Voices on the Air: The Peel Sessions
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Voices on the Air: The Peel Sessions is an album released by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It is composed of recordings from the band during the years 1977-1979 and 1981-1986 on John Peel
's BBC Radio 1 show The Peel Sessions.
The two first sessions had been previously released on various EPs.
This album marks the first time all of the Banshees' Peel Sessions recordings are gathered onto one disc.
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
's BBC Radio 1 show The Peel Sessions.
The two first sessions had been previously released on various EPs.
This album marks the first time all of the Banshees' Peel Sessions recordings are gathered onto one disc.
CD: Polydor / 984 294–0 (UK)
- "Love in a VoidMittageisen"Mittageisen" is a single by the English band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Originally appearing on the band's 1978 debut album The Scream as "Metal Postcard ", the track was re-recorded in 1979 with this time the lyrics sung in German....
" (2:39) - "Mirage" (2:40)
- "Metal PostcardMittageisen"Mittageisen" is a single by the English band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Originally appearing on the band's 1978 debut album The Scream as "Metal Postcard ", the track was re-recorded in 1979 with this time the lyrics sung in German....
" (3:34) - "Suburban Relapse" (3:05)
- "Hong Kong GardenHong Kong Garden (song)"Hong Kong Garden" is the debut single released by British band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was produced by their manager Nils Stevenson and sound-engineer Steve Lillywhite. Issued in the UK by Polydor Records in 1978, the single quickly hit number seven in the UK singles chart.The song is now...
" (2:41) - "OvergroundOverground (song)"Overground" is a song written and recorded by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was co-produced with Mike Hedges and included on The Thorn EP. The song originally appeared on the Banshees' debut album The Scream in 1978...
" (3:10) - "Carcass" (3:42)
- "Helter Skelter" (3:30)
- "Placebo Effect" (4:23)
- "Playground TwistPlayground Twist"Playground Twist" is the third single released by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Issued in the UK by Polydor Records in 1979, the track was produced by the band's manager Nils Stevenson and Mike Stavrou, a recording engineer on Marc Bolan's last album Dandy in the Underworld...
" (3:05) - "Regal Zone" (3:53)
- "Poppy Day" (2:04)
- "Halloween" (3:38)
- "Voodoo Dolly" (6:30)
- "But Not Them" (3:32)
- "Into the Light" (4:21)
- "Candyman" (3:46)
- "Cannons" (3:19)
- "Lands End" (6:18)
- tracks 1–4 recorded 29 November 1977
- tracks 5–8 recorded 6 February 1978
- tracks 9–12 recorded 9 April 1979
- tracks 13–16 recorded 10 February 1981
- tracks 17–19 recorded 28 January 1986