The Cure

Bestival Live 2011

Bestival Live 2011

Live album by The Cure

Released December 6, 2011

Recorded 2011

Genre Gothic rock, Alternative rock

Length 140:40

The Cure live albums chronology

Paris Bestival Live

(1993) 2011

(2011)

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Bestival Live 2011 is a live album recorded by The Cure during Bestival 2011 music festival in September 2011, and released in December 5, 2011.[2]

All profits from the sale of the album go to the Isle of Wight Youth Trust.[3]

Track listing

Disc 1

1."Plainsong" - 5:10

2."Open" - 6:53

3."Fascination Street" - 4:58

4."A Night Like This" - 4:10

5."The End of the World" - 3:40

6."Lovesong" - 3:35

7."Just Like Heaven" - 3:47

8."The Only One" - 4:14

9."The Walk" - 3:31

10."Push" - 4:37

11."Friday I'm in Love" - 3:34

12."In Between Days" - 2:58

13."Play for Today" - 4:06

14."A Forest" - 6:35

15."Primary" - 4:20

16."Shake Dog Shake" - 4:44

Disc 2

1."The Hungry Ghost" - 4:48

2."One Hundred Years" - 6:50

3."End" - 6:11

4."Disintergration" - 8:31

5."Lullaby" - 4:43

6."The Lovecats" - 3:50

7."The Caterpillar" - 3:56

8."Close to Me" - 3:37

9."Hot Hot Hot!!!" - 3:34

10."Let's Go to Bed" - 3:36

11."Why Can't I Be You?" - 3:27

12."Boys Don't Cry" - 3:05

13."Jumping Someone Else's Train" - 3:11

14."Grinding Halt" - 3:11

15."10:15 Saturday Night" - 3:41

16."Killing Another" - 3:37

Personnel

•Robert Smith - vocals, guitar

•Simon Gallup - bass guitar

•Jason Cooper - drums

•Roger O'Donnell - keyboard

References

[1]Raggett, Ned. "Bestival Live 2011 Allmusic Review" (http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2341298/review). Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). . Retrieved January 7, 2012.

[2]http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=37049

[3]http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bfvh

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Boys Don't Cry

Boys Don't Cry

Compilation album by The Cure

Singles from Boys Don't Cry

1. "Killing an Arab"

Released: December, 1978

2. "Boys Don't Cry"

Released: June, 1979

3. "Jumping Someone Else's Train"

Released: November, 1979

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Boys Don't Cry is the U.S. debut album by The Cure, released in February 1980 in the UK and in August 1980 (see 1980 in music) in the U.S. It is a compilation of songs from Three Imaginary Boys, but replacing five of that album's tracks ("Foxy Lady", "Meathook", "So What", "It's Not You" and the uncredited instrumental "The Weedy Burton") with "Jumping Someone Else's Train", "Boys Don't Cry", "Plastic Passion", "Killing an Arab" and "World War". The debut single from this album was "Boys Don't Cry".

On the back cover of original UK album Three Imaginary Boys, the song titles were not listed conventionally, but represented by pictograms. Boys Don't Cry took the pictogram for the song "Fire in Cairo" for its sleeve picture.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 442 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[4]

Track listing

Original album

All songs written and composed by The Cure.

CD versions

On the CD version of the album, "Object" was replaced by "So What", the scream at the end of "Subway Song" was shortened, and "World War" was removed.

The original Fiction/Polygram CD edition made in West Germany (#815 011-2) features 13 tracks. It matches the content and sequence of the original US vinyl release. It includes "Object" and "World War" and deletes "So What". The scream at the end of "Subway Song" is complete, but the intro to "10:15 Saturday Night" is clipped.

Band

•Michael Dempsey – bass, vocals

•Robert Smith – guitar, vocals

•Lol Tolhurst – drums

Notes

[1]True, Chris. "The Cure: Boys Don't Cry > Review" (http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4932/review) at Allmusic. Retrieved 28 August 2011.

[2]Christgau, Robert. "The Cure" (http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=cure). robertchristgau.com. . Retrieved 28 August 2011.

[3]Cohen, Debra Rae (21 August 1980). "The Cure: Boys Don't Cry" (http://web.archive.org/web/20071002100907/http://www. rollingstone.com/artists/thecure/albums/album/224858/review/5945602/boys_dont_cry). RS 324. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original (http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecure/albums/album/224858/review/5945602/boys_dont_cry) on 2 October 2007. .

[4]"442 - Boys Don't Cry - The Cure" (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/

boys-dont-cry-the-cure-19691231). 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone. . Retrieved 28 August 2011.

Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After is a compilation double-LP comprising The Cure albums Seventeen Seconds and Faith; it was a U.S.-only issue by A&M Records. It was briefly released onto CD and cassette in the late 1980s.

Track listing

Disc one

1."A Reflection"

2."Play For Today"

3."Secrets"

4."In Your House"

5."Three"

6."The Final Sound"

7."A Forest"

8."M"

9."At Night"

10."Seventeen Seconds"

Disc two

1."The Holy Hour"

2."Primary"

3."Other Voices"

4."All Cats Are Grey"

5."The Funeral Party"

6."Doubt"

7."The Drowning Man"

8."Faith"

Personnel

•Simon Gallup - bass

•Robert Smith - guitar, keyboard, vocals

•Lol Tolhurst - drums

•Matthieu Hartley - keyboard

Japanese Whispers

Singles from Japanese Whispers

1. "Let's Go to Bed"

Released: November 23, 1982

2. "The Walk"

Released: July 5, 1983

3. "The Love Cats"

Released: October 18, 1983

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Japanese Whispers: The Cure Singles Nov 82: Nov 83 is a compilation album by British rock group The Cure. It was released in late 1983 by their record company, Fiction Records.

It compiles the singles "Let's Go to Bed", "The Walk" and "The Lovecats". The other tracks are the B-sides of these singles, although "Mr. Pink Eyes" (the second B-side for "The Lovecats") was not included. The songs were

recorded when the band was in a transitional phase after bassist Simon Gallup left following a tour to promote the previous album, Pornography. Beginning with these singles, Lol Tolhurst switched from drums to keyboards, a role he kept until his departure in 1989.

For first two singles' tracks The Cure is a duo consisting of Tolhurst and Robert Smith, with the addition of a session drummer for the tracks from "Let's Go to Bed". For the last single, a full band was assembled with the addition of bassist/producer Phil Thornalley, who had worked with the band on Pornography, and drummer Andy Anderson, a lineup which would continue for the Concert live album.

In 1986, the singles' lead tracks were included in the Staring at the Sea compilation album, while all of the B-sides have been included in the 2004 B-sides and rarities box set Join The Dots.

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Smith and Laurence Tolhurst except as noted.

1."Let's Go to Bed" – 3:34

2."The Dream" (Smith) – 3:13

3."Just One Kiss" – 4:09

4."The Upstairs Room" – 3:31

5."The Walk" – 3:30

6."Speak My Language" – 2:41

7."Lament" (Smith) – 4:20

8."The Love Cats" (Smith) – 3:40

Personnel

•Robert Smith- vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar

•Lol Tolhurst - keyboards, drum machine

•Steve Goulding - drums (1, 3)

•Phil Thornalley - bass (6, 8)

•Andy Anderson - drums (6, 8)

References

[1]"Japanese Whispers - The Cure" (http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4922). Allmusic. .

[2]http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-cure/albumguide

[3]http://sputnikmusic.com/review/44449/The-Cure-Japanese-Whispers/

Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea

Standing on a Beach (titled Staring at the Sea in CD format in some countries) is a singles compilation released by the British rock band The Cure in May 1986, marking a decade since the band's founding in 1976. The album's title is taken from the opening lyrics of The Cure's debut single "Killing an Arab".

The "New Voice - New Mix" of "Boys Don't Cry" (released as a single little over a fortnight before Standing on a Beach) is not featured on the album; thus the album's singles span only from 1978 to 1985. The same mix has never again been released onto a compilation album.

Release formats

The album was released in three formats, vinyl record, compact disc and audio cassette.

The vinyl edition is a collection of all thirteen of The Cure's commercially released singles up to that point in chronological order. "10:15 Saturday Night" is dropped though, possibly because it was only released in France.

The CD edition features the same tracks as the vinyl edition, but also includes an extra track from four of the band's albums. The four songs, although not released as singles, all had music videos made for them.

The cassette edition features the same tracks as the vinyl edition, but also contains all of the band's b-sides that had not, to that point, received a long-play release. This excludes "10:15 Saturday Night" from the "Killing an Arab"

single, which was released on the Three Imaginary Boys album, "Plastic Passion" from the "Boys Don't Cry" single, which was released on the Boys Don't Cry album, and the five b-sides from the "Let's Go to Bed", "The Walk" and "The Love Cats" singles, which were released on the Japanese Whispers compilation album. However, the b-side "Mr. Pink Eyes" from the 12" version of "The Lovecats" was omitted from Japanese Whispers, and so was included on this release.

These releases were accompanied by a VHS and laserdisc release, a music video collection named Staring at the Sea: The Images with the same setlist as CD version of the album.

All the b-sides on the cassette edition were also later released on the first disc of the Join the Dots compilation in 2004.

The album has been certified 2x platinum in the U.S.

Also missing is the special "Lament" 'Flexipop' single from 1982, as this was not a proper single, and "I'm a Cult Hero" from 1979, probably because it was released under a different band name, Cult Hero.

Album Art

The man featured on the album cover was not a member of the Cure; he was chosen because his appearance fit the desired aesthetic of the album. His name is John Button, and was at the time a retired fisherman. He also appeared in the music video for "Killing an Arab." According to the band's 2005 autobiography by Jeff Apter, when asked why he agreed to lend his face to the band's media, Button's answer was "If I can help these youngsters break through, after all, why not?"[4] He also reportedly said that he would buy a player and listen to one of the band's songs "out of curiosity, just to see."[5]

Track listing

Vinyl edition

1."Killing an Arab" (Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey) – 2:22

2."Boys Don't Cry" (Dempsey, Smith, Tolhurst) – 2:35

3."Jumping Someone Else's Train" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 2:54

4."A Forest" (Smith, Tolhurst, Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley) – 4:53

5."Primary" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 3:33

6."Charlotte Sometimes" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 4:13

7."The Hanging Garden" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 4:21

8."Let's Go to Bed" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:33

9."The Walk" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:28

10."The Love Cats" (Smith) – 3:38

11."The Caterpillar" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:38

12."In Between Days" (Smith) – 2:56

13."Close to Me" (Smith) – 3:39