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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 as well as "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. This album was reissued in 2014 in a remastered version with three bonus tracks, including a previously unreleased song called "FGM" and "New Skin", a song recorded for the motion picture soundtrack of ''Showgirls''. ==Critical reception== ''The Rapture'' was generally well received by critics. ''Melody Maker'' hailed the record at its release and wrote: "''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."〔Unsworth, Cathi. "Baby, Come back". ''Melody Maker''. 14 January 1995.〕 Steve Malins of ''Vox'' also liked the album. He said, "The title-track is a sublime melodrama recalling the experimentation of ''Peepshow'' and 1982's ''Kiss in the Dreamhouse''", before concluding with this sentence, "''The Rapture'' represents an intelligent twist on familiar Banshees obsessions".〔Malins, Steve. ''The Rapture'' review. ''Vox''. February 1995〕 Liz Buckley of ''Sun Zoom Spark'' also praised it, writing, "How is a band that first formed almost two decades ago able to remain both vital and celebrated? Answer: Metamorphosis." Buckley also declared that "the album is able to excite the hairs on the back of your neck."〔Buckley, Liz. "Siouxsie and the banshees". ''Sun Zoom Spark''. January 1995〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Rapture (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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