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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0602498629758 Format: Single, Enhanced Label: Geffen Records Manufacturer: Geffen Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Geffen Records Release Date: August 03, 2004 Studio: Geffen Records Average Rating:
 Rating: - Glitch warningSome copies will have a strange glitch beginning at 1:30 in The End of the World...you will hear nothing but a garbled mess of noise. I was horrified since I had my system quite loud...but the b-sides that came later quickly made up for it. Like the others, the b-sides on this disc are superior to the songs offered on the Cure album. If their latest album dissapointed you, get this single right away...you will quickly discover that Robert has still got it in him. Rating: - BSIDES.... oh YESSimply put, "This Morning" is one of the most terrifically sad and intense Cure songs EVER. Everything about this track just screams anger, confusion, and sadness. Buy this single, if only for that track... "Fake" is also a great song, sort of about how you can't have cake and eat it too. Robert Smith is a genius. Rating:  - great B-sides from a great bandI'll keep this brief since it's only a 3 track disc. Basically if you have the "Join The Dots" B-side boxset, you know the Cure make some great B-sides, which in many cases are better than the album tracks. The End of the World is no exception; both bonus tracks would have been great on the Cure's last album. Another reviewer mentioned that a double album would have been appropriate--actually that was Robert Smith's original intention, to have one disc of upbeat tunes and one disc of downers. ... Read More Rating: - The b-sides are better than a lot of the songs on The CureSome of you might not know that The Cure's latest (and self-titled album) includes extra tracks outside of North America; there are 2 extra ones in the UK and 3 extra ones in Japan, while the vinyl has 4 extra tracks. What is so surprising for a single is that these songs are better than a lot of the songs on the album, and there was disagreement between the singer, who picked the scarce 11 song tracklist for North America when pressured by Geffen, and the producer and bandmates who wanted the ... Read More |
