Japanese Whispers

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Japanese Whispers:
The Cure Singles Nov 82:Nov 83
Japanese Whispers:The Cure Singles Nov 82:Nov 83 cover
Compilation album by The Cure
Released 1983
Recorded November 1982 - April 1983
Genre New Wave
Length 28:27
Label Fiction Records
Producer(s) Chris Parry, Steve Nye, Robert Smith, Phil Thornalley
Professional reviews
The Cure chronology
Pornography
(1982)
Japanese Whispers
(1983)
Concert
(1984)


Japanese Whispers: The Cure Singles Nov 82:Nov 83 is a compilation album by British new wave group The Cure. It was released in late 1983 by their record company, Fiction Records.

Essentially, this is a collected release of the singles "Let's Go to Bed", "The Walk" and "Lovecats". The other tracks are the b-sides of these singles. One of the songs from the era, "Mr. Pink Eyes" (the second b-side for "The Lovecats") was not included in the album. They were recorded when the band was in a transitional phase after bassist Simon Gallup had left following the recording of previous album, Pornography. Beginning with these singles, Laurence Tolhurst switched from drums to keyboards, a role he kept until his departure in 1989.

The first two singles' tracks find The Cure essentially a duo, only employing a session drummer for the "Let's Go to Bed" tracks. Only for the last single's tracks, a full band was assembled with the addition of bassist/producer Phil Thornalley (who had worked with the band on Pornography) and drummer Andy Anderson, a lineup which would continue for the Concert live album.

In later times, the singles' lead tracks were compiled onto the Staring at the Sea compilation album (1986), while all of the b-sides have included in the 2004 b-sides and rarities box set Join The Dots. Japanese Whispers will not be re-released with the other Cure albums in the current re-issue programme, since it was not considered a proper album by the band.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Smith and Laurence Tolhurst except as noted.

  1. "Let's Go to Bed" – 3:34
  2. "The Dream" (Smith) – 3:13
  3. "Just One Kiss" – 4:09
  4. "The Upstairs Room" – 3:31
  5. "The Walk" – 3:30
  6. "Speak My Language" – 2:41
  7. "Lament" (Smith) – 4:20
  8. "The Lovecats" (Smith) – 3:40

[edit] Personnel


The Cure
Robert Smith | Porl Thompson | Simon Gallup | Jason Cooper
The Cure personnel
Discography
Studio albums: Three Imaginary Boys | Seventeen Seconds | Faith | Pornography | The Top | The Head on the Door | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me | Disintegration | Wish | Wild Mood Swings | Bloodflowers | The Cure
Live albums: Concert | Entreat | Paris | Show | Trilogy
Compilations: Boys Don't Cry | Japanese Whispers | Standing on a Beach / Staring at the Sea | Mixed Up | Galore | Greatest Hits | Join the Dots
EPs: Half an Octopuss & Quadpus | Lost Wishes | Five Swing Live
Singles: "Killing an Arab" | "Boys Don't Cry" | "Jumping Someone Else's Train" | "A Forest" | "Primary" | "Charlotte Sometimes" | "A Single" | "Let's Go to Bed" | "The Walk" | "The Lovecats" | "The Caterpillar" | "In Between Days" | "Close to Me" | "Why Can't I Be You?" | "Catch" | "Just Like Heaven" | "Hot Hot Hot!!!" | "Fascination Street" | "Lullaby" | "Lovesong" | "Pictures of You" | "Never Enough" | "Close to Me (remix)" | "High" | "Friday I'm in Love" | "A Letter to Elise" | "The 13th" | "Mint Car" | "Gone!" | "Strange Attraction" | "Wrong Number" | "Cut Here" | "End of the World" | "Taking Off" & "alt.end"
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