Album · Siouxsie and the Banshees
Join Hands by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Join Hands is an album by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1979. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Icon”, on 3 lists with a best position of #40.
Join Hands, the second album from Siouxsie and the Banshees, came out on Polydor on 7 September 1979, and it's a far bleaker, more airless trip than The Scream. The First World War hangs over the whole record, and the band play like they're trapped in the trenches: John McKay's guitar scrapes and shrieks, Kenny Morris's drums thud like distant shelling, Steven Severin's bass prowls underneath, and Siouxsie Sioux presides over it all like a ghost at a remembrance service. "Playground Twist", the lone single, and "Icon" lodge in the brain like shrapnel.
The British weeklies loved it, Melody Maker, Sounds, NME and Record Mirror among them, but the lineup that made it didn't survive release day: McKay and Morris walked out after a row as the UK tour got under way. A 2015 vinyl reissue came with the very first sleeve design the band had handed to Polydor.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Join Hands on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icon | 3 | #40 | – | 1980–1982 | |
| 2 | Playground Twist | 1 | #44 | – | 1979 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.