Album
Downside Up
2004 · Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold

Downside Up is an Alt/Indie album by Siouxsie And The Banshees, originally released in 2004.
About
Downside Up is a four-disc box set collecting B-sides and bonus material from the catalog of Siouxsie & the Banshee. Also included (on disc four) is The Thorn EP, originally released in 1984. Three songs of this boxset were later hailed by other bands : * Tricky covered "Tattoo"(the b-side of "Dear Prudence) to open his second solo album Nearly God. "Tattoo" is a pre-Trip-Hop that the band recorded in 1983. It inspired Tricky when he forged his style. * Massive Attack sampled in 1997 "Mittageisen" (the "Metal Postcard" version sung in German) on "Superpredators" for the movie soundtrack The Jackal * Shirley Manson of Garbage stated that "Drop Dead / Celebration" (the B-side of "Happy House") was one of her favourite tracks by the band. The singer also stated to Rolling Stone magazine in 1996 her fondness for this B-side. * Morrissey played "Eve White/Eve Black" (the b-side of "Christine") during intermission on his 1997 Maladjusted tour. The Times wrote in its review : "Standouts include the spiky Drop Dead/Celebration, the sinister Eve White/Eve Black and the chopped up industrial funk of Tattoo". The critic also rated the band as one of "the most audacious and uncompromising musical adventurers of the post-punk era." .
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Tracklist
- 1-01Voices (On The Air)5:34
- 1-0220th Century Boy2:00
- 1-03Pulled To Bits3:26
- 1-04Mittageisen (Metal Postcard)4:10
- 1-05Drop Dead / Celebration4:26
- 1-06Eve White / Eve Black3:05
- 1-07Red Over White4:36
- 1-08Follow The Sun2:49
- 1-09Slap Dash Snap3:42
- 1-10Supernatural Thing4:26
- 1-11Congo Conga4:15
- 1-12Coal Mind3:32
- 1-13We Fall3:39
- 1-14Cannibal Roses4:30
- 1-15Obsession II3:52
- 1-16A Sleeping Rain4:19
- 1-17Il Est Né, Le Divin Enfant2:32
- 2-01Tattoo3:30
- 2-02(There's A) Planet In My Kitchen5:23
- 2-03Let Go3:37
- 2-04The Humming Wires4:23
- 2-05I Promise4:39
- 2-06Throw Them To The Lions4:51
- 2-07An Execution3:51
- 2-08The Quarterdrawing Of The Dog4:55
- 2-09Lullaby3:33
- 2-10Umbrella4:14
- 2-11Shooting Sun4:45
- 2-12Sleepwalking (On The High Wire)5:11
- 2-13She Cracked3:07
- 2-14She's Cuckoo4:16
- 2-15Something Blue3:56
- 2-16The Whole Price Of Blood3:54
- 2-17Mechanical Eyes3:36
- 3-01False Face2:52
- 3-02Catwalk4:58
- 3-03Something Wicked (This Way Comes)4:21
- 3-04Are You Still Dying, Darling?4:45
- 3-05El Dia De Los Muertos3:38
- 3-06Sunless4:28
- 3-07Staring Back3:17
- 3-08Return5:04
- 3-09Spiral Twist3:56
- 3-10Sea Of Light4:35
- 3-11I Could Be Again4:31
- 3-12Hothead3:31
- 3-13B Side Ourselves3:48
- 3-14Swimming Horses (Live)4:41
- 3-15All Tomorrow's Parties (Live)6:12
- 3-16Hang Me High6:06
- 3-17Black Sun3:11
- 4-01Overground3:53
- 4-02Voices (On The Air)5:26
- 4-03Placebo Effect4:37
- 4-04Red Over White5:43
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Post-Punk
- angular
- dark
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Anne StephensonARRANGED BY STRINGS
- Billy McGeeARRANGED BY
- BudgieCYMBAL, PERCUSSION DRUM PROGRAMMING DRUMS
- Gini BallARRANGED BY STRINGS
- John McGeochGUITAR KEYBOARDS
- John McKayGUITAR GUITAR, SAXOPHONE
- John Valentine CarruthersGUITAR
- Jon KleinACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Kenny MorrisDRUMS
- Martin McCarrickARRANGED BY CELLO KEYBOARDS
- Murray MitchellGUITAR
- Robert SmithGUITAR SITAR
- Sam ArtissCONDUCTOR
- Siouxsie SiouxGUITAR PERCUSSION PIANO
- Steven SeverinBASS ELECTRIC PIANO ELECTRONIC DRUMS
- Talvin SinghTABLA
- The Chandos PlayersSTRINGS
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