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Wire: Manscape

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In May 1990, “Mute” label released “Manscape”, the seventh Wire studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “RAK Studios” and was produced by David M. Allen.

Personnel:

  • Colin Newman – vocals, guitar
  • Bruce Gilbert– guitar
  • Graham Lewis – vocals, bass guitar
  • Robert Grey – drums
  • Roy Spong – engineer
  • Jon Wozencroft, Neville Brody – design

Track listing:

  1. Patterns Of Behavior
  2. Goodbye Ploy
  3. Morning Bell
  4. Small Black Reptile
  5. Torch It!
  6. Other Moments
  7. Sixth Sense
  8. What Do You See? (Welcome)
  9. Where’s The Deputation?

Buzzcocks: The Way

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On May 1, 2014, “Pledge Music” label released “The Way”, the ninth Buzzcocks studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by David M. Allen, Pete Shelley, Steve Diggle,  Chris Remmington and Danny Farrant.

Personnel:

  • Pete Shelley – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Diggle – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Remmington – bass
  • Danny Farrant – drums
  • Dave Allen – engineer, mixing
  • Nathaniel Kemp Hall – engineer assistant
  • Mazen Murad – mastering
  • Dotmasters.co.uk – artwork
  • Giacomet.co.uk – layout, design

Track listing:

  1. Keep on Believing – Pete Shelley
  2. People Are Strange Machines – Steve Diggle
  3. The Way – Pete Shelley
  4. In the Back – Steve Diggle
  5. Virtually Real – Pete Shelley
  6. Third Dimension – Steve Diggle
  7. Out of the Blue – Pete Shelley
  8. Chasing Rainbows” / “Modern Times – Steve Diggle
  9. It’s Not You – Danny Farrant, Pete Shelley
  10. Saving Yourself – Steve Diggle

The Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me

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On May 25, 1987, “Fiction” label released “Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me”, the seventh Cure studio album. It was recorded 1986 – 1987, and was produced by David M. Allen and Robert Smith.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Porl Thompson– guitar, keyboards, saxophone
  • Lol Tolhurst– keyboards
  • Simon Gallup– bass guitar
  • Boris Williams– drums, percussion
  • Andrew Brennen – saxophone
  • Bob Clearmountain– mixing
  • Sean Burrows, Jacques Hermet – production assistant

Track listing:

All lyrics by Robert Smith, all music by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst, and Boris Williams.

  1. The Kiss
  2. Catch
  3. Torture
  4. If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
  5. Why Can’t I Be You?
  6. How Beautiful You Are
  7. The Snakepit
  8. Hey You!!!
  9. Just Like Heaven
  10. All I Want
  11. Hot Hot Hot!!!
  12. One More Time
  13. Like Cockatoos
  14. Icing Sugar
  15. The perfect Girl
  16. A Thousand Hours
  17. Shiver and Shake
  18. Fight

The Cure: Disintegration

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On May 2, 1989, “Fiction” label released “Disintegration”, the eighth Cure (The) studio album. It was recorded November 1988 – February 1989 at “Hookend Recording Studios” in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, and was produced by David M. Allen and Robert Smith. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 326 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith– vocals, guitars, keyboards, 6-string bass, engineering
  • Porl Thompson– guitars
  • Simon Gallup– bass guitar, keyboards
  • Boris Williams– drums, percussion
  • Roger O’Donnell– keyboards, piano
  • Lol Tolhurst– credited with “other instrument”; basis for the song “Homesick”
  • David M. Allen– engineer
  • Richard Sullivan – engineer
  • Roy Spong – engineer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Robert Smith, all music by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, and Lol Tolhurst.

  1. Plainsong
  2. Pictures of You
  3. Closedown
  4. Lovesong
  5. Last Dance
  6. Lullaby
  7. Fascination Street
  8. Prayers for Rain
  9. The Same Deep Water as You
  10. Disintegration
  11. Homesick
  12. Untitled

The Cure: The Top

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On April 30, 1984, “Fiction Records” label released “The Top”, the fifth Cure (The) studio album. It was recorded 1983–1984, at “Genetic”, “Garden Studios” and “Trident Studios”, and was produced by David M.  Allen, Chris Parry and Robert Smith.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith- vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, organ, violin, harmonica, recorder, instrumentation
  • Lol Tolhurst- keyboards, instrumentation
  • Porl Thompson- saxophone, keyboards, guitar
  • Phil Thornalley- bass guitar
  • Andy Anderson- drums, percussion
  • Dave Allen, Howard Grey – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Smith, except where noted.

  1. Shake Dog Shake
  2. Bird Mad Girl – Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst
  3. Wailing Wall
  4. Give Me It
  5. Dressing Up
  6. The Caterpillar – Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst
  7. Piggy in the Mirror – Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst
  8. The Empty World
  9. Bananafishbones
  10. The Top

The Cure: Wish

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The Cure - Wish

On April 21, 1992, “Fiction Records” label released “Wish”, the ninth Cure (The) studio album. It was recorded 1991–1992, at “The Manor” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by David M. Allen and Robert Smith.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith– vocals, guitars, keyboards, 6-string bass
  • Perry Bamonte– guitars, keyboards, 6-string bass, piano
  • Simon Gallup– bass guitar, keyboards
  • Porl Thompson– guitars
  • Boris Williams– drums, percussion
  • Kate Wilkinson –viola
  • Dave Allen, Steve Whitfield – engineer
  • Chris Bandy – engineer assistant
  • Mark Saunders – mixing
  • Andy Baker, William Parry, Danton Supple, Mark Warner – mixing assistant
  • Parched Art (Porl Thompson and Andy Vella) – cover art, design

Track lsiting:

All tracks by Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson and Boris Williams.

  1. Open
  2. High
  3. Apart
  4. From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
  5. Wendy Time
  6. Doing the Unstuck
  7. Friday I’m in Love
  8. Trust
  9. A Letter to Elise
  10. Cut
  11. To Wish Impossible Things
  12. End

 

The Sisters of Mercy: First and Last and Always

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On March 11, 1985, “Merciful Release” label released “First and Last and Always”, the debut Sisters of Mercy (The) album. It was recorded in 1984, and was produced by David M. Allen.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Eldritch – vocals, mixing, design
  • Wayne Hussey – vocals, guitar
  • Gary Marx– guitar
  • Craig Adams– bass guitar
  • Doktor Avalanche – drums
  • Mick Lowe – layout
  • Jill Furmanovsky, Ruth Polsky – photography

Track listing:

  1. Black Planet – Andrew Eldritch, Wayne Hussey
  2. Walk Away – Andrew Eldritch, Wayne Hussey
  3. No Time to Cry – Andrew Eldritch, Craig Adams, Wayne Hussey, Gary Marx
  4. A Rock and a Hard Place – Andrew Eldritch, Wayne Hussey
  5. Marian – Andrew Eldritch, Wayne Hussey
  6. First and Last and Always – Gary Marx
  7. Possession – Andrew Eldritch, Craig Adams, Wayne Hussey
  8. Nine While Nine – Andrew Eldritch, Gary Marx
  9. Amphetamine Logic – Andrew Eldritch, Gary Marx
  10. Some Kind of Stranger – Andrew Eldritch, Gary Marx

 

The Cure: The Head On The Door

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On August 26, 1985, “Fiction” label released “The Head on the Door”, the sixth Cure (The) album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Angel Studios” in London, and was produced by Robert Smith and David M. Allen.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith- vocals, guitars, keyboards, six-string bass
  • Lol Tolhurst- keyboards
  • Porl Thompson- guitars, keyboards
  • Simon Gallup- bass guitar
  • Boris Williams- drums, percussion
  • Ren Party – horns
  • Ron Howe – saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Smith

  1. In Between Days
  2. Kyoto Sing
  3. The Blood
  4. Six Different Ways
  5. Push
  6. The Baby Screams
  7. Close to Me
  8. A night Like This
  9. Screw
  10. Sinking