Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyæna (1984)

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyæna (1984)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Lyrics written by Siouxsie Sioux, music composed by Siouxsie and the Banshees

Side one

1. "Dazzle" 5:30

2. "We Hunger" 3:31

3. "Take Me Back" 3:03

4. "Belladonna" Severin 4:30

5. "Swimming Horses" 4:06

Side two

6. "Bring Me the Head of the Preacher Man" Severin 4:37

7. "Running Town" 4:04

8. "Pointing Bone" Severin 3:49

9. "Blow the House Down" 6:59

Hyæna is the sixth studio album by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1984. The opening track, "Dazzle", featured strings played by musicians of the (LSO) London Symphonic Orchestra, a 27-piece orchestra called the "Chandos Players"; it was scored from a tune that Siouxsie Sioux had composed on piano. Hyæna is the only studio album that guitarist Robert Smith of the Cure composed and recorded with Siouxsie and the Banshees.

In the United States, Hyæna was the first Banshees studio album to be released on Geffen Records, which also reissued the rest of the band's catalog. Prior to that, "Dear Prudence" became the band's biggest hit in the UK, reaching No. 3 in September of the previous year. The song was intended to be a stand-alone single in Europe; however, as it was issued as a single in North America later in May 1984, it was finally added to the track listing of the American album version. Hyæna was the first Siouxsie and the Banshees album to enter the Billboard 200 in the US.