Artist: The Cure
Title Of Album: Greatest Hits
Year Of Release: November 13, 2001
Label: Elektra / Wea
Genre: Post-punk, gothic rock, alternative rock, New Wave
Format: MP3
Quality: 192 kbps I 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 68 min 08 sec
Total Size: 96.6 mb


Personnel:
Robert Smith (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); Laurence Tolhurst (various instruments, keyboards, drums); Porl Thompson, Perry Bamonte (guitar, keyboards); Mathieu Hartley, Roger O'Donnell (keyboards); Michael Dempsey, Simon Gallup, Phil Thornalley (bass); Steve Goulding, Andy Anderson, Boris Williams, Jason Cooper (drums); Saffron (background vocals).

Producers include: Robert Smith, David M. Allen, Steve Lyon, Mark Saunders, Mark Plati.

By way of distinguishing GREATEST HITS from the other Cure collections on the market, let's first note that most of the doom and gloom for which the band is often derided is largely absent here due to the disinclusion of most of their early material. The bulk of this disc is devoted to mid-period cure classics such as the simultaneously innocent and randy "Let's Go to Bed," the breathless, horn-driven "Close to Me," and the bouncy, jazz-tinged "The Lovecats." To prove that the Cure didn't peter out after the Reagan era, GH reminds us that the transcendently effervescent pop gem "Friday I'm in Love" and the hard-driving rocker "Never Enough" stand as tall as the group's earlier efforts. A couple of attractive new tunes are tacked on for the benefit of those who've already got everything else here.


Tracklist
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01 Boys Don't Cry
02 A Forest
03 Let's Go To Bed
04 The Walk
05 The Love Cats
06 In Between Days
07 Close To Me
08 Why Can't I Be You
09 Just Like Heaven
10 Lullaby
11 Lovesong
12 Never Enough
13 High
14 Friday I'm In Love
15 Mint Car
16 Wrong Number
17 Cut Here
18 Just Say Yes