Once Upon a Time: The Singles is Siouxsie and the Banshees's 1981 compilation album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 featuring the band's UK

United Kingdom

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 single releases to date. The album featured several songs that had been released as singles yet had not appeared on any of the Banshees' four albums.

In 2002, Q Magazine named Once Upon A Time: The Singles the 7th Greatest Album of All-Time by a Female Artist.

Track listing

1. "Hong Kong Garden
   Hong Kong Garden (song)
   "Hong Kong Garden" is the debut single released by British band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was produced by their manager Nils Stevenson and sound-engineer Steve Lillywhite. Issued in the UK by Polydor Records in 1978, the single quickly hit number seven in the UK singles chart.The song is now...
   
   " (Sioux/Severin/McKay/Morris)
2. "Mirage" (Sioux/Severin/McKay/Morris)
3. "The Staircase (Mystery)
   The Staircase (Mystery)
   "The Staircase " is the second single released by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Issued in the UK by Polydor Records in 1979, the track was written by Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, John McKay and Kenny Morris and produced by Nils Stevenson. The B-side of the single...
   
   " (Sioux/Severin/McKay/Morris)
4. "Playground Twist
   Playground Twist
   "Playground Twist" is the third single released by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Issued in the UK by Polydor Records in 1979, the track was produced by the band's manager Nils Stevenson and Mike Stavrou, a recording engineer on Marc Bolan's last album Dandy in the Underworld...
   
   " (Sioux/Severin/McKay/Morris)
5. "Love in a Void" (Sioux/Severin/Morris/Fenton)
6. "Happy House
   Happy House
   "Happy House" is a song recorded by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. The song was written by Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin and it was released as the first single from the band's third album Kaleidoscope....
   
   " (Sioux/Severin)
7. "Christine
   Christine (song)
   "Christine" is a song recorded by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. The song was written by Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin and it was released as the second single from the band's third album Kaleidoscope....
   
   " (Sioux/Severin)
8. "Israel
   Israel (song)
   "Israel" is a song recorded by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1980. The track was written by the Banshees and co-produced with Nigel Gray. "Israel" returned the band to a more rock-oriented sound....
   
   " (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
9. "Spellbound" (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
10. "Arabian Knights
    Arabian Knights (song)
    "Arabian Knights" is a song recorded by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1981. The track was written by the Banshees and co-produced with Nigel Gray...
    
    " (Siouxsie and the Banshees)