Track Listing

1. Killing an Arab
2. 10:15 Saturday Night
3. Boys Don't Cry
4. Jumping Someone Else's Train
5. Forest
6. Play for Today
7. Primary
8. Other Voices
9. Charlotte Sometimes
10. Hanging Garden
11. Let's Go to Bed
12. Walk
13. Lovecats
14. Caterpillar
15. In Between Days
16. Close to Me
17. Night Like This

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59794 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

From Amazon.com
Big and moody, Staring at the Sea compiles some hits and near misses of these excavators of the dark soul. Beginning with their earliest hits--the sparse "Killing an Arab," the aptly tedious "10:15 Saturday Night," and the charming "Boys Don't Cry"--this collection stops before the comparative giddiness of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.

Musicians first, brooding art types second, The Cure's unique instrumentation doesn't get the credit it rightfully deserves. The thrashy, trash-can break in "Jumping Someone Else's Train," the sprightly synthesized recorder of "Close to Me," and the techno-pop disco lines in "Let's Go to Bed" and "The Walk" are downright brilliant in their effectiveness and simplicity. A string of money shots if ever there was one. --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews

step back in time
I remember when I was young there was a time when you had proper music by real bands (This is what my father would say when he heard me playing "The Cure" back in 85). Now that we're all hoping the bubble will burst on manufactured pop, a band like the cure would be heaven sent. They were odd (Close to me), they were lovely (the love cats) they were different (10.15 on a saturday night) and they were bloody good (inbetween days, boys don't cry, the forest, etc, etc)! And the later stuff ain't that bad either.