Cure, The

Cure, The

(2xLP) Seventeen Seconds

Vinyl Lovers

***2023 repress of Vinyl Lovers' 2008 expanded reissue; originally released in 1980. Two 180-gram LPs in deluxe gatefold sleeve. Released in 1980 as the follow-up to their 1979 debut, Three Imaginary Boys , and featuring a new line-up that included Simon Gallup and Matthieu Hartley , this is the album that gave the band their first hit ("A Forest"), and also began to solidify the brooding atmospheric sound that would soon make these grandfathers of goth international pop icons. This reissue includes 15 bonus tracks.

Cure, The

Pornography

Vinyl Lovers

***BACK IN PRINT!!! 1982's Pornography, still considered by many to be their best, was the band's darkest album to date, cementing their role as beacons of the emergent gothic rock genre, with the band sporting their signature red lipstick and big hair look for the first time during this tour.

Cure, The

Seventeen Seconds

Vinyl Lovers

***BACK IN STOCK!!! Seventeen Seconds was the second album by THE CURE originally released in 1980. It was too bleak for bassist MICHAEL DEMPSEY who left after hearing ROBERT SMITH's demos. Smith went his own merry/miserable way in the end and the album is a fine example of their spindly proto-goth. It contains one of their finest moments in menacing single "A Forest" which exemplifies the dark nature of the material on the album.

Cure, The

Three Imaginary Boys

Lilith

***BACK IN PRINT!!! The undisputed leaders of the early gothic scene, and a seminal band that contributed to the rise of British post-punk, THE CURE recorded their debut album Three Imaginary Boys at London's Morgan Studios and released it on May 8, 1979. After touring for almost all of 1977, the band changed their name to The Cure and rearranged their lineup with the sacking of PORL THOMPSON, giving birth to an unusual power trio. This lineup lasted only for their first album, making it unique in its essentially minimal sound. The year was now 1978, and the three (imaginary?) boys soon signed to Chris Parry's Fiction Label.

Cure, The

Faith (2xLP)

Vinyl Lovers

***BACK IN PRINT!!! This double gatefold edition Includes the entire Faith LP, the Carnage Visors soundtrack (a short film shown before concerts, directed by Ric Gallup, Simon's brother) plus rare single versions and studio out takes compiled from the 2005 deluxe edition of the Polydor CD that was produced by Robert Smith and remastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road Studios. 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold jackets.

Cure, The

Faith

Vinyl Lovers

***Recorded in 1981, this classic album took the band further down the road of despair, initiated with Seventeen Seconds, with an album full of mournful atmospheric tracks, including their hit single, "Primary." "ROBERT SMITH has expressed his appreciation for the music of Joy Division and I would say that this album, Faith, is The Cure's Closer—dark, monotone, toy drumming with layers of anguish and compelling lyrics. 'The Funeral Party' is like Joy Division's 'Eternal'—dealing with loss in an effective, but original way. I compare The Cure's Faith album to Joy Division's Closer only to express how well I feel Robert Smith managed to make an effective album—this is original, unique and beautiful music." Pressed on gray vinyl.