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Following Tinderbox's success but still not working as well with John Valentine Carruthers as they could have, Siouxsie and the Banshees kept him on for one further album -- a covers coll… Más…

Following Tinderbox's success but still not working as well with John Valentine Carruthers as they could have, Siouxsie and the Banshees kept him on for one further album -- a covers collection, much in the vein of band inspiration {|David Bowie|}'s Pin-Ups. Through the Looking Glass is more than a time killer but less than a total success -- if anything it's seen more now as a chance for the band to refocus before ditching Carruthers and creating the stunning Peepshow. But there have been far worse efforts from other performers in this vein, and there's a cool, giddy fun at work throughout that makes it a fine listen. The inspired range of covers reaches from glam-era landmarks ({|Roxy Music|}'s Sea Breezes, {|John Cale|}'s Gun) to {|Billie Holiday|}'s sorrowful touchstone Strange Fruit to, in one of the best such efforts ever (and a year before {|Hal Willner|}'s {|Stay Awake|} project), a Disney classic -- namely the slinky Trust in Me, originally from The Jungle Book and given a spare, mostly-{|Budgie|} backing that could almost be a sparkling {|Creatures|} outtake. Some takes are more or less direct clones without much to add -- {|Sparks|}' This Town Isn't Big Enough for Both of Us misses the sheer hysteria that {|Russell Mael|} brought to the original, but {|Iggy Pop|}'s The Passenger adds a bit of horn-section punch and lets {|Siouxsie|} demonstrate her ability with calm, dismissive cool. Turning {|Kraftwerk|}'s empty, haunted Hall of Mirrors into a much more propulsive, {|Morricone|} guitar-tinged number makes for a fine reinvention, though, while {|Bob Dylan|}-via-{|Julie Driscoll|}'s This Wheel's on Fire made for an enjoyable, string-touched single from the album. And if anyone needed proof that the Banshees were obsessive fan types when they started, the concluding cover of {|Television|}'s debut obscurity Little Johnny Jewel would provide it. Music>Music>Vinyl>BN.com Vinyl>BN.com Vinyl, Geffen Records Core >3<

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Through the looking glass, il Vinile di Siouxsie & Banshees edito da Universal Music Vinile, Universal Music

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