The Rapture is the eleventh and final studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees. The songs with cello arrangements, including the title track plus "Fall from Grace" and "Not Forgotten", were produced by the band on their own in 1993. John Cale

John Cale

John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....

 later produced the remaining songs in mid-1994.

Reception

Melody Maker

Melody Maker

Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...

hailed the record at its release: "The Rapture is a fascinating, transcontinental journey through danger and exotica". Describing the arrangements, they added, "it's a vivid cornucopia of lush instrumentation, mandolins vying with cellos and bells, sweeping strings describing starlit oceans and sirens calling from jagged rocks, and attics that hide secret worlds."

Sun Zoom Spark

Sun Zoom Spark

Sun Zoom Spark was a mid-1990s British music magazine. It took its name from a track on Captain Beefheart's LP, Clear Spot and covered alternative rock and britpop music. Its editorial staff was based in Galashiels, Scotland.- History :...

 also praised it and wrote, "How is a band that first formed almost two decades ago able to remain both vital and celebrated? Answer: Metamorphosis." The journalist announced, "the album is able to excite the hairs on the back of your neck."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Siouxsie and the Banshees, and all lyrics by Sioux, unless noted otherwise.

Produced by Siouxsie and the Banshees except tracks marked with (*): produced by John Cale; (°): produced and mixed by John Cale.

1. "O Baby
   O Baby
   "O Baby" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was produced by John Cale and released as the first single from the band's eleventh studio album The Rapture....
   
   " – 3:19*
2. "Tearing Apart" – 3:21*
3. "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...
   
   " – 3:14
4. "Fall from Grace" – 3:43° (Lyrics: Severin)
5. "Not Forgotten" – 4:44
6. "Sick Child" – 4:49 (Lyrics: Budgie)
7. "The Lonely One" – 3:29*
8. "Falling Down" – 2:53*
9. "Forever" – 4:04*
10. "The Rapture" – 11:30
11. "The Double Life" – 4:10* (Lyrics: Severin)
12. "Love Out Me" – 4:43

Personnel

• Siouxsie Sioux
  Siouxsie Sioux
  Siouxsie Sioux is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer of the critically acclaimed rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees and of its splinter group The Creatures . The Banshees produced eleven studio albums and a string of hit singles including "Hong Kong Garden",...
  
  : vocals
• Steven Severin
  Steven Severin
  Steven Severin , is an English musician, composer, bassist and co-founding member of Siouxsie and the Banshees....
  
  : electric bass
• Budgie
  Budgie (drummer)
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  : drums and percussion
• Martin McCarrick
  Martin McCarrick
  Martin McCarrick is an English cellist, keyboardist and guitarist.He is best known for his work Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1987 until 1995. He recorded with them three studio albums : Peepshow, Superstition and The Rapture...
  
  : cello, keyboards and accordion
• Jon Klein: guitars
• Renaud Pion: woodwind
• Siouxsie and the Banshees: producers
• John Cale
  John Cale
  John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....
  
  : producer* and mixer°
• Martin Brass: engineer
• Charlie Gray: engineer
• Mark Saunders: mixer

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1995	UK Albums Chart	33
1995	Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...  200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	127

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1995	"O Baby"	UK Singles Chart	34
1995	"O Baby"	U.S. Modern Rock Tracks	21
1995	"Stargazer"	UK Singles Chart	64