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Staring at the Sea: The Singles collects all of the Cure's biggest U.K. hits and best-known songs from the late '70s and early '80s. Spanning from "Killing an Arab" and "Boys Don't Cry," to "The Lovecats," "In Between Days," and "Close to Me," Staring at the Sea captures some of the finest -- and most influential -- post-punk music. At their best, the Cure were nervy, intellectual, catchy, and foreboding, all at once. No matter how carefully crafted the Cure's individual albums were, their finest moments occurred on singles like these, when they distilled their essence into surprisingly catchy, but decidedly left-of-center, pop singles. Staring at the Sea not only selects highlights from their uneven early albums, it collects many of the group's terrific non-LP singles. It's a definitive retrospective of the Cure and is one of the finest albums of the '80s. [The cassette version of Staring at the Sea was titled Standing on a Beach and included several B-sides.]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - Michael Dempsey, BassGuitar, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, DrumKit, Composer - Chris Parry, Producer - Mike Hedges, Engineer - Mike Dutton, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 1979 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - Michael Dempsey, BassGuitar, Composer - Lol Tolhurst, DrumKit - Chris Parry, Producer - Mike Hedges, Engineer - Mike Dutton, RecordingSecondEngineer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer
℗ 1979 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, MixingEngineer, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - Michael Dempsey, BassGuitar, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, DrumKit, Composer - Chris Parry, Producer, MixingEngineer - Mike Hedges, Engineer - Mike Dutton, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer
℗ 1979 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - Michael Dempsey, BassGuitar, Vocalist, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, DrumKit, Composer - Chris Parry, Producer - Mike Hedges, Engineer
℗ 1979 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - SIMON GALLUP, BassGuitar, Composer - Matthieu Hartley, Keyboard, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, DrumKit, Composer - Mike Hedges, Producer
℗ 1980 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, AssistantProducer, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - SIMON GALLUP, BassGuitar, Composer - Matthieu Hartley, Keyboard, AssistantProducer, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, DrumKit, AssistantProducer, Composer - Michael Hedges, Producer - Chris Parry, AssistantProducer - Mike Hedges, Engineer - Mike Dutton, Engineer - Nigel Green, RecordingSecondEngineer - Andrew Warwick, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 1980 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Keyboard, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - SIMON GALLUP, BassGuitar, Producer, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, DrumKit, Producer, Composer - Mike Hedges, Producer, Engineer - David Kemp, Engineer - Graham Carmichael, Engineer
℗ 1981 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Keyboard, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - SIMON GALLUP, BassGuitar, Producer, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, DrumKit, Producer, Composer - Mike Hedges, Producer, Engineer - David Kemp, Engineer - Graham Carmichael, Engineer
℗ 1981 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Keyboard, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - SIMON GALLUP, BassGuitar, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, DrumKit, Composer - Mike Hedges, Producer
℗ 1981 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Keyboard, Engineer, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - SIMON GALLUP, BassGuitar, Keyboard, Producer, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, DrumKit, Keyboard, Producer, Composer - Phil Thornalley, Producer, Engineer - Mike Nocito, Engineer
℗ 1982 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, BassGuitar, Keyboard, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Keyboard, Composer - Steve Goulding, DrumKit - Chris Parry, Producer, MixingEngineer - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer
℗ 1982 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, BassGuitar, Keyboard, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, DrumProgrammer, Keyboard, Composer - Steve Nye, Producer, MixingEngineer
℗ 1983 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Keyboard, MixingEngineer, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - Phil Thornalley, BassGuitar, MixingEngineer, Producer - Andy Anderson, DrumKit - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Vibraphone - Chris Parry, Producer, MixingEngineer
℗ 1983 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, BassGuitar, Keyboard, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Keyboard, DrumMachine, Composer - Andy Anderson, DrumKit, Percussion - Porl Thompson, Saxophone - Chris Parry, Producer - David Allen, Producer, Engineer - Howard Gray, Engineer
℗ 1984 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Keyboard, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - SIMON GALLUP, BassGuitar - Porl Thompson, Guitar, Keyboard - BORIS WILLIAMS, DrumKit, Percussion - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Keyboard - Dave Allen, Producer, Engineer - Frank Barretta, RecordingSecondEngineer - Martin White, RecordingSecondEngineer - Phil Tennant, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tom Leader, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer
℗ 1985 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, ElectricBassGuitar, Keyboard, MixingEngineer, Producer, ComposerLyricist - SIMON GALLUP, BassGuitar - Porl Thompson, Guitar, Keyboard - BORIS WILLIAMS, DrumKit - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Keyboard - Dave Allen, Producer, MixingEngineer - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer
℗ 1985 Fiction Records Ltd.
The Cure, MainArtist - Robert Smith, Vocalist, Guitar, Keyboard, Producer, Lyricist, ComposerLyricist, Composer - SIMON GALLUP, BassGuitar - Porl Thompson, Guitar, Keyboard - BORIS WILLIAMS, DrumKit, Percussion - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Keyboard - Ron Howe, Saxophone - Howard Gray, Producer - Dave Allen, Producer, Engineer - Frank Barretta, RecordingSecondEngineer - Martin White, RecordingSecondEngineer - Phil Tennant, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tom Leader, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 1985 Fiction Records Ltd.
Review: The Cure - Staring At The Sea - The Singles
Staring at the Sea: The Singles collects all of the Cure's biggest U.K. hits and best-known songs from the late '70s and early '80s. Spanning from "Killing an Arab" and "Boys Don't Cry," to "The Lovecats," "In Between Days," and "Close to Me," Staring at the Sea captures some of the finest -- and most influential -- post-punk music. At their best, the Cure were nervy, intellectual, catchy, and foreboding, all at once. No matter how carefully crafted the Cure's individual albums were, their finest moments occurred on singles like these, when they distilled their essence into surprisingly catchy, but decidedly left-of-center, pop singles. Staring at the Sea not only selects highlights from their uneven early albums, it collects many of the group's terrific non-LP singles. It's a definitive retrospective of the Cure and is one of the finest albums of the '80s. [The cassette version of Staring at the Sea was titled Standing on a Beach and included several B-sides.]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:44
- Main artists: The Cure
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 1986 Fiction Records Ltd. This Compilation ℗ 1986 Fiction Records Ltd.
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