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This is the Cure album to start with. Robert Smith and company's best and most coherent statement, The Head on the Door is a successful, if schizophrenic, synthesis of the best of '80s rock, boasting danceable Eurobeat anthems ("In Between Days"), world-music-flavored exotica ("Kyoto Song," the Latin-tinged "The Blood"), and more sullen statements of post-modern angst from the band that gave you such downer epics as Faith and Pornography. More than any other Cure album, Head rewards those who don't subscribe to the darker side of the group's ethos. The use of Spanish guitar and other colorful arrang
This is the Cure album to start with. Robert Smith and company's best and most coherent statement, The Head on the Door is a successful, if schizophrenic, synthesis of the best of '80s rock, boasting danceable Eurobeat anthems ("In Between Days"), world-music-flavored exotica ("Kyoto Song," the Latin-tinged "The Blood"), and more sullen statements of post-modern angst from the band that gave you such downer epics as Faith and Pornography. More than any other Cure album, Head rewards those who don't subscribe to the darker side of the group's ethos. The use of Spanish guitar and other colorful arrangement touches help to create a rich dynamic. The softer, more introspective cuts (like the claustrophobic "Close to Me," Smith's confessional classic) are also far more effective for them. --Don Harrison
TRACKLISTING:
CD1
01 - In Between Days – 2:57
02 - Kyoto Song – 4:16
03 - The Blood – 3:43
04 - Six Different Ways – 3:18
05 - Push – 4:31
06 - The Baby Screams – 3:44
07 - Close to Me – 3:23
08 - A Night Like This – 4:16
09 - Screw – 2:38
10 - Sinking – 4:57
CD2
01 - "In Between Days" (RS instrumental home demo) – 1:25
02 - "Inwood" (RS instrumental home demo) – 2:18
03 - "Push" (RS instrumental home demo) – 2:31
04 - "Innsbruck" (RS instrumental home demo) – 2:37
05 - "Stop Dead" (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) – 3:21
06 - "Mansolidgone" (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) – 4:06
07 - "Screw" (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) – 3:09
08 - "Lime Time" (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) – 2:56
09 - "Kyoto Song" (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) – 4:28
10 - "A Few Hours After This..." (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) – 4:36
11 - "Six Different Ways" (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) – 3:00
12 - "A Man Inside My Mouth" (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) – 3:00
13 - "A Night Like This" (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) – 4:08
14 - "The Exploding Boy" (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) – 3:06
15 - "Close to Me" (Fitz/F2 Studios Demo 2/85) - 4:03
16 - "The Baby Screams" (live bootleg Bercy Paris 12/85) – 3:46
17 - "The Blood" (live bootleg Bercy Paris 12/85) – 3:34
18 - "Sinking" (live bootleg Bercy Paris 12/85) – 5:06
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Manufacturer: Rhino/Elektra
Release date: 8 August 2006
EAN: 0081227417925 UPC: 081227417925
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