As the genius Simon Reynolds noted, this work is nothing more than the celebration of a rite in which the only deity contemplated is Siouxsie herself. For it cannot be anything else, an album that starts with "Spellbound" and ends with "Voodoo Dolly." The supreme marriage of dark and psychedelia, a total fresco of Gothic symbolism, images, words. The memorable flanging of John McGeoch, the tribal rhythm, the absolute splendor of tracks that make history: "Monitor," "Night Shift"...
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