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Freakshow (Mix 13) 
| 60% Recommended by our customers. Label: Geffen Records Catalog: Music Release date: 2008-06-10 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Format: Single Ean: 0602517751873 Upc: 602517751873  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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The Cure, one of the most revered British bands of the past quarter-century, have unveiled their plans to release four singles, one each month starting May 13th, leading up to the release of their thirteenth studio album, as yet untitled, which will be out on Suretone/Geffen Records September 13, 2008. It will be the band's first album of new music since 2004's self titled album The Cure. Physical and digital singles will be available for purchase in store and on all digital partners. Why the 13th of each month? The forthcoming album is The Cure's thirteenth studio album... A lucky number indeed! Led as always by lead singer/guitarist Robert Smith, the Cure line-up comprises longtime members bass player Simon Gallup, drummer Jason Cooper and, back in the band for a third time, guitarist Porl Thompson. The Cure first formed in southern England in 1976 as Easy Cure. In 1978 the 'Easy' was dropped, and The Cure was signed to the Fiction label. In May 1979 their debut album Three Imaginary Boys was released to great acclaim. Other landmark Cure albums include Pornography (1982), The Head on the Door (1985), Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987), Disintegration (1989), Wish (1992), Wild Mood Swings (1996), the Grammy-nominated Bloodflowers (2000) and their last full length release, the self-titled set The Cure (2004). 2006 saw the Suretone/Geffen release of Festival 2005, an award winning 5.1 DVD featuring 30 songs, shot by fans, band members and professionals during the summer of 2005's European festival run. |
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 Written on June 16, 2008 Summary: Yikes I wasn't overwhelmed by the first single, I found "Only One" to be a pleasant, but not particularly memorable light Cure song, and the flip side to be most unpleasant. But this . . . blows. Both of these songs are an absolute mess of squawking and squeaking without any kind of compelling melody at all. I didn't even bother to save the rips. It seems as though "UTS" is the overwhelming favorite of the songs played on the tour (see Y-tube), hopefully that's the next single [No, see the comments or the Chain of Flowers fansite]. But what concerns me is that 3 out of 4 of the first songs are really awful, and somehow Bob didn't know it. That only happened once before in his career. It was one of the worst days of my life, standing there in front of my stereo with WMS in my hands, cycling through the songs one after another until the realization that there wasn't one decent song on the entire CD sunk in. He recovered from that and produced the brilliant Bloodflowers, but the point is, it's a little late now to lose the muse again, I'm not sure he has time to get it back. Maybe by some miracle the rest of the CD will be great and these are just wild exceptions? Then why did he chose to release them first? I'm filled with dread at this point, not anticipation.  Written on June 12, 2008 Summary: Easily fits in with The Cure's other hits....sort of After giving us a dose of familiar, lush Cure-pop with 'The Only One' last month, The Cure head into a more danceable and rhythmic direction with 'Freakshow'. All 2:32 long of this song are packed with energy and drive as opposed to the laconic and wistful singles of yesteryear (and yestermonth, actually). To a point one could almost say 'Freakshow' has a definite jazzy, R&B vibe to it without having to sound like either genre directly. The rhythm section (long-time bassist Simon Gallup and drummer Jason Cooper) keep a groove-heavy, stop-start beat while Porl Thompson's wah-wah treated lead guitar nimbly weaves in and out of the mix. Smith's vocals are the icing on the cake; as frenetic and herky-jerky as the rhythm. The b-side, 'All Kinds Of Stuff' is an upbeat rocker, that while not quite as frantic as say 'Shiver And Shake' is a close cousin to 'Cut' from the 'Wish' album. The b-side explores more angsty territory ("So maybe I took too much/ Maybe I lost my touch/ Maybe I'm all kinds of stuff/ Maybe...") and backs it up with a fast tempo and more fierce guitar playing. 'Freakshow' is now appearing in The Cure's current tour as an encore, usually played with older classics like 'Why Can't I Be You?' and 'Close To Me' to favorable, but still mixed reactions by the fans. Smith seems to be making the statement that this single easily stands up to his best dance hits, which it does. How do you think fans who bought 'Pornography' felt when they heard 'Lets Go To Bed' about six months later? How did fans react to 'The 13th' after a four-year hiatus from recording new material? 'Freakshow' shows that this aging group of alternative rockers still have a few pleasant surprises and are more than willing to throw us a curveball every now and then. |
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| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 2008-06-10 | 2008-05-20 | 2008-07-15 | 2008-08-12 | 2008-07-22 | 2004-08-03 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Format | Single | Single | Single | Single | Limited Edition | Single, Enhanced |
| Model | - | - | - | - | HALO 27 CD-LE | - |
| Ean | 0602517751873 | 0602517736009 | 0602517781139 | 0602517813984 | 0766929934627 | 0602498629758 |
| Upc | 602517751873 | 602517736009 | 602517781139 | 602517813984 | 766929934627 | 602498629758 |
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