The Top

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The Cure
The Top

[ Polydor Records / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 14 June 2007

This is The Cure's remarkable, eclectic album from 1984 - which has now been digitally re-mastered and re-issued. Key tracks include fan favourites "Shake Dog Shake", "Give It To Me" and the title track.

Where 1982's 'Pornography' explored the bleaker elements of life in a dark, seething soundscape, 1984's 'The Top' showed a remarkable eclecticism, as Smith experimented with pop melodies (most notably on hit single "The Caterpillar"), exotic instruments strange tunings. Key tracks include fan favourites "Shake Dog Shake", "Give It To Me" and the title track.

A key era in the development of The Cure, 1984-1987 saw Smith coming into his own as he pushed the creative boundaries of his band. The Cure's music from the time is truly essential listening.

Tracks:

01. Shake Dog Shake
02. Birdmad Girl
03. Wailing Wall
04. Give Me It
05. Dressing Up
06. The Caterpillar
07. Piggy In The Mirror
08. The Empty World
09. Bananafishbones
10. The Top