Faith (The Cure album)
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| Studio album by The Cure | ||
| Released | April 21, 1981 | |
| Recorded | -- | |
| Genre | Gothic Rock | |
| Length | 36:54 | |
| Label | A&M | |
| Producer(s) | The Cure, Mike Hedges |
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| The Cure chronology | ||
| Boys Don't Cry (1980) |
Faith (1981) |
Pornography (1982) |
Faith is the third album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music).
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[edit] History
The front cover of the album features a picture of Bolton Abbey in the fog, where Robert Smith would later marry his childhood sweetheart Mary.
Faith is generally a brooding, atmospheric, and sombre album, although it has a flash of anger in the form of the song Doubt, and some edge in the driving single Primary. It is often seen as a mid-point in a "Dark Trilogy" that begins with Seventeen Seconds and ends with Pornography, a trilogy that builds in intensity, although it can be argued that tracks like "The Funeral Party" and "Faith" are just as powerful as tracks from Pornography. Others are more atmospheric than most of Pornography, and more isolating and alien than most of Seventeen Seconds. One of the songs on the album, "The Drowning Man", is inspired by the Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake.
The album is basically about lead singer Robert Smith's lack of faith and his desire to find it.
Faith was reissued in the UK on April 25, 2005 (26th in the U.S.) as part of Universal Music's Deluxe Edition series. The new edition features a remastered version of the album, as well as the song "Carnage Visors" on disc one, while disc two contains demo and live tracks, as well as the non-album single "Charlotte Sometimes". There also exists a one-CD version (with only the first disc but still remastered) that was released in late 2005 in Europe, and early 2006 in the United States.
Faith is the first album by The Cure to feature baritone guitar/six-string bass.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Simon Gallup, Robert Smith and Laurence Tolhurst.
[edit] Original 1981 release
- "The Holy Hour" – 4:25
- "Primary" – 3:35
- "Other Voices" – 4:28
- "All Cats Are Grey" – 5:28
- "The Funeral Party" – 4:14
- "Doubt" – 3:11
- "The Drowning Man" – 4:50
- "Faith" – 6:43
- Long-play cassette bonus track
- "Carnage Visors" – 27:29
[edit] 2005 Deluxe Edition
[edit] Disc one
- Original album, as above
- (including "Carnage Visors" as track 9)
[edit] Disc two (Rarities 1980-1981)
- "Faith" (Robert Smith home demo)
- "Doubt" (Robert Smith home demo)
- "Drowning" (group home demo)
- "The Holy Hour" (group home demo)
- "Primary" (studio out-take)
- "Going Home Time" (studio out-take)
- "The Violin Song" (studio out-take)
- "A Normal Story" (studio out-take)
- "All Cats Are Grey" (live)
- "The Funeral Party" (live)
- "Other Voices" (live)
- "The Drowning Man" (live)
- "Faith" (live)
- "Forever" (live)
- "Charlotte Sometimes" (single)
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Production
- Producers: The Cure, Mike Hedges
- Engineers: Mike Hedges, David Kemp
- Assistant engineer: Martyn Webster
[edit] Charts
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | "Primary" | Club Play Singles | 25 |
