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The Cure a Visual Documentary (Ord No. Op46887)

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"The Cure-A Visual Documentary" is a fascinating book about the one of the greatest bands in the world today, The Cure. This book is a must for any Cure fan out there! It starts with the formation of the band in 1972 and is full of beautiful pictures of Robert Smith and the band through all the years up to 1992. The book lists every "gig" played by the Cure in those 20 years, interviews and quotes from Robert, album reviews, concert reviews, rare releases, and even a comprehensive discograghy in the back of the book. If you love the Cure like I do, you will love this book!

A Cure worshipper (like myself)'s dream book!! Tons of fabulous pictures, listings of every concert (up until Wish, that is) and lots of fun little facts for the Cure expert to absorb. Buy this book, fellow Cureheads, you won't regret it!! I promise! :)

what cure fan doesn't own this? i remember reading this book (the older edition) cover to cover, years ago, and feeling like i wanted to follow the band all over the world! dave thompson is clearly an authority on the band, but i've always felt that this book misses out on the spirit of the cure, dwelling mainly on factual information. of course, the gig listings are great for organizing your bootleg cassette collection!

a very detailed documentary of a band that i'm sure are not easy to follow around. rare and colorful photos provide a very real glimpse in the lives of eccentric band mates in their daily touring schedule that covers several years. very worthwhile and well done book.

This book has a lot of glossy pictures of Smith and his band which is very enjoyable. It also has a lot of interesting articles and interviews in it which reveal Smith as an articulate, enigmatic man who battles cynicism and apathy. The book overall reveals Smith to be full of fascinating contradictions -he appears effeminate most of the time but has a lot of chest hair, he has a ruthless asthetic sense but is at times quite down-to-earth and the humanitarian. I simply think that Smith is the most beautiful and fascinating man on earth. Who else in the rock world or any world for that matter has ever had intercourse with and married only one person so far? Robert J Smith is a very rare rare person indeed! This book is informative and insightful and you will find out these things and more about rs.

The less-than-favorable front cover of "The Cure" by Jo Anne Greene should warn potential readers of the nonsense within.

This sorry excuse for an informative bio about the music group, The Cure, contains so many borrowings from other sources that the "author" would have done Cure fans more of a service if she had just listed all of them and been done with it.

Even worse, the book is so full of misinformation, I find it very difficult to believe Greene paid much attention to anything she ever read or saw about The Cure or its mastermind, Robert Smith.

I was hoping for much better, since most of the other published works about The Cure that I have read were at least acceptable. Even the collaboration she undertook with Dave Thompson for "The Cure: A Visual Documentary" was better than Greene's solitary attempt, though it is far from stellar. It seems that it takes the both of them to produce anything even remotely worthwhile. Neither can do it alone; Thompson's "The Making of the Cure's Disintegration" is cute in its false jewel case, but again, a bibliography listing would have sufficed instead of the constant rehash of information any real Cure fan who has the ultimate book "Ten Imaginary Years" already knows.

Ultimately, this book is a must-have ONLY if hearing or seeing the words "The Cure" or "Robert Smith" cause you to whip out your credit card and complete the transaction before your senses kick in.

I, however, have a valid excuse for owning this book... I didn't have a review to base my decision on, but now you do ...so, you don't.

The less-than-favorable front cover of "The Cure" by Jo Anne Greene should warn potential readers of the nonsense within.

This sorry excuse for an informative bio about the music group, The Cure, contains so many borrowings from other sources that the "author" would have done Cure fans more of a service if she had just listed all of them and been done with it.

Even worse, the book is so full of misinformation, I find it very difficult to believe Greene paid much attention to anything she ever read or saw about The Cure or its mastermind, Robert Smith.

I was hoping for much better, since most of the other published works about The Cure that I have read were at least acceptable. Even the collaboration she undertook with Dave Thompson for "The Cure: A Visual Documentary" was better than Greene's solitary attempt, though it is far from stellar. It seems that it takes the both of them to produce anything even remotely worthwhile. Neither can do it alone; Thompson's "The Making of the Cure's Disintegration" is cute in its false jewel case, but again, a bibliography listing would have sufficed instead of the constant rehash of information any real Cure fan who has the ultimate book "Ten Imaginary Years" already knows.

Ultimately, this book is a must-have ONLY if hearing or seeing the words "The Cure" or "Robert Smith" cause you to whip out your credit card and complete the transaction before your senses kick in.

I, however, have a valid excuse for owning this book... I didn't have a review to base my decision on, but now you do ...so, you don't.

I was fortunate to receive this book in a limited edition collection set (which also contained an interview CD, T-shirt, and postcards of Robert and the band.) While somewhat similar and parallel to Ten Imaginary Years (another selection I reccommend, for the cover, if nothing else), the book lists tour dates and is very captivating. :)

This book contains lots of great pictures and text about everyone's favorite band, The Cure. Lots of pictures you won't see anywhere else. Check out Ten Imaginary Years, and The Cure On Record als