Greatest Hits - Cure

...compilation album - 'The Cure's Greatest Hits', in 2004. The band, fronted by Robert Smith has been around for well over 23 years; subsequently they have a large catalogue of songs. Ranging from 1979's Three Imaginary Boys, to 1982's 'Pornography', to the self titled album 'The Cure', (this also hit the shelves last year). Over this time, the band has created plenty of what could be classed as 'alternative pop' for all to sing along to, to dark, ...
...the only original from another greatest hits album, however, I am not complaining at all. This fast tempo song begins with tons of electro noises and wailing guitar work, soon drums kick in and the bass bumps along to the disco/rock like atmosphere. The effects stop and the song slows down on various parts, for example when Robert begins singing the odd lyrics: 'Lime green, lime green and tangerines, the sickly sweet colours of the snakes I'm seeing', ...

benraiben 13.06.2005 · Read full review
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Being the impressionable 21-year old, I'm always keen to find new music to add to my collection or taste. But sometimes it helps to go back a few years as well.... A couple of years ago, if you'd have asked me to name a couple of Cure songs, I'd have said "what?" and the closest I'd be able to come is say "isn't their lead singer a bit 'eccentric' for an old man?".... However, upon a visit to the iTunes store and typing in 'The Cure', I recognised ...
...Well, I thought maybe it would be because Robert Smith & co have been doing rather well off royalty money from adverts/theme tunes/backing music in recent year.....no, it's because they've produced music that has stood the test of time and is just as good now as it was then. It's music that still gets played in rock nightclubs, radio stations, TV channels and maybe it does get the odd bit of 'extra' airtime. (E.g. "Close To Me" being on a BBC Three ...

carl.mcqueen 26.09.2008 · Read full review
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...would purchase the original albums. Greatest Hits provides a relatively good choice of songs to get a person acquainted with the band, but if you are already aware of them, you may see this selection as a disappointment, as the longer, 'definitive' tracks are left out. For example, there is no Fascination Street, no Pictures of You (which I would have expected to be on here, in all honesty! I adore this song), no Killing an Arab, and on top of this, ...
...Perhaps the main problem with Greatest Hits is that it sways heavily towards The Cure's most commercially acceptable offerings, whereas the other two compilations showed a greater scope of material and weren't afraid to play up the darker side of the band and entwine it with the prettier peices. However, returning to my initial point and judging the CD on what IS there, it is a well selected, cleverly compiled range that makes for easy listening. ...

Chalk 31.03.2005 · Read full review
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