The Rapture by Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Rapture, released in January 1995 on Polydor, turned out to be the eleventh and last studio album from Siouxsie and the Banshees, with Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin and Budgie still at the core. It came together in two separate blocks. In 1993 the band produced the cello-laced songs themselves, the title track, "Fall from Grace" and "Not Forgotten" among them, and in mid-1994 John Cale took the controls for the rest.

You can hear the split. The cello tracks are sweeping and cinematic, the title song unspooling like a dark little film, while Cale's half is tighter and brighter. "O Baby" is about as close to breezy as this band ever got. It's a strange, lovely way to exit: the post-punk pioneers going out on an album that sounds like it's still exploring. They disbanded the next year.

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