This is a polished pop-rock album set to 90s rhythms that are thoroughly integrated in the Banshees vision. Most of the songs are melodious like Belladonna on Hyaena or The Last Beat of my Heart on Peepshow. Superstition kicks off with Kiss Them For Me, the lilting hit about starlet Jayne Mansfield that comes with a catchy tune, buoyant dance beat and Indian drums. It is followed by Fear (of the Unknown), a typical edgy Sioux outing with a gothic feel.

The uptempo rock number Cry has atmospheric sound effects in the rhythm break & outro. Siouxsie goes torch on Drifter, a track with expansive soundscapes and a touch of tenderness. The enigmatic ballad Little Sister passes by soothingly and before you know it, you're in Shadowtime, a siouxcessful slab of psychedelia, a style that recurs in Silver Waterfalls which is even more enchanting with its sitar-tinged sound. Silly Thing is another tuneful ditty while Got To Get Up has an orchestral air & uplifting feel.

The atmospheric dirge Softly could have come from This Mortal Coil or the Twin Peaks soundtrack. Siouxsie's voice had lost none of its lethal bite, but here she becomes convincingly sensitive as she intones "Softly the moment has gone/So softly the moment had flown". The same sensitivity surfaces on The Ghost In You, where guitar and sitar go full throttle on a truly magnificent arrangement, with references to the Tiananmen Square massacre. And so Siouxsie takes leave of the ghost in us with A Kiss Eternal.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Controversial amongst fans but there are a few worthwhile gems, 13 Aug 2009

By	E. McKnight (Plymouth, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Superstition (Audio CD)

After a 3 year gap from the one of the band's creative peaks (being the Peepshow album) Superstition marked a radical change in Siouxsie and the Banshees sound, largely due to the unusual partnering of Stephen Hague as producer. Hague who seemed to be ubiquitous at the time due to his success with Pet Shop Boys and New Order had been overhauling the sound of some other punk and new wave throwbacks; Pere Ubu and Public Image Ltd. As was the case with those bands, this album sounds like an established artist being ordered to change its hallmark sound because the record company wanted some hits. As a result you get the radio friendly, up tempo, guitar pop typified by 'Shadowtime', 'Got To Get Up' and 'Cry' with catchy choruses and dance rythms typical of early 90s Pop. When you line it up against all of Siouxsie and the Banshees previous work it sticks out like a sore thumb. However there are some real highs, 'Kiss Them From Me' is one of the band's better singles along with the brooding 'Drifter' and 'Softly'. The excellent closing track 'Ghost in You' is up there with the best songs in the band's back catalogue. Those tracks alone may make it worthwhile but if you are a fan of 'Kiss In A Dreamhouse', 'Tinderbox','Hyeana' etc it may be a too radical and unnecessary departure.

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