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The last album that Siouxsie and the Banshees put out is like I said: simply epic. They are incredibly inventive, intense, and creative here. On some songs you can here them incorporate their punk roots more significantly and they also experiment further with synths and electronics to great benefit.
There's only 2 songs that I think could've been left off that don't do much for the album as a whole and really aren't that great in my eyes: "O Baby" and "The Lonely One". This is still a five star album even though those songs are on it, that's how good it is.
This doesn't sound like the past albums they put out but it definitely has the signature essence that the band stamps on every album they make. If anything, some of these songs improve on the past sound in my opinion. "The Rapture", the song, is 10 minutes long and I didn't feel the urge to press skip at all; it was literally amazing.
In a nutshell, if you're an old Banshees fan, you may have to get used to this because it might initially shock you or put you off BUT you will at some point adore this cd.
If you're new to the band, you should start off with their older material first to get your feet wet.
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Two of the same record; No record for second half of album.
This two record LP contained duplicate records for sides A and B… No record present for sides C & D. Otherwise everything looked good. Attempting to return and hopefully receive two correct records.
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Excelente adquisición para conocedores.
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Reviewed in Italy on March 3, 2021
A 16 anni di distanza mi sento di dire che The Rapture è forse tra le cose più belle che la band abbia fatto uscire in tutta la loro carriera; è un disco maestoso, prodotto con la collaborazione di John Cale dei Velvet Underground. Pezzi come Forever, Love out of me, Not Forgotten, The Rapture per citare i momenti più oscuri, fanno parte del repertorio più alto del gruppo londinese, ai quali si affiancano momenti più morbidi di pop ricercato e sofisticato che sono anche quelli che aprono il disco. Ricordo che all'epoca considerai questo lp un passo falso rispetto al già debole "Superstition" di qualche anno prima; ora questa versione in vinile rimasterizzata half speed dai master originali agli Abbey Road Studios, mi ha fatto riscoprire una perla della wave inglese. Il commiato dalle scene di una band fondamentale e forse il canto del cigno di tutto un movimento che ha visto il suo apice nelle decadi precedenti.
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