The Glove [Import]

Glove | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Rough Trade
• ASIN: B000008G1H
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #344,764 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Like an Animal

2. Looking Glass Girl

3. Sex-Eye-Make-Up

4. Mr. Alphabet Says

5. A Blue in Drag

6. Punish Me With Kisses

7. This Green City

8. Orgy

9. Perfect Murder

10. Relax

11. Mouth to Mouth

12. The Tightrope

13. Like an Animal

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Smart Guys, December 19, 2007

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Edward C. Cornell "yves tapir" (an island,usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Glove (Audio CD)

Of Course- This is what happens when two very smart guys get together to create the art that is so in front of them...breathless. The bands that Steve Severin and Bob Smith come from need no introduction. They were and still are (in this reviewers humble opinion) the best of the post 1977 British invasion. I know Steven is still very active writing film soundtracks and doing minimalist compositions. Robert Smith??- I just wish he played more guitar in the latter-day CURE incarnation and wore less eye-glam. Well...he drives a UK Jeep- so that's cool.
I degress- this is a wonderful album- the added tracks shine, and the re-mastering is great. Take a big bite of this, and enjoy. You may have to take a nap after. OH-take advantage of the $1.79 (US) to get this great CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars rare, if flawed, gem, October 3, 2006

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cubik dervish "mroddyssey" (burque, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Sunshine (Dlx) (Audio CD)

This is an overlooked gem from Robert Smith (Cure) and Steven Severin (Banshees). Most of the songs were recorded between 81-83 but they sound akin to what was compiled as "Japanese Whispers" and "The Top" by the Cure. The instrumentation and arrangements are fun. The lyrics are as good as the best of the era, and any other for that manner, such as "Flowers of Romance" era PIL, "Tall Tales" and "Bird Cage Box" era Legendary Wolfgang Press, "The Top" era Cure. The lyrics were written by Smith and mostly sung by Jeannette Landray, then girlfriend of Banshees drummer Budgie, before Siouxsie and him hooked up. If you are familiar with any of the lyrics of the albums I mentioned, you realize that the lyrics on them are far from conventional and sense-making in the traditional manner. The music on some of those albums is just as refreshingly odd and while it could be argued that the artist were following the teachings of Mr Weird himself, Capt Beefheart and putting them in a pop tune format, their efforts are just as deserving as those of Beefheart himslef. Hence, the only reason I don't give it five stars is because of the too-glossy pop-song format some of the tunes carry.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cure & Souxsie Fans, June 4, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Glove (Audio CD)

This Is perhaps one of the best overlooked works by Robert Smith. In this LP he collaborates with Steven Serevin of Siouxsie and the Banshees they recruit a female vocalist for most of the tracks althought Rob still sings on some. This seems to marry the sounds of Head on the Door and Tinderbox.