Greatest Hits

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While some of The Cure faithful may feel aggrieved by the absence - 'A Forest' notwithstanding - of tracks from their gloomiest period (Faith, Seventeen Seconds, Pornography), the more casual listener will find much to enjoy here. Having had a big Cure phase in my teens, I might quibble that the Boys Don't Cry/Three Imaginary Boys era is under-represented. 'Jumping Someone Else's Train' and 'Killing An Arab', for instance, would have been preferable to some of the relatively non-descript material post-'Friday I'm In Love'. It seems odd also given how fashionable angular post-punk has been in the 00s to skimp on this early period, but ultimately you can't fault this as an introduction to the band.What is great about this colllection is that The Cure had a habit of reinventing themselves and releasing their most resonant and accessible material as singles. This is not to say that they were a singles band - far from it, your next purchase ought to be 'Disintegration' if you don't own it already - but that this captures the band at their most varied, eccentric best. Whereas some Best-Ofs can seem fairly by-the-numbers, soulless experiences, 'Greatest Hits' is a joy for its vivid eclecticism.Despite their reputation (not always unfounded) for bleak introspection, 'Greatest Hits' reveals Robert Smith to be one of the best pop songwriters of his generation. 'In Between Days', 'Close To Me', 'Just Like Heaven' are pop perfection, while 'A Forest' and 'Lullaby' harnesses the band's predilection for acid-spiked paranoia in a universably accessible form. Meanwhile the deranged, off-kilter pop of 'The Lovecats' and 'The Caterpillar' straddles the unlikely territory somewhere between these two poles: too saccharine to be goth, too bonkers by most pop tastes. Then you have the raw energy of 'Boy's Don't Cry' and the comparatively lush and expansive pop sensibility of 'Lovesong' and 'Pictures of You'

I love every song on this CD

This CD is all the favorites and the quality of sound is amazing!!!

Loved the CD, however the inside middle part that holds the CD in is broken in several spots....(teeth) are broken

Great compilation of wide amount Cure music. From their early days all the way through, It's great mix.

Great cd! Buy it!

Great music delivered as promised!

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One of the best indie bands of the 'eighties' and 'nineties.'

Ce disque regroupe de nombreux hits pop de ce groupe légendaire.Les débuts sont éviter à l' exeption de "boys don' t cry".La trilogie sombre est éviter également, aucun titre de Faith ni de de Pornography.Seul subsiste "a forest"Le côté pop est vraiment mis en avant avec des mega-classiques: "close to me", " in between days", "just like heaven"....Pour les connaisseurs, il y a quelques pépites avec "Never Enough" et "wrong number" uniquement paru en singles ou sur des compilations. Et également 2 inédits à la fin du disque.En conclusion disque idéal pour découvrir le groupe et également intéressant pour le fan que je suis.Je le recommande vivement!

Buena recopilación

Die CD kam pünktlich und im guten Zustand an. Ihre großen Hits sind darauf enthalten. Gruß Bernd.