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Tracklist: CD1: 01. Voices (On The Air) 02. 20th Century Boy 03. Pulled To Bits 04. Mittageisen (Metal Postcard) 05. Drop Dead/Celebration 06. Eve White/Eve Black 07. Siouxsie and the Banshees had great success with their dark, intense sound, and they hit the U.K. Charts with their first single, the grim and brooding 'Hong Kong Garden.' Over the years, Siouxsie's somewhat tuneless, hiccupping wail grew into a melodic, powerful voice, and the band's sound followed suit.

Universal Music Group released The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees in 2002 as the first reissue of the Siouxsie and the Bansheesremastered back-catalogue. The most successful singles of the band were presented in a non-chronological order.

Content[edit]

This best-of includes an unreleased track 'Dizzy' (re-edited), only available on this CD ; it was recorded in late 1994. The original version of 'Dizzy' was included on a one track CD at the Seven Year Itch concerts of 2002. 'Dizzy' would later feature in the film Notes on a Scandal.

The Best of also includes for the first time the complete version of 'This Wheel's on Fire' with no fade out in the end. Also, The Mark Saunders Mix of 'Stargazer' was used instead of the original album version. All except for two of the tracks had previously been included on Once Upon a Time: The Singles and Twice Upon a Time: The Singles, although there were some minor differences in song versions on this collection.

The double CD editions also contain many remixes and an unreleased extended version of a non-album single from 1987, 'Song from the Edge of the World'. The bonus DVD includes music videos for all the featured songs on the main disc excluding 'Dizzy'.

Release and reception[edit]

The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees was released on 12 November 2002. It was issued in three editions; single disc, double CD and Sound & Vision double CD + DVD (the latter version was released in 2004 and re-issued on 1 October 2007).

Singer Spoek Mathambo selected the compilation in his 12 'favourite albums', explaining he discovered it during his formative years. 'My friend gave me the Best Of album, and through college I just listened to it a lot: 'Israel', 'Dear Prudence', 'Hong Kong Garden', 'Peek-a-Boo'. [...] Siouxsie, for me, was very easy to listen to. Plus, the songs are super hooky'.^[2]

Upon its release, Billboard reviewed the compilation as 'adventurous, sumptuous, and contagious pop'.^[3].

Track listing[edit]

Disc one

Disc two

1. 'Spellbound' (extended 12' version)
2. 'Song from the Edge of the World' (Columbus mix)
3. 'Kiss Them for Me' (Kathak #2 mix)
4. 'Peek-a-Boo' (Silver Dollar mix)
5. 'The Killing Jar' (Lepidopteristic mix)
6. 'Cities in Dust' (Eruption mix)
7. 'Dazzle' (Glamour mix)
8. 'Stargazer' (Mambo Sun remix)
9. 'Face to Face' (Catatonic mix)

DVD

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. 'Israel'
9. 'Christine'
10. 'Spellbound'
11. 'Stargazer'
12. 'Arabian Knights'
13. 'The Killing Jar'
14. 'This Wheel's on Fire'

A 2 cd + 1 dvd Deluxe : sound & vision edition was released in June 2004 in a long box. It was re-issued in a digipack format in October 2007.

Siouxsie & The Banshees Albums

References[edit]

1. ^Wilson, MacKenzie. 'The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees – Siouxsie and the Banshees review'. AllMusic. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
2. ^Phillips, Lior (30 August 2017). 'Beat Codes: Spoek Mathambo's Favourite Albums'. The Quietus. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
3. ^The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Billboard, 16 November 2002, retrieved 5 May 2010

Downside Up is a four-disc box set collecting B-sides and bonus material from the catalogue of Siouxsie and the Banshees. Also included (on disc four) is The Thorn ep, originally released in 1984. Most of these songs (only present on these CDs) were classics of the band's live repertoire like 'Pulled To Bits', 'Eve White/Eve Black', 'Red Over White', 'I Promise', 'Something Blue' and 'B-side Ourselves'. The boxset was also released on iTunes.

Reception[edit]

The four-CD box set compilation received critical acclaim upon its release.^{[citation needed]}The Times wrote in its review of Downside Up: 'Standouts include the spiky Drop Dead/Celebration, the sinister Eve White/Eve Black and the chopped up industrial funk of Tattoo'. The reviewer rated the band as one of 'the most audacious and uncompromising musical adventurers of the post-punk era'.^[5]Stylus rated it A saying: 'It’s a wonderfully eclectic mixture of fingers-down-a-blackboard avant-punk ('Voices (On The Air'), 'Eve White/Eve Black'), Creatures-esque tribal drum-worship ('Sunless'), majestic beauty ('Something Blue', 'Shooting Sun', 'Return'), amusing experimentation ('Slap Dash Snap', '(There’s A) Planet In My Kitchen'), linguistic fun ('Mittageisen', 'Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant', 'El Dia De Los Muertos') and, yes, playfully ‘dark’ tunes ('Something Wicked (This Way Comes)', 'Are You Still Dying, Darling?').'^[4]Record Collector praised the box set for its 'remarkable diversity, spontaneity and playfulness', saying that there are 'No throwaway tracks'. Murray Chalmers commented: 'Drop Dead/Celebration' is still a wonderful explosion of bile aimed at their absconded guitarist and drummer, while Slap Dash Snap is prototype techno.' He underlined the diversity of the material: 'on more reflective tracks like Sea Of Light and Let Go you feel that here is a group who could go anywhere'. He stated that 'By CD2 they are firing on all cylinders, a pop group thrillingly ahead of the pack, CD3 is immaculate', and considered the four tracks from The Thorn that end the box set as an 'orchestrated EP of ferocious intensity'.^[2]Rock Sound said: 'Whilst most bands regard the B-side as an irrelevancy, a dumping ground for throwaway tracks not deemed good enough for proper release, Siouxsie And The Banshees always treated it with respect, an excuse to have fun and experiment.' Neil Gardner praised 'the sensual menace of 'Tattoo'.^[3]Uncut recognised Downside Up as 'an exhaustive and fascinating collection from an astonishing group'.^[6]

NME retrospectively wrote in 2009 : 'Manna from heaven for all Siouxsie And The Banshees obsessives, 'Downside Up' is a four-CD box set of the band's B-sides and bonus material, including the spellbinding 'Tattoo' and 'Eve White/Eve Black'.'^[7]

Legacy[edit]

Trickycovered 'Tattoo' as the opening number of his second solo album Nearly God.^[8] The original version of 'Tattoo', sounds like a pre-trip hop manifesto with a part of the genre's codes; a sweaty atmosphere, whispered voices, huming basses and sounds of fluffy drums.^[9][10]Massive Attacksampled in 1997 'Mittageisen' (the 'Metal Postcard' version sung in German) on 'Superpredators' for the movie soundtrack The Jackal.^[11] Acts from other genres also selected some of these B-sides. Morrissey played 'Eve White/Eve Black' during intermission on his 1997's Maladjusted tour.^[12]Shirley Manson of Garbage stated that 'Drop Dead/Celebration' was one of her favourite tracks.^[13][14] Jenny Lee Lindberg of Warpaint named her liking for 'Umbrella', a song recorded in 1985.^[15]

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Track listing[edit]

All songs by Siouxsie and the Banshees except*

Siouxsie Banshees Downside Up Rare

Disc one (1978–1982)

1. 'Voices (on the Air)' (Originally the b-side of 'Hong Kong Garden')
2. '20th Century Boy'* (T. Rex cover) (Originally the b-side of 'The Staircase (Mystery)')
3. 'Pulled to Bits' (Originally the b-side of 'Playground Twist')
4. 'Mittageisen' (Originally the A-side of 'Mittageisen')
5. 'Drop Dead/Celebration' (Originally the b-side of 'Happy House')
6. 'Eve White/Eve Black' (Originally the b-side of 'Christine')
7. 'Red Over White' (Originally the b-side of 'Israel')
8. 'Follow the Sun' (Originally the b-side of 'Spellbound')
9. 'Slap Dash Snap' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Spellbound')
10. 'Supernatural Thing'* (Ben E. King cover) (Originally the b-side of 'Arabian Knights')
11. 'Congo Conga' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Arabian Knights')
12. 'Coal Mind' (Originally the b-side of 'Fireworks')
13. 'We Fall' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Fireworks')
14. 'Cannibal Roses' (Originally the b-side of 'Slowdive')
15. 'Obsession II' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Slowdive')
16. 'A Sleeping Rain' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Melt!')
17. 'Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant'* (traditional 18th century Frenchcarol) (Originally the b-side of 'Melt!')

Disc two (1983–1987)

1. 'Tattoo' (Originally the b-side of 'Dear Prudence')
2. '(There's A) Planet in My Kitchen' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Dear Prudence')
3. 'Let Go' (Originally the b-side of 'Swimming Horses')
4. 'The Humming Wires' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Swimming Horses')
5. 'I Promise' (Originally the b-side of 'Dazzle')
6. 'Throw Them to the Lions' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Dazzle')
7. 'An Execution' (Originally the b-side of 'Cities in Dust')
8. 'The Quarterdrawing of the Dog' (Originally the extra b-side of'Cities in Dust')
9. 'Lullaby' (Originally the b-side of 'Candyman')
10. 'Umbrella' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Candyman')
11. 'Shooting Sun' (Originally the b-side of 'This Wheel's on Fire')
12. 'Sleepwalking (On the High Wire)' (Originally the extra b-side of 'This Wheel's on Fire')
13. 'She Cracked'* (The Modern Lovers cover) (Originally the extra b-side of 'This Wheel's on Fire' 1987 double-pack 7-inch)
14. 'She's Cuckoo' (Originally the b-side of 'The Passenger')
15. 'Something Blue' (Originally the extra b-side of 'The Passenger')
16. 'The Whole Price of Blood' (Originally the b-side of 'Song from the Edge of the World')
17. 'Mechanical Eyes' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Song from the Edge of the World')

Disc three (1988–1995)

1. 'False Face' (Originally the b-side of 'Peek-a-Boo')
2. 'Catwalk' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Peek-a-Boo')
3. 'Something Wicked (This Way Comes)' (Originally the b-side of 'The Killing Jar')
4. 'Are You Still Dying Darling?' (Originally extra the b-side of 'The Killing Jar')
5. 'El Dia De Los Muertos' (Originally the b-side of 'The Last Beat of My Heart')
6. 'Sunless' (Originally the extra b-side of 'The Last Beat of My Heart')
7. 'Staring Back' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Kiss Them for Me')
8. 'Return' (Originally the b-side of 'Kiss Them for Me')
9. 'Spiral Twist' (Originally the b-side of 'Shadowtime')
10. 'Sea of Light' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Shadowtime')
11. 'I Could Be Again' (Originally the b-side of 'Face to Face')
12. 'Hothead' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Face to Face')
13. 'B Side Ourselves' (Originally the b-side of 'O Baby')
14. 'Swimming Horses' (KROQ Acoustic Christmas, 1991) (Originally the extra b-side of 'O Baby')
15. 'All Tomorrow's Parties'* (Velvet Underground cover) (KROQ Acoustic Christmas, 1991) (Originally the extra b-side of 'O Baby')
16. 'Hang Me High' (Originally the b-side of 'Stargazer')
17. 'Black Sun' (Originally the extra b-side of 'Stargazer')

Disc Four The Thorn EP (1984)

1. 'Overground' (Originally from The Thorn)
2. 'Placebo Effect' (Originally from The Thorn)
3. 'Voices (on the Air)' (Originally from The Thorn)
4. 'Red Over White' (Originally from The Thorn)

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Three songs were slightly re-edited for the purpose of the boxset. 'False Face' has a longer introduction with the first singing line repeated. The first seconds of 'Hang Me High' were edited out and 'Black Sun' has a remodelled end.

References[edit]

1. ^True, Chris. 'Downside Up – Siouxsie and the Banshees review'. AllMusic. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
2. ^ ^abChalmers, Murray (January 2005), 'Siouxsie and the Banshees – Downside Up review', Record Collector
3. ^ ^abGardner, Neil (January 2005), 'Siouxsie and the Banshees – Downside Up review', Rock Sound
4. ^ ^abParrish, Peter (12 January 2005). 'Siouxsie & the Banshees – Downside Up'. Stylus. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
5. ^ ^abWilliamson, Nigel. 'Siouxsie & the Banshees' Downside Up review (subscription required. The Times. 27 November 2004.
6. ^ ^abPiers, Martin (January 2005), 'Siouxsie and the Banshees – Downside Up review', Uncut
7. ^Barker, Emily. '30 Killer B-Side And Rarities Albums You Might've Missed'. NME. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2015
8. ^'Cover Me' Moonpalace.de. Tricky covered 'Tattoo' for the opening track of his second album 'Nearly God' in 1996
9. ^Patrick Eudeline. 'Siouxsie Sioux'. rocknfolk.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
10. ^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Tricky Biography Allmusic.com. Tricky 'Influenced By' Siouxsie & the Banshees
11. ^'Massive Attack Discography. Tune Info Superpredators'Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Inflightdata.com. Massive Attack sampled 'Metal Postcard' in 1997 for their track 'Superpredators' on the movie soundtrack 'The jackal'.
12. ^'Under the influence-music' Passionsjustlikemine.com.
13. ^Paytress, Mark. Foreword by Shirley Manson, The Siouxsie & The Banshees The Authorized Biography. Sanctuary 2003.
14. ^Dunn, Jancee. 'Work in Progress'. Rolling Stone. October 1996. She rebelled against school, and she says, 'I more or less had to leave.' Manson had an anger that she still can't explain. 'I played the 45 of Siouxsie and the Banshees' 'Drop Dead Celebration' constantly,' she says of the B-side of 'Happy House.'
15. ^Kerr, David. 'Under the Influence: Warpaint's Jenny Lee Lindberg'. Theskinny.co.uk. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015