The Cure "Stills" follows the changing faces of one of the leading British rock bands during the post-punk and new-wave movements of the late '70s and '80s. As the band has continued over a period of nearly 50 years, front man and only constant member Robert Smith has maintained the band's popularity throughout the changing musical eras, while staying true to their individualistic style and quirkiness. Instrumental in the creation of the varying incarnations of The Cure is photographer Paul Cox, who first encountered the group on Top of the Pops in 1980.

Having established a creative, productive and trusting relationship with the band, Cox's resulting work is The Cure in all their glory. Including over 200 colour and 75 black-and-white images, with accompanying captions selected and written by Cox and Smith, this book is a celebration of a seminal band through the lens of a skilled photographer. 

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2024 marks the 40th Anniversary of The Cureís 5th studio album, 'The Top'. First Time on Picture Disc Remastered by Robert Smith and cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London. Released in May 1984 the album reached Number 10 in the UK albums chart and features the single "The Caterpillar" ( #14 in the UK Singles Chart) The Picture Disc is house in beautiful die-cut sleeve designed by the original designer, Andy Vella, and is printed both inside and out.

The Cure’s 30th anniversary re-issue of ‘Paris’ has now been expanded with the addition of 2 Previously Unreleased Live tracks “Shake Dog Shake” and “Hot Hot Hot!!!”

‘Paris’: 2LP Live set was recorded at Le Zenith de Paris in October 1992: Released October 1993

Includes the singles “Lovesong”, “Catch”, “A Letter To Elise”, “Charlotte Sometimes”, “Close To Me” and fan favourite “Play For Today”

Remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London.

TRACK LISTING

1CD
Shake Dog Shake
The Figurehead
Play For Today
At Night
In Your House
One Hundred Years
Apart
Lovesong
A Letter To Elise
Catch
Charlotte Sometimes
Dressing Up
Close To Me
Hot Hot Hot!!!

2LP Black Vinyl
Side One
Shake Dog Shake
The Figurehead
Play For Today

Side Two
At Night
In Your House
One Hundred Years

Side Three
Apart
Lovesong
A Letter To Elise

Side Four
Catch
Charlotte Sometimes
Dressing Up
Close To Me
Hot Hot Hot!!!

The Cure are arguably the biggest alternative rock band in the world. Their popularity is not limited to any one country, or even continent. Between 1985 and 2000 every album they released went to at least Gold in the UK, the US or both. In America they have earned four Platinum albums, and they are estimated to have sold 30 million albums worldwide. Their iconic status as elder statesmen of Alternative Rock remains undiminished - if anything, their tireless touring has ensured that it has grown with every passing year - and lead singer Robert Smith is an endlessly fascinating figure to successive generations of fans. The Cure's influence reverberates through genres including Emo, Goth, Industrial and Indie Rock.

The book is an encyclopaedic A-Z of The Cure examining and riffing on miscellaneous trivia, biographies of the band members past and present, summaries of each album and selected songs, details of the band's various tours and films, and essays on broader topics such as their image, their politics and their influences. Playful, eccentric and irreverent - true to the spirit of the band itself - CUREPEDIA is a comprehensive biography of one of the biggest alternative rock bands in the world.

‘Show’, the double live album by The Cure, turns 30 this September and to celebrate the anniversary, the 2LP set is made available on heavyweight black vinyl for the first time since 1993.

‘Show’ has been remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London, with the vinyl cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road.

‘Show’ was the first of two live records commemorating the band’s tour in support of their ninth album ‘Wish’. The second, ‘Paris’ followed a month later in October 1993.

The 18-track album was recorded at The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan in July 1992 towards the end of the US leg of the tour and includes the singles “Pictures of You”, “High”, “Lullaby”, “Just Like Heaven”, “Fascination Street”, “The Walk”, “Let’s Go To Bed”, “Friday I’m In Love” , “Never Enough” and “Inbetween Days” as well as deep cut live favourites “Trust” and “From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea”.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
Tape
Open
High
Pictures Of You
Lullaby
SIDE B
Just Like Heaven
Fascination Street
A Night Like This
Trust
Doing The Unstuck
SIDE C
The Walk
Let’s Go To Bed
Friday I’m In Love
Inbetween Days
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
SIDE D
Never Enough
Cut
End

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TRACK LISTING

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TRACK LISTING

Open
High
Apart
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
Wendy Time
Doing The Unstuck
Friday I’m In Love
Trust
A Letter To Elise
Cut
To Wish Impossible Things
End

‘Wish’ released in April 1992 was The Cure’s 9th studio album and reached Number 1 in the UK Album Chart on its release. It also reached Number 2 in the USA, where it was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Alternative Music Album category.

The first single to be released from the album, “High” was released in March 1992 and reached #8 in the UK Singles chart, but the album is probably best known for the 2nd single, “Friday I’m In Love” which reached #6 in May 1992.

The 3rd and final single from the album was “A Letter To Elise” which peaked at #28 in October 1992.

TRACK LISTING

1CD
Open
High
Apart
From The Edge Of The Green Sea
Wendy Time
Doing The Unstuck
Friday I’m In Love
Trust
A Letter To Elise
Cut
To Wish Impossible Things
End

3CD Deluxe Edition
CD1
Open
High
Apart
From The Edge Of The Green Sea
Wendy Time
Doing The Unstuck
Friday I’m In Love
Trust
A Letter To Elise
Cut
To Wish Impossible Things
End
CD2
The Big Hand [1990 Demo]
Cut [1990 Demo]
A Letter To Elise [1990 Demo]
Wendy Time [1990 Demo]
This Twilight Garden [Instrumental Demo]
Scared As You [Instrumental Demo]
To Wish Impossible Things [Instrumental Demo]
Apart [Instrumental Demo]
T7 [Instrumental Demo]
Now Is The Time [Instrumental Demo]
Miss Van Gogh [Instrumental Demo]
T6 [Instrumental Demo]
Play [Instrumental Demo]
A Foolish Arrangement [Instrumental Demo]
Halo [Instrumental Demo]
Trust [Instrumental Demo]
Abetabw [Instrumental Demo]
T8 [Instrumental Demo]
Heart Attack [Instrumental Demo]
Swing Change [Instrumental Demo]
Frogfish [Instrumental Demo]
CD3
Uyea Sound [Dim-D Mix]
Cloudberry [Dim-D Mix]
Off To Sleep… [Dim-D Mix]
The Three Sisters [Dim-D Mix]
A Wendy Band [Instrumental]
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea [Partscheckruf Mix]
Open [Fix Mix]
High [Higher Mix]
Doing The Unstuck [Extended 12” Mix]
Friday I’m In Love [Strangelove Mix]
A Letter To Elise [Blue Mix]
End [Paris Live 92]

2LP
Side A
Open
High
Apart
Side B
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
Wendy Time
Doing The Unstuck
Side C
Friday I’m In Love
Trust
A Letter To Elise
Side D
Cut
To Wish Impossible Things
End

Mamas Gun animate the spirit of conscious ‘70s soul on bold and big-hearted new album, 'Cure The Jones'. Out ofthe turbulence of the last two years comes the fifth album from UK-based soul outfit Mamas Gun - a lush, nuancedand expansively contemporary meditation on a world turned upside down, embedded in the classic soul traditionof Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye.

Building on 2018 album Golden Days and the band’s status as a world-renownedlive act, 11-track opus Cure The Jones represents Mamas Guns’ most complete and powerful work to date - ajoyous and sophisticated exposition of song-craft, that explores themes of love, loss, life through the most pressingsocial and political issues of the day. Written and produced during the pandemic by Mamas Gun frontman AndyPlatts with additional intricate soundscaping from drummer Chris Boot, Cure The Jones was recorded direct to tapewith an array of analogue gear at Platts’ home studio in just three days, focussing the soulful energy of the bandinto a coherent gospel-tinged whole.

“Rather wonderful music that combines classic soul influences with a distinctly modern production approach” - Sunday Times.

TRACK LISTING

1. When You Stole The Sun From The Sky
2. Looking For Moses
3. Go Through It
4. Good Love
5. Reconsider
6. Party For One
7. Friends To Lovers
8. Cure The Jones
9. You're Too Hip (For MeBaby)
10. Winner's Eyes
11. Daffodils

First time on vinyl for the 2001 compilation. Mastered by Robert Smith and housed in a die-cut gatefold sleeve. Artwork by the original design team at Stylo Rouge and features out-takes from the original photo shoot for the front cover. Features 4 Top 10 hit singles plus 4 Top 20s.

First time on vinyl for the Cure's acoustic rendition of their Greatest Hits. This was a limited edition CD which accompanied the 2001 Greatest Hits compilation and has never appeared on vinyl. 2LP set housed in a die-cut gatefold sleeve.

Released in September 1981 The Cure's 3rd album is seen by aficianados as probably their finest hour. It is a moody, melancholy, sleek and glacial affair that was clearly influenced by Joy Division but in a very good way indeed! Basically it's more than a tad gloomy, but that's why we love it!

TRACK LISTING

1. The Holy Hour
2. Primary
3. Other Voices
4. All Cats Are Grey
5. The Funeral Party
6. Doubt
7. The Drowning Man
8. Faith

Released in May 1980, this record is the place where The Cure really started to develop their unique early 80's sound. It's sparse, precise and rhythmic, with those gorgeous melodies always on top. This album features 'A Forest' which is still regarded as one of The Cure's greatest ever songs.

STAFF COMMENTS

Martin says: My favourite Cure album. A giant leap forward from the post punky snarl of "Three Imaginary Boys", "Seventeen Seconds" set the scene for the brooding majesty that was to follow. Sombre, stripped back and with a quiet power that was to bettered only (maybe) by Joy Division. While it the features such stark beauty as "A Forest", "M", "In Your House" and "At Night", the whole is a thing of cold magnificence that, in my humble opinion, few, if anyone, ever surpassed.

TRACK LISTING

1. A Reflection
2. Play For Today
3. Secrets
4. In Your House
5. Three
6. The Final Sound
7. A Forest
8. M
9. At Night
10. Seventeen Seconds

Released in May 1987, 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me' was a double album that veered delightfully all over the place with horns, strings and even funky arrangements. 'Why Can't I Be You' provided their now de rigeur zany pop hit (with accompanying video to boot) but it was 'Just Like Heaven' which really hit the sweet spot.  Here was a band at the peak of their powers doing exactly as they pleased. Splendid stuff.

This is a heavy, dark, churning, spiralling (whisper it) Goth Rock record that is unremittingly doomy but always melodic. Released in 1982, this is The Cure at their most dramatic.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: The sound of one man having a break down. His pain is our pleasure. Sort of!

TRACK LISTING

1 One Hundred Years
2 A Short Term Effect
3 The Hanging Garden
4 Siamese Twins
5 The Figurehead
6 A Strange Day
7 Cold
8 Pornography

The Cure's debut album came out in the summer of 1979 and unlike their subsequent doom and darkness period, it is a fine, catchy piece of clipped, new wave pop. There's a youthful exhuberance here that would slowly dissipate as the band developed.

TRACK LISTING

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

Released in April 1984, 'The Top' was The Cure's transitional record from their darker, dare I say Gothier past, towards the pure pop of ''Head On The Door'. Robert Smith had spent time in Siouxsie and The Banshees and was apparently quite fond of alternate/enhanced states, so the resultant album is quite playful and experimental whilst still having those dark moods too.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Gleefully messy pop that features 'The Caterpillar' which was a big radio hit in the early 80's.

The Head on the Door is the sixth studio album by English rock band The Cure, released in August 1985. Preceded by the single "In Between Days" which had reached #15 on the UK singles chart, The Head on the Door was described by Melody Maker as "a collection of pop songs". With it's variety of styles, it allowed the group to reach a wider audience in both Europe and North America. In the United Kingdom, it quickly became their most successful album to date, climbing to #7 on the albums chart. The album is the first to feature drummer Boris Williams. Bassist Simon Gallup, who had previously worked on three major Cure albums of the early 80's, was called back before the recording. In 1985, the band became a quintet with instrumentalist Porl Thompson as fifth official member. The Head on the Door is the first Cure album where all the songs are composed by singer and guitarist Robert Smith only, now available on 180g vinyl.

21st anniversary edition of The Cure's eighth album. The record marks a return to the introspective and gloomy gothic rock style the band had established in the early 1980s. It features the singles 'Lullaby', 'Fascination Street', 'Lovesong' and 'Pictures of You'.

This double vinyl is the original album remastered and available on 180g vinyl for the first time. Comes in a gatefold sleeve with full colour inner sleeves.

The Cure's new studio album, their thirteenth, is appropriately called "4:13 Dream". 'There are songs about relationships, the material world, politics and religion. They're very upfront and dynamic,' says Smith of the new songs. 'People will be surprised how stripped-down and in-your-face the record is.'

Second album on Moon Ska; the Skoidats are able to mix styles like ska, oi! and reggae, this time making the oi! rawer,the ska more skankin' and the reggae sweet as a nut. They've managed to record some of the best skinhead reggae recorded for nearly 20 years. Rounding it off with an angry punk version of Cock Sparrer's "Running Riot" for good measure.