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~ The Creatures - Siouxsie
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  • Audio CD (27 Oct 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Extra tracks
  • Label: Commercial Marketing
  • ASIN: B000007V2I
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 32,336 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Mad Eyed Screamer 1:54£0.69
Listen  2. So Unreal 2:15£0.69
Listen  3. But Not Them 3:19£0.69
Listen  4. Wild Thing 3:09£0.69
Listen  5. Thumb 3:58£0.69
Listen  6. Morning Dawning 4:02£0.69
Listen  7. Inoa'Ole 3:49£0.69
Listen  8. Ice House 2:46£0.69
Listen  9. Dancing On Glass 2:16£0.69
Listen10. Gecko 3:50£0.69
Listen11. Sky Train 3:15£0.69
Listen12. Festival Of Colours 3:33£0.69
Listen13. Miss The Girl 2:35£0.69
Listen14. A Strutting Rooster 5:04£0.69
Listen15. Flesh 4:26£0.69
Listen16. Hot Springs In The Snow 3:51£0.69
Listen17. Weathercade 2:48£0.59
Listen18. Right Now 2:14£0.69

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This collection features the Creatures' early-1980s releases, including the full-length debut, FEAST, ably showcasing the sensual, dynamic singing of Siouxsie Sioux and the percussive might and dexterity of Budgie. Moonlighting from their work as part of Siouxsie & the Banshees, the duo (who would later marry) use a minimal palette (primarily vocals and drums) to create a surprisingly full sound that's steeped in atmosphere (the lilting "Thumb"), tribal-influenced fury (the frenetic "Sky Train"), and big-band boisterousness (a horn-laden cover of Herbie Mann's "Right Now"), with the swinging latter style hinting at both future Banshees and Creatures outings.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars no creature could be better, 12 Nov 2004
finally i got my hands on this 1997 published the creatures album, which includes so-craved and rare 1981 ep (i happened to buy it on vinyl when it was released) which's songs i was even able to hear when banshees did three shows in finland with the classic mcgeoch line-up.

since the first beats of 'mad eyed screamer' this albums is a nostalgic pleasure trip to the time siouxsie and her bandmates were at the peak of their musiciancraft, innovating something so fresh and new, even in such a strange-sounding 'the feast' which sioux and budgie mastered somewher in oceania.

its a bit of pity that banshees never released a live album from 1980-1982
mc geoch period, but i am glad there are songs like 'but not them' reminding me of that time. this album is not a masterpiece but an interesting dive into to depths of most innovative post-punk music ever done.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Siouxperb!!, 21 Jan 2007
Pounding drums together with those pulsating vocals showcase this vastly underrated siouxsie/creatures sound, now quarter of a century old. 'A betsuary of' is mainly featuring the 'Feast' recordings that took place in Hawaii and includes the hard beats and delightful tunes of'Ice House,''Dancing on glass,' and the chanting of 'Festival of Colours.' Highly atmospheric throughout, and utilising local choirs and musicianship, this c.d. demonstrates an established act not afraid to do something fresh and completely apart from their previous work. More accessable hit single 'Right Now' is also inluded here, but it's the voice like no other that makes this c.d really work.
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6 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Siouxsie & Banshees fans don't loose this CD, 29 Aug 2001
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I'm so happy to have been able to find this CD here, I was looking for it some years ... This CD is made up by 2 parts, created by Siouxsie + his drummer in two very different moments. The 1st part really deserves 5 stars! it was previously an EP called " Wild thing from the creatures " of 83, or 84 which is IMPOSSIBLE to find ( this explains my long, long search ) and if you loved " JuJu " and " The Scream " you shouldn't loose it, music is at the same level mut more essential: only voice + drums, imagine ! and Siouxsie voice's at the real best. I remember a fiend of mine, who absolutely hates music in general, while listening to " Wild thing ", stopped suddenly talking and said: " I like it so much ! this is not music, it's better, it's only rhytm !". The second part of the CD was composed later, on 87 or 88, I don't remember precisely, after a long staying of Siouxsie in some Pacific Ocean Islands to recover from throats problems she had. This means her voice is no more the same ( unfortunately ), and music is strongly influenced by these Caribbean percussions - there's even some chorus from local singers (?). I would not give more to 3 stars to this 2nd part - more a curiosity than other.
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