Track Listing

1. Candyman
2. Sweetest Chill
3. This Unrest
4. Cities In Dust
5. Cannons
6. Partys Fall
7. 92
8. Lands End
9. The Quarterdrawing Of The Dog
10. An Execution
11. Lullaby
12. Umbrella
13. Cities In Dust

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25630 in Music
• Released on: 1995-03-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 62 minutes

Customer Reviews

A slice of Banshees brilliance
This really is the Banshees at their enigmatic best. Though the bonus tracks are 'interesting' for my mind this superb album is best remembered as 8 songs long, ending as it was intended to with the remarkable 'Lands End.' Tinderbox gives a hard sound that competes well with Siouxsie's unmistakable, punishing vocal delivery. If not already a fan, hear this and you'll really see what puts this band well ahead of their so called contemporaries.

Strike a light
One of the Banshees underrated yet great albums..

Choc full of great tracks like 92 degrees, Party's Fall, Sweetest Chill, This Unrest, Cannons etc (all of which would have made great singles).

This was also the first CD album I ever bought too... and has the relevant B-side tracks tagged on as a bonus. If you don't own this album buy it and play it loud.

AN ELECTRIC STORM
I always preferred the Banshees when they explored and stretched the limits of the conventional voice/guitar/bass/drums set up, rather than over-decorating their sound with strings, accordians and keyboard overkill. Although keyboards DO feature on this stunning, weather-themed album, they're used more sparingly than on earlier releases like A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE and HYAENA. TINDERBOX follows in the footsteps of JUJU, diverting the metallic thrust and parry of THE SCREAM in a more melodic, exotic direction. There's plenty here to match the high standard set by the fabulously intense pop of accompanying 45 "Cities in Dust". John Valentine Carruthers was sadly - and very unfairly - the least appreciated of the Banshees' guitarists, but his work here easily outshines any contributions made by the preceding Robert Smith or subsequent Jon Klein: the chiming chords of "Candyman", the delicate cascades on "The Sweetest Chill", the evocative soundscapes of "Lands End" and the extraordinary effects-pedal work of bonus track "Umbrella" being particularly effective. The rest of the band are on top form too, with Severin's basswork and Budgie's percussion providing a rock solid foundation underneath the beautifully textured arrangements and Siouxsie's atmospheric vocals. Criminally underrated at the time of its release, TINDERBOX ranks alongside THE SCREAM, JOIN HANDS and KALEIDOSCOPE as one of the very best Banshees albums. Further proof that Siouxsie and the boys are the ones who really deserve the praise that's so routinely heaped on their more run-of-the-mill contemporaries.