A thread for the Cure reissues

I kind of think you're underselling The Top but I stopped going to bat for that album in 1993.

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The answer's right there after the full stop! And that's before I even mention Obsession (when the strings kick in after 'can you forgive me... for not understanding your ways?' - possibly the best Banshees moment ever), Cascade and the not-at-all-overrated-thank-you-very-much-Mr-Perry Melt, amongst others.

This thread about Cure reissues makes me want to listen to the Banshees more than any of the three Cure albums due out in July. I may have to have a drunken vinyl mostalgia night this weekend.

that awesome beginning where RS takes off his wig!

This thread about Cure reissues makes me want to listen to the Banshees more than any of the three Cure albums due out in July. I may have to have a drunken vinyl mostalgia night this weekend.

-- Onimo (gerry.wat...), March 15th, 2006.

Onimo, you are so on there. Actually used to think Dreamhouse was one of their weakest, but when lesser known tracks like 'Obsession' reveal themselves like that ... it's glorious indeed.

Very anxious to see how well they'll be able to clean this one up. The previous U.S. vinyl and CD sound pretty bad.

Robert said so himself in an update a couple of months back.

Do you, Ned Raggett, claim Blue Sunshine to be better than The Top?

Both are equally splendiferous.

I remember him saying in '86 that he was working on a solo album that was going to be "the 2nd Glove album", but using just acoustic guitar, The Roland drumbox used on BS, piano and cello (!). He was going to call it the Glass Sandwich . Twenty years ago!

YES

I actually like the vocals on Blue Sunshine so I'm not as gaga over that as one might think I would be. I really want to hear songs that were worked up during that time period that were rejected.

Blue Sunshine Remaster

To be released this August within The Cure remasters schedule as opposed to the Banshees. Double deluxe remaster. Full track listing as follows:

CD 1

Like An Animal
Looking Glass Girl
Sex Eye Make Up
Mr. Alphabet Says
A Blues In Drag
Punish Me With Kisses
This Green City
Orgy
Perfect Murder
Relax
The Man From Nowhere (Original Instrumental Mix)
Mouth To Mouth (Landray Vocal Mix)
Punish Me With Kisses (Hedges 7" Mix)
The Tightrope (Original Instrumental Mix)
Like An Animal (12" Club?, What Club? Mix)

CD 2

Like An Animal (Robert Smith Vocal)
Looking Glass Girl (Robert Smith Vocal)
Sex Eye Make Up (Robert Smith Vocal)
Mr. Alphabet Says (Alternative Robert Smith Vocal)
A Blues In Drag (Alternative Robert Smith Vocal)
Punish Me With Kisses (Robert Smith Vocal)
This Green City (Robert Smith Vocal)
Orgy (Robert Smith Vocal)
Perfect Murder (Alternative Robert Smith Vocal)
Relax (Alternative Robert Smith Vocal)
The Man From Nowhere (Alternative Instrumental Mix)
Mouth To Mouth (Robert Smith Vocal)
Opened The Box (A Waltz) (Robert Smith Vocal)
The Tightrope (Robert Smith Vocal)
And All Around The Mermaids Sang (AKA Torment) (Robert Smith Vocal)
Holiday 80 (AKA Mine Eye Offends Me (Instrumental)

But August? Bleh. :-(

"You have got to check out the Siouxsie & The Banshees Nocturne DVD. Not only does it have the original live concert with Robert, but two TV
appearances with Mr. Smith as well. Plus one of the Bonus features is a BBC TV Special that i'd probably only read about, but had never seen.
It is basically filmed LSD. Robert, Sioux, Budgie, and Severin all dressed as Alice visit Wonderland (also the name of the Banshees record label). While in Wonderland, Robert gets interrogated by surreal clowns, then there's a segway into a Creatures' video, then a Glove performance (!!) of "A Blues In Drag", Sioux tells a story, and more bizarro mini-films. It just has to be seen - a must for any Cure fan."