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Hyæna
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Hyæna is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on 8 June 1984 by Polydor Records. The opening track, "Dazzle", featured strings played by musicians of the London Symphonic Orchestra (LSO), 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.
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Key facts
- Album.name
- Hyæna
- Album.type
- studio
- Album.artist
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Album.cover
- Siouxsie_&_the_Banshees-Hyaena.jpg
- Album.released
- 8 June 1984
- Album.recorded
- June 1983 – March 1984
- Album.studio
- Angel, London Eel Pie, London Power Plant, London Europa Film, Stockholm
- Album.length
- 44:15
- Album.prev_title
- Nocturne
- Album.prev_year
- 1983
- Album.next_title
- The Thorn
- Album.next_year
- 1984
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Critical reception and legacy
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Charts
- References
Hyæna is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on 8 June 1984 by Polydor Records. The opening track, "Dazzle", featured strings played by musicians of the London Symphonic Orchestra (LSO), 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 signed to reissue the rest of the band's catalogue. Before that, "Dear Prudence" had become the band's highest-peaking single in the UK, reaching number 3 in September of the previous year. The song, initially released as a stand-alone single in Europe, was issued in North America in May 1984. Consequently, it was finally added to the track listing of the US album version. Hyæna was the first Siouxsie and the Banshees album to enter the Billboard 200 in the US.
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