| Artist |
The Cure |
| Album Title: |
The Head On The Door |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: Goth Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
08/26/1985 |
| Label |
Elektra/Asylum Records |
| Catalog No |
9 60435-2 |
| Bar Code No |
0 7559-60435-2 6 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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In Between Days (2:57)
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| 2.
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Kyoto Song (4:16)
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| 3.
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The Blood (3:43)
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| 4.
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Six Different Ways (3:18)
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| 5.
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Push (4:33)
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| 6.
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Baby Screams (3:44)
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| 7.
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Close To Me (3:24)
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| 8.
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A Night Like This (4:15)
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| 9.
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Screw (2:38)
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| 10.
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Sinking (4:53)
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| Date Acquired |
01/01/1986 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
15.00 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Notes:
℗ © 1985 Elektra/Asylum Records / A Division of Warner Communications Inc., Printed in U.S.A.
Lyrics © 1985 APB Music Ltd. (PRS)
Made in West Germany by Polygram
Released in a jewel case with a four-page booklet.
The Fiction Records catalog number appears on CD, along with german right society.
There exist several versions of this CD:
This is the first issue made in West Germany by Polygram.
Second issue was made in the USA by PDO (after 1986).
Third issue (after 1986) was made in USA by WEA Manufacturing Inc., by far the most common version with at least 7 matrix variations.
Credits:
Bass [Basses] – Simon Gallup
Drums, Percussion [Percussions] – Boris Williams
Engineer – Dave Allen
Engineer [Assistant] – Frank Barretta, Martin White, Phil Tennant, Tom Leader
Guitar, Keyboards – Porl Thompson
Keyboards – Laurence Tolhurst
Producer – Dave Allen, Robert Smith
Saxophone – Ron Howe
Voice, Guitar [Guitars], Keyboards – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith
Companies, Etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra/Asylum Records
Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum Records
Published By – APB Music Co. Ltd.
Made By – Polygram
Engineered At – Angel Studios
Engineered At – Genetic Studios
Engineered At – The Town House
Manufactured By – Polygram, Hanover, West Germany
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 0 7559-60435-2 6
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 827 231-2 03 *
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 827 231-2 03 * F
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): 827 231-2 03 * BR
Rights Society (On CD): GEMA
Rights Society (On booklet): PRS
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Analyzed Folder: The Cure - The Head On The Door_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR11 -0.60 dB -13.85 dB 01 - In Between Days.aif
DR12 -0.60 dB -14.93 dB 02 - Kyoto Song.aif
DR13 -0.60 dB -14.68 dB 03 - The Blood.aif
DR14 -0.99 dB -16.34 dB 04 - Six Different Ways.aif
DR12 -0.68 dB -15.03 dB 05 - Push.aif
DR12 -0.60 dB -14.89 dB 06 - The Baby Screams.aif
DR14 -1.78 dB -17.12 dB 07 - Close To Me.aif
DR12 -0.60 dB -14.02 dB 08 - A Night Like This.aif
DR13 -0.79 dB -15.00 dB 09 - Screw.aif
DR11 -0.60 dB -13.70 dB 10 - Sinking.aif
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Number of Files: 10
Official DR Value: DR12
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Tim Sendra:
After recording one of their darkest albums, 1983's The Top, the Cure regrouped and shuffled their lineup in 1984 and ended up changing their musical direction rather radically. While the band always had a pop element in their sound and even recorded one of the lightest songs of the '80s, "The Lovecats," The Head on the Door is where they become a hitmaking machine. The shiny, sleek production and laser-sharp melodies of "Inbetween Days" and "Close to Me" helped them become modern rock radio staples and the inspired videos had them in heavy rotation on MTV. The rest of the record didn't suffer for hooks and inventive arrangements either, making even the gloomiest songs like "Screw" and "Kyoto Song" sound radio-ready, and the inventive arrangements (the flamenco guitars and castanets of "The Blood," the lengthy and majestic intro to "Push," the swirling vocals on "The Baby Screams") give the album a musical depth previous efforts lacked. All without sacrificing an ounce of the emotion of the past, which songs as quietly desperate as "A Night Like This" and "Sinking" illustrate. With The Head on the Door, Robert Smith figured out how to make gloom and doom danceable and popular to both alternative and mainstream rock audiences. It was a feat the band managed to pull off for many years afterward, but never as concisely or as impressively as they did here.
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