SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES – PEEPSHOW LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1988 PUNK

Siouxsie & The Banshees – Peepshow
(Wonderland Records  1988  SHELP5)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Sleeve & Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Siouxsie and the Banshees were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin. Initially associated with the English punk rock scene, the band rapidly evolved to create “a form of post-punk discord full of daring rhythmic and sonic experimentation”. The Times cited Siouxsie and the Banshees as “one of the most audacious and uncompromising musical adventurers of the post-punk era”.

With the release of Juju in 1981, the group also became an important influence on the emerging gothic rock scene. They disbanded in 1996, with Siouxsie and drummer Budgie continuing to record music as the Creatures, a second band they had formed in the early 1980s. In 2004, Siouxsie began a solo career.

Siouxsie and the Banshees’ work places highly in both musicians’ polls and music papers’ lists. In 2006, Mojo rated guitarist John McGeoch in their list of “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” for his work on “Spellbound”.

Peepshow is the ninth studio album by the English band Siouxsie and the Banshees and their first as a quintet. With the arrival of multi-instrumentalist Martin McCarrick, Peepshow was one of their most musically complex albums, including the singles “Peek-a-Boo” and “The Last Beat of My Heart”. The album was both a critical and a commercial success, peaking at number 68 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing

All music composed by Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Personnel

• Siouxsie Sioux – vocals
• Steven Severin – electric bass
• Budgie – drums, percussion and harmonica
• Martin McCarrick – cello, keyboards, accordion
• Jon Klein – guitar

Additional personnel

• Mike Hedges – producer, engineer