The Cure
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Discography |
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Other appearances
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1981 |
"One Hundred Years" (demo) |
Annual Report |
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1990 |
"Hello, I Love You" |
Rubáiyát |
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"Lullaby (Remix)" |
Gänsehaut & Herzklopfen |
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"A Walk With The Cure"[B] |
November 90: Mixes 1 |
1991 |
"Close to Me (Closer Mix)" |
The Brits 1991 |
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1993 |
"Purple Haze" |
Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix |
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1994 |
"Burn" |
The Crow soundtrack |
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1995 |
"Young Americans" |
104.9 |
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"Dredd Song" |
Judge Dredd soundtrack |
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1998 |
"World in My Eyes" |
For the Masses |
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"More Than This" |
The X-Files: The Album |
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2000 |
"Watching Me Fall (Underdog Remix)" |
American Psycho: Music from the Controversial Motion Picture |
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2004 |
"A Forest (Acoustic Version)" |
Essential Glastonbury |
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2005 |
"Love" |
Make Some Noise |
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2007 |
"Make Me Bad"/"In Between Days"[C] |
MTV Unplugged: Korn |
•B A mix of "A Walk", "Inbetween Days", "Love Song" and "A Forest".
•C With Korn
References
[1]Apter, Jeff. (2006). Never Enough: The Story of the Cure. Omnibus Press. pp. 56–57. ISBN 1-84449-827-1
[2]Roberts, David (ed.) (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th edition, London: HiT Entertainment. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
[3]" The Cure: Billboard albums (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4004)". Allmusic. Retrieved on 9 July 2008.
[4]" The Cure (http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=382)". Chart Stats. Retrieved on 6 November 2008.
[5]" Discography The Cure (http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 6 November 2008.
[6]Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NB: Information pre-1989 was published in the Kent Music Report.
[7]" Discographie The Cure (http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure)". Austriancharts.at (in Austrian-German). Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[8]" Discographie The Cure (http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure)". Lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[9]" Chartverfolgung / Cure, The / Longplay (http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/CURE,THE?sort=entry& type=longplay)". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[10]" Discografie The Cure (http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure)". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[11]" Discography The Cure (http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure)". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[12]" Discography The Cure (http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure)". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[13]" Discography The Cure (http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure)". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[14]" Discography The Cure (http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure)". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[15]" Certified Awards Search (http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 27 August 2009. Note: User needs to enter "Cure" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
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[16]" Gold and Platinum: Search Results (http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Cure&sort=Artist&perPage=25)". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[17]" "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (The+Cure)" (http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=& strInterpret=The+Cure&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . Retrieved 25 September 2009.
[18]" Search for: cure (http://swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=cure)". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[19]" ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums (http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2000.htm)". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[20]" ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2001 Albums (http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2001.htm)". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[21]" ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums (http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.
aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Albums.htm)". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
[22]" Chart Log UK: Chris C. – CZR (http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_C.HTM)". The Zobbel Website. Retrieved on 12 January 2009
[23]" Search for: the cure (http://spanishcharts.com/search.asp?search=the+cure&cat=s)". Spanishcharts.com. Retrieved on 6 November 2008.
[24]" The Cure: Billboard singles (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-cure-p4004/charts-awards/billboard-singles/chart_name-asc)". Allmusic. Retrieved on 2 November 2010.
[25]" Chartverfolgung / Cure, The / Single (http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/CURE,THE/single)". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved on 6 November 2008.
[26]" Search the Charts (http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement)". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved on 26 November 2008. NB: user needs to enter "cure" in "Search by Artist" and click "search".
[27]Staring at the Seas: The Images (VHS). Fiction Records.
[28]Galore: The Videos 1987–1997 (VHS). Fiction Records.
[29]" Cure Bolsters 'Hits' With New Songs, Acoustic Disc (http://www.billboard.com/news/
cure-bolsters-hits-with-new-songs-acoustic-1062621.story#/news/cure-bolsters-hits-with-new-songs-acoustic-1062621.story)". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved on 5 May 2010.
[30]" The Cure: Videos: The End Of The World (http://www.thecure.com/player/default.aspx?mid=4561&bhcp=1)". Thecure.com. Retrieved on 27 November 2008.
[31]"Taking Off". Geffen Records (986 449-1).
[32]" The Cure: A Dream Job For Us (http://www.salineproject.com)". The Saline Project. Retrieved on 28 November 2008. NB: QuickTime required.
[33]" The Only One (http://www.mtv.co.uk/overdrive/vid/231916)". MTV UK. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.
[34]" Freakshow (http://www.mtv.co.uk/overdrive/vid/231919)". MTV UK. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.
[35]" Sleep When I'm Dead (http://www.mtv.co.uk/overdrive/vid/231918)". MTV UK. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.
[36]" The Perfect Boy (http://www.mtv.co.uk/overdrive/vid/231917)". MTV UK. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.
External links
•Discography at official website (http://www.thecure.com/discography/)
•Unofficial worldwide discography (http://www.thecurerecords.com)
Personnel |
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Personnel
The following is the history of the The Cure's personnel and various lineups, going back to their origins as Malice and Easy Cure, including guest musicians, studio personnel, and side projects.
Band members
Current members |
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• Robert Smith – vocals, guitar (1976–present) |
• Michael Dempsey – bass (1976–1979) |
• Simon Gallup – bass (1979–1982, 1985–present) |
• Mark Ceccagno – lead guitar (1976) |
• Roger O'Donnell – keyboards (1987–1990, 1995–2005, |
• "Graham" – drums (1976) |
2011–present) |
• "Graham's brother" – vocals (1976) |
• Jason Cooper – drums (1995–present) |
• Porl Thompson – guitar (1976–1978, 1984–1992, 2005–2010) |
• Reeves Gabrels – guitars (2012–present) |
• Lol Tolhurst – drums (1976–1982, 2011), keyboards (1981–1988, |
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• Martin Creasy – vocals (1976) |
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• Peter O'Toole – vocals (1977) |
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• Matthieu Hartley – keyboards (1979–1980) |
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• Andy Anderson – drums (1983–1984) |
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• Phil Thornalley – bass (1983–1985) |
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• Boris Williams – drums (1984–1994, 2001) |
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• Perry Bamonte – keyboards (1990–1994), guitar (1995–2005) |
Note: This page only reflects each member's "official role" within the band. Members would regularly play many different instruments when recording.
Timeline
Whilst The Cure's second guitarist is ostensibly the lead guitarist, they do in fact share lead duties with Smith.
Lineup details
Early bands
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• Peter O'Toole – vocals |
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Porl Thompson was dropped from the lineup in April, 1978, because his lead guitar style was at odds with Smith's growing preference for minimalist songwriting. This is when the band changed their name to The Cure.
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Three Imaginary Boys |
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Faith and |
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Pornography |
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• Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards |
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• Lol Tolhurst – keyboards, drum machine |
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• Phil Thornalley – bass on "The Love Cats" |
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• Andy Anderson – drums on "The Love Cats" |
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Porl Thompson guested on The Top, playing saxophone. |
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• Andy Anderson – drums, percussion |
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Live in Japan |
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Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me |
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• Boris Williams – drums |
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• Roger O'Donnell – keyboards |
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Disintegration, credited with playing "Other instrument". |
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Wish, |
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Porl Thompson – guitar |
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Simon Gallup – bass |
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• Perry Bamonte – keyboards, guitar |
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"Purple Haze" and |
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"Burn" |
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"This is a Lie" |
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had left the band and Gallup was recovering from pleurisy. |
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1995–2005 |
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Reeves Gabrels guested on the 1997 single "Wrong Number" |
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15 years before joining the band as a full member. |
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Bloodflowers, |
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Trilogy and The Cure |
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Jason Cooper – drums |
performance to commemorate the Greatest Hits compilation. |
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"Love" |
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4:13 Dream |
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"Reflections" shows. |
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• Roger O'Donnell – keyboards |
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• Jason Cooper – drums |
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Guest musicians
In the studio
•Siouxsie Sioux – backing vocals on the b-side "I'm Cold", 1979
•Steve Severin – bass on the Flexipop version of "Lament", 1982
•Steve Goulding – drums on the single "Let's Go to Bed" and its b-side "Just One Kiss", 1982
•Ron Howe – saxophone on the album track "A Night Like This", 1985
•Andrew Brennan – saxophone on the album tracks "Icing Sugar" and "Hey You!!!", 1987
•Kate Wilkinson – viola on the album track "To Wish Impossible Things", 1992
•Caroline Crawley – backing vocals on the b-side "Halo", 1992
•Over a dozen musicians contributed to the Wild Mood Swings album, 1996
•Jesus Alemany, John Barclay, Steve Dawson, Sid Gauld, Steve Sidwell – trumpets
•Richard Edwards – trombone, Will Gregory – saxophone
•Mister Chandrashekhar, Leo Payne, Chris Tombling – violins
•Sue Dench – viola, Audrey Riley – cello
•Ronald Austin, Louis Pavlou, Mark Price – drums
•Samantha Sprackling – co-lead vocals on the song "Just Say Yes", 2001
Live
•Gary Biddles – guest vocals on the song "The Cure are Dead" at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, June 11, 1982
•Steve Severin – bass for the "Riverside Ballet" at the BBC's Riverside Studios, March 17, 1983
•Derek Thompson – bass for the Oxford Road Show, March 18, 1983
•Norman Fisher-Jones – bass at the Alabamahalle in Munich, January 30, 1984, and for the Oxford Road Show, February 24, 1984
•Vince Ely – drums during the Top Tour, October 22–November 4, 1984 (between Andy Anderson leaving the band and Boris Williams joining)
•Roberto Soave – bass during the Wish Tour, November 2–21, 1994 (while Simon Gallup was hospitalised)
Studio personnel
Note: Albums listed in this section also include any and all singles, b–sides and unreleased tracks recorded during the same studio sessions, unless otherwise noted.
•Chris Parry – producer, 1978, 1982 (Three Imaginary Boys and "Let's Go to Bed").
•Mike Hedges – engineer, 1978 (Three Imaginary Boys).
•Steve Nye – producer, 1983 ("The Walk").
•Robert Smith – co-producer, 1979–2008
•Mike Hedges – co-producer, 1979–1981 (Seventeen Seconds and Faith).
•Phil Thornalley – co-producer, 1982–1983 (Pornography and "The Love Cats").
•Chris Parry – co-producer, 1983–1984 ("The Love Cats" and The Top).
•David M. Allen – co-producer, 1984–1992 (The Top, The Head on the Door, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Disintegration and Wish).
•Mark Saunders – co-producer, 1990, 1997 (Mixed Up and "Wrong Number").
•Steve Whitfield – co-producer, 1990 ("Hello, I Love You").
•Bryan "Chuck" New – co-producer, 1993 ("Purple Haze" and "Burn").
•Steve Lyon – co-producer, 1995–1996 ("Young Americans", "Dredd Song" and Wild Mood Swings).
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•The Cure – co-producers, 1996 (Wild Mood Swings).
•Paul Corkett – co-producer, 1998–2000 ("More Than This", "World in My Eyes" and Bloodflowers).
•Mark Plati – co-producer, 1997, 2001 ("Wrong Number", "Cut Here" and "Just Say Yes").
•Ross Robinson – co-producer, 2004 (The Cure).
•Keith Uddin – co-producer, 2008 (4:13 Dream).
Related bands
Note: This section only lists those bands or other projects which have included two or more members of The Cure, and thus only lists each band's members who have either been a part of, or performed with The Cure. See individual articles for more detailed credits.
•Cult Hero – Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, Lol Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey, Matthieu Hartley
•COGASM – Robert Smith, Jason Cooper, Reeves Gabrels
•The Magazine Spies – Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley
•Presence – Lol Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey, Gary Biddles, Roberto Soave
•Shelleyan Orphan – Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, Caroline Crawley, Roberto Soave
•Babacar – Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, Roberto Soave, Caroline Crawley
•Siouxsie and the Banshees – Robert Smith, Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin
•The Glove – Robert Smith, Steve Severin, Andy Anderson
•Fools Dance – Simon Gallup, Gary Biddles, Ron Howe
•Levinhurst – Lol Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey
•Associates – Michael Dempsey, Roberto Soave, Steve Goulding
•Strawberry Switchblade – Phil Thornalley, Boris Williams
•The Psychedelic Furs – Roger O'Donnell, Vince Ely
•The Thompson Twins – Boris Williams, Roger O'Donnell
•Tim Pope - Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst, Andy Anderson, Porl Thompson
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1979 |
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Post-punk, Ska |
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6:24 |
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Fiction Records (UK), |
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Robert Smith |
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Chris Parry |
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The Cure singles chronology |
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"Jumping Someone Else's |
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Train" |
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Hero" |
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"I'm a Cult Hero" is a single released by an extended lineup of The Cure under the name Cult Hero.
History
The single was conceived by Robert Smith (singer/guitarist of The Cure) and Simon Gallup (then bassist of The Magspies) as a way to test their musical compatibility. Smith was considering Gallup as a prospective replacement for Michael Dempsey (The Cure's bassist at the time) "whose personality and ambitions for the band were seriously at odds" with Smith's.[1]
The songs were written for, and feature on vocals, local Horley postman Frank Bell, who is also featured on the single's artwork. They also feature Malice/Easy Cure guitarist Porl Thompson and Magspies keyboardist Matthieu Hartley amongst an extended lineup of friends and family, including Robert's sisters Janet and Margaret and local band The Obtainers.
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Blue Sunshine
Blue Sunshine
Studio album by The Glove
Released August 1983
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Genre Post-punk, gothic rock, alternative rock
Label Wonderland Records
Polydor Records
Rhino Records
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(7/10)[2] |
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Blue Sunshine is the only album by the British supergroup The Glove, which was first released in 1983. This album mainly served as a diversion for Robert Smith and Steven Severin when both of them were under heavy stress in their respective bands The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Since Smith was prohibited from singing in another band by his record company, he and Severin got Zoo dancer Jeanette Landray, who was dating Banshees drummer Budgie at the time, to sing a majority of the tracks in the original release; Smith only sang on "Mr. Alphabet Says" and "Perfect Murder". Other musicians involved in this project were Andy Anderson (who later joined The Cure) and Martin McCarrick (who later joined Siouxsie and the Banshees).
In 2006, this album was digitally remastered and re-released through Rhino Records, featuring a bonus disc that has Smith singing new vocals on studio demo versions of all the songs in place of Landray.
Track listing
Original 1983 release
All music composed by Severin/Smith.