Siouxsie And The Banshees - Voices On The Air: The Peel Sessions

Original Release Date

2006

Release Information

UK CD 2006 (Polydor/Universal Music Catalogue/BBC - 9842940)

29/11/77
1 Love In A Void 2:39
2 Mirage 2:40
3 Metal Postcard (Mittageisen) 3:34
4 Suburban Relapse 3:05
6/2/78
5 Hong Kong Garden 2:41
6 Overground 3:10
7 Carcass 3:42
8 Helter Skelter 3:30
9/4/79
9 Placebo Effect 4:23
10 Playground Twist 3:05
11 Regal Zone 3:53
12 Poppy Day 2:04
10/2/81
13 Halloween 3:38
14 Voodoo Dolly 6:30
15 But Not Them 3:32
16 Into The Light 4:21
21/1/86
17 Candyman 3:46
18 Cannons 3:19
19 Lands End 6:18

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Credits

1-4: Produced by Malcolm Brown. Engineered by Mike Robinson
5-8: Produced by Tony Wilson. Engineered by Dave Dale
9-12: Produced by Tony Wilson. Engineered by Bill Aitkin [sic] and Martyn Parker
13-16: Produced by Dale Griffin. Engineered by Mike Robinson
17-19: Produced by Mike Robinson

Siouxsie Sioux - vocals 1-19
Steven Severin - bass 1-14, 16-19
Budgie - drums 13-19
John McKay - guitar 1-12
Kenny Morris - drums 1-12
John McGeoch - guitar 13, 14 & 16
John Valentine Carruthers - guitar 17-19

Mastered by Simon Murphy

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Reviews & Opinions

CAROLINE BLASE, RECORD COLLECTOR, 2006: The Banshees were a fairly prolific sessions band and, as such, it's possible to trace their musical development quite clearly over the nine-year period covered by this CD. Some highlights would be the entire 1977 session (along with the '78 session, it formed the musical blueprint for The Scream), which displays a manic punk energy absent from their debut album. There's also Placebo Effect from 1979 and a sparse, echoing Lands End from 1986. The 1981 session displays the band at their glorious best. The session treatment doesn't always work in 1986 where, with the exception of Lands End, Tinderbox's darkly slick, embellished songs seem hollow and flat.

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