The Cure - Staring At The Sea: The Singles (1986)
The Cure - Staring At The Sea: The Singles (1986)
Rock, Pop Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 61:58 | 397,46 Mb
Label: Fiction Records (Europe) | Cat.# 829239/2 (829 239-2) | Released: 1986-05-06
Rock, Pop Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 61:58 | 397,46 Mb
Label: Fiction Records (Europe) | Cat.# 829239/2 (829 239-2) | Released: 1986-05-06
The Cure - Staring At The Sea: The Singles (1986)
"Standing on a Beach" (titled "Staring at the Sea" in CD format in some countries) is a singles compilation album released by English rock band the Cure in May 1986, marking a decade since the band's founding in 1976. The album's titles are both 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) was not included on the album; thus the album's singles span only from 1978 to 1985. The version of "A Forest" here is neither the album version (which was also on the 12" single), nor is it the 7" single edit (which removes a few bars between verses and fades out part way through the guitar solo ending). The album was critically acclaimed. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called it "one of the finest albums of the '80s".
~Wikipedia
Staring at the Sea: The Singles collects all of the Cure's biggest U.K. hits and best-known songs from the late '70s and early '80s. Spanning from "Killing an Arab" and "Boys Don't Cry," to "The Lovecats," "In Between Days," and "Close to Me," Staring at the Sea captures some of the finest – and most influential – post-punk music. At their best, the Cure were nervy, intellectual, catchy, and foreboding, all at once. No matter how carefully crafted the Cure's individual albums were, their finest moments occurred on singles like these, when they distilled their essence into surprisingly catchy, but decidedly left-of-center, pop singles. Staring at the Sea not only selects highlights from their uneven early albums, it collects many of the group's terrific non-LP singles. It's a definitive retrospective of the Cure and is one of the finest albums of the '80s.
~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The Cure - Staring At The Sea: The Singles (1986)
The Cure - Staring At The Sea: The Singles (1986)
Release of this album: 1986, May, 6 [LP Fiction Records, Cat.# FIXH 12, UK]
Release of this CD: 1986 [CD Fiction Records (Europe), Cat.# 829239/2 (829 239-2) / UPC: 042282923929]
℗&© 1986 Fiction Records 1986.
Original sound recording made by Fiction Records.
Made in France by PMDC
Notes: Track 5: although stated from A Forest single, this version is a longer edit. Track 1 is incorrectly written as "Killing And Arab" on the CD. Track 15 "In Between Days" on inlay & CD & "In-Between Days" on backsleeve. Design credit is recognizable as the tea cup.
Credits:
Bass – Dempsey (tracks: 1 to 4), Thornalley (tracks: 13), Gallup (tracks: 5 to 10, 15 to 17)
Bass, Violin – Smith (tracks: 14)
Design – Parched Art
Drum Machine – Tolhurst (tracks: 12)
Drums – Anderson (tracks: 13, 14), Williams (tracks: 15 to 17), Tolhurst (tracks: 1 to 10, 12), Goulding (tracks: 11)
Guitar – Smith (tracks: 1 to 15, 17)
Keyboards – Tolhurst (tracks: 11 to 17), Hartley (tracks: 5, 6), Thompson (tracks: 15 to 17), Smith (tracks: 9 to 13)
Producer – Parry (tracks: 1 to 4, 11, 13, 14), Allen (tracks: 14 to 17), Hedges (tracks: 5 to 9), Thornalley (tracks: 10, 13), Smith (tracks: 5 to 9, 13 to 17), Nye (tracks: 12), The Cure (tracks: 10)
Voice – Smith
Written-By – Tolhurst (tracks: 1 to 12, 14), Hartley (tracks: 5, 6), Dempsey (tracks: 1 to 4), Smith, Gallup (tracks: 5 to 10)
Tracklist:
01. Killing An Arab (02:22)
02. 10.15 Saturday Night (03:39)
03. Boys Don't Cry (02:35)
04. Jumping Someone Else's Train (02:56)
05. A Forest (04:55)
06. Play For Today (03:39)
07. Primary (03:36)
08. Other Voices (04:29)
09. Charlotte Sometimes (04:14)
10. The Hanging Garden (04:23)
11. Let's Go To Bed (03:34)
12. The Walk (03:30)
13. The Love Cats (03:40)
14. The Caterpillar (03:40)
15. In-Between Days (02:57)
16. Close To Me (03:41)
17. A Night Like This (04:11)
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The Cure / Staring At The Sea (The Singles)
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Analyzed: The Cure / Staring At The Sea (The Singles)
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DR14 -1.37 dB -17.54 dB 3:40 14-The Caterpillar
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DR12 -2.41 dB -16.49 dB 3:41 16-Close To Me
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Number of tracks: 17
Official DR value: DR13
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Analyzed: The Cure / Staring At The Sea (The Singles)
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