On March 2nd, 1987, Siouxsie and the Banshees released their covers LP Through the Looking Glass. The album’s title was a homage to the Lewis Carroll theme throughout the Banshees’ career, as well as referencing track 2 on the LP, a cover of Kraftwerk’s “Hall Of Mirrors”.
Through the Looking Glass found its genesis in the Banshee’s 1983 cover of The Beatles‘ “Dear Prudence”, as well as being an homage to the David Bowie album Pin Ups.
Additionally, releasing a covers LP was a practical decision, as the previous LP Tinderbox was fraught with delays due to a knee injury, and a disagreement overproduction, so the quick release of a new record quickly was desirable.
Through the Looking Glass features two single releases:
A cover of Bob Dylan’s “This Wheel’s on Fire”:
and a cover of Iggy Pop’s, “The Passenger” a song written as a soundtrack to the Berlin Ubahn and sharing a car ride with David Bowie to Poland, from the album 1977 Lust for Life.
Other covers featured on the album include Sparks “This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us”, Trust In Me, from The Jungle Book, “You’re Lost Little Girl” by The Doors, “Gun” by John Cale, “Sea Breezes” by Roxy Music, and “Little Johnny Jewel” by Television.
The album also includes a stunning cover of Billie Holiday’s lament on the sorrows of lynching in the racist south “Strange Fruit”,
Tracklist:
Are these dead flowers? Is it dead bait? Are these sad lovers left to waste? Carl Jung understood that the…
Resuscitating, ascending Augmenting reality Which is why I’ve never felt so Alive Riding the waves of her acclaimed album Arcana…
Louisiana’s own The Links emerged from Lafayette’s sun-baked streets in the early 2010s, their sound a raw cut of Southern…
Decadence and seduction Oblivion is coming Deliver us from evil The Flowers of Destruction Revolution Above Disorder, led by Irish-born…
Toronto shoegaze outfit Rituals first stirred to life in 2009, a quiet experiment in Adam Seward’s small, dim room, where…
Filled with fire Come to me Suspended with so much pleasure No matter how scared we may be To live…