THE CURE

The Head On The Door (Deluxe Edition)

$24.98 CD

The Cure's sixth studio album brilliantly fused brooding experimentation with pop instincts to propel the band onto the American charts for the first time. Features the signature hits "In Between Days" and "Close To Me." Bonus disc gathers 18 previously unreleased treasures, including live recordings of "The Baby Screams," "Sinking," and others from a 1985 Paris concert.

Originally a postpunk outfit with gothic leanings, The Cure evolved into one of the most creatively satisfying groups to come of age in the 1980s. From dark dirges to dreamy pop, the music of their first two decades is adventurous, hypnotic, and rich with texture. Formed in 1976 by Robert Smith and schoolmates Michael Dempsey (bass) and Laurence Tolhurst (drums), the band was signed by Fiction Records on the strength of a demo recording of "Killing An Arab." By 1989, the year they released their stateside breakthrough, Disintegration, The Cure were playing stadium tours on both sides of the Atlantic. The intervening years witnessed such underground milestones as "Boys Don't Cry," "Close To Me," and "Just Like Heaven."

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