Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Holy Hour
2. Primary
3. Other Voices
4. All Cats Are Grey
5. The Funeral Party
6. Doubt
7. The Drowning Man
8. Faith
9. Carnage Visors - The Soundtrack

Disc 2:

1. Faith (RS Home Instrumental Demo 8/80)
2. Doubt (RS Home Instrumental Demo 8/80))
3. Drowning (Group Home Instrumental Demo 9/80)
4. The Holy Hour (Group Home Demo 9/80)
5. Primary (Studio Out-Take 9/80)
6. Going Home Time - (Morgan Studio Out-Take 9/80)
7. The Violin Song ("Faith" Studio Out-Take 2/81)
8. A Normal Story ("Faith" Studio Out-Take 2/81)
9. All Cats Are Grey (Live Somewhere Summer 81)
10. The Funeral Party (Live Somewhere Summer 81)
11. Other Voices (Live Somewhere Summer 81)
12. The Drowning Man (Live Australasia 8/81)
13. Faith (Live In The Sydney Capitol Theatre 8/81)
14. Forever (Live Somewhere Summer 81)
15. Charlotte Sometimes (Single 10/80)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28566 in Music
• Released on: 2005-05-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .35 pounds
• Running time: 134 minutes

Album Description
This is the Digitally Remastered Deluxe Edition of The Cure’s third full-length album, and comes in a plastic film O-card and double deluxe digipak with booklet, exclusive notes and pictures.

Originally a Goth-flavoured post-punk outfit, The Cure evolved into one of the truly seminal bands of the ‘80s, and ultimately one of modern rock’s most celebrated and influential acts. Guided by creative visionary Robert Smith, The Cure’s signature sound balances a dreamy pop savvy with a dark, brooding majesty and fuses superbly crafted, literate songs with a feverish emotional intensity. The band’s early catalog-newly remastered and expanded with a wealth of rarities-is a series of masterpieces that laid the groundwork for their phenomenal and enduring popularity. Faith is a milestone for Robert Smith lyrically, branching out into questions of faith and spirituality he never quite touched on so well ever again. A depressing record, certainly, but also one of the most underrated and beautiful albums The Cure put together. They would not touch on this sort of lush sadness so well again until 1989’s Disintegration.

CD Description
If you ever observed (or were) a pale depressed-looking teenager dressed entirely in black, sitting in the corner scribbling frantically into a marble bound notebook, then you already understand the Cure. In the 1980s, the Cure provided the soundtrack for an entire generation of misfit toys, and ifSEVENTEEN SECONDS was a wake-up call for the dispossessed, FAITH is the daily affirmation. Scaled back down to a three-piece with the loss of keyboardist Hartley, the Cure is a lean, mean fighting machine, ready to rumble.
"Rumble" is the best way to describe the propulsive bass playing of SimonGallup, whose rolling bass anchors both mid-tempo numbers like "The Drowning Man" and faster fare such as "Primary". While no new ground is broken ("Doubt" is basically a rewrite of "Play for Today"), FAITH is stunning in its simplicity and haunting beauty, as evidenced by "All Cats Are Grey" and "The Funeral Party". Even drummer and mascot Lol Tolhurst's minimal beats work to perfection next to the spare-yet-effective instrumentation of "Faith". This is quintessential Cure.

Customer Reviews

Keeping The Faith
Memory, it is said is a terrible liar; it takes everything out of perspective and, if not kept in check, can convince one to make the most alarming assumptions. Don't' worry, there is a point to all this rambling and the point is that I knew I needed to own "Faith"; I knew I needed it for a number of reasons, because it was The Cure, because I had last heard it several years ago and, most importantly, because I had completely forgotten what the album was like. What I didn't realise; for these very reasons what an outstanding album it was and, indeed, still is!

It is to easy to refer to any album as a classic by definition of its age and durability; but the true definition of a classic album is one that may not appeal immediately, but improves each time it is heard. I am afraid the clouding of time caused me to relegate this album to my things to buy list for far too long - and the cost was mine. This is a superb album, because it is quintessentially one of The Cure's finest albums; it represents the transition from the stark brilliance of "Seventeen Seconds" to the even more imposing and sublimely dark Gothic masterwork that is "Pornography", as the Three Imaginary Boys stand alone once more.

I did myself a great disservice by not buying this album before, but the Delux Edition carries with it the wonderful chance to listen to rarities and unreleased tracks, including the most delightful Charlotte Sometimes (I met a girl called Charlotte "Sometimes" at a N-I-N gig in July - Hi, Charlotte), this song being a personal favourite of mine.

I do not believe it is possible to identify a single Cure album as being a "Classic" because they are all classics in their own right - and this album is no exception.And, as I have found, I enjoy it more each time I listen to it (quod erat demonstrandum).

Sublime Faith
I cannot recommend Faith too highly; exitstential obliqueness, stark emotional terrains of bleak lyricism and poetic sketchings on the absurdity of the human condition. Quietly disturbing and infused with a subtle melancholy, the album evokes a cool still calm that is both soothing and contemplative.

Haunting, desolate soundscapes that evoke images of walking through a mist filled forest at midnight, of monolithic buildings and wispy, stick like figures, floating in a swirling fog. Faith is an album that will take you in and out of yourself.

Strange, beautiful, otherworldy music that stirs the imagination and awakens the soul.

Sublime and profound.

an underrated gem
this is the first cure album that i bought and my favourite.
robert smith and co produce a fantastic desolate piece of work.
there's no doubt that it is a very dark album(not one to listen on a summer barbecue party!!!)
An album to listen at night with headphones and possibly dream