Released 5 October 1992 Length 76:00 Release date 5 October 1992 | Recorded 1982-1992 Artist Siouxsie and the Banshees Label Geffen Records | |
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Producer Siouxsie & the Banshees, Stephen Hague, Mike Hedges Twice Upon a Time The Singles
(1992) The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees
(2002) Genres Post-punk, New wave, Alternative rock Similar Siouxsie and the Banshees albums, Post-punk albums | ||
Twice Upon a Time: The Singles is the second singles compilation released by Siouxsie and the Banshees. It follows the same format as Once Upon a Time: The Singles, presenting the songs in chronological order. Twice picks up where Once left off (in 1982), and it includes several hits not included on regular Banshees studio albums. Instead of the studio version released as a single, "The Last Beat of My Heart" is presented as a live recording, from their performance at Lollapalooza in Seattle. Also appearing on CD for the first time here is "Face to Face," a song from the soundtrack of the film Batman Returns. "Fear of the Unknown" also appears as a remix that is significantly different from the original single. The collection is missing the 1987 single "Song from the Edge of the World", which was included on a later hits collection.
Contents
Siouxsie and the banshees dear prudence
Reception
J. D. Considine of The Baltimore Sun wrote that the album "follows a more twisted path" than Once Upon a Time, chronicling "the band from cult-level acclaim to something resembling pop accessibility." Considine added that "the most amazing thing about this progression is how little the group alters its approach along the way."
A review of the album in The Advocate notes that the compilation demonstrates that the band that had made "consistently compelling music", and highlights "the group's knack for creating smart arrangements of non-Banshees music" such as on "Dear Prudence", "This Wheel's on Fire", and "The Passenger".
In a 4 out of 5 review for Select, Dave Morrison noted that after 1982, the band "produced some of their best work in this period: superbly crafted vignettes of dark-hued psychedelic melodrama."
Track listing
All tracks by Siouxsie and the Banshees, unless noted otherwise.
- "Fireworks"
- "Slowdive"
- "Melt!"
- "Dear Prudence" (Lennon–McCartney)
- "Swimming Horses"
- "Dazzle"
- "Overground" (Re-recorded version from The Thorn EP)
- "Cities in Dust"
- "Candyman"
- "This Wheel's on Fire" (Bob Dylan/Rick Danko)
- "The Passenger" (Osterberg/Gardiner)
- "Peek-a-Boo" (Warren/Mercer/Siouxsie and the Banshees)
- "The Killing Jar" (Single version)
- "The Last Beat of My Heart" (live at Lollapalooza, Seattle on 'The Plant' Mobile 28 August 1991)
- "Kiss Them for Me"
- "Shadowtime"
- "Fear (of the Unknown)" (Remix)
- "Face to Face" (Siouxsie and the Banshees/Danny Elfman)
Songs
1Fireworks4:22
2Slowdive4:18
3Melt!3:48