January 7, 2005

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Album Review: The Cure

THREE IMAGINARY BOYS
Cure reissue a real treat
By -- Winnipeg Sun



THREE IMAGINARY BOYS
The Cure
(Rhino/Warner)

Looking for a classic Cure album of gothy gloom and depressing dirges? Look elsewhere.

This 1979 debut from Robert Smith and co. has none of the wild mood swings of their later work; instead, it's a short, sharp shot of youthful energy, brimming with angular grooves, prickly guitars, Smith's brash vocals -- and the twitchiest cover of Foxy Lady ever put to tape.

Even better, this 25th-anniversary reissue comes remastered and expanded with a disc of 20 rare and unreleased tracks, including a demo of Boys Don't Cry and three versions of 10:15 Saturday Night. Sweet.

Track listing:

Disc 1:
1. 10:15 Saturday Night
2. Accuracy
3. Grinding Halt
4. Another Day
5. Object
6. Subway Song
7. Foxy Lady
8. Meathook
9. So What
10. Fire In Cairo
11. It's Not You
12. Three Imaginary Boys
13. The Weedy Burton

Disc 2:
1. I Want To Be Old (sav studio demo 10/77 - previously unreleased song)
2. I'm Cold (sav studio demo 11/77 - previously unreleased version)
3. Heroin Face (live in the rocket, crawley 12/77 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984)
4. I Just Need Myself (psl studio demo 1/78 - previously unreleased song)
5. 10:15 Saturday Night (rs home demo 2/78 - previously unreleased version)
6. The Cocktail Party (group home demo 3/78 - previously unreleased song)
7. Grinding Halt (group home demo 4/78 - previously unreleased version)
8. Boys Don't Cry (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984)
9. It's Not You (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version)
10. 10:15 Saturday Night (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version)
11. Fire In Cairo (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version)
12. Winter ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song)
13. Faded Smiles (aka I Don't Know) ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song)
14. Play With Me ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song)
15. World War (on early copies of 'boys don't cry' album 1979)
16. Boys Don't Cry (single - also on 'boys don't cry' album 1979)
17. Jumping Someone Else's Train (single - also on 'boys don't cry' album 1979)
18. Subway Song (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984)
19. Accuracy (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously unreleased version)
20. 10:15 Saturday Night (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously unreleased version)


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