Siouxsie and the Banshees

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Tinderbox is the seventh studio album by the English alternative rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1986. It was the first effort recorded with new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers. The sessions took place at Hansa Studios, by the Berlin wall.

Tinderbox peaked at number thirteen in the UK albums chart in 1986[2] : it was re-issued, remastered and expanded in 2009, featuring in the bonus tracks an unreleased version of the 1987's "Song from the Edge of the World" and an unreleased song with lyrics of Steven Severin called "Starcrossed", recorded in May 1985. The B-sides of "Cities in Dust" and "Candyman", initially included as bonus tracks on the 1986 CD, are now part of the Downside Up b-sides box set.

Sounds magazine praised the album on its release. Kevin Murphy wrote, "Tinderbox romps and swoons with all the majesty of Dreamhouse", and added, "it's a refreshing slant on the Banshees' disturbing perspective and restores their vivid shades to pop's pale palette."[3]

Jon Savage also hailed the record in Spin magazine:

    "its scope, ease, and assurance make it a good collection for the Banshees to relaunch themselves into the international market this spring. Carruthers fits in to the point that you wouldn't know there was a change, and Budgie's drumming is superb. Apart from the singles "Cities in Dust" and "Candyman" (which perpetuates the Banshees' sinister view of childhood), the sparks fly on the crystal clear "Cannons" and the unsettling "Parties Fall".[4]

Retrospectively, critic David Cleary gave the record a four and a half star rating out of five and applauded the band for

    "rocking drumming, drivingly aggressive yet fully textured guitar playing, and masterful, gutsy singing. The songs here are intense and unfold slowly, some starting off less vigorously but becoming hard rockers further along. There is of course a fine line between consistency and lack of contrast, but this album stays firmly on the side of the former; in fact, there's a certain satisfying feel to the musically uniform wall of sound here. The arrangements are less complex than in immediately preceding albums, but there are still plenty of subtle, effective production touches to be found throughout."

The Quietus also praised the reissue of the album and said :

    "By removing the focus from the guitar, Siouxsie & The Banshees forged a sound that was totally their own. Rhythmic and percussive, the rock idiom of old was eschewed in favour of a sound that was wholly their own. "Cities In Dust", the first taster from Tinderbox, found the band moving into more electronic climes as Severin's recently purchased DX-7 synth discovered new territories to explore." Tinderbox would be later hailed by the singer of Suede, Brett Anderson.
  
1.  "Candyman"       3:44
2.  "The Sweetest Chill"       4:07
3.  "This Unrest"       6:21
4.  "Cities in Dust"       3:51
5.  "Cannons"       3:14
6.  "Party's Fall"       4:56
7.  "92°"       6:02
8.  "Land's End"       6:06