Siouxsie and the Banshees - Tinderbox - Reviews - Album of The Year
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Tinderbox
Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
1986 Ratings: #48 / 141
User Score
Based on 316 ratings
1986 Rank: #10
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marvelgaryen
75

Cities in Dust is such an iconic song to me.

firegold763
92

Tinderbox: Revisited

Siouxsie, a goth icon, what else can be said. "Tinderbox" is probably my favourite album from her and the band, if "Juju" was minimalistic, raw, low budget post-punk, this is instead polished, cleaner, high quality gothic rock.

Yeah, the production on this album is amazing, the instrumentals are very organic and there is the perfect balance between strong drums, great guitars, great bass and the mesmerizing voice of Siouxsie. And yeah for being a ... read more

FattyMcNeill
96

This makes me want to dance about like a bat with an extremely severe case of rabies.

I feel like Tinderbox is an extremely overlooked album in the goth rock genre, this is a genre I love and I'm surprised about the lack of discussion for this album in particular because to me this stands as one of the best in the genre. Maybe this is a hot take but I'd even argue that it's Siouxsie and the Banshees best project they've ever came out with, I mean it has everything. The atmosphere is dark but ... read more

Lomano4409
98

Tinderbox is Siouxsie's best album for me, Siouxsie and the Banshees is one of my favourite bands. Tinderbox is truly seminal, probably my favourite gothic album. It manages to hold up from start to finish and has its peaks in "The Sweetest Chill," "Cities in Dust," and "92°". It's truly an album that you can't stay still while listening.

mnunes18
85

Favorites:
1 Candyman
3 This Unrest
4 Cities in Dust

Grady
97

This album cooks, and cooks even harder than juju

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Track List

1Candyman
3:44
94
2The Sweetest Chill
4:07
93
3This Unrest
6:21
91
4Cities in Dust
3:51
97
5Cannons
3:14
93
6Party's Fall
4:56
90
792
6:02
93
8Land's End
6:06
92
Total Length: 38 minutes
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Added on: December 13, 2013