday, 11 February 2006 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Join Hands
1. Poppy Day 2. Regal Zone 3. Placebo Effect 4. Icon 5. Premature Burial 6. Playground Twist 7. Mother/Oh Mein Papa 8. The Lords Prayer
BONUS TRACKS 9. Infantry 10. Icon 11. Love In A Void
Kaleidoscope
1. Happy House - 3:53 2. Tenant - 3:41 3. Trophy - 3:16 4. Hybrid - 5:32 5. Clockface - 1:53 6. Lunar Camel - 3:01 7. Christine - 2:59 8. Desert Kisses - 4:15 9. Red Light - 3:22 10. Paradise Place - 4:34 11. Skin - 3:51
BONUS TRACKS 12. Christine 13. Eve White Eve Black 14. Arabia - Lunar Camel 15. Sitting Room 16. Paradise Place 17. Clockface 18. Desert Kisses 19. Hybrid 20. Happy House 21. Israel
Juju
1. Spellbound - 3:15 2. Into the Light - 4:13 3. Arabian Knights - 3:06 4. Halloween - 3:37 5. Monitor - 5:33 6. Nightshift - 6:03 7. Sin in My Heart - 3:36 8. Head Cut - 4:22 9. Voodoo Dolly - 7:02
BONUS TRACKS 10. Arabian Knights 11. Spellbound
I'm guessing the repeated tracks are alternates or demos or the like.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 24 February 2006 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― duckfeeling, Sunday, 26 February 2006 22:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― sleeve (sleeve), Sunday, 26 February 2006 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 27 February 2006 00:26 (eighteen years ago) link