Customer Reviews

Greatest Hits

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4 star:		(20)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

The Cure have already put out one of the most celebrated best-of's of the rock era, "Staring At The Sea", covering all the singles from their 1979-1985 period (definitely the fans' favorite era). They followed it up a few years back with an admirable companion, "Galore", which picked up where the previous volume left off. Those two CD's give you every single the Cure released up through 1997. I would suggest picking those two up and leaving this one (which only scrapes together a few choice selections from those albums and throws in two new songs) in the dust. If "Greatest Hits" at least contained two of their biggest breakthrough hits from "Disintegration" ("Fascination Street" and "Pictures of You"), I could recommend it for an ultra-casual fan, but without those two songs it barely merits mention. It doesn't even contain anything from "Bloodflowers", their last stuido album, the only one not covered on "Staring At The Sea" or "Galore". The completist will want it for the two new songs (what a [bad move] move by the band and the record company), but for the casual fan, get the previous two compilations and enjoy!

This CD has so many awesome tracks from the Cure. I love it almost as much as I love cheese. And let me tell you how much I love cheese. Very much. The Cure fans who arent stuck up about "well so-and-so song should've been in here" please get a life. Get this album.

In August, 2004 - the Cure will be coming out with remastered versions of 'Pornography', 'Faith', 'Seventeen Seconds', & then they will possibly move on to remastering their latter albums

This greatest hits album, is remastered - Robert Smith knew he wanted his Cure albums remastered, which is why he decided to come out with another greatest hits album to kick off the remastered versions of the Cure's albums, everything more clear now?

Now if you're actually looking for a review on the album - get it, pick it up , awesome music... of course, it's from one of the greatest bands ever

The reason for my low grade is that they already released two greatest hits albums which are both better than this one. Besides, The Cure's appeal isn't just amazing melodies, it's that dreamy, beautiful layered sound they have, and creating a certain mood. Perhaps it's better for the casual listener to get a greatest hits thing just to get a feel for the styles and evolution of the band before they get something like, say Seventeen Seconds which requires some patience before that "cure understanding" sinks in...but there's not even anything from Pornography on here, so you might as well get Staring at the Sea first, like I did. When I got that one, my first taste of the Cure, I loved every song on it but I still found it kind of an awkward listen, because all the different styles sounded wierd together. Still love it though, because it depicted the Cure as they were and still are, a creative, versatile band who aren't afraid to experiment with a vast array of styles and moods. But anyway, Greatest hits albums aside (it really doesn't matter that much which one you get...it's just preference), to me The Cure has always been an album-band. Their individual albums are probably the reason they have such a huge following. Some of them, like Disintegration are like a spiritual experience of some kind, and I know I'm not alone in my feelings about this. The acoustic disc is pretty cool though.

There are some songs that do deserve to make the cut of greatest hits on that cd but tell me here where is "The Kiss" and "The Hanging Garden" tow ultimate deserving songs. Dissppointing over all

I was wondering why would they put a Greatest Hits album four years after they already did one in 1997. But this album goes back to 1979 and moves forward to 2001. Very dynamic album all the way through and I like "A Forest" from 1980 just as well as the songs I've heard from them since 1987. "Lullaby" has such a funky beat that I'm sure some hip-hop artist will sample it for a song. I still love "Love Song" to this day, even 311's recent remake is no contest to the original. It has that '60s feel to it, but keeps a modern 1989 feel all throughout. I wished that they'd put "Fascination Street" on here--that rumbling bass guitar just drives that song and it would have fit on the album. "Just Like Heaven" and "Friday I'm In Love" have nearly the same identical sound and pace. "Wrong Number" shows that they could ride on that electronica sound quite well. They can do dark-themed songs so well, yet make them seem upbeat without that depression feel that Depeche Mode does. They got experimental on the later releases, but their knack for catchy songs, strong guitar leads, and dramatic rhythm sections are what have made them a superb band. Robert Smith's singing had lots of range to it and he delivered on all of the band's songs. The Cure are going to be talked about for a very long time!

Don't get me wrong, The Cure are probably one of my favorite bands of all time but this Greatest Hits collection to me is pretty skimpy. Like one of the previous reviewers said, The Cure were never a "hits" band. Plus it's impossible to pick 18 of their best songs to put on 1 CD. This CD does feature some of my favorite songs by them such as "A Forest", "The Walk", "Lovecats", "In Between Days", and "Why Can't I Be You?" but they have tons of way better songs than say "Friday I'm In Love". It does include 2 new songs "Cut Here" and "Just Say Yes". The former is really good but the latter is pretty bad (even worse than Round & Round & Round on WMS). To get a perfect introduction to The Cure, just pick up the 2 singles collections and try going for some albums too.

The Cure were hardly ever a "hits" band, which makes this CD a puzzler. By omitting a large amount of earlier material and both "fascination Street" and "Pictures Of You," it pretty much rates as a misfire. Of the two new songs, "Cut Here" is the better of the two. But for a complete overview, you're probably just as well off picking up "Staring at The Sea" and "Galore" as a two pack.

PS. I will say this, if you can find the double disc of this CD with the "Acoustic Hits" bonus, the rating jumps a star. The same 18 songs played in a much looser format, sounding almost like they were done on a single take.

When I first purchased this two CD set, I thought I had screwed up. Although, the Greatest Hits are good, they sound dated to me & I would have been happier with the inclusion of more stuff off of the Disintegration CD (Fascination Street would have been nice). However - and this is the BIG however - the Acoustic Hits make this set worth buying alone! They sound so fresh & new & are played so well, that I am sure they will attract a whole new, younger audience for The Cure. The Acoustic Hits ROCK! I'm glad I bought the CD set!

Alot of people say this cd sucks because it doesn't have a few good hits. But if your not a hardcore fan this cd is pretty good for what it does have. One thing I want to know is why they have two versions of "Just Like Heaven". There is the one on this cd and there is another one you can find on other compilations.