The Best Of Siouxsie And The Banshees (2002)

I'll let Billboard magazine do the heavy lifting on this art-driven post-punk compilation:

Billboard, November 16, 2002, p. 24

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks, with my admittedly predictable favorites checked:

	Song	Year	UK	US Dance	US Mod. Rock
1	Dear Prudence	1983	3			✔
2	Hong Kong Garden	1978	7
3	Cities In Dust	1985	21	17
4	Peek-A-Boo	1988	16	14	1	✔
5	Happy House	1980	17
6	Kiss Them For Me	1991	32	8	1	✔
7	Face To Face	1992	21		7
8	Dizzy	2002
9	Israel	1980	41	73		✔
10	Christine	1980	22			✔
11	Spellbound	1981	22	73		✔
12	Stargazer	1995	64
13	Arabian Knights	1981	32	64
14	The Killing Jar	1988	41	37	2	✔
15	This Wheel's On Fire	1987	14

I think the psychedelic cover of Dear Prudence is one of the best Beatles covers of all-time, just behind Earth, Wind & Fire's Got To Get You Into My Life and Stevie Wonder's We Can Work It Out. That said, my favorite track here is Kiss Them For Me. And when you're in just the right mood, this is a fantastic compilation. What's the right mood? Well, for me, that mood involves a warm, sunny day and tunes are cranked on the car stereo on a trip to no particular place. It's currently 83° here in San Antonio and I'm eyeballing a drive down I-37 this afternoon.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: I was driving along listening to the 1st Wave channel on SiriusXM (as one does), heard the song Christine, and without even thinking about it, chanted right along with Siouxsie: "Now she's in purple, now she's a turtle." That made me wonder why I didn't have any SATB discs on my shelves. After a quick facepalm, I ordered this compilation to correct that oversight.