Once Upon A Time: The Singles
by Siouxsie And The Banshees
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Siouxsie And The Banshees bestography
Once Upon A Time: The Singles is ranked 8th best out of 16 albums by Siouxsie And The Banshees on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Siouxsie And The Banshees is Juju which is ranked number 557 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,061.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Once Upon A Time: The Singles track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Once Upon A Time: The Singles rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 41 Music Albums of 1981 | 3/41 | 5 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1981 | 1/91 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Compilations | 47/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 101-200 | 6/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 79 Music Albums of 1981 | 69/79 | 1 |
| 2026 | Liedzeit | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 41/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 23 Music Albums of 1981 | 22/23 | 0 |
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 36/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Band Compilations | 96/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 43 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 133 | |||
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Once Upon A Time: The Singles ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/15/2026 17:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,265 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2025 22:07 | kinginsomniac12 | 596 | 99/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 02:14 | Olli | 7,940 | 62/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Once Upon A Time: The Singles forum mentions
Liedzeit 06/15/2024 15:48 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Purplepash 02/27/2022 07:05 in What album are you listening to right now?View all forum mentions
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dihansse 11/25/2015 17:28 | #153450 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is part of my personal top 1000 you can check out on this site.
Siouxie and the Banshees have issued a lot of great albums like "Ju Ju" and some live albums like "Nocturne" but I think this album is the best representation of how good this band was.
For one reason or another I especially like the intros and outros of these songs like "Hong Kong Garden", "Love in A Void" and Spellbound".
Best compilation for the Banshees, highlights the best points of their career.
Nice collection of highlights from their early years. Personally i like Twice Upon a Time better.
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