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90
AllMusic

Tinderbox is the most musically up-tempo of all Siouxsie and the Banshees' albums and the most stylistically consistent one since The Scream and Join Hands.

Trisumun
100

One of the most beautiful and hypnotic voices I've ever heard it fits perfect with the instrumentals and Siouxsie is top 10 stage name ever. I am blown away so much from the first seconds i absolutely love this album so much, The lyricism is amazing and the album structure as well is phenomenal. the whole atmosphere this album constructs is unmatched as I've always had a interest into the gothic style but never really the music as such but this is the best gothic album to date and ... read more

marvelgaryen
75

Cities in Dust is such an iconic song to me.

firegold763
96

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

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GoreHag
90

love that kind of um stuff

tistan
90

Going into a rabbit hole of the Gothic Rock genre, it just gets better and better for me. I've been stuck up on 80's goth & post-punk music for a while now, While I adore and adore basically everything I've found from this style of music so far, this stands out a lot to me. It's still got the signature dark & deep atmosphere, but Siouxsie is such a fabulous and unique lead singer, giving this different style of writing and delivery over the distinct 80's Punk ... read more

Matcamss
88

Very good album! Incredible instrumentals and sounds overall on every song

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Track List

1Candyman
3:44
91
2The Sweetest Chill
4:07
92
3This Unrest
6:21
88
4Cities in Dust
3:51
97
5Cannons
3:14
89
6Party's Fall
4:56
88
792º
6:02
92
8Land's End
6:06
88
Total Length: 38 minutes
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