The Cure - The Top ( 1984 )

 

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Smith, except where noted.

Side A

1. "Shake Dog Shake" – 4:55
2. "Bird Mad Girl" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 4:05
3. "Wailing Wall" – 5:17
4. "Give Me It" – 3:42
5. "Dressing Up" – 2:51

Side B

1. "The Caterpillar" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:40
2. "Piggy in the Mirror" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:40
3. "The Empty World" – 2:36
4. "Bananafishbones" – 3:12
5. "The Top" – 6:50

Personnel

The Cure

• Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, organ, recorder (3), violin (6), harmonica (9), production
• Lol Tolhurst – keyboards
• Andy Anderson – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Porl Thompson – saxophone (on disc 1 and 2), keyboards and guitar (on Live tracks on disc 2)
• Phil Thornalley – bass guitar (on Live tracks on disc 2)

The Cure - Pornography ( 1982 )

 

Track listing

All songs written by The Cure (Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst)

Side A

1. "One Hundred Years" – 6:40
2. "A Short Term Effect" – 4:22
3. "The Hanging Garden" – 4:33
4. "Siamese Twins" – 5:29

Side B

1. "The Figurehead" – 6:15
2. "A Strange Day" – 5:04
3. "Cold" – 4:26
4. "Pornography" – 6:27

Personnel

The Cure

• Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards, cello ("Cold"), production, engineering
• Simon Gallup – bass guitar, keyboards ("Cold"), production
• Lol Tolhurst – drums, keyboards ("One Hundred Years"), production

The Cure - Faith ( 1981 )

 

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Robert Smith; all music is composed by The Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst).

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Holy Hour"	4:25
2.	"Primary"	3:35
3.	"Other Voices"	4:28
4.	"All Cats Are Grey"	5:28

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Funeral Party"	4:14
2.	"Doubt"	3:11
3.	"The Drowning Man"	4:50
4.	"Faith"	6:43

Personnel

The Cure

• Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards, six-string bass, production
• Simon Gallup – bass guitar, production
• Lol Tolhurst – drums, production

The Cure - Seventeen Seconds ( 1980 )

 

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Robert Smith; all music is composed by The Cure (Smith, Matthieu Hartley, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst).

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Reflection"	2:12
2.	"Play for Today"	3:40
3.	"Secrets"	3:20
4.	"In Your House"	4:07
5.	"Three"	2:36

Side B

No.	Title	Length
6.	"The Final Sound"	0:52
7.	"A Forest"	5:55
8.	"M"	3:04
9.	"At Night"	5:54
10.	"Seventeen Seconds"	4:00

Personnel

The Cure

• Robert Smith – guitars, vocals, production
• Matthieu Hartley – keyboards
• Lol Tolhurst – drums
• Simon Gallup – bass guitar

The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys ( 1979 )

Track listing

All tracks are written by the Cure (Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey and Lol Tolhurst), except as noted.

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"10:15 Saturday Night"	3:42
2.	"Accuracy"	2:17
3.	"Grinding Halt"	2:49
4.	"Another Day"	3:44
5.	"Object"	3:03
6.	"Subway Song"	2:00

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Foxy Lady" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)	Jimi Hendrix	2:29
2.	"Meathook"		2:17
3.	"So What"		2:37
4.	"Fire in Cairo"		3:23
5.	"It's Not You"		2:49
6.	"Three Imaginary Boys"		3:17
7.	"The Weedy Burton"		1:04

Personnel

The Cure

• Robert Smith – guitar, lead vocals (all but "Foxy Lady"), harmonica ("Subway Song")
• Michael Dempsey – bass, backing and lead ("Foxy Lady") vocals
• Lol Tolhurst – drums

Additional personnel

• Porl Thompson – lead guitar, backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7 of bonus disc)