Song · Siouxsie and the Banshees
“Jigsaw Feeling” by Siouxsie and the Banshees
From the album The Scream (1978)
“Jigsaw Feeling” by Siouxsie and the Banshees appears on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1978 and 1982. It was first released in 1978 on the album The Scream. Its best result is #35 on the John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1981). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,882 alternative song of all time.
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"Jigsaw Feeling" comes from The Scream, the debut album Siouxsie and the Banshees put out on Polydor on November 13, 1978, and it's Steven Severin's song through and through: he wrote the words and built the music with John McKay. Steve Lillywhite, brought back as co-producer after the "Hong Kong Garden" single broke, produced it with the band and mixed it himself.
The Scream was cut in a week and mixed over three more at RAK, and you can feel the pressure on the whole thing: jagged, angular guitar over a bass-led pulse and drums pounding away at the toms, a sound that's cold, cramped and wide open all at once. Critics hailed the album as a landmark, and it now stands as one of the pioneering records of post-punk.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 43 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1978) | 50 |
| 1979 | 42 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1979) | 50 |
| 1980 | 37 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1980) | 50 |
| 1981 | 35 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1981) | 50 |
| 1982 | 39 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1982) | 50 |
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