Paris [Live]

The Cure | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 2011)
• Original Release Date: October 26, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Elektra/Asylum
• ASIN: B000002HEE
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,825 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Figurehead

2. One Hundred Years

3. At Night

4. Play for Today

5. Apart

6. In Your House

7. Lovesong

8. Catch

9. A Letter to Elise

10. Dressing Up

11. Charlotte Sometimes

12. Close to Me

Editorial Reviews

This CD is an out of print collectible! It is the original Elektra release. Catalog #9-61552-2. There is a hole punch through the UPC and the booklet. Still sealed.Track Listing:1. The Figurehead2. One Hundred Years3. At Night4. Play For Today5. Apart6. In Your House7. Lovesong8. Catch9. A Letter To Elise10. Dressing Up11. Charlotte Sometimes12. Close To Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jim De Rogatis should be sent out to pasture!, May 15, 2000

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"[e-mail]" (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paris (Audio CD)

I am usually a gentle person, Jim DeRogatis, but I put it to you that both you and your egotistical, mean-spirited, pseudo-sophisticated criticism of great art will rapidly be forgotten by History, whilst great musical masterpieces like 'From the edge of a deep Green Sea' by The Cure (To name just ONE amongst NUMEROUS lovely songs that you have trashed), will be remembered and treasured by other human beings for a long long time. Time is the best proof of quality, and the Cure's marvellous music will continue to soar, conquering time and transcending place, long after your petulance is no more...why a great site such as Amazon pay you good money is quite beyond me...

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Indisposable Live Cure, February 25, 2000

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Hapworth (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paris (Audio CD)

I kind of agree with the reviewer above about Show--it's definitely a piece of Cure product. But I disagree with him about Paris. Paris, thank God, is Robert Smith's acknowledgment to Cure fans, a live record of the lesser-known, mostly early songs. I've always enjoyed Cure concerts because Smith never forgets to devote a significant portion of the set to older, gloomier, punkish material--the very material that sends some fans (like me) screaming, and sends other fans (the teeny-boppers or newly-converted) absolutely confused. Thus, Paris marks the first legitimate live release of classic Cure material

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Cure delivers live on PARIS, January 20, 2005

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David Susnjara - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paris (Audio CD)

The Cure's PARIS was the band's second live album release in a two month span in 1993. Talk about prolific. Talk about overkill. Talk about capitalism. While SHOW spotlighted more recent Cure material, the bulk of PARIS (taped in 1992, guess where?) spotlights the Cure's earlier, less radio-friendly days. Sparkling renditions of songs like "Charlotte Sometimes" and "The Figurehead" only go to show that the Cure can do it all. Not to completely alienate recent pop fans, PARIS also contains sparkling renditions of the Cure's first big AOR hit "Lovesong," plus the Kinks-like "Catch," and the gem "Letter To Elise." Half the original proceeds from royalties of PARIS were donated by the Cure to the Red Cross in support of international relief work. For a bunch of gloomy guys, that was a helluva nice gesture.