Cure [Import]

Product Description
The Cure features 12 completely new tracks by the Saw Doctors that were recorded in Galway, Ireland in March and April of 2005. Shamtown.

Cure,Saw Doctors,Shamtown (Ryko),Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

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Cure [Import]

Average customer rating: Attention Guitarists The cure I remember... The Cure has some really great hits One way or the other, get the song "Cut Here" For ultra casual fans only

The Cure - Greatest Hits The Cure Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of New Order The Singles 86>98 The Singles 81>85 Greatest The Psychedelic Furs - Greatest Hits ASIN: B00005R09Z Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

1. Boys Don't Cry
2. A Forest
3. Let's Go To Bed
4. The Walk
5. The Lovecats
6. Inbetween Days
7. Close To Me
8. Why Can't I Be You?
9. Just Like Heaven
10. Lullaby
11. Lovesong
12. Never Enough
13. High
14. Friday I'm In Love
15. Mint Car
16. Wrong Number
17. Cut Here
18. Just Say Yes

Amazon.com

As Greatest Hits--and particularly the busking pavement jazz of "Lovecats"--reminds us, the best Cure singles were very often tangential exercises; they offered a goth-free playtime divergence from some of the weightier studiousness of those early albums. Or, as smudged frontman Robert Smith says of this 18-track collection, "Songs that are sung with a smile." This wasn't always true--witness the refrigerated fogginess of the classic "A Forest," the Blair Witch Project of its day. What this compilation does is focus attention on the Cure's perennial unpredictability--the breathless claustrophobia of "Close to Me," the New Order-lite of "The Walk," the brass- section embellished thrust of "Why Can't I Be You." Oddly, chart-wise, the Cure's lost weekend began immediately after "Friday I'm in Love," their most ebullient melodic moment and the ultimate "clocking-off to kick those heels" anthem. But at least the inclusion of two new songs, "Cut Here" and "Just Say Yes" (with Saffron from Republica), indicate that the Cure remain a healthy, ongoing concern. --Kevin Maidment

Customer Reviews:

Attention Guitarists.......2007-07-14

For you guitarists out there, there is a companion tab book to this CD. So if your Cure collection is not 100% complete, you can buy this CD and have all the songs in the books. Very helpful!

The cure I remember..........2007-03-27

This is a great cd, that offers some "old" stuff and some "new" stuff all in 1 cd. After the 80's tapes that have long been "borrowed" and all the songs I wanted to hear again, they are here on this cd. Only a couple missing, which would have made this cd the "motts", but I guess that's why it's not called the all time greatest hits. Not a bad cd at all, worth the bucks.

The Cure has some really great hits.......2007-03-23

I bought this cd only for about 3 songs but after listening to the cd I found that I liked every song on the cd. My friends and I love to listen to it in the car. Its such a great cd, and you totally get your moneys worth.

One way or the other, get the song "Cut Here".......2007-03-18

For a greatest hits collection, you are much better off getting "Staring at the Sea" and/or "Galore", depending on whether you like early Cure, later Cure or both. But the one thing you should not miss from this latest greatest hits package is the song "Cut Here". It is one of the most lovely songs the Cure has done in a long while, including some of Robert Smith's most personal and heartfelt lyrics. (It is about Billy MacKenzie; check wikipedia for more info.) Musically, the 6-string bass evokes the heyday of both the Cure and New Order. Don't miss out on this gem. Download that track or find a copy of the import cd single or get a used copy of "Greatest Hits" just for this song. You'll be glad you did.

For ultra casual fans only.......2007-03-13

If "Staring at the Sea", undoubtadly one of the best greatest hits albums ever released period, was for casual listeners, then "Greatest Hits" is for ultra casual Cure fans only. We get many songs that we would come to expect when seeing a Cure disc with this title on the cover: "Boys Don't Cry", "Inbetween Days", "Close To Me", "Why Can't I Be You?", "Lovesong", and "Friday I'm in Love" are here as they should be, while two songs recorded just for this release, "Cut Here" and "Just Say Yes", are included as well. Both songs are pretty decent enough, but nothing real special to make completists rush out to get this if they own every Cure album and "Staring at the Sea" and "Galore". There is nothing from "Bloodflowers" included here, nor is fan favorite song "Burn" from The Crow soundtrack or breakthrough hit "Pictures of You", which leads one to wonder what the point of putting this together was (well, besides to make a little extra dough, then again, that was the reason this was made, but I disgress). That aside, there's nothing bad to be found here, and "Greatest Hits" is instantly enjoyable for ultra casual fans who don't own any other Cure discs or compilations.

Average customer rating: I think it's dark , and it looks like rain ... a classic. Without a doubt... the best cure album ever Hype hype hype

Disintegration The Cure Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Wish Staring at the Sea: The Singles The Cure - Greatest Hits The Head on the Door ASIN: B000002H70 Release Date: 1989-05-01

Tracks:

1. Plainsong
2. Pictures Of You
3. Closedown
4. Love Song
5. Last Dance
6. Lullaby
7. Fascination Street
8. Prayers For Rain
9. The Same Deep Water As You
10. Disintegration
11. Homesick
12. Untitled

Amazon.com

Disintegration is a pop album realized on an epic scale. Most of its 12 songs are long mood pieces that develop slowly around the listener. Anchored by complex drum patterns, the layered guitars, soaring bass lines, and rich keyboards blend to create a lush, evocative soundscape that captures the ear immediately; and for all its length, the album is never boring. The lyrical focus is intensely personal throughout, and, with the exception of "Love Song," the mood is overwhelmingly dark and brooding. Here are songs of remembrance that, through their deep candor, transcend the individual level to explore universal longings and fears. Robert Smith, his vocals plaintive or angry or despairing, unfolds a tapestry of loss. Broken bonds, old lies, missed opportunities, belated realizations. Anyone who has experienced the joy and sorrow--especially the sorrow--of love will find his or her deepest sentiments, noble and petty alike, echoed poetically here. --Al Massa

Customer Reviews:

I think it's dark , and it looks like rain ..........2007-07-06

put on head phones, turn your volume up to the breaking point. Then lay down and press play. There will never be another day that you will ever be the same. This record is one of the finest pieces of music ever recorded. Don't think for a moment that this is a "goth" record anyone who wants to hear what great song writing and production sounds like should own this record.

a classic........2007-07-03

Not only is this the Cure's best album, it is also one of the best records ever made. It is a classic. every so often, i listen to this cd in its entirety and i feel reborn.

Without a doubt..........2007-06-08

The Cure at their absolute best!!!... I've been hooked on this band since the first time i heard "In-Between Days" as a teen in the early 80's and their music has only gotten better... but this album was without a doubt their best work... from the beginning chimes of "plainsong" through the end of the barely mentioned, but amazing "untitled", this album takes your mind and heart on an unbelievable journey... Robert Smith's lyrics are so deep and thought-provoking, he writes like very few can or have the ability to... like one reviewer wrote, 5 stars is simply not enough...

the best cure album ever.......2007-05-05

this is the best album the cure ever recorded every song is great ,i wish i could give more than 5 stars.

Hype hype hype.......2007-04-20

I have to say it, after two months I still can't be convinced that this album is all the critics & fans claim it to be. Sure, it's thematically heavy, serious, existential, but for some reason it all seems a little contrived for me. I can allow myself to be moved by the opening track, despite its use of a cheap trick (it starts with some very low level chimes, forcing to turn up the volume, only to be hit by a thunderous opening to the album), and my mind does indeed turn to mortality as I listen to Smiths lyrics; and I can't deny the subtle work of lullaby, but in all it's a patchy album. The obvious highlight of the album is Same deep water as you, a mesmerizing echo back to the heydays of Faith. This song is a deep, slow, lush, dreamy sojourn into the parting of two lovers by the dark curtain that takes us all. Sounds depressing but it's quite a beautiful poetic piece. Could be a forgotten track off Faith.
It has some other decent songs like the airplay Pictures of you, but in all, it's just a darker version of their eclectic pop albums (which are actually more interesting) and doesn't come anywhere near their epic theme album Pornography or the delicately ethereal Faith. I'm afraid it's all hype. Of all the Cure albums I've so far listened to, this would have to be the biggest letdown. Maybe Smiths talents are indeed disintegrating. It does have one fine moment though; a poetic & obtuse lyric: "The shallow drowned lose less than we, you breathe". See? Smith still has it. It's just buried beneath his fame.

Average customer rating: Not impressed.... A great collection, but only of real value to collectors. An Excellent Compilation of Early Cure I Give You Exhibit A A compilation in need of remastering

Staring at the Sea: The Singles The Cure Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Galore Disintegration Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Wish Singles ASIN: B000002H3O Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Killing An Arab
2. 10:15 Saturday Night
3. Boys Don't Cry
4. Jumping Someone Else's Train
5. A Forest
6. Play For Today
7. Primary
8. Other Voices
9. Charlotte Sometimes
10. The Hanging Garden
11. Let's Go To Bed
12. The Walk
13. The Lovecats
14. The Caterpillar
15. In Between Days
16. Close To Me
17. A Night Like This

Amazon.com

Big and moody, Staring at the Sea compiles some hits and near misses of these excavators of the dark soul. Beginning with their earliest hits--the sparse "Killing an Arab," the aptly tedious "10:15 Saturday Night," and the charming "Boys Don't Cry"--this collection stops before the comparative giddiness of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.

Musicians first, brooding art types second, The Cure's unique instrumentation doesn't get the credit it rightfully deserves. The thrashy, trash-can break in "Jumping Someone Else's Train," the sprightly synthesized recorder of "Close to Me," and the techno-pop disco lines in "Let's Go to Bed" and "The Walk" are downright brilliant in their effectiveness and simplicity. A string of money shots if ever there was one. --Steve Gdula

Album Description

Stunningly brilliant is the only way to describe the new Wired Remorse album appropriately titled "The Ides of March." The album whose theme of backstabbing and revenge comes thru as loud and aggressive as anything since Siouxsie and the Banshees "JU JU" or Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures." While the tribal drum beats will remind one of Dead Can Dance, Killing Joke or even Bow Wow Wow. The minor guitar barrage and whaling singing should force you anticipate the best "old school" album in years!

Customer Reviews:

Not impressed...........2007-04-10

I read another person's review on the "Best of The Cure". He said that it wasn't even close to being as good as "Staring at the Sea". He was wrong. I was very bored with Staring at the Sea. I wish I would have gotten the Greatest Hits instead.

A great collection, but only of real value to collectors........2006-08-23

For quite a while, "Staring at the Sea: The Singles" was an essential package of music by the Cure and a fine introduction to their catalog-- in recent years its value has been minimized by the appearance of the "Greatest Hits" compilation, a retrospective spanning the band's career on Fiction Records. For collectors though, the opening track, "Killing an Arab" is worth the price of admission.

Often the center of enormous controversy, "Killing an Arab" (composed about Camus' "The Stranger", a fine read if you haven't had the chance) has become the unloved stepchild of The Cure-- it was left off the "Greatest Hits" album even though it's one of their most recognizable songs, it didn't make the rarities disc of "Three Imaginary Boys" (like all the other singles from that era did), and as an a-side was excluded from "Join the Dots". The piece itself, with its Middle Eastern swirl and disaffected vocal is fantastic, and really one of the great early Cure songs. Fans of the band will definitely want to hunt down this compilation just for this.

As an overview of the group, it certainly does a reasonable job up until 1985, fro mthe band's very early singles, soaked in post-punk primitivism but with an air of careful thought, one more fantastic than the other ("Killing An Arab", "10:15 Saturday Night" and "Boys Don't Cry") to their early developments in exploring the sounds that would establish their reputation ("Primary", "Hanging Garden") to some of the great pop songs they'd eventually be equally well known for (the vastly superior single mix of "Close to Me"). Still, with the band having been in existence for another 20 years, there's a lot more to cover, and "Greatest Hits" does a much better job as a career retrospective.

If you're new to the band, get the "Greatest Hits" record, it's a great overview. If you're a diehard, get this one for "Killing An Arab".

An Excellent Compilation of Early Cure.......2006-07-13

This was the 1st Cure album I had bought, and I really wasn't sure what to expect. The only songs I was familiar with were "Boys Don't Cry", "In Between Days", & "Close To Me". Wow! Everysong is great, and very diverse styles & moods as the album goes on. After that I had gone out & purchased just about all of their albums. My only gripe is that it needs to be remastered! How about a 20th Anniversery re-release???

I Give You Exhibit A.......2006-06-03

Although their legions of fans would beg to differ and albums like "Disintegration" and "The Head on the Door" make a compelling argument to the contrary, The Cure have always been, first and foremost, a singles band. Need proof? Exhibit item A: "Staring at the Sea -- The Singles."

Here we have 17 songs that make the case, and make it very strongly. Sometimes these singles were dark and brooding ("Charlotte Sometimes," "Jumping Someone Else's Train," "Boys Don't Cry") sometimes they were surprisingly upbeat and catchy ("Let's Go To Bed," "The Love Cats,") sometimes they fell somewhere in between ("In Between Days," "Close to Me") but always they were solid pop songs that pushed the boundaries without sacrificing listenability.

Yes, "Staring at the Sea -- The Singles," makes its case flawlessly and as if that wasn't enough there is Exhibit B -- the additional 18 tracks on "Galore: The Singles 1987-1997."

A compilation in need of remastering.......2006-05-06

For some odd reason or the other, I had suddenly had an interest in The Cure. I determined that Greatest Hits simply had to be missing too many good tracks, I instead picked up this and Galore at the same time.

The album is an interesting look at the progression of the early Cure from punk rock to new wave. One can hear the band grow into more complex arrangements and more elegant lyrics. While the beginning and the end of the album are incredibly strong, it is the middle of the album the suffers the most. Seemingly, the hooks that grabbed you with "Boys Don't Cry" disappeared into a sort of drone. However, with "Let's Go To Bed", the songs begin to pop out and grab you again.

However, that is not to say that the middle part of the album is lacking. Given a few listens, a few of the songs do show themselves as strong, like "Charlotte Sometimes", a few still show themselves as weak, like "Other Voices".

From the highs ("A Night Like This") to the lows ("The Caterpiller"), the album does give the best overview of The Cure's early career.

While the best of the music has aged very well, one part of this album has not - the sound. The master used is from the early days of CDs, and this album's mastering shows off every fault that the CD has in terms of sound. The sound can be lifeless on some tracks ("Killing An Arab"), too cold ("Love Cats"), too harsh ("The Forest", "Charlotte Sometimes"), and at best is just acceptable ("In Between Days"). The sound does harm the music, and frankly, it is in serious need of a remastering job.

However, while the sound is terrible, it is a price one has to pay in order to get a quality over-view of their early period. Forget "Greatest Hits", which boasts superior sound but has a pretty poor selection, and pick up both this and Galore if you are looking for an overview of The Cure's career.

Average customer rating: Lounge with spunk In Love With This Album! Brilliantly different... Relaxing AND Catchy! Mixed bag gives bossa nova swing to olde inde faves

Nouvelle Vague Nouvelle Vague Manufacturer: Luaka Bop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music French Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bande a Part Brazilian Girls Talk to La Bomb Let It Die Latenighttales: Nouvelle Vague ASIN: B0007YMVOW Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

1. Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Just Cant Get Enough
3. In A Manner Of Speaking
4. Guns Of Brixton
5. This Is Not A Love Song
6. Too Drunk To ****
7. Marian
8. Making Plans For Nigel
9. A Forest
10. I Melt With You
11. Teenage Kicks
12. Psyche
13. Friday Night Saturday Morning
14. Sorry For Laughing

Amazon.com

Recycling the 1980s sound has been in vogue lately, so it's no surprise that the producing team known as Nouvelle Vague would find yet another way to mine the nostalgia for the early `80s, post-punk era. They're doing it bossa nova style.

The disc opens with a rendition of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." It's a charming start, and with a breathy chanteuse on vocals, it's exactly the kind of sound that has some music critics proclaiming (admittedly with a touch of sarcasm) that Nouvelle Vague is the ironic dinner music for the new millennium. Unfortunately, this CD is somewhat less winning as it wears on. "Guns of Brixton" is annoying when done in a loungey mood, and sitting through "Too Drunk to F**k" in the wrong company could certainly ruin the amuse bouche. Nevertheless, the entertaining tracks do outweigh tiresome ones on this release. If this concept sounds like an interesting idea to you, you're bound to get a smile from the execution. --Leah Weathersby

Customer Reviews:

Lounge with spunk.......2007-07-08

Or is it punk? Anyway I've got a weak spot for lounge music and this may best, edgiest lounge you'll ever hear. Frankly, I'm not all that familiar with most of the originals so I have no idea how much they've been maimed here. All I know is that the vocals are inspired and impossible to ignore.

In Love With This Album!.......2007-06-07

I absolutely LOVE this album! I listen to many different genres of music but I have to say that this album is one of my ultimate favorite cd's! I don't get tired of listening to it! I'm so glad I was introduced to Nouvelle Vague and I have shared this cd with many friend of mine...I then recently purchased their second album Bande A Part, but I was disappointed however, it's not nearly as good as their first...I love 80's music, Bossa Nova, AND Nu Wave, definetly recommend this cd!

Brilliantly different..........2007-04-15

First time through this distinctly "left field" album is likely to leave you a bit confused... laid back interpretations of classic 80's rock tracks served up as nonchalant, bossa-nova driven Anglo-French lounge music. Ridiculous? Well, fortunately not, because in here are some absolute gems - so good that once you've locked into what's going on you'll find them completely irresistible. Which ones depends on where you were at the time but, for me, "Teenage Kicks", "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "We're Only Making Plans for Nigel" & "Just Can't Get Enough" are so beautifully structured and darkly exciting that they're worth the price of the album on its own. But, as you'll see from the other reviews, there's a lot more on offer. Sure, some tracks miss it... but most don't and, insidious and clever, they add up to a brilliant, very different and probably unrepeatable "one off".

Relaxing AND Catchy!.......2007-04-10

Well .... this album combines two of the better qualities I like in a CD. Nouvelle Vague is relaxing -- and extremely catchy! 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' sets the tone from the very beginning ... the comfortable bossa nova rhythm leads to a chorus I found myself whistling along with ... while Nouvellle Vague's catchy take on 'Just Can't Get Enough' had me humming along. I mentioned in another review that I'm not too familiar with the 70s/80s originals ... and because of that I find that this album of covers is a stand-alone, especially for those that are fans of rhythmic bossa nova, samba, and jazz. For me, every song on this album is strong ... As a picky and eccentric listener, this is one of the few times I can play through an entire album and never have to skip a track. It doesn't mean that I don't have favorites on this album -- 'Marian' was the reason I decided to buy the CD. I bought this CD with Bande a Part, because there were several songs on that CD that I felt compliment this one ... but this CD, Nouvelle Vague, is the stronger of two excellent CDs.

Mixed bag gives bossa nova swing to olde inde faves.......2007-01-23

This outing from the cover band Novelle Vague satisfies immensely in many ways, and just plain misses in others. If you are an old timmer who grew up on the originals (like me) then you may find this newly vamped bossa nova approach to 80s post-punk staples a fun filled romp down nostalgia lane. It isn't for everyone, though, and a word of caution to those of you who are missing out by not having heard the originals (all brilliant in their own right) first. The often covered Joy Division classic, "Love Will Tear Us Apart," gives us a warmer rendition than the bleak original, but not better, just different. Of stellar mention is their fun, catchy cover of the DK's hc classic "Too Drunk to..." and the Clash's London-calling era ska-soaked "Guns of Brixton." I will also add that their cover of the insufferably boring "This is not a Love Song" (of disco-era post-Pistols Johnny Rotten PIL fame) gets a great face lift...upwards: Simply awesome!! On the other hand, Nouvelle Vague miss almost entirely on the gothic realm, as best evidenced by their butchering of Andrew Eldritch's "Marian" (off the Sisters of Mercy's first LP, "First and Last and Always") and with their mediocre quickening of The Cure's "A Forest" (which seems to be popular in covering, especially with the techno / rave crowd). Overall this is a good buy, but it does have a couple renditions that deserve a quick skip with a toggle of the fast forward button. A better NV effort is showcased in their "Bande A Part" LP, where they do a fantastic cover of the power-punk-pop classic "Ever Fallen in Love," a former Buzzcocks masterpiece. 4 stars for effort and originality.

Average customer rating: Relentlessly cheerful Single Versions of songs used rather than Album versions A great find! If you've got the problem, then I've got the Cure! Robert Smith is god

Galore The Cure Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Eccentrics | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: Staring at the Sea: The Singles Wish Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Disintegration Mixed Up ASIN: B000002HR2 Release Date: 1997-10-28

Tracks:

1. Why Can't I Be You?
2. Catch
3. Just Like Heaven
4. Hot Hot Hot!!!
5. Lullaby
6. Fascination Street
7. Lovesong
8. Pictures Of You
9. Never Enough
10. Close To Me
11. High
12. Friday I'm In Love
13. A Letter To Elise
14. The 13th
15. Mint Car
16. Strange Attraction
17. Gone!
18. Wrong Number

Amazon.com

Standing on a Beach, the first singles compilation from Britain's premiere love cats, was the capper on a period of startling, evolving growth for Robert Smith & Co. This rather less interesting 18-song companion piece documents a peak commercial run that ended abruptly with last year's Wild Mood Swings disc. The one new studio track here, "Wrong Number," is a buzzing, synth-suffused delight that hooks deep after three spins. It's the cherry on a cake built from latter-day gems like "Lovesong," "Just Like Heaven," and "Friday I'm in Love." --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Relentlessly cheerful.......2007-03-05

I bought this album for just one track - 'Lullaby' - but am playing the whole thing endlessly. The Cure are perfect car music and this selection of their boppy singles is a good representation of their later work.

Single Versions of songs used rather than Album versions.......2007-02-12

Galore covers the Cure from 'Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me' through 'Wild Mood Swings'. The only reason it does not include 'A Head on the Door' is that those songs were included on the Best of Vol 1 called 'Standing on a Beach'
But 'A Head on the Door' really belong on this comp.

Some problems with this era are that Robert Smith wrote a few great songs on KMKMKM, then Disintegration, which is the best CD in the catalog, then Wish...which has a few great songs, and finally Wild Mood Swings...which isn't very good.

But after reading 62 Amazon regarding this cd, not one person mentioned that several of the song are the single version and not the album versions.
They are:
# "Just Like Heaven" (Bob Clearmountain Mix) - 3:32
# "Hot Hot Hot!!!" (Francois Kevorkian and Ron St. Germain Mix) - 3:35
# "Lullaby" (Single Mix) - 4:10
# "Fascination Street" (Single Mix) - 4:20
# "Lovesong" (Single Mix) - 3:28
# "Pictures of You" (Single Mix) - 4:48
# "Never Enough" (Single Mix) - 4:28
# "Close to Me" (Closest Mix) - 4:21
# "High" (Single Mix) - 3:33
# "Friday I'm in Love" (Single Mix) - 3:36
# "A Letter to Elise" (Single Mix) - 4:20
# "The 13th" (Swing Radio Mix) - 4:17
# "Mint Car" (Radio Mix) - 3:31
# "Strange Attraction" (Album Mix) - 4:21
# "Gone!" (Radio Mix)

So it is well worth seeking out each individual cd to get the album versions, which are better.

The second problem I have with this comp is the song selection.
They get all the best songs from Kiss Me & Disintegration , and Wish, but there are way too many songs from Wild Mood Swings.
The new song, wrong number is very good, btw.
So if I were making a vol 2 to Standing on a Beach, here would be my best of:
1) In Between Days
2) Close to me (Version off of Head on the Door)
3) Push
4) Why Can't I be You
5) Catch
6) If only Tonight we could sleep
7) Just Like Heaven
8) Pictures of You
9) Lullaby
10)Fascination Street
11) Love Song
12) Friday I'm in Love
13) A Letter to Elise
14) High
15) To wish impossible Things
16) The 13th
17) Mint Car
18) Wrong Number

A great find!.......2007-01-29

This is the album that introduced me to The Cure. I found it in a box of random cds near a dumpster of an apartment complex. Now I don't know why someone would want to throw this cd away because I think it is fantastic, I guess one persons trash is anothers treasure. Personally I like the first half of the album better than the second, but in general all the songs are decent. My favorite is lullaby! Like another reviewer wrote it is eerie and I love the lyrics and the video as well--go check it out. Other than lullaby my other favorites are why can't I be you, hot hot hot, fascination street, wrong number and gone! I give it a 4/ 5 and definitely recommend it!

If you've got the problem, then I've got the Cure!.......2006-06-28

As many reviewers have stated, this is pretty much The Cure's singles volume 2. In my opinion, these are the best Cure songs and much better than the older stuff (except "Boys Don't Cry" was an awesome song from "Staring At The Sea: The Singles). On this CD, you are taken on a rollercoaster of Robert Smith and company's tragic tales of love and lost love. I love how so many of the songs have so many layers in it. The song will start with some guitar, bass, and drums, and then will build up and kick in some keyboards, and by the time Smith's voice begins you're already bobbing your head. Many have tried to copy The Cure's signature sound, but none have been able to outdo them. Most of the songs on here are excellent with a few so-so tracks. The best songs are: Just Like Heaven (easily my favorite song by The Cure - "'Show me show me Show me how you do that trick The one that makes me scream' she said." Love it!), Catch, Why Can't I Be You?, Pictures of You, Close To Me (which the Get Up Kids did a nice cover of), Friday I'm In Love, and Lovesong. While he sings, you can just picture Robert Smith, with all his makeup and fingernail polish and think, "Man, this guy's got some issues with love!" But it is his passion in every word he sings that makes you feel his pain as well as his joy. It's like he is singing the words that you have wanted to say and never knew how to express. Please do yourself a favor and buy this CD. You'll be happy you did!

Robert Smith is god.......2006-02-15

For all of you guys who weren't born late in the 1970's, this could be a perfect introduction to a band who made a clear path to all of our minds and souls since back then. If you can find peace and joy in "High", "In between days" and "Just Like Heaven" and let the music flow in your heart for a moment while Smith plays his sad and crazy and melancholic music....man what a insanesation! I have no doubt in my mind that all of those who were born close to date, are going to buy this CD (if you already don't have all the albums up to date, and even if so...). This band makes a clear statement to an ERA. Along with INXS, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, U2, and Midnight Oil and many others. Not the bunch of crap that's coming out today: this is a MUST HAVE CD.

Although their energy is not as highly appreciated today because (as AC/DC) these guys have been making the same kind of music for decades now, nonetheless, they are worthy of tremendous respect and must be given that acknowledgement.

I'd go to a concert of The Cure over ANY crap out there today that is only searching for money making, witless songs

Average customer rating: Here's to being timeless.... My Baby loves it I love this CD! Lullabyes you can listen to Soothing tunes

Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Cure Various Artists Manufacturer: Baby Rock Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Compilations | Children's Music | Styles | Music Lullabies | Children's Music | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Radiohead Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Led Zeppelin ROCKABYE BABY! LULLABY RENDITIONS OF COLDPLAY (CD) Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Nirvana Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of U2 ASIN: B000I2ISSG Release Date: 2006-10-10

Tracks:

1. boys don't cry 4.57
2. just like heaven 4.16
3. friday Im in love 4.36
4. Love Song 4.42
5. one more time 4.30
6. in between days 4.07
7. high 4.51
8. close to me 4.12
9. homesick 3.51
10. lullaby 4.33
11. plainsong 4.03

Album Description

Lullaby. A whisper. The Cure's music is just like heaven to their fans. Beautiful, infinite and captivating, The Cure's best work captures a dreamy sense of love and longing. This album is a mesmerizing and serene take on the kind of quirky, romantic songs that The Cure helped make famous. If only tonight we could sleep as soundly as your child will after hearing these interpretations of The Cure.

Customer Reviews:

Here's to being timeless...........2007-04-03

I'm glad I read the reviews below, which persuaded me to buy this cd. I absolutely love this cd, as does my 3 month old son. It lulls him to sleep on daily basis since we received this from Amazon. Although my husband is not a Cure fan, he really enjoys this lullaby rendition of their music. Highly recommended!!!

My Baby loves it.......2007-03-09

this cd lulls her to sleep every time. the only thing that could make it better would be if The Cure actually did the music for it.

I love this CD!.......2007-03-06

This is my favorite of the "Lullaby Renditions" series. Unlike some of the other CDs (like the Nine Inch Nails one), the Cure songs are completely recognizable.

I bought this for the baby, but I also like to have it in the background at work. It's very calming and makes me happy.

Lullabyes you can listen to.......2007-01-27

Our 3 month old daughter seems to like it. We use it as part of her "sleep-time regimen", and we don't mind listening to it. It's better to get this stuck in your head than the other music in her life. We figure some day when she's 22, she'll ask us why she loves The Cure so much.

Soothing tunes.......2007-01-24

I have been a huge cure fan for many years and was excited to get this as a gift when my baby was born. What I love about this CD is that the songs are recognizable as the cure, but done is a very baby friendly way. To my husband's dismay, I had this CD going nonstop for a while since it was quiet enough to play as the baby fell asleep but also nice to listen to while feeding him.

That's not to say that my son won't also be hearing the original versions of the songs, but for those 3am feedings, this is just the thing!!

Average customer rating: Time to introduce you to.... Very Cool sound If the blues and jazz procreated, you'd get Morphine. brilliant. Very good

Cure for Pain Morphine Manufacturer: Rykodisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music $8.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $8.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Yes Good The Night Like Swimming B-Sides & Otherwise ASIN: B0000009OP Release Date: 1993-09-14

Tracks:

1. Dawna
2. Buena
3. I'm Free Now
4. All Wrong
5. Candy
6. A Head With Wings
7. In Spite Of Me
8. Thursday
9. Cure For Pain
10. Mary Won't You Call My Name?
11. Let's Take A Trip Together
12. Sheila
13. Miles Davis' Funeral

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Cure for Pain is a most unlikely artistic breakthrough from a thoroughly unlikely band. Fronted by saxophone and two-string slide bass guitar, Morphine earned a modicum of critical praise for their prior recording, Good, but Cure for Pain has a harder edge and a distinctly bigger sound. "Buena" urges the listener, with singer and bassist Mark Sandman's best come-hither baritone voice, "closer to the front of the stage," and then "Candy" tells a love-lost story that could come right out of Tom Waits's book. But for all the strange possibilities inherent in a guitarless band that plays off their singer's wry lyrics, Morphine's sophomore effort shows their versatility, their ability to be a rock band in a very unrock, rolling-baritone-saxophone way. Alas, singer Mark Sandman perished in action on an Italian stage on July 3, 1999. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Time to introduce you to...........2007-04-07

My heart is all over Cure for Pain. The album details heartache, deceit, letting oneself down, fear, worry, pain and other miserable topics with such beauty and levity that it makes your real pain feel okay. There is a kind of catharsis after listening to the album in it's entirety - which to me is the only way to listen to it. I agree with most the other reviewers that the standout tracks are "Buena," "In Spite of Me" and "Cure for Pain." I love "All Wrong" because it is just SO sexy - the lyric "She had black hair like ravens crawling over her shoulders / All the way down" gets me every time! But "Thursday," which simply tells the story of an adulterous affair gone awry always puts a smile on my face because it is so right on.

Oh yeah, and what other band can you think of that has a saxophone playing lead? WTF!?!?

Very Cool sound.......2007-03-15

This is a very impressive album! The 5 string bass with the sax is really a cool mix. A definite must have for anyone.

If the blues and jazz procreated, you'd get Morphine........2007-03-10

If you're not sure where to start with Morphine, start here. Amazing album from start to finish. Even the sax on the title track somehow escapes being cheesy, despite its 80s wailing. Mark Sandman's voice is sex wrapped in chocolate.

brilliant........2006-10-04

This may be the best album ever made. I'd have to race it against Miles Davis 'kind of blue' to get a definitive winner. But who cares; it's up there in the rarefied air of utterly, stunning brilliant albums. Play after play, this album improves; and it's simply one of the best albums I've ever found for testing speakers. If a pair can accurately reproduce the breathy tone of Colley's sax on Dawna, *and* the growl and rumble of Sandman's bass, they can do almost anything.

This is an album everyone should own; people who don't get this record might as well give up, they don't get music.

Very good.......2006-03-06

This item took some time before i got it. However... i live in north norway.

Average customer rating: A wish for an impossible thing The beginning of the end Stop wishing and go for it! The logical successor to "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me". Don't believe the naysayers

Wish The Cure Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Disintegration Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Bloodflowers Wild Mood Swings The Head on the Door ASIN: B000002HAJ Release Date: 1992-04-21

Tracks:

1. Open
2. High
3. Apart
4. From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
5. Wendy Time
6. Doing The Unstuck
7. Friday I'm In Love
8. Trust
9. A Letter To Elise
10. Cut
11. To Wish Impossible Things
12. End

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Another brilliant set of obsessive musings pried from Robert Smith's fuzzy navel. Epic elegies ("From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea") and tuneful romps ("Friday I'm In Love") are classic Cure cuts--Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

A wish for an impossible thing.......2007-01-17

I got this album shortly after its release when I was newly 17 and I played it to death. It's a fantastic record; more in the vein of the newer modern-rock Cure stuff than the older punky Cure stuff, and it showcases the band's talent better than any of their previous recordings, in my opinion.

From the thickly layered opening track, Open, to the closing track, End, each song is a masterpiece. Unlike the punky earlier Cure, these tracks have a distinct feeling of volume to them - volume as in capacity, not loudness. They are all multiple-layered, and the arrangement comes across as almost orchestral which is a contrast to the Cure of the early 80s when the songs were all three minutes long and sounded similar. Make no mistake, this is classic Cure; but classic evolved Cure. Each incarnation of the Cure has its place, of course, but I do prefer this stuff. It is a fine mix of faster and slower tracks, from light to fairly dark material and the overall production and mix suits Robert Smith and Co perfectly.

The album yielded a few singles, the most well-known of which is the hit Friday I'm in Love. However, the true gems of the album are those which were not big singles - in particular, the almost-title track To Wish Impossible Things, which is an allegory to something, although whether it is a love lost or a life wasted or both or neither, I cannot be sure. However, hands down, my favourite track has got to be Doing the Unstuck, which is vintage Cure. Nobody does the same kind of trippy, bubbly, dizzy, mesmerising champagne happiness as the Cure do, and the track is reminiscent of Just Like Heaven and Hot Hot Hot in its arrangement. Those who appreciate guitar work will marvel at former strings man Porl Thomson's work-rate on this track, in particular if you can hear the live version from the album/dvd Show (which yes, you should most definitely buy as well!) during which he is unleashed on an old Stratocaster.

I think this was an excellent follow-through to Disintegration, the seminal late-80s album by the band, and it is by far my favourite of theirs. The album also appears in my Top 5 of all time.

The beginning of the end.......2006-11-23

It doesn't matter whether this album was a commercial album or not. The Cure was brilliant in the 80s and the sorrow one feels at their current state is in reference to that former brilliance. This was the first Cure CD that I bought when I finally learned to like them, and now I can't even listen to the thing.

Even though it has some great songs including "Friday I'm in Love" and "Elise" for the most part it's a dreary reworking of infinitely more brilliant songs. There are no songs that transcend the limitations like in the past. No "Killing an Arab", not even a "Kiss Me. Kiss Me. Kiss Me."

After this CD, the Cure would be a washed out group just playing the same tired melodies over the same tired lyrics, without focus and without sincerity. The Cure of the 1980s was dark and depressing with flashes of danceable pop to make all the crap seem somehow worth it. The Cure of the 90s should have just given it up before this CD.

But it's not a bad CD. It's just not a very good CD.

Stop wishing and go for it! .......2006-10-29

I enjoy The Cure, although, some of their records really bore me. The classics are always welcome, but some other tracks just don't do the job for me.
Well, I remember I first got in touch with The Cure because of this Wish album. Back then, I had it in Cassete tape. So after all these years, I heard Trust in a friend's house and I said " I just have to get this album on cd once again".

For me it's one of their best albums yet released and has a great ambience to it, really represents for me what The Cure stands for, that kind of ultra romantic goth punk sound...

So stop wishing impossible things and get this album in your collectios ASAP!

The logical successor to "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me"........2006-08-22

The album that thundered the Cure into the collective consciousness courtesy of pop charting single "Friday I'm in Love", "Wish" puts aside the brooding soundscapes of "Disintegration" to make a more logical successor to the diversity of "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me".

While "Wish" isn't as consistently satisfying as 'Kiss Me', it still proves to be a fine and startling diverse album, touching on frantic hard rock (the utterly superb "Cut", opener "Open"), early '70s Bowie ("A Letter to Elise"), atmospheric energy pieces (the frantic "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea", capped off with a fantastic guitar solo), patient meditations ("To Wish Impossible Things") and of course, the magnificent pop pieces, personified by jangly "Friday I'm in Love". In fact, there's precious little here NOT to like, the only real exception being the somewhat dull "Apart", but even that is quite listenable.

I'm of the opinion that the Cure have done better, but "Wish" is in its own right a powerful album, and is somewhat more accessible than a lot of the band's other catalog (having a well endeared pop song does that for you). Recommended.

Don't believe the naysayers.......2006-03-01

While this album is derided by many "real" Cure fans as being too "commercial", the truth is this album still mixes in plenty of moody sulkers amidst the flashier radio-friendly fare.

Are they happy? ("Friday I'm in Love","High") Are they sad? ("To Wish Impossible Things","Trust")Well, they're kinda both. This album swings to each extreme, but spends most of its time in the melancholy middle..hoping for better but expecting the same ("Apart","Cut","Open")

HIGHLIGHTS:
The giddy "Friday I'm in Love" is the most immediate track here and the one that continues to garner the most airplay. It's 3 1/2 minutes of perfect fizzy jangle pop. "A Letter to Elise" is the other radio hit that stands out amid the album. "Doing the Unstuck" is the unsung lost hit here. It's zippy pop much like "Friday I'm in Love" but with a darker edge as the "let's get happy" chorus gives way to Smith's REAL feelings at the coda: "it's a perfect day to throw back your head!..and kiss it all..good-bye". "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" finds Smith caught in a relationship that's killing him but he can't get free. ("And just as I'm breaking free/She hangs herself in front of me/Slips her dress like a flag to the floor/And hands in the sky surrenders it all..") "Apart" is a languid lament of love gone sour. ("He wants to hear her say 'forgive'/but she just drops her pearl-black eyes/and prays to hear him say 'I love you'/but he tells no more lies")

LOWS:
Of the 12 tracks here, "Open" is one of the worst ways they could choose to lead off. "Wendy Time" is also rather unmemorable.

BOTTOM LINE:
Don't make this the first CD you buy from the band (I'd go with GALORE 1st then DISINTEGRATION) but after getting those 2, this would be a good 3rd purchase.

3 1/2 stars

Average customer rating: I wanna hold you like a doll... In response to SRS Problematic Overkill Classic

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me The Cure Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Disintegration Wish The Head on the Door Staring at the Sea: The Singles Bloodflowers ASIN: B000002H4Q Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. The Kiss
2. Catch
3. Torture
4. If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
5. Why Can't I Be You?
6. How Beautiful You Are
7. The Snakepit
8. Just Like Heaven
9. All I Want
10. Hot Hot Hot!!!
11. One More Time
12. Like Cockatoos
13. Icing Sugar
14. The Perfect Girl
15. A Thousand Hours
16. Shiver And Shake
17. Fight

Amazon.com

Released in 1987, at the height of the compact-disc revolution, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is the prototypical CD album. Cure architect Robert Smith knew that the newly popular format could handle almost twice as much music as records, and he wasn't about to waste the space. Unfortunately, many of Kiss Me's 17 tracks sound more like B-sides. The cream is certainly worth culling, however; "Catch," "How Beautiful You Are," and the alternative-rock staple "Just Like Heaven" are among the Cure's finest moments. "Hot Hot Hot!!!" and "Why Can't I Be You?" reveal that underneath all the dyed-black hair and glum stares lay a fervent dance band. Who knew? --Bill Crandall

Customer Reviews:

I wanna hold you like a doll..........2006-07-19

I followed the infectious scent of Just Like Heaven (the greatest pop song ever written) to this album, and found myself listening to one of the greatest records I've ever heard. A few of my favorite songs on this record are as follows:

Torture
If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
Why Can't I Be You
Just Like Heaven
All I Want
Shiver and Shake

There's just so much mood and euphoria in these songs. The greatness of Just Like Heaven spills over into all the other compositions. Love it! Always will.

In response to SRS.......2006-06-10

"Breathe" and "A Chain Of Flowers" are available on the Join The Dots boxset.

"Hey You!!!" will be released with all its brothers and sisters in August 2006 as the next reissue campaign from Rhino (US) and Fiction/Uni (UK) takes place. They are releasing the deluxe editions of The Top, The Head On The Door, and Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. They corrected the omission of "Hey You!!!" so we have the full album as it should be. Why it took them this long, I have no idea. Prince's 1999 cd suffered the same fate (Warners omitted "DMSR" to make the 74 min disc, but corrected it in 1991 when the capacity was increased).

OK, I should write a review...

KMKMKM came out the summer I moved from my childhood home. I remember the video of Robert Smith dressed like a bear or something in the video for "Why Can't I Be You?" and I recall falling in love with the song. I went out, bought the cassette, and the rest is history. This shows The Cure in all facets of their career...moody, gloomy, depressing, happy, poppy, dancey, quirky, rhythmic, tribal, etc. Take all of The Cure's works prior to 1987, mix it up onto a double album, and you have this one. Essential...even the filler is enjoyable if you are real Cure fan.

Problematic.......2006-05-06

Firstly, the CD is still missing Hey You, even though modern CD players can play 80 minute discs. Further, it's missing the songs Breathe and A Chain of Flowers, which are B-sides that should have been included since they're better than songs that made the cut like Torture, Fight, and The Perfect Girl.

This CD desperately needs to come out in remastered form (no clipping or compression in the remastering process, please) with Breathe, A Chain of Flowers, and Hey You.

Overkill.......2006-03-08

Double albums are usually the bane of artistry. Sure, it gives bands the opportunity to vent everything in their collective spleens at the moment it was recorded but all too often they succumb to indulgence. In this, the Cure are not immune. There are simply too many songs here that are just "OK" or mediocre and they bring down the album as a whole. Had the album been cut in size by half, this would be a much stronger collection.

HIGHLIGHTS:
For the most part, it's the singles that fare best here. "Catch" is a delicate ballad carried along on a modest string (or at least synth string) arrangement. "Why Can't I Be You?" is 3 minutes of dizzy ecstasy helped along by a zippy horn arrangement. ("Everything you do is simply delicate/Everything you do is quite angelicate/Why can't I be you?") "Just Like Heaven" is the Cure at its most erotic ("'Show me how you do that trick/The one that makes me scream' she said") while "Hot! Hot! Hot!" is a bit more coy with its passion. ("Hey hey hey!!/But I like it when that lightning comes/Hey hey hey!!/Yes I like it alot") "How Beautiful You Are" is Smith venting his disgust at a former (girl?)friend when she encountered impoverished gypsies in the street. ("How Beautiful" was the thoughts of the gypsies reflected in their eyes while her reaction was 'I hate these people staring/Make them go away from me!'")"The Perfect Girl" is probably the best of the album tracks, a could've been single with a great keyboard riff.

LOWS:
Sure the riffing is loud on "The Kiss" but the song just never really goes anywhere. "Shiver and Shake" later in the album is a much better distillation of Smith's anger. ("You're just three sick holes that run like sores") "Fight" DOES sound like the Cure's attempt at writing a "pump your fist" arena rocker and as such it's a poor fit for the band.

BOTTOM LINE:
Not essential. Most of the best tracks here are on GALORE or GREATEST HITS. Bigger Cure fans can get it and burn the best stuff (2,5,6,8,10,11,14,and 16) onto their own CD-R anthology.

Classic.......2006-01-09

Straight from the hearts, souls and nimble fingertips of The Cure comes Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, an eccentric album of joy, sorrow, anger, dizzy love, and outright insanity. This, The Cure's 8th studio album, is packed with goodies to suit every mood; from the classic, doom-ridden Goth that made the band famous, to the exceptional '80s synth pop that made them versatile, and everywhere in between. Every song is interesting, to say the least, and most are outright gems.

1. The Kiss

An interesting choice for the opening track on the album, The Kiss is tense, dramatic and eager. It follows the format of many previous Cure songs: long, Gothic intro, followed by a short set of lyrics and a fadeout.

The Kiss chronicles a bitter, sadistic connection, and a sexual relationship that is used to express hate and contempt, designed to hurt and maim, rather than the sharing of a beautiful, mutual love and respect.

It's an intense listen, but it effectively lets you know what to expect from the album; it tells you that Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me isn't just a collection of silly pop works.


2. Catch

A sure departure from the previous track, Catch is a sweet, sad tale of an unrequited crush. Robert Smith's voice is melodious and gentle, gliding reflectively along the innocent, cute lyrics. The smooth, easy guitar work, punchy percussion and bittersweet strings pull you into the mind of a man who is reminiscing about (and longing for) a strange, untouchable girl. A mellow pop ditty that you'll find yourself humming all day, this one was meant for the couple's skate at a roller rink.


3. Torture

What do you do when you know that someone is a poisonous creature who can do you know good, but is so infectious that you can't give them up?

Torture is a tale of spending one more night with such a person, and is delivered with just the sort of excellent, driving bass line and howling, provocative vocals that people have come to love and expect from The Cure. The momentum is great; you can feel the sweet torture for yourself.


4. If Only Tonight We Could Sleep

A crawling, crazed wish for peace and beauty in an ugly, dissatisfying world. With despairing instrumentals infused with Middle Eastern style, and vocals full of lament and sorrow, this experimental track will handily complement any reflective mood.


5. Why Can't I Be You?

Why Can't I Be You is the first really upbeat song on the album, and one of The Cure's most synthed-up works. The sound is magnificently big, making it almost impossible to keep from bopping around in your chair, and almost as difficult to keep yourself from jumping up and dancing.

The lyrics do a great job at telling of someone who is so incredibly beautiful and perfect that the singer and listener alike have to wonder what it would be like to be so grand.


6. How Beautiful You Are

Don't let the title throw you... this is no "Your Song". This track is about falling out of love.

The story follows a young couple walking hand in hand in Paris. When confronted by a poor family who admires the girl's beauty, she views them with disgust and contempt. How Beautiful You Are is a telling of how selfishness and disrespect can tear a couple apart.

The involved bass work, punky guitar stylings and generous sprinklings of classical violin, piano and accordion will pull you into a decaying Parisian street at sunset, and the passionate emotions behind the couple's interaction. Robert Smith's staccato vocals may throw you at first, but after a listen, you'll realize that they are needed to express the intense heartbreak and disappointment behind the lyrics.

Catch, Why Can't I Be You, Just Like Heaven and Hot Hot Hot where the four tracks from this album that were chosen to be made into singles. Though they are all excellent songs, How Beautiful You Are deserved to be in the mix. It is truly a masterpiece, and, though it's difficult for me to choose a song from the album to be my favorite, this might be it.


7. The Snakepit

Hisses, rattle and booms set the mood for this pensive anthem of dissatisfaction and contempt. The lyrics follow the realization that the storyteller is leading a hollow, empty life; an existence without meaning. Though he's surrounded by party animals and having a stereotypically "good time", he is drowned in the shallow pointlessness of it all.

This is a great listen for the days when you just need a breather.


8. Just Like Heaven

Pure magic. Just Like Heaven is a love song filled with ingenuity and wonder. By far the most atmospheric track on the album, The Cure brings you out into the open with this gorgeous work. A fresh, clear blend of acoustic guitar and rolling drums, sprinkled throughout with light synth work and simple piano, sets you atop a seaside cliff for a beautiful day with a loved one. Robert Smith's vocals on this track are the clearest and brightest on the album. Pure, clean and elegant, this spinning ode to amour will make you want to lock lips with the nearest person.


9. All I Want

Pure sexuality, expressed without profanity, is a rare thing to be found in modern music. But the band pulls it off in this soaring, aching track. All the storyteller wants is to be with the one person who makes him feel sane and complete.

The highlight of this song, is, without a doubt, the excellent, garage-inspired (or inspiring?) guitar work. A listen would suggest that this one sounds even better in an arena.


10. Hot Hot Hot!!!

An undeniably dance worthy funk work. Hot Hot Hot sounds almost like an inspiration for Red Hot Chili Peppers. The tight, punky guitar strumming, orchestra-inspired synthesizers and strong, domineering bass are the perfect sounds to complement this obscure song. Robert Smith's fevered, quavering vocals are meant to symbolize a man who has been struck by lightning, and, from what I can guess, they are apt. With lots of bounce and energy, this track parties down deliciously.


11. One More Time

An ode to child-like wonder, in true arena ballad fashion. With playful flute work, sparse, booming drums, and a soft guitar riff, this song is a strange break from the extreme pop, doom-ridden Goth and acoustic rock that comprises most of the album. It is an interesting, mellow, cute little tune, which might remind listeners of the soundtrack from Never Ending Story.


12. Like Cockatoos

Knocking, busy percussion, steady acoustic strumming and a sliding bass line help set the perfect "the end" mood for this rainy day break up song. In the dead of night, under a pouring rain, a man promises never to speak to his lover again. Though we're never told what she did to upset him, the city background noises and closing orchestral work somehow serve to make you glad he's leaving her.


13. Icing Sugar

Weird, man. The Cure glorifies urgent, girlish adolescent lust with furious drumbeats, screeching saxophone notes and a quick set of lyrics, delivered breathlessly. Hot, heavy, fast and naughty, you might need to take a few deep breaths after hearing this trippy ditty.


14. The Perfect Girl

She really is! Sweet strings and tinkling piano mix gorgeously with bopping drums and simple, steady guitar work, while a harpsichord further convinces us of The Cure's originality. Robert croons madly over a strange girl, whom he finds himself falling in love with. Strange looking, strange acting, and completely out of this world, she's a breath of fresh air, just like the song that was written for her. Beware of the power of this song: it has been know to cause silly dancing.


15. A Thousand Hours

Heartache drives every synth note, even piano strike and every lyric in this sweet, introspective cry of unrequited love. Every day seems to last a thousand lonely hours when you have devoted yourself to someone who doesn't care.


16. Shiver and Shake

With superior drumbeats that shimmy effortlessly, and fast, angsty guitar work, this is a worthy ode to fury. If you've ever met someone whom you wanted to kill, you can appreciate the curt, indignant lyrics and passionate animosity epitomized here.


17. Fight

The Cure's unprecedented venture in powerhouse rock begs you to never give up when the world turns on you. Robert Smith basically yells at the listener, but his reasons are justified. Stabbing, continuous synth notes, pushing lyrics and cutting guitar bring home a sense of resolution. Fight is a great closing track, with a great message. Never give in to pain and sorrow.


Though each track is unique, they seem to belong together, like a wonderfully dysfunctional family. Each song glides elegantly along our musical palates, as every work is relevant to what every person has felt at one point in time. Whether you choose to imbibe a few tracks at a time, or go for the gold and devour each song at once, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is a true anytime listen, and a sure new wave masterpiece.

Average customer rating: The Cure for musical ennui a Very Simple Equation Ripping review Its Midnight And The Crows Are Beckoning: The Cure Resurrect A Goth-Pop Classic A dramatic shift.

The Head on the Door The Cure Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me The Top Blue Sunshine Pornography [Deluxe Edition] The Cure - Festival 2005 ASIN: B000GGSM76 Release Date: 2006-08-08

Tracks:

1. Inbetween Days [Disc 1]
2. Kyoto Song [Disc 1]
3. 10. Sinking [Disc 1]
4. Disc 2
5. 1. Inbetween Days (RS Home demo) [Disc 2]
6. Inwood (RS Home demo) [Disc 2]
7. Push (RS Home demo) [Disc 2]
8. . Innsbruck (RS Home demo) [Disc 2]
9. Stop Dead (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
10. Mansolidgone (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
11. Screw (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
12. Lime Time (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
13. Kyoto Song (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
14. A Few Hours After This... (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
15. Six Different Ways (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
16. A Man Inside My Mouth (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
17. A Night Like This (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
18. The Exploding Boy (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
19. Close To Me (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
20. The Baby Screams (live bootleg) [Disc 2]
21. The Blood (live bootleg) [Disc 2]
22. Sinking (live bootleg) [Disc 2]

Album Description

This is The Cure's 6th studio album--brilliantly-fused brooding, artistic experimentation with pop instincts to propel the band onto the American charts for the first time.

Customer Reviews:

The Cure for musical ennui .......2007-02-15

Whenever I'm mourning the death of our old friend, Good Music, I just slap any Cure CD onto the disc player. The Cure is the definitive "80s and beyond" band. Their mercurial pop melodies mingled with singer Robert Smith's Poe-meets-Rimbaud-meets-Dr. Seuss lyrical musings and plaintive wail make The Cure a truly mesmerizing presence. All of its albums are stunningly solid efforts, including the recent "The Cure" and "Bloodflowers," but 1985's "Head on the Door" is its most intriguingly layered offering, serving up an experimental foray into various musical styles; bits of flamenco, Japanese new wave, funk, hard rock, and even jazz sneak their way onto this magical album. The best part is, the Cure manages all the musical genre-melding without surrendering its trademark surrealistic sound.

a Very Simple Equation.......2007-01-09

Take one part renewed band confidence and camaraderie, one part incredibly strong songs, one part compelling visual identity ( this was, after all, the mid-Eighties ), throw in the fact that they're English and just *slightly* mad and you've got the recipe for the undeniable, unstopable force of "the Head on the Door." Helped no doubt by two of the best, most recognisable singles these lads have ever released, THOTD finally broke the Cure as a viably popular band around the world. I think the main reason is that this is an all-Cure-for-all-people kind of album. Neither completely bleak nor completely "pop", it has elements of all the sounds the Cure had explored up to that point. A few angry, tense moments ( "Push", "Screw" ), melancholy navel-gazing ("Sinking"), a bit of mindless dance fun ( "Close to Me", "the Baby Screams" ) some world music textures ( "the Blood" "Kyoto Song" ) and timeless pop ( "Inbetween Days", "A Night Like This", "Six Different Ways" ) all come together in this, a definite keeper in the Cure's catalogue. The remastered reissue is a real sonic improvement, the liner notes, commentary and photos are nice extras, and the demos and live performances on the bonus disc show the song development in a fascinating way. A Highlight of popular music, and Very Highly Recommended.

Ripping review.......2006-08-26

I'm going to handle this the same was as Kiss Me and not say anything about the CD itself, what for? We all know it by heart anyway. The bonus stuff? Interesting, but hardly essential.

The question is how has the music improved from the "standard" CD? Methodology? I ripped the new CD using Winamp, and to be fair, re-ripped the old one, using the same settings. I kept neither one, because some kid on usenet did an even better job than me . . . hey, that's fair, I bought this, so quiet now. I'm not about to cheat Bob. In any case, I made a new playlist in Winamp and flipped back and forth between the rips.

Results? Like Kiss Me, more presence and punch in the new versions vs. the old. Is it startling? No, and it's possible that I could have tweaked the settings to bring up the old version to sound similar. Limitations? X-Fi driving an HK 3400 into Ascends and a Sony subwoofer . . . and totally wrecked 55 year old ears.

Recommendation? Cure fans must of course have it. No one else is listening, so I don't suppose it matters much what else I say! But it's not an earthshaking improvement I'm afraid. Faith was helped quite a bit, the original was kind of muddy in comparison, but as you go forward the improvements get harder to find. Ah well, let's move onto the grail. I'm sure that will bring the audiophiles out of the woodwork!

Its Midnight And The Crows Are Beckoning: The Cure Resurrect A Goth-Pop Classic.......2006-08-20

CD Review: The Cure - The Head On The Door: Remastered And Expanded Edition

Have you ever been to a concert where nobody showed up?

I've actually been to a number of these type of shows over the years. I can remember for example seeing Genesis with Peter Gabriel around the time of Selling England By The Pound with about 50 other people in the 8000 seat capacity Seattle Center Arena. The crowd was so small they actually put the stage in the center of the arena and had one full half of the place curtained off. Genesis themselves, God Bless Em', still delivered their full theatrical spectacle even if it must've felt more like a dress rehearsal to them. So roughly fifty delighted fans we're treated to Peter Gabriel complete with his various fox heads and masks, weaving his stories around the wildly progressive for the time sounds of Genesis at a creative peak, years before they devolved into the worst formula rock band of all time under Phil Collins leadership.

I had another such experience seeing The Cure about ten years later in the same building. Same deal. A curtained off stage in the center of the arena this time before a slightly more respectable crowd of about 200 devotees decked out in various shades of gothic black.

My interest in the band at the time was strictly casual as the darker sides of my musical taste ran more to bands like Echo And The Bunnymen and the lesser known Chameleons. So I really didn't know what to expect from the band who would soon launch a million or so covens of goth kids around the globe.

In a word, The Cure were dark. Very dark.

So much so it prompted the friend I went with to come up with one of the most original one sentence reviews of a concert I've ever heard.

By the second song my friend looked over at me and said, "Glen, it's midnight and the crows are beckoning." It was at once the most hilarious and the most accurate description of what we saw on that particular night I've ever heard.

But there was also some very interesting musical terrain being mined by the Cure onstage that night. In between all of the darker hues, you could make out some very distinctive pop hooks and even a hint of funk in the basslines. Underneath the wiry jet black hair and pasty white facial makeup, Robert Smith was also an impressive vocalist who managed to somehow make the dark detachment of his songs sound almost, well emotional.

About a year after that show The Cure released The Head On The Door, the album many fans cite as the record which began The Cure's evolution from the goth dungeonmasters that I saw in concert that night into the worldwide pop phenomenon that produced a string of hit albums like Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Disintegration.

And make no mistake about it, with The Head On The Door, Robert Smith was intent on broadening the musical canvas of The Cure. Coming off what was arguably The Cure's most non-commercial album ever, The Top, The Head On The Door sounds like a downright collection of pop singles by comparison.

The themes of darkness and isolation are still prevalent and the album still has enough minor chords to keep the black nail polish crowd happy. But there are plenty of hints here at the poppier direction to come, most notably on tracks like the leadoff "In Between Days" and the hit single "Close To Me."

On "Kyoto Song", Smith incorporates oriental brushstrokes into the mix. On the album's standout track "A Night Like This," the band mines a more familiar dark drone which is then broken up about midway through by the sort of gorgeous sounding sax solo you'd find more at home on a Supertramp record.

Returning bass player Simon Gallup again provides a hard funk bottom popping his way through what would otherwise be more standard Cure fare like "Screw." The seeming contrast of a decidedly funkier rhythm section and the more standard doom and gloom of The Cure actually works remarkably well throughout The Head On The Door.

On the remastered treatment of this new version from Rhino, those nuances--from Gallup's bass popping to the broader textures added to the Cure's trademark drone--are newly enhanced in the mix, making this reissue that all too rare case where the treatment is actually warranted. The recording here is mixed several notches brighter, allowing the high end to shine far above the droning low of the original version.

The bonus disc is also truly a real bonus. Nearly all of Head's original 10 tracks appear here in various stages of their growth in demo versions. The result is a rare glimpse into the actual creative process where you are able to almost visualize these songs as they began to take shape. On "A Night Like This" for example, the smooth sax solo of the final version veers into more experimental territory, sounding almost like something out of the Coltrane book of avant garde jazz.

Rhino has also reissued new remastered versions of The Top and Kiss Me, Kiss Me which I will most definitely check out based on the results here. If those reissues are anywhere near as surprisingly good as this, this represents an all too rare example of the label getting it right, rather than just simply cashing in.

A dramatic shift........2006-08-18

A distinct change of direction, "The Head on the Door" finds the Cure drifting towards pop music for the first time. This is really enabled by the band-- with the return of bassist Simon Gallup to the fold, leader/vocalist/guitarist Robert Smith had the anchor that the band needed. Gallup could play the morbid, goth sort of basslines that the band cut their teeth on, but he could also manage a bright funk and pop sound. Ditto for drummer Boris Williams, who provided a fine foil for Gallup in the rhythm section. But just as key was the presence of guitarist Porl Thompson, who allowed Smith to construct shimmering guitar textures. The group is rounded out by founding member Lol Tolhurst, contributing on keyboards (although in the liner notes, his contribution is played down quite a bit).

The shift in sound is obvious right from the start-- bright acoustics, delicate synths and an overall light touch lead the superb "In Between Days". Likewise throughout the album, this variation of texture is what carries the record-- the minimalist Asian textures ("Kyoto Song"), Spanish gypsy rhythms ("The Blood"), funky bass (standout track and single "Close to Me") and frantic, punky stuff that wouldn't've sounded out of place on their debut but for the improved songwriting and musicianship ("The Baby Screams").

Still, for all this good, sometimes it gets a bit dull ("Six Different Ways") and the pieces occasionally don't take off and aren't exactly memorable ("Push", "Screw"). The net result is a mixed bag, when it's good, it's great, but while none of it is bad per se, some of it doesn't stand out.

The deluxe edition of the album features fantastically remastered sound, a set of demos including material that didn't make the album, and a handful of live tracks. It makes for a fine collection and in many cases, the evolution of the pieces is obvious. What's noticably missing is the significantly hotter single remix of "Close to Me" that ended up on "Staring at the Sea" (and subsequently "Greatest Hits"). At the least, the whole record sounds absolutely fantastic courtesy of remastering and includes a nice booklet detailing the band's history during the recording.

A lot of folks really love this album, I've always looked at it as a stepping stone on the way to "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me"-- it's a decent record, but they'd very shortly do much better.

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