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Through the Looking Glass
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10
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Siouxsie and the Banshees, Mike Hedges
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Singles
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This Wheel's On Fire January 9, 1987 The Passenger March 20, 1987
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Album Sequence:
| Preceded by: Tinderbox |
| Followed by: Peepshow |
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Through the Looking Glass is the eighth studio album from Siouxsie and the Banshees containing cover versions of songs written and originally performed by other artists.
Mojo later praised their version of "Strange Fruit", by selecting it in 2007 for a CD called Music Is Love: 15 Tracks That Changed the World Recovered By....[1][2]
Siouxsie and the Banshees version of "The Passenger" contained brass arrangements and Iggy Pop hailed it in those terms. "That's good. She sings it well and she threw a little note in when she sings it, that I wish I had thought of... The horn thing is good..."[3]
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| Allmusic | 3/5[4] |
Track listing[]
- See below for original authors...
- This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us - 3:09
- Hall Of Mirrors - 5:03
- Trust In Me - 4:06
- This Wheel's On Fire - 5:17
- Strange Fruit - 3:53
- You're Lost Little Girl - 2:57
- The Passenger - 5:10
- Gun - 5:06
- Sea Breezes - 4:15
- Little Johnny Jewel - 4:56
Track listing with original writers[]
- Note: All links in this list point to Wikipedia articles
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us" | Ron Mael | Sparks | 3:09 |
| 2. | "Hall of Mirrors" | Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Emil Schult | Kraftwerk | 5:03 |
| 3. | "Trust in Me" | Sherman Brothers | Kaa (voice by Sterling Holloway) in The Jungle Book | 4:06 |
| 4. | "This Wheel's on Fire" | Rick Danko, Bob Dylan | Julie Driscoll | 5:17 |
| 5. | "Strange Fruit" | Lewis Allan | Billie Holiday | 3:53 |
| 6. | "You're Lost Little Girl" | John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison | The Doors | 2:57 |
| 7. | "The Passenger" | Iggy Pop, Ricky Gardiner | Iggy Pop | 5:10 |
| 8. | "Gun" | John Cale | John Cale | 5:06 |
| 9. | "Sea Breezes" | Bryan Ferry | Roxy Music | 4:15 |
| 10. | "Little Johnny Jewel" | Tom Verlaine | Television | 4:56 |
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Personnel[]
- Siouxsie Sioux - vocals
- Steven Severin - electric bass and keyboards
- Budgie - drums and percussion
- John Valentine Carruthers - guitars and keyboards
- Additional personnel
- Martin McCarrick - cello, keyboards, string arrangements
- Jocelyn Pook - viola
- Gini Ball - violin
- Peter Thomas - trombone
- Luke Tunney - trumpet
- Martin Dobson - saxophone
- Julie Aliss - harp
- Mike Hedges - producer, engineer
Charts[]
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1987 | The Billboard 200 | 188 |
References[]
- ↑ Mojo site cover june 2007 issue 163 CD compilation cd, Music Is Love : 15 Tracks That Changed The World Recovered By... tracklisting includes "Strange Fruit" covered by Siouxsie and the Banshees]
- ↑ Mojo june 2007 issue 163 CD Music Is Love : 15 Tracks That Changed The World Recovered By... tracklisting includes "Strange Fruit" covered by Siouxsie and the Banshees
- ↑ "120 Minutes" Iggy Pop interview. MTV. June 1990
- ↑ Ned Raggett. "Through the Looking Glass - Siouxsie and the Banshees". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/through-the-looking-glass-mw0000191737. Retrieved 3 November 2011.