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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Label: Elektra / Wea Catalog: Music Release date: 1990-10-25 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Ean: 0075596047722 Upc: 075596047722  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (17) |
 Killing An Arab 10:15 Saturday Night Boys Don't Cry Jumping Someone Else's Train A Forest Play For Today | Primary Other Voices Charlotte Sometimes The Hanging Garden Let's Go To Bed The Walk | The Lovecats The Caterpillar In Between Days Close To Me A Night Like This |
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Big and moody, Staring at the Sea compiles some hits and near misses of these excavators of the dark soul. Beginning with their earliest hits--the sparse "Killing an Arab," the aptly tedious "10:15 Saturday Night," and the charming "Boys Don't Cry"--this collection stops before the comparative giddiness of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. Musicians first, brooding art types second, The Cure's unique instrumentation doesn't get the credit it rightfully deserves. The thrashy, trash-can break in "Jumping Someone Else's Train," the sprightly synthesized recorder of "Close to Me," and the techno-pop disco lines in "Let's Go to Bed" and "The Walk" are downright brilliant in their effectiveness and simplicity. A string of money shots if ever there was one. --Steve Gdula |
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 Written on April 10, 2007 Summary: Not impressed.... I read another person's review on the "Best of The Cure". He said that it wasn't even close to being as good as "Staring at the Sea". He was wrong. I was very bored with Staring at the Sea. I wish I would have gotten the Greatest Hits instead. Written on August 23, 2006 Summary: A great collection, but only of real value to collectors. For quite a while, "Staring at the Sea: The Singles" was an essential package of music by the Cure and a fine introduction to their catalog-- in recent years its value has been minimized by the appearance of the "Greatest Hits" compilation, a retrospective spanning the band's career on Fiction Records. For collectors though, the opening track, "Killing an Arab" is worth the price of admission. Often the center of enormous controversy, "Killing an Arab" (composed about Camus' "The Stranger", a fine read if you haven't had the chance) has become the unloved stepchild of The Cure-- it was left off the "Greatest Hits" album even though it's one of their most recognizable songs, it didn't make the rarities disc of "Three Imaginary Boys" (like all the other singles from that era did), and as an a-side was excluded from "Join the Dots". The piece itself, with its Middle Eastern swirl and disaffected vocal is fantastic, and really one of the great early Cure songs. Fans of the band will definitely want to hunt down this compilation just for this. As an overview of the group, it certainly does a reasonable job up until 1985, fro mthe band's very early singles, soaked in post-punk primitivism but with an air of careful thought, one more fantastic than the other ("Killing An Arab", "10:15 Saturday Night" and "Boys Don't Cry") to their early developments in exploring the sounds that would establish their reputation ("Primary", "Hanging Garden") to some of the great pop songs they'd eventually be equally well known for (the vastly superior single mix of "Close to Me"). Still, with the band having been in existence for another 20 years, there's a lot more to cover, and "Greatest Hits" does a much better job as a career retrospective. If you're new to the band, get the "Greatest Hits" record, it's a great overview. If you're a diehard, get this one for "Killing An Arab".  Written on July 13, 2006 Summary: An Excellent Compilation of Early Cure This was the 1st Cure album I had bought, and I really wasn't sure what to expect. The only songs I was familiar with were "Boys Don't Cry", "In Between Days", & "Close To Me". Wow! Everysong is great, and very diverse styles & moods as the album goes on. After that I had gone out & purchased just about all of their albums. My only gripe is that it needs to be remastered! How about a 20th Anniversery re-release??? Written on June 3, 2006 Summary: I Give You Exhibit A Although their legions of fans would beg to differ and albums like "Disintegration" and "The Head on the Door" make a compelling argument to the contrary, The Cure have always been, first and foremost, a singles band. Need proof? Exhibit item A: "Staring at the Sea -- The Singles." Here we have 17 songs that make the case, and make it very strongly. Sometimes these singles were dark and brooding ("Charlotte Sometimes," "Jumping Someone Else's Train," "Boys Don't Cry") sometimes they were surprisingly upbeat and catchy ("Let's Go To Bed," "The Love Cats,") sometimes they fell somewhere in between ("In Between Days," "Close to Me") but always they were solid pop songs that pushed the boundaries without sacrificing listenability. Yes, "Staring at the Sea -- The Singles," makes its case flawlessly and as if that wasn't enough there is Exhibit B -- the additional 18 tracks on "Galore: The Singles 1987-1997."  Written on May 5, 2006 Summary: A compilation in need of remastering For some odd reason or the other, I had suddenly had an interest in The Cure. I determined that Greatest Hits simply had to be missing too many good tracks, I instead picked up this and Galore at the same time. The album is an interesting look at the progression of the early Cure from punk rock to new wave. One can hear the band grow into more complex arrangements and more elegant lyrics. While the beginning and the end of the album are incredibly strong, it is the middle of the album the suffers the most. Seemingly, the hooks that grabbed you with "Boys Don't Cry" disappeared into a sort of drone. However, with "Let's Go To Bed", the songs begin to pop out and grab you again. However, that is not to say that the middle part of the album is lacking. Given a few listens, a few of the songs do show themselves as strong, like "Charlotte Sometimes", a few still show themselves as weak, like "Other Voices". From the highs ("A Night Like This") to the lows ("The Caterpiller"), the album does give the best overview of The Cure's early career. While the best of the music has aged very well, one part of this album has not - the sound. The master used is from the early days of CDs, and this album's mastering shows off every fault that the CD has in terms of sound. The sound can be lifeless on some tracks ("Killing An Arab"), too cold ("Love Cats"), too harsh ("The Forest", "Charlotte Sometimes"), and at best is just acceptable ("In Between Days"). The sound does harm the music, and frankly, it is in serious need of a remastering job. However, while the sound is terrible, it is a price one has to pay in order to get a quality over-view of their early period. Forget "Greatest Hits", which boasts superior sound but has a pretty poor selection, and pick up both this and Galore if you are looking for an overview of The Cure's career. |
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| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 1990-10-25 | 1997-10-28 | 1989-05-01 | 1990-10-25 | 1992-04-21 | 2001-11-13 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ean | 0075596047722 | 0075596211727 | 0075596085526 | 0075596073721 | 0075596130929 | 0075596272629 |
| Upc | 075596047722 | 075596211727 | 075596085526 | 075596073721 | 075596130929 | 075596272629 |
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