Siouxsie & The Banshees - All Souls (2025 Reissue)

Compiled by Siouxsie Sioux, remastered at Abbey Road and originally released 21 October 2022, All Souls is a collection of singles, B-sides and album tracks pulled from the more macabre regions of their songwriting and conceived as a seasonal compilation "to celebrate the autumn equinox and its festivities".

It has a cohesive theme while cleverly encapsulating all that makes Siouxsie and the Banshees great, from their initial punk moves to their more experimental journeys in sound.

Defiantly not a hits collection, despite featuring some of their most famous tracks, like ‘Spellbound’ and ‘Peek-A-Boo’, All Souls is more curated and personal, serving as both a stylish artefact for long-term fans as well as solid introduction for the curious.

A good many of the selections stand out among a strong pack, but ‘Sweetest Chill’, ‘Something Wicked (This Way Comes)’ and the unhinged, almost demonic take on the Ben E. King hit, ‘Supernatural Thing’, in particular, should surprise and delight those that are only familiar with their best-known sides.

The track, ‘El Dia De Los Muertos’, B-side of the 1988 single, ‘The Last Beat Of My Heart’, is of course included.