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Subject: Discography - The Cure
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:45:08 GMT
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A brief discography for Cure fans everywhere.
Compiled by Nancy Everson (
[email protected]).
Date modified: 8 June 1992
[This is fairly complete, but may have some things missing, such
as a country-specific pressing of an item I have listed...]
Albums:
5/79 album Three Imaginary Boys
cassette Three Imaginary Boys
cd Three Imaginary Boys
2/80 album Boys Don't Cry
cassette Boys Don't Cry
cd Boys Don't Cry
4/80 album Seventeen Seconds
cassette Seventeen Seconds
cd Seventeen Seconds
4/81 album Faith
cassette Faith/Carnage Visors
cd Faith
(Carnage Visors is music for a pre-concert film)
5/82 album Pornography
cassette Pornography
cd Pornography
12/83 album Japanese Whispers
cassette Japanese Whispers
cd Japanese Whispers
5/84 album The Top
cassette The Top
cd The Top
10/84 album Concert - The Cure live
cassette Concert - The Cure live/Curiosity - Cure Anomalies
cd Concert - The Cure live
("Curiosity" from Robert's cassette collection)
8/85 album Head on the Door
cassette Head on the Door
cd Head on the Door
5/86 album Standing on a Beach - The Singles
cassette Standing on a Beach - All the Hits/Unavailable B-sides
cd Staring at the Sea - The Singles
5/87 album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (double album)
cassette Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (extended play cassette)
cd Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (missing one track)
12/87 album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (double album) -
(re-released with limited edition 12 inch orange vinyl 6 track ep)
5/89 album Disintegration
cassette Disintegration (two bonus tracks)
cd Disintegration (two bonus tracks)
4/90 album Disintegration (limited picture disc edition)
10/90 album Mixed Up (bonus track)
cassette Mixed Up
cd Mixed Up
3/91 album Entreat
cassette Entreat
cd Entreat
(live tracks from Disintegration performed at Wembley Arena 7/89)
9/91 cd box set Assemblage (box set of first 12 Cure albums)
9/91 cd box set Mixed Up (limited edition of 5 picture cds)
4/92 album Wish
cassette Wish
cd Wish
Singles and EPs:
12/78 7 inch Killing an Arab/10.15 Saturday Night (on Small Wonder)
2/79 7 inch Killing an Arab/10.15 Saturday Night (re-issue on
Fiction)
4/79 7 inch Grinding Halt/Meat Hook (Fiction white label promo)
6/79 7 inch Boys Don't Cry/Plastic Passion
11/79 7 inch Jumping Someone Else's Train/I'm Cold
4/80 7 inch A Forest/Another Journey By Train
12 inch A Forest/Another Journey By Train
5/81 7 inch Primary/Descent
12 inch Primary (extended version)/Descent
10/81 7 inch Charlotte Sometimes/Splintered in Her Head
12 inch Charlotte Sometimes/Splintered in Her Head/Faith (live)
7/82 7 inch The Hanging Garden/Killing an Arab (live)
7 inch The Hanging Garden/One Hundred Years/Killing an
Arab (live)/Killing an Arab (live) - (gatefold pack of 2
singles)
12 inch One Hundred Years/The Hanging Garden (promo only?)
9/82 flexidisc Lament (from Flexipop magazine, red or green vinyl)
11/82 7 inch Let's Go To Bed/Just One Kiss
12 inch Let's Go To Bed/Just One Kiss
7/83 7 inch The Walk/The Dream (UK)
7 inch The Walk/The Dream (UK picture disc)
12 inch The Walk/The Upstairs Room/The Dream/Lament (UK)
12 inch The Upstairs Room/Just One Kiss/The Dream/
The Walk/La Ment/Let's Go to Bed (US ep on Sire)
cassette The Upstairs Room/Just One Kiss/The Dream/
The Walk/La Ment/Let's Go to Bed (US ep on Sire)
10/83 7 inch The Love Cats/Speak My Language
7 inch The Love Cats/Speak My Language (picture disc)
12 inch The Love Cats (extended)/Speak My Language/Mr Pink Eyes
5/84 7 inch The Caterpillar/Happy the Man
7 inch The Caterpillar/Happy the Man (picture disc)
12 inch The Caterpillar/Happy the Man/Throw Your Foot
10/84 12 inch Excerpt ("A Forest" and "Primary" live from "Concert")
7/85 7 inch Inbetween Days/The Exploding Boy
12 inch Inbetween Days/The Exploding Boy/A Few Hours After This
9/85 7 inch Close To Me (remix)/A Man Inside My Mouth
7 inch Close To Me (remix)/A Man Inside My Mouth (poster bag)
10 inch Close To Me (remix)/A Man Inside My Mouth/New Day/
Stop Dead (titled "Half an Octopus")
12 inch Close To Me (extended remix)/A Man Inside My Mouth/
Stop Dead
9/85 12 inch A Night Like This/New Day/Close to Me/A Man Inside My
Mouth (US -- titled "Quadpus")
4/86 7 inch Boys Don't Cry (new vocal)/Pillbox Tales
12 inch Boys Don't Cry (new vocal club mix)/Pillbox Tales/
Do the Hansa
4/86? 7 inch Let's Go to Bed/Boys Don't Cry (new vocal)
4/87 7 inch Why Can't I Be You?/A Japanese Dream
7 inch Why Can't I Be You?/A Japanese Dream/Six Different
Ways (live)/Push (live) - (gatefold pack of 2 singles)
12 inch Why Can't I Be You? (remix)/A Japanese Dream (remix)
6/87 7 inch Catch/Breathe
7 inch Catch/Breathe (picture disc)
7 inch Catch/Breathe (UK - clear disc in printed pvc bag)
12 inch Catch/Breathe/A Chain of Flowers
12 inch Catch/Breathe/Kyoto Song (live)/A Night Like This (live)
cassette Catch/Breathe/A Chain of Flowers
10/87 7 inch Just Like Heaven (remix)/Snow in Summer
7 inch Just Like Heaven (remix)/Snow in Summer (white vinyl)
7 inch Just Like Heaven (remix)/Snow in Summer (picture disc)
12 inch Just Like Heaven (remix)/Snow in Summer/Sugar Girl
cd single Just Like Heaven (remix)/Snow in Summer/Sugar Girl
1/88 12 inch Hot Hot Hot!!! (extended remix)/Hot Hot Hot!!! (remix)/
Hey You!!! (extended remix)
cd single Hot Hot Hot!!! (extended remix)/Hot Hot Hot!!! (remix)/
Hey You!!! (extended remix)
cassette Hot Hot Hot!!! (extended remix)/Hey You!!! (remix)
5/88 12 inch The Peel Sessions (Killing an Arab/10.15 Saturday Night/
Fire in Cairo/Boys Don't Cry) (recorded 4-DEC-78)
cd The Peel Sessions (Killing an Arab/10.15 Saturday Night/
Fire in Cairo/Boys Don't Cry) (recorded 4-DEC-78)
4/89 cd single Fascination Street (remix)/Babble/Out of Mind/
Fascination Street (extended remix) (US)
cassette Fascination Street/Babble (US)
4/89 7 inch Lullaby/Babble (UK)
7 inch Lullaby/Babble (UK - clear disc in printed pvc bag)
7 inch Lullaby/Babble (UK - gatefold)
12 inch Lullaby (extended)/Out of Mind/Babble (UK)
12 inch Lullaby (extended)/Out of Mind/Babble (UK - pink vinyl)
cd single Lullaby (extended)/Out of Mind/Babble (UK - 3 inch)
8/89 7 inch Love Song/2 Late (US)
cd single Lovesong/2 Late/Fear of Ghosts/Lovesong (extended) (UK)
7 inch Lovesong/2 Late (UK) (limited edition "lovebox")
12 inch Lovesong/2 Late/Fear of Ghosts/Lovesong (extended) (UK)
cassette Lovesong/2 Late (UK)
11/89 cd single Lullaby (remix)/Lullaby (extended remix)/
Homesick (live)/Untitled (live) (US)
3/90 7 inch Pictures of You (remix)/Last Dance (live) (UK)
7 inch Pictures of You (remix)/Last Dance (live) (green vinyl)
(UK)
12 inch Pictures of You (ext. remix)/Last Dance (live)/
Fascination Street (live) (UK)
12 inch Pictures of You (ext. remix)/Last Dance (live)/
Fascination Street (live) (green vinyl) (UK)
cassette Pictures of You (remix)/Last Dance (live) (UK)
cd single Pictures of You (remix)/Last Dance (live)/
Fascination Street (live) (UK)
7 inch Pictures of You (remix)/Prayers For Rain (live) (UK)
7 inch Pictures of You (remix)/Prayers For Rain (live) (purple
vinyl)
12 inch Pictures of You (strange mix)/Prayers For Rain (live)/
Disintegration (live) (UK)
12 inch Pictures of You (strange mix)/Prayers For Rain (live)/
Disintegration (live) (purple vinyl) (UK)
cassette Pictures of You (remix)/Prayers For Rain (live) (UK)
cd single Pictures of You (remix)/Disintegration (live)/
Prayers For Rain (live) (UK)
4/90 cd single Pictures of You (remix)/Last Dance (live)/
Fascination Street (live)/Prayers For Rain (live)/
Disintegration (live) (US)
9/90 cd single Never Enough/Harold and Joe/Let's Go to Bed (milk mix)
(UK)
7 inch Never Enough/Harold and Joe
12 inch Never Enough (big mix)/Harold and Joe/Let's Go
To Bed (milk mix)
cassette Never Enough/Harold and Joe
9/90 cd single Never Enough Limited Edition CD Print Pack ficdp35 (UK)
Never Enough (Big Mix)/Harold And Joe/
Let's Go to Bed (Milk Mix)
10/90 7 inch Close to Me (closest mix)/Just Like Heaven (dizzy mix)
12 inch Close to Me (closer mix)/Just Like Heaven (dizzy mix)/
Primary (red mix)
cassette Close to Me (closest mix)/Just Like Heaven (dizzy mix)
cd single Close To Me - Remix CD Single ficcd 36 (UK)
Close To Me (Closest Mix)/Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix)/
Primary (Red Mix)
cd single Limited Edition Bonus Track With Free Poster ficdr 36
(UK)
Close To Me (Closer Mix)/Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix)/
Why Can't I Be You? (extended mix)
?/91 12 inch A Forest (tree mix)/A Forest (original)/Inbetween Days
(shiver mix) (France)
cd single A Forest (tree mix)/A Forest (original)/Inbetween Days
(shiver mix) (France)
3/92 7 inch High/This Twilight Garden
12 inch High (higher mix)/This Twilight Garden/Play
12 inch High (trip mix)/Open (fix mix) (clear vinyl) (UK)
cassette High/This Twilight Garden
cd single High/This Twiligh Garden/Play/High (higher mix)
cd single High (single mix)/Open (US)
5/92 7 inch Friday I'm in Love/Halo
12 inch Friday I'm in Love (strangelove mix)/Halo/Scared
as You (splotchy vinyl) (UK)
cassette Friday I'm In Love/Halo
cd single Friday I'm In Love/Halo/Scared as You/Friday I'm
in Love (strangelove mix)
10/92 * "A Letter To Elise"
Videos:
Staring at the Sea videotape and laserdisc
the videos of the songs on the CD (1986)
The Cure In Orange videotape and laserdisc
from videotape of concert in Provence, SotB tour
amazing sound quality, OK concert, released 11/87, recorded 8/86
Why Can't I Be You? 1987 cdv (Japan) released 10/88
Why Can't I Be You?, 12" remix/A Japanese Dream, 12" remix
Why Can't I Be You? video
Catch 1987 cdv (Japan) released 10/88
Catch/Breathe/A Chain of Flowers/Icing Sugar
Catch video
Just Like Heaven 1987 cdv (US)
Just Like Heaven (video)
Catch/Hot Hot Hot!!!/Why Can't I Be You (remix)
Close to Me 1987 cdv (UK) released 9/89
Close to Me (12" mix)/A Man Inside My Mouth/Stop Dead/New Day
Close to Me (video)
Inbetween Days 1988 cdv (UK) released 10/88
Inbetween Days/The Exploding Boy/A Few Hours After This/
Six Different Ways (live) [Orange]/Push (live) [Orange]
Inbetween Days (video)
Lovesong 1989 cdv (UK) released 8/89
2 Late/Fear of Ghosts/Lovesong (12" mix)/Lovesong (video)
Picture Show videotape (laserdisc in Japan)
videos since Staring at the Sea, released 6/91
Play Out videotape in UK (pay per view in US)
documents a "week" in the life of the Cure in January 1991, from
the Secret Gig at the Town and Country II to the British Music Awards
released 12/91
Other things of interest:
Books:
Ten Imaginary Years 1988 Zomba Books/Fiction Books
ISBN 0 946391 87 4
Songwords 1978-1989 1990 Fiction Books/Omnibus Press
ISBN 0 7119 1951 8
Disintegration (sheet music) 1991 Amsco Publications
ISBN 0 7119 1649 7
Compilations and soundtracks with Cure tracks:
TIMES SQUARE, 1980 -- contains "Grinding Halt"
CLASSX THREE, ??? - remixes by Joseph Watt contains "The Walk" ("promo
only")
LOST ANGELS, 1989 -- contains "Fascination Street"
STRANGER THAN FICTION, 1989 compilation from Fiction Records:
"I Dig You" Cult Hero 1979, "Janice" The Associates 1979,
"I Want to Be a Tree" Tim Pope 1984, "To the Sky" The Cure 1987,
"Fat Man" Eat 1989, "Shakedown" Die Warzau 1989
RUBAIYAT, 1990 compilation from Elektra -- contains the Cure covering
the Doors' "Hello, I Love You", and John Eddie covering the Cure's
"Inbetween Days"
CULT HERO:
(Robert, Porl, and Lol were part of Cult Hero)
12/79 7 inch I'm a Cult Hero/I Dig You
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES:
(When Robert was with the band)
1983 7 inch Dear Prudence/Tattoo
12 inch Dear Prudence/Tattoo/There's a Planet in my Kitchen
1983 album Nocturne (live) (double album)
cd Nocturne (live)
(This is also on videotape and videodisc.)
1984 album Hyaena
cd Hyaena
1984 7 inch Swimming Horses/Let Go
12 inch Swimming Horses/Let Go/Humming Wires
1984 7 inch Dazzle/I Promise
12 inch Dazzle/I Promise/Throw Them to the Lions
THE GLOVE:
(The Glove was Robert Smith, Steve Severin, and Jeanette Landray)
1983 album Blue Sunshine
1983 7 inch Like an Animal/Mouth to Mouth
12 inch Like an Animal/Animal/Mouth to Mouth
1983 7 inch Punish Me With Kisses/The Tightrope
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