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The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees
Greatest hits album by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Released	12 November 2002
Recorded	1978–1995
Genre	Post-punk alternative rock
Length	57:13 (Disc 1) 64:35 (Disc 2)
Label	Polydor Geffen (US)
Producer	Various
Siouxsie and the Banshees compilations chronology
Twice Upon a Time – The Singles (1992) The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees (2002) Downside Up (2004)

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Universal Music Group released The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees in 2002 as the first reissue of the Siouxsie and the Banshees remastered back-catalogue. The most successful singles of the band were presented in a non-chronological order.

Content

This best-of includes an unreleased track "Dizzy" (re-edited), only available on this CD; it was recorded in late 1994. The original version of "Dizzy" was included on a one track CD sold at the Seven Year Itch concerts of 2002. "Dizzy" would later feature in the 2006 film Notes on a Scandal.

The Best of also includes for the first time the complete version of "This Wheel's on Fire" with no fade out in the end. Also, the Mark Saunders mix of "Stargazer" was used instead of the original album version. All except for two of the tracks had previously been included on Once Upon a Time/The Singles and Twice Upon a Time – The Singles, although there were some minor differences in song versions on this collection.

The double CD edition also contains many remixes and an unreleased extended version of a non-album single from 1987, "Song from the Edge of the World". The bonus DVD includes music videos for all the featured songs on the main disc excluding "Dizzy".

Release and reception

The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees was released on 12 November 2002. It was issued in three editions; single disc, double CD and Sound & Vision double CD + DVD (the latter version was released in 2004 and re-issued on 1 October 2007).

Singer Spoek Mathambo selected the compilation in his 12 "favourite albums", explaining he discovered it during his formative years. "My friend gave me the Best Of album, and through college I just listened to it a lot: 'Israel', 'Dear Prudence', 'Hong Kong Garden', 'Peek-a-Boo'. Siouxsie, for me, was very easy to listen to. Plus, the songs are super hooky".

When reviewing the compilation, Billboard talked about an "adventurous, sumptuous, and contagious pop".

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Dear Prudence" (1983)
2. "Hong Kong Garden" (1978)
3. "Cities in Dust" (1985)
4. "Peek-a-Boo" (1988)
5. "Happy House" (1980)
6. "Kiss Them for Me" (1991)
7. "Face to Face" (1992)
8. "Dizzy" (1995, previously unreleased)
9. "Israel" (1980)
10. "Christine" (1980)
11. "Spellbound" (1981)
12. "Stargazer" (1995)
13. "Arabian Knights" (1981)
14. "The Killing Jar" (1988)
15. "This Wheel's on Fire" (1987)

Disc two

1. "Spellbound" (extended 12" #2 version)
2. "Song from the Edge of the World" (Columbus mix)
3. "Kiss Them for Me" (Kathak #2 mix)
4. "Peek-a-Boo" (Silver Dollar mix)
5. "The Killing Jar" (Lepidopteristic mix)
6. "Cities in Dust" (Eruption mix)
7. "Dazzle" (Glamour mix)
8. "Stargazer" (Mambo Sun remix)
9. "Face to Face" (Catatonic mix)

DVD

1. "Dear Prudence"
2. "Hong Kong Garden"
3. "Cities in Dust"
4. "Peek-a-Boo"
5. "Happy House"
6. "Kiss Them for Me"
7. "Face to Face"
8. "Israel"
9. "Christine"
10. "Spellbound"
11. "Stargazer"
12. "Arabian Knights"
13. "The Killing Jar"
14. "This Wheel's on Fire"

A 2 cd + 1 dvd Deluxe : sound & vision edition was released in June 2004 in a long box. It was re-issued in a digipack format in October 2007.

References

1. Wilson, MacKenzie. "The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees – Siouxsie and the Banshees review". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
2. Phillips, Lior (30 August 2017). "Beat Codes: Spoek Mathambo's Favourite Albums". The Quietus. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
3. The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Billboard, 16 November 2002, retrieved 5 May 2010

• 2002 greatest hits albums
• 2002 video albums
• Music video compilation albums
• Siouxsie and the Banshees compilation albums
• Polydor Records compilation albums
• Geffen Records compilation albums
• Polydor Records video albums