Tinderbox (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)

Tinderbox
Studio album by
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Released21 April 1986 (1986-04-21)
RecordedMay and August–September 1985 Late 1984 (Demos)
Studio
GenreAlternative rock
Length38:21
Label
ProducerSiouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees chronology
The Thorn
(1984) 		Tinderbox
(1986) 		Through the Looking Glass
(1987)
Singles from Tinderbox
  1. "Cities in Dust"
    Released: 18 October 1985
  2. "Candyman"
    Released: 28 February 1986

Tinderbox is the seventh studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released on 21 April 1986 by Wonderland and Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and by Geffen Records in the United States. It was the band's first full-length effort recorded with then-new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers; Carruthers had previously only added a few parts on the 1984 EP The Thorn. The first recording sessions for the album took place at Hansa by the Wall in Berlin in May 1985.

Two songs were released as singles between late 1985 and early 1986, "Cities in Dust" and "Candyman". Tinderbox peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and at number 88 on the US Billboard 200.[1][2]

PopMatters included it on their list of the "12 essential alternative rock albums from the 1980s", and alternative rock artists including Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle, Jean-Benoît Dunckel of Air and Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, have cited it as an inspiration.


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