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The Creatures - Siouxsie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 22, 1989)
• Original Release Date: November 29, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B000000ORU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,899 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing from start to finish, August 19, 2004

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Bruce Hodges (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boomerang (Audio CD)

It's been years since I bought this, and it remains one of my favorite recordings. The big hit, "Standing There," has a lazy bit of percussion that could be straight out of some late-night cocktail lounge, with Siouxsie sarcastically wailing, "Hey creepos, I'm talking to you." But then the song changes, becoming much faster with a whirling, infectious beat that positively throbs with energy. Other faves include "Speeding," with its zooming car effects, the languorous "Pluto Drive," and the mysterious "Simoom" that somehow sounds almost Moroccan to my ears. The world music influences on this recording only add to its infectious spirit.

This was one of Siouxsie's first forays into a style different from her work with the Banshees. As the Creatures, she and husband Budgie offer a more stripped-down style, heavy on the percussion. The assortment of instruments, electronics and other special effects used here is totally invigorating, with Siouxsie's inimitable voice sailing over it all. The sound, too, is excellent, with lots of glittering detail, and all the various layers coming through crystal-clear. I don't think it would be overstatement to call this one of the great rock recordings of the 1980's.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ravishing, Magical, Perfect., December 31, 1999

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Thomas Baldwin (Upland, California 90210) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boomerang (Audio CD)

Not a bad song on here, you discover more as you listen each time on this wonderfully produced CD. I thought it wouldn't be as good as the regular Siouxsie and The Banshees CDs but much to my surprise I was completely wrong, this disc is BETTER then any regular Banshees LP. The percussion is fascinating, as are the layers of impressive synths and of course Siouxsies voice... which is really shown off here, and manipulated in some very futuristic/cool ways (The Prince like vocoding on You and Solar Choir). I cannot say enough good things about this CD! Best tracks: Every single one, the thing works as a package.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, January 31, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Boomerang (Audio CD)

I was checking the spelling of the word "similar" in the dictionary the other day and there it was: "simoom" in the next coloumn! "A hot, dry, suffocating sand-wind which sweeps across the African and Asiatic deserts at intervals during the spring and summer" (OED). Ah, so Siouxsie!

The Creatures as a band is soooo much better than she and the banshees ever were. This is soooo marvelous. She and Budgie employ a "cafetieria style" approach to music, something electronica and trip-hop artists alike were to d0 full-time throughout the nineties.

Spanish trumpets on "Manchild" careen into drum loops; sampled traffic sounds swoon over siouxsie's vocals on "speeding;" and you are pummled with bongos on "standing there," right after you are soothed by the scratchers!

I already own "Anima Animus" by the Creatures (which I still maintain is the BEST of her oeuvre). So I guess it's time for "Hybrids"!