The Rapture (album)

The Rapture
Release Date:	17 January 1995 Polydor Records, Warner Bros. Records, Geffen Records, UNI Distribution USA, Wonderland Label
Vocals:	Siouxsie
Lyrics:	Steven Severin, Siouxsie and Budgie
Guitars:	Jon Klein
Keyboards, Cellos and Accordion:	Martin McCarrick
Bass:	Steven Severin
Drums and Percussion:	Budgie
Genre:	Alternative rock
Album Tracks:	12
Other contributing artists:	John Cale (Producer of: O' Baby, Tearing Apart, The Lonely One, Falling Down and Forever), Charley Gray, Martin Brass, Mark Saunders, Renaud Pion and other Various Artists.

Album Sequence:

Preceded by: Peepshow

Followed by: LAST ALBUM (see: The Creatures first album Feast 1983)

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The Rapture is the eleventh and final studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees. The songs with cello arrangements, including the title track plus "Fall from Grace" and "Not Forgotten", were produced by the band on their own in 1993. John Cale later produced the remaining songs in mid-1994.

Reception

Melody Maker hailed the record at its release: "The Rapture is a fascinating, transcontinental journey through danger and exotica". Describing the arrangements, they added, "it's a vivid cornucopia of lush instrumentation, mandolins vying with cellos and bells, sweeping strings describing starlit oceans and sirens calling from jagged rocks, and attics that hide secret worlds."

Sun Zoom Spark also praised it and wrote, "How is a band that first formed almost two decades ago able to remain both vital and celebrated? Answer: Metamorphosis." The journalist announced, "the album is able to excite the hairs on the back of your neck."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Siouxsie and the Banshees, and all lyrics by Sioux, unless noted otherwise.

Produced by Siouxsie and the Banshees except tracks marked with (*): produced by John Cale; (°): produced and mixed by John Cale.

1. "O Baby" – 3:19*
2. "Tearing Apart" – 3:21*
3. "Stargazer" – 3:14
4. "Fall from Grace" – 3:43° (Lyrics: Severin)
5. "Not Forgotten" – 4:44
6. "Sick Child" – 4:49 (Lyrics: Budgie)
7. "The Lonely One" – 3:29*
8. "Falling Down" – 2:53*
9. "Forever" – 4:04*
10. "The Rapture" – 11:30
11. "The Double Life" – 4:10* (Lyrics: Severin)
12. "Love Out Me" – 4:43

Personnel

• Siouxsie Sioux: vocals
• Steven Severin: electric bass
• Budgie: drums and percussion
• Martin McCarrick: cello, keyboards and accordion
• Jon Klein: guitars
• Renaud Pion: woodwind
• Siouxsie and the Banshees: producers
• John Cale: producer* and mixer°
• Martin Brass: engineer
• Charlie Gray: engineer
• Mark Saunders: mixer

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1995	UK Albums Chart	33
1995	Billboard 200	127

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1995	"O Baby"	UK Singles Chart	34
1995	"O Baby"	U.S. Modern Rock Tracks	21
1995	"Stargazer"	UK Singles Chart	64