Altsounds - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - EXTENDED REMASTERS

The critically-acclaimed Siouxsie and the Banshees remasters series continues with extended versions of the classic albums A Kiss In The Dreamhouse, Hyaena, Nocturne and Tinderbox.

All remasters overseen by Steven Severin, with extensive sleevenote essays by Paul Morley.

Siouxsie And The Banshees – A Kiss In The Dreamhouse

“Fraught blasphemous tales of violence, loss, sex, claustrophobia, [and] their obsession with sin and self.” – Paul Morley (sleevenotes)

“A feat of imagination scarcely ever recorded. It’s breathtaking. This music will take your breath away." (NME review, 1982)

1982’s ‘A Kiss In The Dreamhouse’ was the Banshees fifth studio album. A critical success, hailed by many as their most accomplished experimental album, it was also a commercial hit, peaking at Number 11 in the UK charts.

‘A Kiss In The Dreamhouse’ is now digitally remastered with four bonus tracks including the epic 12” versions of Fireworks (Number 22 in the UK Charts, May 1982), Slowdive (Number 41 in October 1982) and the previously unreleased demo versions of Painted Bird and Cascade.

Tracklisting:
01: Cascade
02: Green Fingers
03: Obsession
04: She’s A Carnival
05: Circle
06: Melt !
07: Painted Bird
08: Cocoon
09: Slowdive
BONUS TRACKS
10: Fireworks – 12” Version
11: Slowdive – 12” Version
12: Painted Bird – Workhouse Demo
13: Cascade – Workhouse Demo

Siouxsie And The Banshees – Nocturne

“Siouxsie and the Banshees, that’s the spirit, took the opportunity to treat the venue like a castle – their own opulent private space where they could speak with some authority about invented creatures, spiritual experiences, insane tenderness, psychological woes, whimsical impulses, solitary sexual dreaming, twilight realms, genes and keepsakes and the futile lurchings of the human heart – and got on with their business.” – Paul Morley (sleevenotes)

The live double album from 1983, ‘Nocturne’ was recorded over two nights at the Royal Albert Hall on 30th September and 1st October of that year, and features Robert Smith on guitar.

Most of the songs are from ‘Juju [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juju_(Siouxsie_%26_the_Banshee s_album)] ’ and ‘A Kiss in the Dreamhouse [

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Tracklisting:
01: Israel
02: Dear Prudence
03: Paradise Place
04: Melt !
05: Cascade
06: Pulled To Bits
07: Night Shift
08: Sin In My Heart
09: Slowdive
10: Painted Bird
11: Happy House
12: Switch
13: Spellbound
14: Helter Skelter
15: Eve White Eve Black
16: Voodoo Dolly

Siouxsie and The Banshees – Hyaena

“Radiating unholy light, outwardly calm but containing a storm of passion”
– Paul Morley (sleevenotes)

The sixth studio album by Siouxsie and The Banshees from 1984, and the only to feature Robert Smith on guitar. This classic album has been digitally remastered and now boasts four bonus tracks including Dear Prudence, a cover that became the band's biggest hit in the UK (reaching number 3 in the charts) but was released at the time as a stand-alone single. . The song was intended to be a stand-alone single in the UK. Also included are the Glamour Mix of Dazzle and the Previously Unreleased songs Baby Piano - Part One and Baby Piano - Part Two, both featuring Robert Smith.

Tracklisting:

01: Dazzle (Single version)
02: We Hunger
03: Take Me Back
04: Belladonna
05: Swimming Horses
06: Bring Me The Head Of The Preacher Man
07: Running Town
08: Pointing Bone
09: Blow The House Down
BONUS TRACKS:
10: Dear Prudence (Single version)
11: Dazzle (Glamour Mix)
12: Baby Piano Part 1 (Demo of what became ‘Dazzle’)
13: Baby Piano Part 2 (Demo of what became ‘Dazzle’

Siouxsie And The Banshees – Tinderbox

“A refreshing slant on the Banshees' disturbing perspective and restores their vivid shades to pop's pale palette." (Sounds, 1986)

“evidence of just how much beauty the talented can wrest from fear…At album seven, ten years or so into their life, they slash across their own history, extending it and defying it, as if they are making another debut.” – Paul Morley (sleevenotes)

The classic Banshees album from 1986 has now been digitally remastered and now boasts four bonus tracks including the extended version of Cities In Dust and three previously unreleased tracks, the Chris Kimsey version of Sweetest Chill and the JVC versions of Starcrossed Lovers and Song From The Edge of the World.

Tracklisting:
01:
02: Sweetest Chill
03: This Unrest
04: Cities In Dust
05: Cannons
06: Party’s Fall
07: 92 Degrees
08: Lands End
BONUS TRACKS
09: Cities In Dust – Extended Version
10: Sweetest Chill - Chris Kimsey 12” Version
11: Song From The Edge of The World – JVC Version
12: Starcrossed Lovers