The Cure

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Formed during the punk era of the 1970s while still in secondary school in Crawley, West Sussex, England, The Cure has been one of the most enduring bands of the last thirty years, even if that has come at the price of multiple line-up changes, with only original frontman Robert Smith remaining in the band. Shunning the anarchistic tendencies of many punk bands after their formation in 1976, The Cure’s first release was

Killing an Arab, based on material from French writer Albert Camus’ “L’Etranger” (translated into English as The Stranger or The Outsider). This track courted controversy because of its theme (misinterpreted as racist, it was in fact, about the futility of killing any ethnicity), but it started to secure a small following, which grew following the release of debut album Three Imaginary Boys and non-LP single

Boys Don’t Cry in 1979, the latter of which would become one of The Cure’s most famous songs.

Following this, The Cure moved from their punk leanings into the portentous post-punk territory, releasing three albums of doom-laden rock in three years, Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography, the latter of which charted inside the UK top 10, though the band were repeatedly dogged by the “Second-class Joy Division” tag. The group’s fifth album, following their third set of line-up changes, Japanese Whispers was, through their desire to escape the Joy Division description, a poppier effort, featuring danceable singles like

Let’s Go to Bed alongside pop songs like Love Cats. Following the commercial disappointment of follow-up album The Top in 1984, The Cure returned to form with 1985’s The Head on the Door. (read more)

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Add this track to your playlist The Lovecats full track	3:39	107,627	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Plainsong full track	5:08	81,583	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist All Cats Are Grey full track	5:25	37,495	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Boys Don't Cry	0:30	252,824	Buy mp3

The Head on the Door

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–	2	Add this track to your playlist Just Like Heaven	7,855
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–	4	Add this track to your playlist Lullaby	6,577
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–	7	Add this track to your playlist A Forest	4,440
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Love Song	3,791
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Lovesong	3,466
–	10	Add this track to your playlist The Lovecats full track	3,052
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Let's Go to Bed	2,726
–	12	Add this track to your playlist High	2,683
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Fascination Street	2,554
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–	16	Add this track to your playlist Mint Car	2,205
–	17	Add this track to your playlist Why Can't I Be You?	2,180
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Plainsong full track	2,072
–	19	Add this track to your playlist Never Enough	1,976
–	20	Add this track to your playlist Killing an Arab	1,722

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Boys Don't Cry	95,480
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Just Like Heaven	86,708
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Friday I'm In Love	79,881
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Lullaby	76,241
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Close to Me	72,554
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Pictures of You	60,165
–	7	Add this track to your playlist A Forest	55,336
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Lovesong	47,210
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Love Song	44,858
–	10	Add this track to your playlist The Lovecats full track	39,088
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Let's Go to Bed	36,875
–	12	Add this track to your playlist High	36,182
–	13	Add this track to your playlist The Walk	33,020
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Fascination Street	31,698
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–	17	Add this track to your playlist Never Enough	28,702
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Plainsong full track	28,250
–	19	Add this track to your playlist Why Can't I Be You?	28,241
–	20	Add this track to your playlist Killing an Arab	24,642
–	21	Add this track to your playlist Inbetween Days	22,280
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Closedown	21,839
–	23	Add this track to your playlist Disintegration	21,588
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–	27	Add this track to your playlist A Letter to Elise	20,270
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1	30	Add this track to your playlist Last Dance	19,005
–	31	Add this track to your playlist The Hanging Garden	18,606
–	32	Add this track to your playlist Play for Today	18,466
–	33	Add this track to your playlist Just Say Yes	18,438
–	34	Add this track to your playlist Catch	18,336
–	35	Add this track to your playlist The Same Deep Water as You	18,153
–	36	Add this track to your playlist Primary	16,925
–	37	Add this track to your playlist Fire in Cairo	16,315
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