
A remastered compact disc was issued in 2009 with bonus tracks including an unreleased version of " Song from the Edge of the World" non-album single with Carruthers on guitars, and an unreleased song with lyrics by Steven Severin called "Starcrossed" recorded in May 1985. Her photograph has become a classic image it had previously been used on the covers of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (1970) and Deep Purple's Stormbringer (1974).

The sleeve reproduced a picture of a tornado, taken by Lucille Handberg near the town of Jasper, Minnesota, on 8 July 1927. Lower temperatures, people are easygoing. Īt the beginning of the song "92°", there is a sample from the 1953 film It Came from Outer Space with the line: "Did you know that more murders are committed at 92 Fahrenheit than any other temperature? I read an article once. The rest of the vocal parts were done at Air Studio in December. The lead single, "Cities in Dust", was the only track that was entirely recorded at Matrix Studios in London in September. After rehearsing the songs for months, the band went abroad in Berlin to record the new material in May 1985 (they had previously recorded in Germany, in Bavaria, for The Thorn EP).
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The album was written to be presented live on stage in full like Juju was in 1981 on its subsequent tour. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Tinderbox, a burgundy color vinyl edition was released in October 2021. PopMatters included it on their list of the "12 essential alternative rock albums from the 1980s", and alternative rock artists including Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle, Jean-Benoît Dunckel of Air, Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, have cited it as an inspiration. Tinderbox peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and at number 88 on the US Billboard 200.

Two songs were released as singles between late 1985 and early 1986, " Cities in Dust" and " Candyman". The first recording sessions for the album took place at Hansa by the Wall in Berlin in May 1985. It was the band's first full-length effort recorded with then-new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers Carruthers had previously only added a few parts on the 1984 EP The Thorn. It was released on 21 April 1986 by Wonderland and Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and by Geffen Records in the United States.

* The Newlydeads also covered "Cities in Dust" for their self-titled album.Tinderbox is the seventh studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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* TheStart covered "Cities in Dust" for the movie "".
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* Pato Fu, a Brazilian band, covered " Cities in Dust" for their album "Daqui pro Futuro", released in 2007. * Junkie XL covered "Cities in Dust" for his 5th studio album, Booming Back at You (2008). The CD version of "Tinderbox" contains five bonus tracks: four extra songs and the extended version of "Cities in Dust." "The Quarterdrawing of the Dog," a b-side bonus track, appears in shortened form. Polydor Records issued it in the UK in 1986 and Geffen Records issued it in the United States. "Tinderbox" is the seventh studio album released by Siouxsie & the Banshees. Next album = " Through the Looking Glass" Tinderbox (Siouxsie & the Banshees album)
