Tinderbox (Siouxsie & the Banshees album)

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Tinderbox
Tinderbox cover
Studio album by Siouxsie & the Banshees
Released April 21, 1986
Recorded 1985-1986
Genre Post-Punk
Length 61:56
Label Geffen/Warner Bros. (USA)
Polydor (UK)
Producer Siouxsie and the Banshees
Professional reviews
Siouxsie & the Banshees chronology
The Thorn
(1984)
Tinderbox
(1986)
Through the Looking Glass
(1987)

Tinderbox is the seventh studio album released by Siouxsie & the Banshees. Polydor Records issued it in the UK in 1986 and Geffen Records issued it in the United States. The CD version of Tinderbox contains five bonus tracks: four extra songs and the extended version of "Cities in Dust." "The Quarterdrawing of the Dog," a b-side bonus track, appears in shortened form.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Siouxsie & the Banshees.

  1. "Candyman"
  2. "The Sweetest Chill"
  3. "This Unrest"
  4. "Cities in Dust"
  5. "Cannons"
  6. "Party's Fall"
  7. "92°"
  8. "Land's End"
  9. "The Quarterdrawing of the Dog" [edited version]
  10. "An Execution"
  11. "Lullaby"
  12. "Umbrella"
  13. "Cities in Dust" (extended version)

[edit] Personnel

  • Siouxsie Sioux: vocals, piano, whistle
  • Steven Severin: electric bass, keyboards, piano, drumbox, emulator
  • Budgie: drums and percussion
  • John Valentine Carruthers: guitars, keyboards, waterphone
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees: producers

[edit] See also

  • Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs - reference the Candyman

[edit] References

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1986 The Billboard 200 88


Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1986 "Cities In Dust" U.K. Singles Chart 21
1986 "Cities In Dust" U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play 17
1986 "Cities In Dust" U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Single Sales 24
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