{"product_id":"the-cure-greatest-hits-international-edition-cd","title":"The Cure - Greatest Hits: International Edition (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eImport edition features one additional track, Pictures of You. As Greatest Hits-and particularly the busking pavement jazz of \"Lovecats\"-reminds us, the best Cure singles were very often tangential exercises; halcyon playtime divergences offering a Goth-free contrast to some of the weightier studiousness of some of those early albums. Or, as smudged frontman Robert Smith says of this 18-track collection, \"Songs that are sung with a smile.\" This wasn't always true-witness the refrigerated fogginess of the classic \"A Forest\", the Blair Witch Project of it's day. What this compilation does is focus attention on The Cure's perennial unpredictability-the nursery school bonkers-ness of \"The Caterpillar\", the breathless claustrophobia of \"Close to Me\", the New Order-lite of \"The Walk\", the brass-section embellished thrust of \"Why Can't I Be You\". Oddly, chart-wise, The Cure's Lost Weekend began immediately after \"Friday I'm in Love\", their most ebullient melodic moment and the ultimate clocking-off to kick-those-heels! Anthem. But at least the inclusion of two new songs \"Cut Here\" and \"Just Say Yes\" (with Saffron from Republica) indicate that The Cure remain a healthy ongoing concern.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49640709292332,"sku":"731458943228","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0863\/2257\/7708\/files\/3531086.jpg?v=1724306839","url":"https:\/\/joseyrecords.com\/products\/the-cure-greatest-hits-international-edition-cd","provider":"Josey Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}