Az 1977-ben (kezdetben Easy Cure néven) alakult brit csapat munkásságát sokan többféleképpen értékelik. Egyesek a darkwave irányzat ősatyjának, mások a new wave és a popzene egyik legjelentősebb megreformálóinak tartják őket. Az igazság valahol a két vélemény között van, ugyanis a Cure a 80-as évek pop-rock-new wave zenéinek szinte minden arculatából merített a produkcióiban, beleépítve ezeket az elemeket az ő sajátos hangzásvilágába. Az első időszakaikban a poszt-punk, a pszichedelia és a darkwave melankóliája hatott muzsikájukra (Boys Don’t Cry, 17 Seconds, Faith, Pornography albumok), majd később a szintipop, a new wave és néha egyéb egzotikus zenei irányzatok (spanyol, japán zene) is teret hódítottak munkásságukban (The Top, The Head On the Door, Kiss Me 3X lemezek).
A Mode-dal talán a wave-es szintis dolgaikban és néhol a komorabb hangulatú, hangszerelési párhuzamokban fedezhető fel némi hasonlóság. Az 1989-es dark alapmű, a Disintegration lemez után (ami számomra a zkr. csúcskorszakának és alkotásának tekinthető) a frontember Robert Smith feloszlással ijesztgette a rajongókat, ami a mai napig sem történt meg. A Mixed Up c. 90-es összegző remix album borzalmas átiratai után 1992-ben jelentkezett a csapat Wish c. nagylemezével, amely még elég sikeresnek volt mondható (a Friday I’m In Love a Billboard listán igen előkelő helyen landolt).
Mindezek ellenére, az ezt követő munkáikkal (Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, The Cure albumok) sem a zenei életben, sem a rajongók körében nem sikerült osztatlan sikert aratniuk. A 2002-ben kiadott Trilogy c. koncert DVD-jükkel azonban (amely a Pornography, Disintegration, Bloodflowers dark trilógiát öntötte élő köntösbe) sikerült ugyancsak friss vért pumpálniuk ezekbe a régi klasszikusokba. A koncertjeik továbbra is többnyire tarolnak, azonban albumaik fogadtatása ingadozó.
Tagok:
Robert Smith – ének, gitár
Simon Gallup – basszus
Porl Thompson – gitár
Jason Cooper – dob
Ex-tagok:
Michael Dempsey – basszus 1977-1980
Matteau Hartley –billentyű 1980
Lawrence Torlhourst – dob, billentyű 1977-1989
Pierre Bamonte – billentyű, gitár 1990-2005
Roger O’Donell – billentyű 1987-1990, 1995-2005
Boris Williams – dob 1985-1992
Andy Anderson – dob 1983-1984
Árpi
THE CURE DISCOGRAPHY
THREE IMAGINARY BOYS - 1979
10:15 Saturday Night(3:42) · Accuracy(2:18) · Grinding Halt(2:50) Another Day(3:42) · Object(3:00) · Subway Song(1:59) Foxy Lady(2:29) · Meathook(2:18) · So What(2:35) Fire In Cairo(3:21) · It's Not You(2:52) · Three Imaginary Boys(3:13) (Secret unlisted track) Weedy Burton(1:05)
BOYS DON'T CRY - 1980
Boys Don't Cry(2:35) · Plastic Passion(2:14) · 10:15 Saturday Night(3:38) Accuracy(2:16) · So What(2:30) · Jumping Someone Else's Train(2:56) Subway Song(1:59) · Killing An Arab(2:22) · Fire In Cairo(3:21) Another Day(3:43) · Grinding Halt(2:49) · Three Imaginary Boys(3:14) (World War not on U.S. release) World War(2:36)
SEVENTEEN SECONDS - 1980
A Reflection(2:09) · Play For Today(3:39) · Secrets(3:19) In Your House(4:06) · Three(2:36) · The Final Sound(0:52) A Forest(5:54) · M(3:03) · At Night(5:55) · Seventeen Seconds(4:01)
FAITH - 1981
The Holy Hour(4:25) · Primary(3:35) · Other Voices(4:28) All Cats Are Gray(5:28) · The Funeral Party(4:14) · Doubt(3:11) The Drowning Man(4:50) · Faith(6:43)
PORNOGRAPHY - 1982
One Hundred Years(6:42) · A Short Term Effect(4:25) The Hanging Garden(4:32) · Siamese Twins(5:35) The Figurehead(6:14) · A Strange Day(5:06) Cold(4:26) · Pornography(6:28)
JAPANESE WHISPERS - 1983
Let's Go To Bed(3:32) · The Dream(3:10) · Just One Kiss(4:05) The Upstairs Room(3:32) · The Walk(3:28) Speak My Language(2:40) · La Ment(4:20) · The Lovecats(3:38)
THE TOP - 1984
Shake Dog Shake(4:55) · Birdman Girl(4:05) The Wailing Wall(5:17) · Give Me It(3:42) Dressing Up(2:48) · The Caterpillar(3:39) Piggy In The Mirror(3:38) · The Empty World(2:35) Bananafishbones(3:10) · The Top(6:51)
CONCERT (Live) - 1984
Shake Dog Shake(4:15) · Primary(3:30) Charlotte Sometimes(4:05) · The Hanging Garden(4:07) Give Me It(2:45) · The Walk(3:30) · One Hundred Years(6:50) A Forest(6:45) · 10:15 Saturday Night(3:45) · Killing An Arab(2:50)
HEAD ON THE DOOR - 1985
Inbetween Days(2:55) · Kyoto Song(4:00) · The Blood(3:32) Six Different Ways(3:16) · Push(4:28) · The Baby Screams(3:43) Close To Me(3:23) · A Night Like This(4:12) · Screw(2:35) Sinking(4:50)
STARING AT THE SEA (CD) - 1986 STANDING ON THE BEACH (Album and Cassette) - 1986
Killing An Arab(2:22) · Boys Don't Cry(2:35) Jumping Someone Else's Train(2:54) · A Forest(4:53) Primary(3:33) · Charlotte Sometimes(4:13) The Hanging Garden(4:21) · Let's Go To Bed(3:33) The Walk(3:28) · The Lovecats(3:38) · The Caterpillar(3:38) Inbetween Days(2:56) · Close To Me(3:39) (Bonus tracks on CD only) 10:15 Saturday Night(3:37) · Play For Today(3:41) Other Voices(4:27) · A Night Like This(4:11) (Bonus tracks on Cassette only) I'm Cold(2:44) · Another Journey By Train(3:05) Descent(3:08) · Splintered In Her Head(5:15) Mr. Pink Eye(2:42) · Happy The Man(2:46) Throw Your Foot(3:34) · The Exploding Boy(2:50) A Few Hours After This(2:25) · A Man Inside My Mouth(3:06) Stop Dead(4:02) · New Day(4:09)
KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME - 1987
The Kiss(6:17) · Catch(2:42) · Torture(4:13) If Only Tonight We Could Sleep(4:50) · Why Can't I Be You?(3:11) How Beautiful You Are(5:09) · The Snakepit(6:56) Just Like Heaven(3:30) · All I Want(5:18) · Hot Hot Hot!!!(3:32) One More Time(4:29) · Like Cockatoos(3:38) · Icing Sugar(3:48) The Perfect Girl(2:33) · A Thousand Hours(3:21) Shiver and Shake(3:26) · Fight(4:26) (Hey You!!! only on cassette and album release) Hey You!!!(2:24)
DISINTEGRATION - 1989
Plainsong(5:12) · Pictures Of You(7:24) Closedown(4:16) · Lovesong(3:28) · Last Dance(4:42) Lullaby(4:08) · Fascination Street(5:16) · Prayers For Rain(6:04) The Same Deep Water As You(9:18) · Disintegration(8:18) Homesick(7:06) · Untitled(6:30)
MIXED UP - 1990
Lullaby (Extended Mix)(7:43) · Close To Me (Closer Mix)(5:44) Fascination Street (Extended Mix)(8:47) The Walk (Everything Mix)(5:27) · Lovesong (Extended Mix)(6:19) A Forest (Tree Mix)(6:55) · Pictures Of You (Extended Dub Mix)(6:41) Hot Hot Hot!!! (Extended Mix)(7:01) The Caterpillar (Flicker Mix)(5:40) · Inbetween Days (Shiver Mix)(6:22) Never Enough (Big Mix)(6:07)
ENTREAT (Live) - 1991
Pictures Of You(7:08) · Closedown(4:23) Last Dance(4:41) · Fascination Street(5:20) Prayers For Rain(4:49) · Disintegration(7:41) Homesick(6:49) · Untitled(6:33)
WISH - 1992
Open(6:50) · High(3:32) · Apart(6:33) From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea(7:40) Wendy Time(5:10) · Doing The Unstuck(4:21) Friday I'm In Love(3:35) · Trust(5:30) A Letter To Elise(5:12) · Cut(5:46) To Wish Impossible Things(4:39) · End(6:44)
SHOW (Live) - 1993
Tape*(3:07) · Open(7:21) · High(3:31) Pictures Of You(7:39) · Lullaby(4:15) · Just Like Heaven(3:34) Fascination Street*(5:02) · A Night Like This(4:45) · Trust(5:15) Doing The Unstuck(4:00) · The Walk*(3:33) · Let's Go to Bed*(3:38) Friday I'm In Love(3:35) · Inbetween Days(2:55) From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea(7:55) Never Enough(4:46) · Cut(5:32) · End(8:04) * (Songs not on the U.S. release)
PARIS (Live) - 1993
The Figurehead(7:27) · One Hundred Years(7:16) At Night(6:39) · Play For Today(3:51) · Apart(6:37) In Your House(3:59) · Lovesong(3:32) · Catch(2:41) A Letter To Elise(4:51) · Dressing Up(2:49) Charlotte Sometimes(3:59) · Close To Me(3:57)
WILD MOOD SWINGS - 1996
Want(5:06) · Club America(5:02) · This Is A Lie(4:30) The 13th(4:08) · Strange Attraction(4:19) · Mint Car(3:33) Jupiter Crash(4:15) · Round & Round & Round(2:39) Gone!(4:32) · Numb(4:49) · Return(3:29) · Trap(3:37) Treasure(3:45) · Bare(7:57) (It Use To Be Me only on Asian releases) It Use To Be Me(6:56)
GALORE - 1997
Why Can't I Be You?(3:11) · Catch(2:42) Just Like Heaven (Bob Clearmountain Remix)(3:30) Hot Hot Hot!!! (Remix by St. Germain and Kevorkian)(3:32) Lullaby (Remix)(4:08) · Fascination Street (Remix)(4:20) Lovesong (Remix)(3:28) · Pictures Of You (Remix)(4:45) Never Enough(4:28) · Close To Me (Closest Mix)(4:20) High (Single Mix)(3:32) · Friday I'm In Love(3:35) A Letter To Elise (Single Mix)(4:20) · The 13th (Swing Radio Mix)(4:18) Mint Car (Radio Mix)(3:33) · Strange Attraction (Album Mix)(4:19) Gone!! (Radio Mix)(4:25) · Wrong Number(6:00)
BLOODFLOWERS - 2000
Out Of This World(6:43) · Watching Me Fall(11:13) Where The Birds Always Sing(5:43) · Maybe Someday(5:06) The Last Day Of Summer(5:36) · There Is No If...(3:43) The Loudest Sound(5:09) · 39(7:18) · Bloodflowers(7:28) (Coming Up only on Asian releases) Coming Up(6:26)
THE CURE - GREATEST HITS - 2001
Boys Don't Cry(2:42) · A Forest(4:44) · Let's Go To Bed(3:34) The Walk(3:32) · The Lovecats(3:40) · Inbetween Days(2:58) Close To Me(3:42) · Why Can't I Be You?(3:14) Just Like Heaven(3:33) · Lullaby(4:10) · Lovesong(3:29) Never Enough(4:28) · High(3:35) · Friday I'm In Love(3:35) Mint Car(3:30) · Wrong Number(6:02) · Cut Here(4:11) Just Say Yes(3:29) (The Caterpillar / Pictures Of You only on U.K. and Asian releases, but without The Walk) The Caterpillar(3:42) Pictures Of You(4:49)
BONUS DISC Acoustic Versions Of All Songs Boys Don't Cry(3:03) · A Forest(4:52) · Let's Go To Bed(3:34) The Walk(3:26) · The Lovecats(3:48) · Inbetween Days(3:01) Close To Me(3:44) · Why Can't I Be You?(3:29) Just Like Heaven(3:35) · Lullaby(4:12) · Lovesong(3:30) Never Enough(4:28) · High(3:41) · Friday I'm In Love(3:31) Mint Car(3:27) · Wrong Number(5:55) · Cut Here(4:13) Just Say Yes(3:27)
JOIN THE DOTS - 2004 B-SIDES AND RARITIES · 1978-2001 · THE FICTION YEARS
DISC 1 1978-1987 10:15 Saturday Night(3:40) · Plastic Passion(2:14) · Pillbox Tales(2:54) Do The Hansa(2:38) · I'm Cold(2:47) · Another Journey By Train(3:04) Descent(3:07) · Splintered In Her Head(5:16) Lament (Flexipop Version)(4:34) · Just One Kiss(4:08) · The Dream(3:12) The Upstairs Room(3:29) · Lament(4:23) · Speak My Language(2:42) Mr. Pink Eyes(2:42) · Happy The Man(2:45) · Throw Your Foot(3:33) New Day(4:08) · The Exploding Boy(2:52) · A Few Hours After This(2:26) A Man Inside My Mouth(3:05) · Stop Dead(4:02)
DISC 2 1987-1992 A Japanese Dream(3:29) · Breathe(4:46) · A Chain Of Flowers(4:52) Snow In Summer(3:25) · Sugar Girl(3:13) · Icing Sugar (Weird Remix)(3:20) Hey You!!! (12" Extended Remix)(4:06) How Beautiful You Are (Clearmountain 7" Remix)(4:23) · To The Sky(5:13) Babble(4:18) · Out Of Mind(3:51) · 2 Late(2:39) · Fear Of Ghosts(6:49) Hello I Love You (Psychedelic Version)(6:02) · Hello I Love You(3:29) Hello I Love You (Slight Return Version)(0:11) · Harold and Joe(5:07) Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix)(3:43)
DISC 3 1992-1996 This Twilight Garden(4:43) · Play(4:34) · Halo(3:44) · Scared As You(4:10) The Big Hand(4:51) · A Foolish Arrangement(3:49) Doing The Unstuck (12" Remix)(5:52) Purple Haze (Virgin Radio Version)(3:16) Purple Haze(5:20) · Burn(6:35) · Young Americans(6:21) Dredd Song(4:23) · It Used To Be Me(6:48) · Ocean(3:28) · Adonais(4:11)
DISC 4 1996-2001 Home(3:24) · Waiting(3:32) · A Pink Dream(3:42) This Is A Lie (Ambient Mix)(4:30) · Wrong Number (P2P Mix)(8:12) More Than This(5:09) · World In My Eyes(4:50) · Possession(5:15) Out Of This World (Oakenfold Remix)(7:59) Maybe Someday (Acoustic Mix)(4:57) · Coming Up(6:25) Signal To Noise (Acoustic Version)(3:34) · Signal To Noise(4:05) Just Say Yes (Curve Mix)(3:16) A Forest - Featuring Earl Slick (2001 Mark Platti Mix)(6:41)
THE CURE - 2004
Lost(4:07) · Labyrinth(5:14) · Before Three(4:40) The End Of The World(3:43) · Anniversary(4:22) Us Or Them(4:09) · alt. end(4:30) · (I Don't Know What's Going) On(2:57) Taking Off(3:19) · Never(4:04) · The Promise(10:21) (Truth Goodness And Beauty / Going Nowhere on UK releases) Truth Goodness And Beauty(4:19) · Going Nowhere(3:30) (Truth Goodness And Beauty / Going Nowhere / This Morning on Japanese releases) This Morning(7:16) (Truth Goodness And Beauty / Going Nowhere / This Morning / Fake on Vinyl releases) Fake(4:36)
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