The Creatures as a band is soooo much better than she and the banshees ever were. This is soooo marvelous. She and Budgie employ a "cafetieria style" approach to music, something electronica and trip-hop artists alike were to d0 full-time throughout the nineties.

Spanish trumpets on "Manchild" careen into drum loops; sampled traffic sounds swoon over siouxsie's vocals on "speeding;" and you are pummled with bongos on "standing there," right after you are soothed by the scratchers!

I already own "Anima Animus" by the Creatures (which I still maintain is the BEST of her oeuvre). So I guess it's time for "Hybrids"!


Ravishing, Magical, Perfect.   January 1, 2000
Thomas Baldwin (Upland, California 90210)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Not a bad song on here, you discover more as you listen each time on this wonderfully produced CD. I thought it wouldn't be as good as the regular Siouxsie and The Banshees CDs but much to my surprise I was completely wrong, this disc is BETTER then any regular Banshees LP. The percussion is fascinating, as are the layers of impressive synths and of course Siouxsies voice... which is really shown off here, and manipulated in some very futuristic/cool ways (The Prince like vocoding on You and Solar Choir). I cannot say enough good things about this CD! Best tracks: Every single one, the thing works as a package.


Something Different.   March 1, 2000
Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I remember reading a good review of this album back in 1989. It got me to check into this great recording. I was just 17 at the time, but what I heard blew me away. The music on this cd didn't sound like anyone else or anything else I had in my collection at that time. 11 years later it still sounds original, and I think it's a bit better than 1999's Anima Animus. Siouxsie and Budgie explore all types of rhythm and sound on Boomerang. At 16 tracks, most albums fall apart or become excessive, but not Boomerang. Unfortunately, no one but fans paid attention when this cd came out. But I think it's a must have for any music collector.


one of their best efforts!   September 9, 2003
Frederick Leo (Niagara Falls, NY United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Siouxsie and Budgie are two of the most innovative artists in the alternative music world. This album is the best effort from the Creatures. There are so many different sounds on this CD and they all still scream "Siouxsie!". The fusion of island music, alternative and pop are seamless in this collection and would be appealing even to non-fans. Some of my favorites on this one are "You!", "pluto drive", "fruitman", "untiedundone" and "solar choir" (which was originally a b-side to Standing There). This album is different from "Feast", their first album as the Creatures, but stays true to the sound that made them so original to begin with. They are in a class by themselves.