Knee gut reaction is Cities in Dust but haven't listened to this in ages. Will report back
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
i kinda forgot about it! started playing it again last year. so good. i mean its no hyaena but what is. still has a lot to recommend it. and the production is better than i remember. i think for some reason i remember it being a more mushy post-1984 production. and it is a little slick/blander in that regard. but its got plenty of dark corners to hide out in. the first side is tops.
― scott seward, Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
This was my favorite Banshees album until I heard Juju and The Scream. You could make an argument for every song except Party’s Fall as the best song on the album.
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Thursday, 10 May 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
Aww I love "Party's Fall."
― lingereffect (Kent Burt), Friday, 11 May 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
"Cities In Dust" was my gateway to the Banshees. I still love this album, the wotshisname guitarist is really good.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 11 May 2018 03:34 (five years ago) link
Voted for Cannons. This is easily my favourite Banshees album.
― kitchen person, Friday, 11 May 2018 03:57 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 14 May 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Party's Fall has some fantastic guitar lines. I don't know that I could make a case for it being the best on the album under any circumstances, but I like it a lot.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 May 2018 00:15 (five years ago) link
is there a thread for faux-siouxsie bands. was listening to this today. the lyrics are very funny. definite gothsploitation lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLsP7sm51VE&t=318s
― scott seward, Monday, 14 May 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Only 7 votes? The mass of post-punk fans that populated ILM ten years ago have clearly moved on...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
2 sad 2 vote
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
didn't see this poll but the whole of side one is great. that transition from 'sweetest chill' to 'this unrest' is incredible, such an eerie shift in mood
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
I didn’t vote because I couldn’t narrow down to a shortlist
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
relistening now and 'this unrest' has the same sort of furtive scuttling menace as 'dodo' by genesis
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
anyway, please accept my late vote for 'cannons'
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
Clearly their best. And all those b-sides were equally rad
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 27 November 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I love "An Execution". Is that an actual first person account that makes up the spoken lyrics?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 28 November 2021 02:24 (two years ago) link