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Alt.End [Single]

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  • Audio CD (October 12, 2004)
  • Original Release Date: October 12, 2004
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Single
  • Label: Geffen Records
  • ASIN: B000641AAE
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #134,612 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Solid B-sides, October 26, 2004
Alt.end is a fairly strong single, however I feel the featured B-sides, "Why Can't I Be Me," and "Your God is Fear" really belonged on the 2004 self-titled Cure album, again seeming to assert artistic-ad-marketing incompetance on the part of Geffen Records. I'd have preferred the two b-sides having been on the The Cure's eponymous album over a song like, "Us or Them" which I think nearly fringed on the creative lapse illustrative in "Just Say Yes".

"Alt.end" is a decent single, with a nice video that probably wont see much airplay in the US, its youth preferring to listen to bands whose members were, paradoxically, weened on none other than The Cure... the most recent manifestation of this being the latest (oh god another) Blink 182 album, to which Robert lends his vocal patronage. The b-side, "Why Can't I Be Me" is a beautiful song that sounds like a missing single from 1992's Wish. "Your God Is Fear" is very of-the-decade, post Wild Mood Swings Cure. I strongly recommend the single and b-sides to any Cure fan.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Once again, great B-sides!, October 20, 2004
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Like the four other songs that didn't make the U.S. version of the new album, this single includes two non-album tracks that are better than most songs on the "The Cure". Goes to show you that the record company obviously exerted great influence on the band to release an album that never took REAL fans into account one iota. Via the singles or import albums, check out the other songs from these sessions (Going Nowhere, Truth Goodness and Beauty, This Morning and Fake) to see what I mean. All are Classic Cure: mid-tempo, melodic, and not out of place on anything from Disintegration to Wish to Bloodflowers. And NOT designed to sell albums to fans of fukking Interpol!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars great B-sides from a great band, October 15, 2004
By Brandon (Oakton, VA United States) - See all my reviews
I'll keep this brief since it's only a 3 track disc. Basically if you have the "Join The Dots" B-side boxset, you know the Cure make some great B-sides, which in many cases are better than the album tracks. Alt.end is no exception; both bonus tracks would have been great on the Cure's last album. The last reviewer mentioned that a double album would have been appropriate--actually that was Robert Smith's original intention, to have one disc of upbeat tunes and one disc of downers. If you listen to all of the tracks from the last session, you can figure out how the double album might have sounded. Personally I like their down tracks more but the schizophrenic balance of happy & melancholy is what makes the Cure so unique. Anyway, if you are a Cure fan, a real Cure fan, then the two bonus tracks are a bargain at only a few dollars. If you only like their radio pop hits then you might want to stick with Galore or Staring At The Sea, but if that were the case you probably wouldn't be looking at this single in the first place.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Transaction!
I received the CD as listed, with no problems. Would definitely purchase from again. Thanks!
Published on June 10, 2007 by Edward J. Willard

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Single b/c of the B-sides
I swear to God, the Cure could've released a double album this time around and it would have been perfect. "Alt. Read more
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