Join Hands
by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Join Hands by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 10,965th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 83 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (155th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,553rd)
Award Best albums of all time (10,965th)

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Siouxsie and the Banshees - Join Hands (1979 Japan Press, OBI, Polydor Records)
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Siouxsie And The Banshees bestography

Join Hands is ranked 11th 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 571 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,949.

Siouxsie And The Banshees album bestography « Higher ranked (9,789th)
The Rapture
This album (10,965th)
Join Hands
Lower ranked (11,294th) »
Nocturne

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Join Hands rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,965th | 1970s rank: 1,553rd | 1979 rank: 155th
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2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1979 by Ultimate Record Collector37/41 -
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 197918/1004
2026 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 197936/1003
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 197938/1003
2026 AAL2014Top 76 Music Albums of 197970/760
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 197947/500
2025 slatsheitTop 56 Music Albums of 197946/561
2025 AAL2014Siouxsie & The Banshees: So Far..4/4 -
2025 LiedzeitTop 100 Music Albums of 197929/1004
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (401 - 500) by U R C37/100 -
2025TodFitzTop 100 Music Albums of 197937/1003
2025 TamthebamBest of The 70s Pt.2 (101-200)65/100 -
2025 imacgillTop 89 Music Albums of 197971/891
2025lanadeleswiftTop 43 Music Albums of 197941/430
2025 meccaleccaTop 68 Music Albums of 197938/682
2025cronadigallinaTop 94 Music Albums of 197955/942
2024JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 197983/1001
2024Radio XAlbums of the year 197915/252
2023 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 197958/1002
2023 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of 197993/1000
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 50
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 107
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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 83 votes)
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01/20/2026 19:03 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,16470/100
 
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11/27/2024 05:21 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04181/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 70.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.

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65/100
From 12/27/2023 17:15 | #300690
Not thing fou mi
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70/100
From 07/24/2019 16:39 | #240327
Even more of a mess than the 1st album but greatness was on its way after this failed experiment.
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From 07/07/2019 00:14 | #239064
"Join hands" is definitely the most traditionally post-punk album in the Banshess discography. The themes of war and isolation make a strong showing but "the lords prayer" probably should have been cut.
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From 03/02/2017 19:55 | #186680
Not as good as their debut The Scream but still a good album. It contains Playground Twist a great Banshees song also Premature Burial & Placebo Effect. The album could have been so much better if The Lord's Prayer had been edited leaving room for The Staircase Mystery to be included on the album.
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From 10/25/2014 13:49 | #125307
Very underrated. Poppy Day and Playground Twist are amazing songs, and the entire album is one great song after another, I honestly don't understand why it's ignored so often.
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70/100
From 01/23/2012 01:22 | #35687
My least favorite Siouxsie album.
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