Tinderbox (Siouxsie & the Banshees album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Tinderbox
Type = Album
Artist = Siouxsie & the Banshees


Released = April 21, 1986
Recorded = 1985
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 61:56
Label = Geffen/Warner Bros. (USA)
Polydor (UK)
Producer = Siouxsie and the Banshees
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qbduakjk5m3k link]
Last album = "The Thorn"
(1984)
This album = "Tinderbox"
(1986)
Next album = "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.

*Junkie XL covered "Cities in Dust" for his 5th studio album, Booming Back at You (2008). [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1GiYgwJams video of Junkie XL covering cities in dust] ]
*Pato Fu, a Brazilian band, covered "Cities in Dust" for their album "Daqui pro Futuro", released in 2007. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZqU26M46xc video of Pato Fu covering Cities] ]
*TheStart covered "Cities in Dust" for the movie "". [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm3gwFd5NOU&feature=related video of the start covering cities] ]
*The Newlydeads also covered "Cities in Dust" for their self-titled album.

Track listing

All tracks by Siouxsie & the Banshees.
# "Candyman"
# "The Sweetest Chill"
# "This Unrest"
# "Cities in Dust"
# "Cannons"
# "Party's Fall"
# "92°"
# "Land's End"plus on the 1986 cd'version
#

"The Quarterdrawing of the Dog" [edited version]
# "An Execution"
# "Lullaby"
# "Umbrella"
# "Cities in Dust" "(extended version)"

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

ee also

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

References

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles