Once Upon a Time/The Singles

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Once Upon a Time/The Singles
File:Siouxsie And The Banshees - Once Upon A Time - The Singles album cover.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Released4 December 1981
Recorded1978–1981
GenrePost-punk
Length32:37
Label
Producer
Siouxsie and the Banshees
compilations chronology
Once Upon a Time/The Singles
(1981) 		Twice Upon a Time – The Singles
(1992)

Once Upon a Time/The Singles is a 1981 compilation album by Siouxsie and the Banshees featuring the band's UK single releases to that date. The album included several songs that had been released as singles yet had not appeared on any of the Banshees' four albums (but also with "Mirage", an album-only song from The Scream to fill up the first LP side). Once Upon a Time/The Singles spent twenty six weeks in the UK albums chart.[1][2] The sleeve was designed by Stylorouge.

Video compilation

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A tie-in VHS video was released in the UK the same year on PolyGram's Spectrum label. Running for 30 minutes, it featured the videos to the eight singles, but replaced "Mirage" and "Love in a Void" with "Red Light".[3]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[4]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[6]
The Village VoiceB+[5]

AllMusic's Steve Huey called the compilation "a cohesive and essential overview of the band's edgy, influential peak". He added that despite the group's "challenging" music, "it's also accessible enough for eight of these singles to have charted in the British Top 50."[4] In 1982, Mark Tremblay of the Calgary Herald wrote that "only 'Playground Twist' really excels from the first side", which features the band's singles prior to 1980. Tremblay said "Side two is more polished, less abrasive and generally has better rhythmic drive."[7] In 2002, Q Magazine named Once Upon a Time/The Singles the 7th Greatest Album of All-Time by a Female Artist.[8] In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album 44th on its "Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.[9]

Track listing

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  1. "Hong Kong Garden" (Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, John McKay and Kenny Morris)
  2. "Mirage" (Siouxsie, Severin, McKay and Morris)
  3. "The Staircase (Mystery)" (Siouxsie, Severin, McKay and Morris)
  4. "Playground Twist" (Siouxsie, Severin, McKay and Morris)
  5. "Love in a Void" (Siouxsie, Severin, Peter Fenton and Morris)
  6. "Happy House" (Siouxsie and Severin)
  7. "Christine" (Siouxsie and Severin)
  8. "Israel" (Siouxsie, Severin, Budgie and John McGeoch)
  9. "Spellbound" (Siouxsie, Severin, Budgie and McGeoch)
  10. "Arabian Knights" (Siouxsie, Severin, Budgie and McGeoch)

Charts

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Chart performance for Once Upon a Time/The Singles
Chart (1982–1983) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 16
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 21

Certifications

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Certifications for Once Upon a Time: The Singles
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  2. ^ Daniel Blythe The Encyclopaedia of Classic 80s Pop 2002 - Page 377 "Siouxsle and the Banshees ... but the singles compilations Once Upon A Time and Twice Upon A Time are a solid testament to an ..."
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  4. ^ a b AllMusic review
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  8. ^ Q - 100 Women Who Rock The World Q magazine. January 2002 Issue
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  10. ^ "Charts.nz – Siouxsie & the Banshees – Once Upon a Time - The Singles". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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