The Head On The Door - The Cure

Description: Genre: Indie Rock & Punk - New Wave & Post-punk / Artist: The Cure / Audio CD released 2006-10-30 at Commercial ... more

The Head On The Door - The Cure ... Marketing / Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 In Between Days
2 Kyoto Song
3 The Blood
4 Six Different Ways
5 Push
6 The Baby Screams
7 Close To Me
8 A Night Like This
9 Screw
10 Sinking

Newest Review: ... any differences he may have had with Smith. Secondly, Porl Thompson joined the band as a full time member. He had ... more

... contributed a little to The Top but was yet to be truly inducted to the band. And last but by no means least, superb and often innovative drummer Boris Williams has joined the band. In Between Days starts things off in the best way imaginable. It isn't just one of The Cure's best songs; it is one of the best pop songs in the entire history of popular music. It is instantly recognisable from its short drum roll introduction and then followed by only the most striking of guitar work; it continues to be a testament to Robert S...more

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The Head On The Door - The Cure: The moment when 80's music got good! The Head on the Door! (987 words)
by - written on 16/05/09 (Very useful, 59 readings)
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The Cure - The Head on the Door (1985) Producer: Robert Smith, Dave Allen In Between Days Kyoto Song The Blood Six Different Ways Push The Baby Screams Close to Me A Night like This Screw Sinking The Head on the Door is the sixth studio album by The Cure and it marks the moment in time where they made the leap from being a great band to an exceptional one. After their doom and gloom laden early 80's output, Robert Smith had resorted to the catchy synth pop that was found on Japanese Whispers. The psychedelic transitional album The Top followed, now one year later we have The Head on the ... Read the complete review

The Head on the Door (194 words)
by - written on 17/06/08 (Useful, 26 readings)
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A more consistent album than 'The Top,' 'The Head on the Door' shows off a more experimental and intriguing direction for the Cure than has been heard since 'Pornography' three years earlier. Lol Tolhurst's keyboards share the limelight with the guitars of Robert Smith and Porl Thompson, effectively diving the album between the lighter, bouncier keyboard led songs with the more rock-oriented offerings. The album still boasts a strong commercial awareness with the jolly romantic pop of 'In Between Days,' 'The Baby Screams' and the memorable, hand-clapping 'Close to Me,' but balances it out with harder material in the form of the distorted 'Screw,' the rocking ... Read the complete review