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Universal Music Group

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 released The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees in 2002 as the first reissue of the Siouxsie and the Banshees remastered

Audio mastering

Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...

 back-catalogue.
The most successful singles of the band were presented in a non-chronological order.

The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees was issued in three editions; single disc, double CD and Sound & Vision double CD and DVD

DVD

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 (the latter version was released in 2004 and re-issued in 2007).

This best-of included an unreleased track "Dizzy", only available on this CD. It was recorded during the last studio session of the Banshees in 1995. A slightly different version of "Dizzy" was sold at the Seven Year Itch

Seven Year Itch (album)

Years after the breakup of Siouxsie and the Banshees, the three core members plus final Banshees guitarist Knox Chandler reunited for an abbreviated tour of the US and the UK in 2002. The Seven Year Itch is a live album composed of performances recorded at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on July...

concerts of 2002.

Many of the tracks had already appeared on either Once Upon a Time: The Singles

Once Upon a Time: The Singles

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

and Twice Upon a Time: The Singles

Twice Upon a Time: The Singles

Twice Upon a Time: The Singles is the second singles compilation released by Siouxsie and the Banshees. It follows the same format as Once Upon a Time: The Singles, presenting the songs in chronological order. Twice picks up where Once left off , and it includes several hits not included on...

, although there were some minor differences in song versions on this collection. Indeed, here was released for the first time the complete version of "This Wheel's on Fire

This Wheel's on Fire (song)

"This Wheel's on Fire" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. It was originally recorded by Dylan and The Band during their legendary 1967 sessions, portions of which comprised the 1975 album, The Basement Tapes...

" with no fade out in the end.

The double CD editions also contain many remix

Remix

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es and an unreleased extended version of a non-album single from 1987, "Song from the Edge of the World

Song from the Edge of the World

"Song from the Edge of the World" is a song written and performed by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released as a stand-alone single in 1987 in the UK and is a much sought-after release by Banshees fans due to its rarity....

".

The bonus DVD includes music videos for all the featured songs on the main disc excluding "Dizzy".

Disc one

1. "Dear Prudence
   Dear Prudence
   "Dear Prudence" is a song written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released by The Beatles as the second track on their 1968 double-disc album entitled The Beatles, commonly known as The White Album.-Composition:...
   
   " (1983)
2. "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...
   
   " (1978)
3. "Cities in Dust
   Cities in Dust
   "Cities in Dust" is a song written and produced by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released as the first single from their seventh studio album Tinderbox in 1985...
   
   " (1985)
4. "Peek-a-Boo
   Peek-a-Boo (song)
   "Peek-a-Boo" is a song by English alternative rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released in 1988 as the first single from the band's ninth studio album Peepshow...
   
   " (1988)
5. "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....
   
   " (1980)
6. "Kiss Them for Me" (1991)
7. "Face to Face" (1992)
8. "Dizzy" (1995)
9. "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....
   
   " (1980)
10. "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....
    
    " (1980)
11. "Spellbound" (1981)
12. "Stargazer
    Stargazer (song)
    "Stargazer" is a song written, produced and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released as the second single from the band's eleventh studio album The Rapture. To date it is the final single released from the band.The track is an up-tempo, guitar-driven pop tune...
    
    " (1995)
13. "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...
    
    " (1981)
14. "The Killing Jar
    The Killing Jar
    "The Killing Jar" is a song written, produced and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released in 1988 as the second single from the band's ninth studio album Peepshow....
    
    " (1988)
15. "This Wheel's on Fire
    This Wheel's on Fire (song)
    "This Wheel's on Fire" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. It was originally recorded by Dylan and The Band during their legendary 1967 sessions, portions of which comprised the 1975 album, The Basement Tapes...
    
    " (1987)

Disc two

1. "Spellbound" (extended 12" version)
2. "Song from the Edge of the World
   Song from the Edge of the World
   "Song from the Edge of the World" is a song written and performed by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released as a stand-alone single in 1987 in the UK and is a much sought-after release by Banshees fans due to its rarity....
   
   " (Columbus mix)
3. "Kiss Them for Me" (Kathak #2 mix)
4. "Peek-a-Boo" (Silver Dollar mix)
5. "The Killing Jar" (Lepidopteristic mix)
6. "Cities in Dust" (Eruption mix)
7. "Dazzle" (Glamour mix)
8. "Stargazer" (Mambo Sun remix)
9. "Face to Face" (Catatonic mix)

DVD

1. "Dear Prudence"
2. "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...
   
   "
3. "Cities in Dust
   Cities in Dust
   "Cities in Dust" is a song written and produced by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released as the first single from their seventh studio album Tinderbox in 1985...
   
   "
4. "Peek-a-Boo
   Peek-a-Boo (song)
   "Peek-a-Boo" is a song by English alternative rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released in 1988 as the first single from the band's ninth studio album Peepshow...
   
   "
5. "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....
   
   "
6. "Kiss Them for Me"
7. "Face to Face"
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....
   
   "
9. "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....
   
   "
10. "Spellbound
    Spellbound (song)
    "Spellbound" 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...
    
    "
11. "Stargazer
    Stargazer (song)
    "Stargazer" is a song written, produced and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released as the second single from the band's eleventh studio album The Rapture. To date it is the final single released from the band.The track is an up-tempo, guitar-driven pop tune...
    
    "
12. "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...
    
    "
13. "The Killing Jar
    The Killing Jar
    "The Killing Jar" is a song written, produced and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released in 1988 as the second single from the band's ninth studio album Peepshow....
    
    "
14. "This Wheel's on Fire
    This Wheel's on Fire (song)
    "This Wheel's on Fire" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. It was originally recorded by Dylan and The Band during their legendary 1967 sessions, portions of which comprised the 1975 album, The Basement Tapes...
    
    "

A Deluxe : sound & vision edition was released in June 2004 in a long box. Another edition, this time packaged in a digipack format was re-issued in October 2007.