Album
Join The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities 1978>2001 The Fiction Years)
2004 · Electronic, Rock
8 collectors on Gatefold own this
Join The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities 1978>2001 The Fiction Years) is an Alt/Indie album by The Cure, originally released in 2004. On Gatefold: 14 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
About
<i>Join the Dots</i> is a four-CD collection of B-sides and rarities that lives up to Cure leader Robert Smith’s wish: “I expected great B-sides from the artists I loved." A few early missteps notwithstanding, Smith gave collectors astounding value for their obsession. Tracks such as “Sugar Girl,” “This Twilight Garden” and “Halo” are as satisfying as their commonly known A-sides. Unlike many groups who have used their B-sides and bonus tracks to feed their unfocused, experimental and self-indulgent desires, the Cure painstakingly sculpted their outtakes with the same care and focus of the group’s official releases. Most remarkable are the covers of other people’s material. Whether it be David Bowie’s “Young Americans,” the Doors’ “Hello I Love You” or Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” (featured here in both the five-minute tribute album version and a previously unreleased three-minute radio version), the Cure stuck to their own musical values without sabotaging or surrendering the spirit of the originals, a nearly impossible feat. It’s an anthology that appropriately enough reports an alternate history for a group always looking to provide an alternative in the first place.
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Tracklist
- 1-0110:15 Saturday Night3:40
- 1-02Plastic Passion2:14
- 1-03Pillbox Tales2:54
- 1-04Do The Hansa2:38
- 1-05I'm Cold2:47
- 1-06Another Journey By Train3:04
- 1-07Descent3:07
- 1-08Splintered In Her Head5:16
- 1-09Lament (Flexipop Version)4:34
- 1-10Just One Kiss4:08
- 1-11The Dream3:12
- 1-12The Upstairs Room3:29
- 1-13Lament4:23
- 1-14Speak My Language2:42
- 1-15Mr. Pink Eyes2:42
- 1-16Happy The Man2:45
- 1-17Throw Your Foot3:33
- 1-18New Day4:08
- 1-19The Exploding Boy2:52
- 1-20A Few Hours After This…2:26
- 1-21A Man Inside My Mouth3:05
- 1-22Stop Dead4:02
- 2-01A Japanese Dream3:29
- 2-02Breathe4:46
- 2-03A Chain Of Flowers4:52
- 2-04Snow In Summer3:25
- 2-05Sugar Girl3:13
- 2-06Icing Sugar3:20
- 2-07Hey You!!! (12" Extended Remix)4:06
- 2-08How Beautiful You Are4:23
- 2-09To The Sky5:13
- 2-10Babble4:18
- 2-11Out Of Mind3:51
- 2-122 Late2:39
- 2-13Fear Of Ghosts6:49
- 2-14Hello I Love You (Psychedelic Mix)6:02
- 2-15Hello I Love You3:29
- 2-16Hello I Love You (Slight Return Mix)0:11
- 2-17Harold And Joe5:07
- 2-18Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix)3:43
- 3-01This Twilight Garden4:43
- 3-02Play4:34
- 3-03Halo3:44
- 3-04Scared As You4:10
- 3-05The Big Hand4:51
- 3-06A Foolish Arrangement3:49
- 3-07Doing The Unstuck (12" Version)5:52
- 3-08Purple Haze (Virgin Radio Version)3:16
- 3-09Purple Haze5:20
- 3-10Burn6:35
- 3-11Young Americans6:21
- 3-12Dredd Song4:23
- 3-13It Used To Be Me6:48
- 3-14Ocean3:28
- 3-15Adonais4:11
- 4-01Home3:22
- 4-02Waiting3:32
- 4-03A Pink Dream3:42
- 4-04This Is A Lie (Ambient Mix)4:30
- 4-05Wrong Number (P2P Mix)8:12
- 4-06More Than This5:09
- 4-07World In My Eyes4:50
- 4-08Possession5:15
- 4-09Out Of This World (Oakenfold Mix)6:59
- 4-10Maybe Someday (Acoustic Mix)4:57
- 4-11Coming Up6:25
- 4-12Signal To Noise (Acoustic Mix)3:34
- 4-13Signal To Noise4:05
- 4-14Just Say Yes (Curve Mix)3:16
- 4-15A Forest (Mark Plati Mix)6:41
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Goth Rock
- jangly
- melancholic
- nocturnal
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Earl SlickFEATURING
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 14 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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