| Artist |
The Cure |
| Album Title: |
Pornography |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: Goth Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
05/03/1982 |
| Reissue Date |
00/00/1990 |
| Label |
Elektra/Asylum Records |
| Catalog No |
9 60785-2 |
| Bar Code No |
0 7559-60785-2 8 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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One Hundred Years (6:40)
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| 2.
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A Short Term Effect (4:22)
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| 3.
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The Hanging Garden (4:33)
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| 4.
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Siamese Twins (5:29)
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| 5.
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The Figurehead (6:15)
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| 6.
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A Strange Day (5:04)
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| 7.
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Cold (4:26)
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| 8.
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Pornography (6:27)
(Laurence Tolhurst/Robert Smith/Simon Gallup) |
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| Date Acquired |
09/07/1989 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
15.00 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry
Discogs Entry:
MusicBrainz Entry:
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Notes |
Notes:
Recorded and mixed at Rak Studio One, London.
℗ © 1982 Elektra/Asylum Records. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.
Made in U.S.A. by WEA Manufacturing Inc.
First issue without SID codes, silver CD, red & black print.
Comes in Warner logo embossed jewel case with picture back tray and 3 panel fold-out lyric insert.
The catalog number is 60785-2 on insert and CD, 9 60785-2 on spine.
A post-1994 reissue pressed by Specialty Records Corporation shows a mould SID code.
Another post-1994 reissue was pressed by WEA Mfg. Olyphant.
Credits:
Bass, Keyboards – Simon Gallup
Design [Sleeve Design] – Ben Kelly
Drums, Keyboards – Laurence Tolhurst
Engineer – Mike Nocito, Robert
Photography By – Michael Kostiff
Producer, Design [Sleeve Design] – The Cure
Producer, Engineer – Phil Thornalley
Songwriter – Tolhurst, Smith, Gallup
Voice, Guitar, Keyboards – Robert Smith
Companies, Etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra/Asylum Records
Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum Records
Published By – APB Music Co. Ltd.
Recorded At – RAK Studios
Mixed At – RAK Studios
Made By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Glass Mastered At – Specialty Records Corporation
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Record Company – Warner Communications Inc.
Record Company – Warner Communications
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Scanned): 075596078528
Barcode (Text): 0 7559-60785-2 8
SPARS Code (Printed on insert and back tray): ADD
SPARS Code (Printed on CD): AAD
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 2 60785-2 SRC-01
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 2 60785-2 SRC+03 M1S2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): 2 60785-2 SRC-01 M4S4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): 2 60785-2 SRC-01 M3S5
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Analyzed Folder: The Cure - Pornography_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR12 -0.09 dB -13.64 dB 01 - One Hundred Years.aif
DR12 -0.60 dB -14.20 dB 02 - A Short Term Effect.aif
DR12 -0.65 dB -14.79 dB 03 - The Hanging Garden.aif
DR13 -1.20 dB -16.22 dB 04 - Siamese Twins.aif
DR12 -0.00 dB -13.87 dB 05 - The Figurehead.aif
DR12 -0.75 dB -15.11 dB 06 - A Strange Day.aif
DR11 -0.75 dB -13.86 dB 07 - Cold.aif
DR11 -1.01 dB -15.19 dB 08 - Pornography.aif
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Number of Files: 8
Official DR Value: DR12
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Stewart Mason:
Later hailed as one of the key goth rock albums of the '80s and considered by many hardcore Cure fans to be the band's best album, Pornography was largely dismissed upon its 1982 release, witheringly reviewed as a leaden slab of whining and moping. The truth, as usual, is somewhere in between: Pornography is much better than most mainstream critics of the time thought, but in retrospect, it's not the masterpiece some fans have claimed it to be. The overall sound is thick and murky, but too muddy to be effectively atmospheric in the way that the more dynamic Disintegration managed a few years later. For every powerful track like the doomy opener "One Hundred Years" and the clattering, desolate single "The Hanging Garden," there's a sound-over-substance piece of filler like "The Figurehead," which sounds suitably bleak but doesn't have the musical or emotional heft this sort of music requires. Pornography is an often intriguing listen, but it's just a bit too uneven to be considered a classic.
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