Greatest Hits (The Cure album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits cover
Greatest hits by The Cure
Released November 21, 2001
Recorded 1979–2001
Genre Post-punk, gothic rock, alternative rock, New Wave
Length 68:08
Label Fiction
Professional reviews
The Cure chronology
Bloodflowers
(2000)		 Greatest Hits
(2001)		 Join the Dots
(2004)
Singles from The Cure: Greatest Hits
  1. "Cut Here"
    Released: March 18, 2001
  2. "Just Say Yes"
    Released: April 18, 2001

Greatest Hits is a 2001 album by The Cure. The band's relationship with longtime label Fiction Records came to a close, and The Cure were obliged to release one final album for the label. Robert Smith agreed to release a greatest hits album under the condition that he could choose the tracks himself. The subsequently-released Greatest Hits features select singles from their then-25 year history, along with the two new tracks "Cut Here" and "Just Say Yes". All songs were newly-remastered specifically for the collection. In an effort to provide something new for the hardcore fans who owned the previously-released songs, Robert arranged for the band, and former member Boris Williams to re-record acoustic versions of the Greatest Hits. Select first pressings of Greatest Hits were bundled with a bonus disc of acoustic hits.

Greatest Hits was also released on DVD. The video track listing mirrors that of the North American audio CD, with the exception of "The Caterpillar", "Pictures of You", and "Close to Me (Closest Mix)" which appear as hidden easter eggs. Six of the acoustic performances also appear on the DVD.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

North American release (Elektra)
  1. "Boys Don't Cry"
  2. "A Forest" (Shortened Edit)[1]
  3. "Let's Go to Bed"
  4. "The Walk"
  5. "The Lovecats"
  6. "In Between Days"
  7. "Close to Me" (Remix)[1]
  8. "Why Can't I Be You?"
  9. "Just Like Heaven"
  10. "Lullaby" (Remix)[1]
  11. "Lovesong"
  12. "Never Enough" (Single Version)[1]
  13. "High"
  14. "Friday I'm in Love"
  15. "Mint Car"
  16. "Wrong Number" (Single Mix)[1]
  17. "Cut Here"
  18. "Just Say Yes"
 UK release (Fiction/Polydor)
  1. "Boys Don't Cry"
  2. "A Forest" (Shortened Edit)[1]
  3. "Let's Go to Bed"
  4. "The Lovecats"
  5. "The Caterpillar"
  6. "In Between Days"
  7. "Close to Me" (Remix)[1]
  8. "Why Can't I Be You?"
  9. "Just Like Heaven"
  10. "Lullaby"
  11. "Lovesong"
  12. "Pictures of You" (Single Mix)[1]
  13. "Never Enough" (Single Version)[1]
  14. "High"
  15. "Friday I'm in Love"
  16. "Mint Car"
  17. "Wrong Number" (Single Mix)[1]
  18. "Cut Here"
  19. "Just Say Yes"

[edit] Bonus disc

The bonus disc features newly recorded acoustic versions of songs.

  1. "Boys Don't Cry"
  2. "A Forest"
  3. "Let's Go to Bed"
  4. "The Walk"
  5. "The Lovecats"
  6. "In Between Days"
  7. "Close to Me"
  8. "Why Can't I Be You?"
  9. "Just Like Heaven"
  10. "Lullaby"
  11. "Lovesong"
  12. "Never Enough"
  13. "High"
  14. "Friday I'm in Love"
  15. "Mint Car"
  16. "Wrong Number"
  17. "Cut Here"
  18. "Just Say Yes"

[edit] Personnel

The following are the personnel for the acoustic bonus disc only.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Amazon.com: Greatest Hits: Deluxe Sound & Vision: Music: The Cure
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"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!!!" · "Lullaby" · "Fascination Street" · "Lovesong" · "Pictures of You" · "Never Enough" · "Close to Me (Remix)" · "High" · "Friday I'm in Love" · "A Letter to Elise" · "Purple Haze" · "The 13th" · "Mint Car" · "Strange Attraction" · "Gone!" · "Wrong Number" · "Out of This World" · "Maybe Someday" · "Cut Here" · "Just Say Yes" · "The End of the World" · "Taking Off" · "alt.end" · "The Only One" · "Freakshow" · "Sleep When I'm Dead" · "The Perfect Boy"
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