Siouxsie & Banshees - Nocturne
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Artist: Siouxsie & BansheesEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2009-05-19
Music Label: Ume Imports
Soundtracks:
- Israel [Live][Version]
- Paradise Place [Live][Version]
- Cascade [Live][Version]
- Night Shift [Live][Version]
- Slowdive [Live][Version]
- Happy House [Live][Version]
- Spellbound [Live][Version]
- Eve White/Eve Black [Live][Version]
Music reviews of Nocturne
Music Review: At their zenith
Rating: 5 Stars
Wow. Absolutely breathtaking. October 1983 at the Royal Albert Hall was light years from September 1976 at the 100 Club. Siouxsie, Severin, and the passion remained, but now there was Budgie, there was Robert Smith, there were 5 albums and 7 years of evolution, experience, touring, performing, and perfecting that particular brand of intoxicating, vaguely disturbing witchcraft that was Siouxsie and the Banshees.
The word that most readily springs to mind in describing this album is "power". The power of Severin's bass lines, of Budgie's intricate and stirring drum patterns, of the emotional content of the dreamworld lyrics...and the power of a frontwoman who had learned not only to sing in those 7 years, but to enthrall. Siouxsie had evolved from a petulant teenage punk screamer who spat angry, strident monotones into the microphone into a creature of myth and majesty. She now commanded the stage with something more potent than the brazen bravado of punk angst.
The voice was now an instrument of impressive range and subtlety. She could still howl, lament, condemn, and villify (Pulled to Bits, Sin in My Heart, Eve White Eve Black, Voodoo Dolly), but she could also exult (Cascade), hope (Israel), seduce (Slowdive), and bewitch (Melt!, Dear Prudence). She combined that vocal gift with an equally powerful visual image, perfectly manifesting the emotional schizophrenia of the music in a look that combined the romantic with the psychotic. Beautiful yet disturbing, vulnerable yet venomous, and infused with an aura of mystery both enticing and dangerous.
The live versions of the songs on Nocturne in many cases far surpass the studio recordings. Impressively, the music is very tight and true to the recorded versions, but the energy and vigor of live performance is obvious. The musicianship is superb. The Banshees were nothing if not hardworking, and the hard work shows.
If you are a Banshees fan, you must have this album. If you are just discovering the Banshees, Nocturne will make you wish you had "been there" in the 80s. For the full experience, purchase the DVD of Nocturne as well. This was an outstanding and unique band captured at the peak of their power and inventiveness. It just doesn't get any better.
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Description of Nocturne
2009 digitally remastered digipak edition of this classic live Banshees album from 1986. Features sleevenotes by Paul Morley. 16 tracks. Siouxsie & The Banshees began life as a Punk outfit (with Sid Vicious on drums, no less!) before mutating into Post-Punkers on their way to becoming one of the most influential Goth Rock band on the scene. To this day, over 10 years after their disintegration, the band's fanatical fan base continues to grow. Universal.Alternative Rock CDs
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