Staring at the Sea: The Singles
Elektra / Wea - Elektra / Wea
The Cure
Release date: 1990-10-25
Audio CD
Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie-Rock, College Rock, England, Goth Rock, New Wave, Pop, Pop/Rock Music, Post-Punk, Rock, Rock/Pop
1. Killing An Arab
2. 10:15 Saturday Night
3. Boys Don't Cry
4. Jumping Someone Else's Train
5. A Forest
6. Play For Today
7. Primary
8. Other Voices
9. Charlotte Sometimes
10. The Hanging Garden
11. Let's Go To Bed
12. The Walk
13. The Lovecats
14. The Caterpillar
15. In Between Days
16. Close To Me
17. A Night Like This
average reviews
0 vote
0 vote
React and review
Staring at the Sea: The Singles
Date undefinedthe cure's singles and best known melodic songs burn with passion and sheer genius.
It would be hard not to lose oneself in a glowing review.... however, that said, whoever came up with the following review quote, has managed to plumb the depth of the barrel of idiocy, and lose a piece of very relevant clarity:
"But for the rest of us who actually appreciate melodies as long as they aren't too commercialized"
If anyone anywhere can ascribe any sort of rational logical meaning to this gibberish, please write to the following people:
the authors of
here, there and everywhere (mccartney, i presume)
losing my religion (stipe, buck, et al)
lovesong (mr. smith again)
crazy (gnarls barkley)
waiting on a friend (mssrs jagger and richards)
heroes (mr. bowie)
aaaaaghh!! one could go on and on and on..........
these songs, and all great songs (however bl0ody popular) were written as pieces of artistic expression. How popular they subsequently become is not germane to the truths of their existence. This time of critical meandering is a serious pain in the ****! enough! please!!
Staring at the Sea: The Singles
Date undefinedContains most all of the hits before Kiss Kiss Kiss Me and is a comprehensive 1978-1986 singles collection, which contains a lot of their up beat tones from the mid 80s, but contains enough of the slower tempo mope rock classics to balance out the CD. I would rank their CDs like this:
Disintegration (1989)
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)
Bloodflowers (2000)
The Head on the Door (1985)
Standing on a Beach/ Staring at the Sea (1986)
Wish (1992)
However, if I were to own just 2 Cure CDs it would be this one and Disintegration. Key songs on this CD are "Boys don't Cry", "Jumping Someone Else's Train", and "Charlotte Sometimes."
Staring at the Sea: The Singles
Date undefinedI had this album as a teenager in the early 80s, on vinyl (Standing on a beach), and it still sounds fantastic. Also bought The Greatest Hits on iTunes a few years ago but because of the limit on how many times you can put the songs on separate hard drives, I had to decide whether to buy that again or get this one. The Greatest Hits also has many of the songs on this one but doesn't have the sublime 10.15 Saturday Night, nor The Caterpillar, nor Jumping Someone Else's Train. So that I wouldn't double up, I bought Staring at the Sea on CD from Amazon, then downloaded my favorite songs from iTunes that were released after Standing on a beach. I recommend this album for earlier fans (as opposed to those who got into The Cure later who might prefer The Greatest Hits) who might have already bought all The Cure albums on vinyl in another lifetime, and just want the the best songs from their collection.
