THE CURE " SEVENTEEN SECONDS " EDICION DELUXE 2 CDS ARTICULO NUEVO / SELLADO
| Track listing | DISC 1:
1. Reflection, A
2. Play For Today
3. Secrets
4. In Your House
5. Three
6. Final Sound, The
7. Forest, A
8. M
9. At Night
10. Seventeen Seconds
DISC 2: SEVENTEEN SECONDS (DELUXE EDITION) : RARITIES 1979-1980:
1. I'm a Cult Hero - (Cult Hero 7")
2. I Dig You - (Cult Hero 7")
3. Another Journey by Train - (Home Demo)
4. Secrets - (Home Demo)
5. Seventeen Seconds - (Live)
6. In Your House - (Live)
7. Three - (Alt Studio mix)
8. I Dig You - (Cult Hero Live)
9. I'm a Cult Hero - (Cult Hero Live)
10. M - (Live)
11. Final Sound, The - (Live)
12. Reflection, A - (Live)
13. Play For Today - (Live)
14. At Night - (Live)
15. Forest, A - (Live)
| | Details | | Playing time: | 34 min. | | Producer: | Chris Parry, Mike Hedges, Robert Smith | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
| | Album notes | The
Cure: Robert Smith (vocals, guitar, violin); Matthieu Hartley
(keyboards); Simon Gallup (bass guitar); Laurence Tolhurst (drums).
Additional personnel: Frank Bell (vocals); Porl Thompson (guitar); Janet Smith, Michael Dempsey (keyboards).
Recording information: Morgan Studios, North London, United Kingdom (1979 - 1980).
Ensemble: Cult Hero.
Within
the space of two short years the Cure mysteriously transformed
themselves from a more accessible Wire/Buzzcocks hybrid into the
grandiose-haired gloom merchants they resembled for decades. While the
international success of singles like "Boys Don't Cry" might have
pointed to a continuation of the same formula, Smith decided to take
the band into choppier waters. SEVENTEEN SECONDS marked the start of
the Cure Phase II. Somewhat reminiscent of bands like Siouxsie &
the Banshees (a group Smith played with for a few albums), SEVENTEEN
SECONDS is not an album for the faint at heart.
The
addition of perennial favorite Simon Gallup on bass and the short-lived
but effective Mathleu Hartley on keyboards expanded the Cure's
previously sparse sound, adding layers of texture that complemented
Smith's longer, less accessible songs. While "Play for Today" hearkens
back to the bands poppier days, "Seventeen Seconds" and "Secrets" show
that the band was not about to turn back from its new approach. "A
Reflection" is eerily beautiful, but the album's true highlight is the
perky-but-sad "A Forest." Perhaps one of the least-known but most
influential records of the early 1980s, and a sign of things to come
down the road.
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