Hyæna cover
Released

Robert Smith’s time in Siouxsie and the Banshees was limited to the Nocturne live album, their hit cover of the Beatles’ “Dear Prudence” and then the one studio album in Hyæna, but even if it was a somewhat chaotic moment thanks to his continuing Cure work, he made it count. Hyæna is still ultimately a Banshees album first and foremost, with the sweeping orchestrations of “Dazzle” and the entrancing piano-led “Swimming Horses” providing the singles. A great deep cut: the full-on Morricone vibes of “Bring Me the Head of the Preacher Man.”

Ned Raggett

Recommended by

Suggestions
Strange Free World cover

Strange Free World

Kitchens of Distinction
Love and Rockets cover

Love and Rockets

Love and Rockets
Holy Smoke cover

Holy Smoke

Peter Murphy
Dance cover

Dance

Gary Numan
Wish cover

Wish

The Cure
Strawberries cover

Strawberries

The Damned
Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters cover

Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters

Marc Almond & the Willing Sinners
The Hurting cover

The Hurting

Tears for Fears