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The Cure
Released 1997

Pictures of You
04:48
99,979 plays

Lullaby
04:09
67,012 plays

Lovesong
03:28
57,662 plays

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songs

- 1
- Why Can't I Be You?
- 03:14
- 46,678 plays

- 2
- Catch
- 02:45
- 16,711 plays

- 3
- Just Like Heaven
- 03:32
- 101,103 plays

- 4
- Hot Hot Hot!!!
- 03:35
- 18,200 plays

- 5
- Lullaby
- 04:09
- 67,012 plays

- 6
- Fascination Street
- 04:20
- 22,853 plays

- 7
- Lovesong
- 03:28
- 57,662 plays

- 8
- Pictures of You
- 04:48
- 99,979 plays

- 9
- Never Enough
- 04:28
- 15,693 plays

- 10
- Close to Me [Closet Remix]
- 04:21
- 30,626 plays

- 11
- High
- 03:33
- 18,300 plays

- 12
- Friday I'm in Love
- 03:36
- 144,614 plays

- 13
- A Letter to Elise
- 04:20
- 27,293 plays

- 14
- 13th [Swing Radio Mix]
- 04:17
- 14,673 plays

- 15
- Mint Car [Radio Mix]
- 03:31
- 18,497 plays

- 16
- Strange Attraction [Album Mix]
- 04:21
- 12,975 plays

- 17
- Gone! [Radio Mix]
- 04:27
- 10,575 plays

- 18
- Wrong Number
- 06:01
- 14,742 plays

album review

It's ironic that the Cure, a band whose albums have always seemed like definitive artistic statements, were at their best as a singles band. On the group's singles, Robert Smith's ideas reached their full potential, since they captured not only the group's off-kilter pop sense, but also the haunting melancholy and wacky humor that interlaced Smith's songs. Galore rounds up the singles from the second part of the Cure's career, beginning with "Why Can't I Be You?" from 1987's Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and ending with "Gone!" from 1996's Wild Mood Swings. Between those two are 15 more songs, nearly every one of which is a gem. The Cure were never a repetitive singles band, and there's a dizzying array of styles here, from infectious jangle pop ("Friday I'm in Love," "Mint Car") and monolithic, chilly goth rock ("Fascination Street," "Pictures of You," "Just Like Heaven") to jaunty, clever dance-club pop (the remix of "Close to Me"), eerie crawls ("Lullaby"), neo-mariachi madness ("The 13th"), and even love songs ("Catch," "Lovesong"). There are a couple of missteps along the way -- the pounding dance and pseudo-rap of "Hot Hot Hot!!!" sounds dated, as does the ill-conceived Madchester diversion "Never Enough" -- but Galore emphatically confirms the Cure's status as one of the best and most adventurous alternative bands of the '80s. And the new song, "Wrong Number," is pretty good, too. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide