THE CURE

Pornography (Deluxe Edition)

$24.98 CD

"Thanks be to Rhino, then, for straightening all the crooks in The Cure's past and ably reconstituting their true miserabilist trilogy... 'deluxe' indeed" -- Filter on Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography.

A psychedelic-fueled fan favorite, 1982's Pornography remains one of the band's heaviest albums, both emotionally and sonically. Features Cure classics "The Hanging Garden" and "One Hundred Years." A bonus disc, Rarities 1981-1982, contains 14 tracks making their CD debut, including the previously unreleased "Temptation Two" and four live cuts from a 1982 performance at the Hammersmith Odeon.  

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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