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The lead single, 'Cities in Dust', was the only track that was entirely recorded at Matrix Studios in London in September. After rehearsing the songs for months, the band went abroad in Berlin to record the new material in May 1985 (they had previously recorded in Germany, in Bavaria, for The Thorn EP).

#Tinderbox siouxsie full

The album was written to be presented live on stage in full like Juju was in 1981 on its subsequent tour. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Tinderbox, a burgundy color vinyl edition was released in October 2021. PopMatters included it on their list of the '12 essential alternative rock albums from the 1980s', and alternative rock artists including Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle, Jean-Benoît Dunckel of Air, Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, have cited it as an inspiration.

Tinderbox peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and at number 88 on the US Billboard 200. Two songs were released as singles between late 1985 and early 1986, ' Cities in Dust' and ' Candyman'. The first recording sessions for the album took place at Hansa by the Wall in Berlin in May 1985. It was the band's first full-length effort recorded with then-new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers Carruthers had previously only added a few parts on the 1984 EP The Thorn. It was released on 21 April 1986 by Wonderland and Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and by Geffen Records in the United States. It demonstrates the regard in which they continue to hold their audience.Tinderbox is the seventh studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. The 2009 remaster of Tinderbox with its bonus material and suitably florid notes from Paul Morley make it another exemplary addition to Banshees' reissue series. The galloping attack of Budgie's drums compliments the slippery liquidity of Carruthers’ guitar on Party's Fall. By now, they had perfected the overlaying of acoustic guitars on their work – hear Cannons, the album’s finest track. Carruthers, aware of being the fourth guitarist in the band, dives head-first into the melee. Tinderbox is a rollicking, demanding listen. The last days of Pompeii vibe seemed to chime perfectly with the times as the excess of the 80s was spiralling out of control. The album was trailed by the single Cities In Dust, one of Siouxsie's best vocal performances. Producer Hugh Jones allows the Banshees to put together an effective mix of icy dramatics on the first studio album with ex-Clock DVA guitarist, John Valentine Carruthers. It was a band pushing forward, seizing the moment. Siouxsie was having none of it and told Sounds curtly that 'We haven't replaced Genesis or Yes by any means.' And she’s right – this was not a band resting on their laurels. Sioux and Severin were being asked about their longevity and that, as being ten years in to their career, should they not be pushed aside like the prog dinosaurs had been a decade previously. Recorded at the same studios in Berlin where David Bowie had recorded 'Heroes', Tinderbox arrived as many of their original peers had either long splintered or resorted to parody. Tinderbox was Siouxsie and the Banshees' seventh studio album and by the time of its release in April 1986, the band had become unwilling and unwitting figureheads of the now well-defined Goth movement in the UK.