Concert: Cure Live [Import, Live]

The Cure | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Polygram Int'l
• ASIN: B00000I24S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,548 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shake Dog Shake

2. Primary

3. Charlotte Sometimes

4. The Hanging Garden

5. Give Me It

6. The Walk

7. One Hundred Years

8. A Forest

9. 10:15 Saturday Night

10. Killing an Arab

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No pretences, just The Cure live. As it should be..., June 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Concert: Cure Live (Audio CD)

After recording 'The Top' The Cure went touring and as a result you can listen to this album. It does not have as many songs as 'Show' or 'Paris', but this album really shows what The Cure can be like when they play live, even better so than the other live albums. The sound is fresh, almost untouched and the poor editing between songs is so cute you can't help but smile every now and then. As far as the tracks go, I don't think there is a better version of 'Charlotte Sometimes' available on record. The other songs span their career at that time and gives a good impression of their skills. From pop till doom, it is there... And, without any pretence!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The basics: guitar, bass, drums, and a mic on a stage, June 30, 2001

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"cued" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concert: Cure Live (Audio CD)

For years this CD was near-impossible to find (I listened to my old vinyl version way longer than I should have). BUt now that it is available, get it! The thing that blows me away about this album is how, despite the fact that the Cure had already started down the long, dull road of studio overproduction, synthesizers, horns, mood music, and all of the strange sounds that to me make their 1990s material so flat and dull and whiny, even as late as 1984 on stage they were able to transform the songs into brilliant stripped-down performances with just guitar, bass, drums, and maybe an occasional synthesizer on stage. "The Top" was not exactly one of Cure's better albums, and yet even the tracks from that album are transformed on stage.

The Cure started off as a British late 1970s rock band and as late as 1984 on stage at least they still preserved that sound. My personal favorite is "The Forest." the studio version of that track will forever strike you as flat, shallow, and uninspiring once you here the incredible 7 minute performance Smith et. al. give here. This is one of the greatest Cure records of all. Anyone who likes the early Cure should buy this before buying any other Cure records. This is the one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best live cd that I own, April 20, 2000

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Eric Edelin (Baltimore, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Concert: Cure Live (Audio CD)

The Cure puts just as much effort into their live performances, as they do studio albums. The version of 'A Forest' far surpasses the studio version, and 'Killing An Arab' has more grit and raw energy put into it than the original. Not a clunker on here, as every song is great. The editing is poor in between tracks, but that doesn't affect the quality of the album. It is a great buy, and I suggest buying it online because it is much cheaper on here than a record store, where I bought it at :(