| The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 12 November 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1978–1994 | |||
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| Length | 57:13 (Disc 1) 64:35 (Disc 2) | |||
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| Producer | Various | |||
| Siouxsie and the Banshees compilations chronology | ||||
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The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees is a 2002 compilation bySiouxsie and the Banshees, released byUniversal Music Group as the first reissue of the band'sremastered back-catalogue. The most successful singles of the band were presented in a non-chronological order.
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" (version 1) was included on a one track CD sold at theSeven Year Itch concerts of 2002. "Dizzy" would later feature in the 2006 filmNotes 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, theMark Saunders mix of "Stargazer" was used instead of the original album version. All except for two of the tracks had previously been included onOnce Upon a Time/The Singles andTwice Upon a Time – The Singles, although there were some minor differences in song versions on this collection.
The double CD edition also contains manyremixes and an unreleased extended version of a non-album single from 1987, "Song from the Edge of the World". The bonusDVD includes music videos for all the featured songs on the main disc excluding "Dizzy".
The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees was released on 12 November 2002. It was issued in three editions; single disc, double CD andSound & Vision double CD + DVD (the latter version was released in 2004 and re-issued on 1 October 2007).
SingerSpoek Mathambo selected the compilation in his 12 "favourite albums", explaining he discovered it during his formative years. "My friend gave me theBest 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]
When reviewing the compilation,Billboard talked about an "adventurous, sumptuous, and contagiouspop".[3]
| No. | Title | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Dear Prudence" | Hyæna (US version, 1984) | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Hong Kong Garden" | non-album single (1978) | 2:52 |
| 3. | "Cities in Dust" | Tinderbox (1985) | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Peek-a-Boo" | Peepshow (1988) | 3:10 |
| 5. | "Happy House" | Kaleidoscope (1980) | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Kiss Them for Me(7-inch edit)" | Superstition (1991) | 4:37 |
| 7. | "Face to Face" | Batman Returns soundtrack (1992) | 4:17 |
| 8. | "Dizzy(version 2)" | previously unreleased (1995) | 3:10 |
| 9. | "Israel" | non-album single (1980) | 4:54 |
| 10. | "Christine" | Kaleidoscope | 3:00 |
| 11. | "Spellbound" | Juju (1981) | 3:18 |
| 12. | "Stargazer(version mixed by Mark Saunders)" | The Rapture (1995) | 3:14 |
| 13. | "Arabian Knights" | Juju | 3:05 |
| 14. | "The Killing Jar(single version)" | Peepshow | 4:04 |
| 15. | "This Wheel's on Fire(fade out-less version)" | Through The Looking Glass (1987) | 5:17 |
Disc two
DVD
A 2 CD + 1 DVDDeluxe : sound & vision edition was released in June 2004 in a long box. It was re-issued in a digipack format in October 2007.
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