The Cure discography
 The Cure in concert in 2008 |
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| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 13 | |
| ↙Live albums | 4 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 10 | |
| ↙Extended plays | 10 | |
| ↙Singles | 37 | |
| ↙Video albums | 10 | |
| ↙Music videos | 43 | |
| ↙Other appearances | 14 | |
The discography of The Cure, an English rock band, consists of thirteen studio albums, four live albums, ten compilation albums, ten extended plays and thirty-seven singles released on Fiction Records and Geffen Records. They have also released ten video albums and forty-three music videos.
Originally formed as Malice in January 1976, the band underwent several line-up changes and a name change to Easy Cure before settling on their current name, The Cure, in May 1978.[1] The Cure's original line-up consisted of Robert Smith (vocals, guitars), Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst (drums) and Michael Dempsey (bass guitar). The band has continued through various line-ups; Smith is the group's only remaining original member. The line-up of the band for their most recent album, 4:13 Dream (2008), is Smith, Porl Thompson (guitar), Simon Gallup (bass guitar) and Jason Cooper (drums).
The Cure's debut album, Three Imaginary Boys (1979), reached number forty-four on the UK Albums Chart.[2] The next two albums, Seventeen Seconds (1980) and Faith (1981), were Top 20 hits in the UK, reaching number twenty and number fourteen respectively.[2] Between 1982 and 1996, The Cure released seven studio albums, all of which reached the Top 10 in the UK.[2] The most successful of these was Wish (1992) which reached number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard 200.[2][3] The last three studio albums—Bloodflowers (2000), The Cure (2004) and 4:13 Dream—have had mixed success, reaching numbers fourteen, eight and thirty-three in the UK respectively.[2][4]
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Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| UK [2][4] |
US [3] |
AUS [5][6] |
AUT [7] |
FRA [8] |
GER [9] |
NLD [10] |
NZ [11] |
NOR [12] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
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| 1979 | Three Imaginary Boys | 44 | — | — | — | 140 [A] |
— | — | 37 | — | — | — | |
| 1980 | Seventeen Seconds
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20 | — | 39 | — | 80 [A] |
— | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | |
| 1981 | Faith
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14 | — | 38 | — | 84 [A] |
— | 6 | 1 | — | 38 | — | UK: Silver[15] |
| 1982 | Pornography
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8 | — | 39 | — | 81 [A] |
— | 12 | 9 | — | 45 | — | |
| 1984 | The Top
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10 | 180 | 55 | — | — | — | 14 | 23 | — | 31 | — | UK: Silver[15] |
| 1985 | The Head on the Door
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7 | 60 | 6 | — | — | — | 7 | 11 | — | 24 | 14 | UK: Gold[15] |
| 1987 | Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
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6 | 35 | 9 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 14 | — | 13 | 3 | UK: Gold[15] US: Platinum[16] |
| 1989 | Disintegration
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3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | UK: Gold[15] |
| 1992 | Wish
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1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | — | 6 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | UK: Gold[15] |
| 1996 | Wild Mood Swings
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9 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 27 | — | 37 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 9 | US: Gold[16] |
| 2000 | Bloodflowers
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14 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 3 | SWI: Gold[18] |
| 2004 | The Cure | 8 | 7 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 5 | UK: Silver[15] |
| 2008 | 4:13 Dream
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33 | 16 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 21 | 38 | 32 | 17 | 36 | 15 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
US [3] |
AUS [5][6] |
AUT [7] |
GER [9] |
NLD [10] |
NZ [11] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
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| 1984 | Concert
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26 | — | 86 | — | — | 23 | 37 | — | — |
| 1991 | Entreat
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10 | — | 25 | 19 | — | — | 8 | — | 31 |
| 1993 | Show
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29 | 42 | 16 | 16 | 37 | 71 | 36 | 34 | 37 |
Paris
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56 | 118 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
US [3] |
AUS [5][6] |
AUT [7] |
FRA [8] |
GER [9] |
NLD [10] |
NZ [11] |
NOR [12] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
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| 1980 | Boys Don't Cry
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— | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | UK: Platinum[15] |
| 1981 | Happily Ever After
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1983 | Japanese Whispers
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26 | 181 | 13 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | UK: Silver[15] |
| 1986 | Standing on a Beach (aka Staring at the Sea)
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4 | 48 | 23 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | — | 27 | 11 | UK: Gold[15] US: 2×Platinum[16] |
| 1990 | Mixed Up
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8 | 14 | 12 | 24 | — | — | 50 | 16 | — | 31 | 26 | UK: Gold[15] US: Platinum[16] |
| 1991 | Assemblage CD Collection
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1997 | Galore
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37 | 32 | 45 | — | — | 51 | 81 | 31 | — | 54 | — | US: Gold[16] AUS: Gold[20] |
| 2001 | Greatest Hits
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33 | 58 | 27 | 34 | — | 22 | — | — | 24 | 48 | 24 | AUS: Gold[21] |
| 2004 | Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978>2001 The Fiction Years
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98 [22] |
106 | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | 4play
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
FRA [8] |
SPA [23] |
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| 1982 | A Single | 34 | — | — |
| 1985 | Half an Octopuss
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| 1986 | Quadpus
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| 1988 | The Peel Sessions
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| 1990 | Integration
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| 1993 | Lost Wishes
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— | — | — |
| 1993 | Sideshow
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| 1997 | Five Swing Live
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— | — | — |
| 2006 | Festival 2005
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— | — | — |
| 2008 | Hypnagogic States
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— | 39 | 1 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2][4] |
US [24] |
US Mod [24] |
AUS [5][6] |
AUT [7] |
FRA [8] |
GER [25] |
IRE [26] |
NZ [11] |
SPA [23] |
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| 1978 | "Killing an Arab" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 1979 | "Boys Don't Cry" | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | |
| "Jumping Someone Else's Train" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980 | "A Forest" | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | Seventeen Seconds |
| 1981 | "Primary" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | Faith |
| "Charlotte Sometimes" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | Non-album single | |
| 1982 | "Let's Go to Bed" | 44 | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | |
| 1983 | "The Walk" | 12 | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | |
| "The Lovecats" | 7 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 15 | 23 | — | ||
| 1984 | "The Caterpillar" | 14 | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | The Top |
| 1985 | "In Between Days" | 15 | 99 | — | 16 | — | 23 | 45 | 17 | 15 | — | The Head on the Door |
| "Close to Me" | 24 | — | — | 7 | — | 17 | — | 4 | 27 | — | ||
| 1986 | "Boys Don't Cry (New Voice – New Mix)" | 22 | — | — | 26 | — | 28 | 19 | 9 | — | — | Non-album single |
| 1987 | "Why Can't I Be You?" | 21 | 54 | — | 16 | — | 29 | 29 | 12 | 16 | — | Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me |
| "Catch" | 27 | — | — | 77 | — | — | 59 | 16 | — | — | ||
| "Just Like Heaven" | 29 | 40 | — | 89 | — | 33 | — | 15 | 31 | — | ||
| 1988 | "Hot Hot Hot!!!" | 45 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | |
| 1989 | "Lullaby" | 5 | 74 | 23 | 28 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 7 | — | Disintegration |
| "Fascination Street" | — | 46 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lovesong" | 18 | 2 | 2 | 60 | — | — | 21 | 13 | 39 | — | ||
| 1990 | "Pictures of You" | 24 | 71 | 19 | 89 | — | — | 18 | 9 | — | — | |
| "Never Enough" | 13 | 72 | 1 | 22 | — | — | 17 | 6 | 11 | — | Mixed Up | |
| "Close to Me (remix)" | 13 | 97 | — | 55 | — | — | 49 | 4 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "High" | 8 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 11 | — | 6 | 4 | — | Wish |
| "Friday I'm in Love" | 6 | 18 | 1 | 39 | 13 | — | — | 4 | 7 | — | ||
| "A Letter to Elise" | 28 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 13 | — | ||
| 1996 | "The 13th" | 15 | 44 | 15 | 31 | — | — | — | 22 | 37 | — | Wild Mood Swings |
| "Mint Car" | 31 | 58 | 14 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Gone!" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Strange Attraction" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Wrong Number" | 62 | — | 8 | 70 | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | Galore | |
| 2001 | "Cut Here" | 54 | — | — | 83 | — | 85 | 79 | — | — | — | Greatest Hits |
| 2004 | "The End of the World" | 25 | — | 19 | — | — | 70 | 47 | — | — | — | The Cure |
| "Taking Off" | 39 | — | — | — | — | 67 | 73 | — | — | — | ||
| "alt.end" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008 | "The Only One" | 48 | — | 31 | 80 | — | 28 | 77 | — | — | 1 | 4:13 Dream |
| "Freakshow" | 89 | — | — | 91 | — | 30 | 78 | — | — | 1 | ||
| "Sleep When I'm Dead" | 68 | — | — | 84 | — | 36 | 80 | — | — | 1 | ||
| "The Perfect Boy" | 78 | — | — | 91 | — | 37 | 86 | — | — | 2 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Video albums
| Year | Album details | Certifications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Staring at the Sea: The Images | US: Platinum[16] |
The Cure Live in Japan
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| 1988 | The Cure in Orange
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US: Platinum[16] |
| 1991 | Picture Show
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US: Gold[16] |
| 1992 | Play Out
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| 1993 | Show
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| 1997 | Galore: The Videos 1987–1997
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| 2001 | Greatest Hits
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| 2003 | The Cure: Trilogy
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US: Platinum[16] GER: Gold[17] |
| 2006 | The Cure: Festival 2005
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director[27][28] |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | "10:15 Saturday Night" | Piers Bedford |
| 1980 | "A Forest" | David Hillier |
| "Play for Today" | ||
| 1981 | "Primary" | Bob Rickerd |
| "Other Voices" | ||
| "Charlotte Sometimes" | Mick Mansfield | |
| 1982 | "The Hanging Garden" | Chris Gabrin |
| "Let's Go to Bed" | Tim Pope | |
| 1983 | "The Walk" | |
| "The Lovecats" | ||
| 1984 | "The Caterpillar" | |
| 1985 | "In Between Days" | |
| "Close to Me" | ||
| 1986 | "Killing an Arab" | |
| "Boys Don't Cry" | ||
| "Jumping Someone Else's Train" | ||
| "A Night Like This" | ||
| 1987 | "Why Can't I Be You?" | |
| "Catch" | ||
| "Just Like Heaven" | ||
| 1988 | "Hot Hot Hot!!!" | |
| 1989 | "Lullaby" | |
| "Fascination Street" | ||
| "Lovesong" | ||
| 1990 | "Pictures of You" | |
| "Never Enough" | ||
| "Close to Me" (remix) | ||
| 1992 | "High" | |
| "Friday I'm in Love" | ||
| "A Letter to Elise" | Aubrey Powell | |
| 1996 | "The 13th" | Sophie Muller |
| "Mint Car" | Richard Heslop | |
| "Gone!" | Steve Hanft | |
| 1997 | "Wrong Number" | Tim Pope |
| 2001 | "Cut Here" | Richard Anthony[29] |
| "Just Say Yes" | ||
| 2004 | "The End of the World" | Floria Sigismondi[30] |
| "Taking Off" | The Saline Project[31][32] | |
| "alt.end" | ||
| 2008 | "The Only One"[33] | |
| "Freakshow"[34] | ||
| "Sleep When I'm Dead"[35] | ||
| "The Perfect Boy"[36] |
Other appearances
| Year | Track | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "One Hundred Years" (demo) | Annual Report |
| 1990 | "Hello, I Love You" | Rubáiyát |
| "Lullaby (Remix)" | Gänsehaut & Herzklopfen | |
| "A Walk With The Cure"[B] | November 90: Mixes 1 | |
| 1991 | "Close to Me (Closer Mix)" | The Brits 1991 |
| 1993 | "Purple Haze" | Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix |
| 1994 | "Burn" | The Crow soundtrack |
| 1995 | "Young Americans" | 104.9 |
| "Dredd Song" | Judge Dredd soundtrack | |
| 1998 | "World in My Eyes" | For the Masses |
| "More Than This" | The X-Files: The Album | |
| 2000 | "Watching Me Fall (Underdog Remix)" | American Psycho: Music from the Controversial Motion Picture |
| 2004 | "A Forest (Acoustic Version)" | Essential Glastonbury |
| 2005 | "Love" | Make Some Noise |
| 2007 | "Make Me Bad"/"In Between Days"[C] | MTV Unplugged: Korn |
References
- ↑ Apter, Jeff. (2006). Never Enough: The Story of the Cure. Omnibus Press. pp. 56–57. ISBN 1-84449-827-1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Roberts, David (ed.) (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th edition, London: HIT Entertainment. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "The Cure: Billboard albums". Allmusic. Retrieved on 9 July 2008.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "The Cure". Chart Stats. Retrieved on 6 November 2008.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Discography The Cure". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 6 November 2008.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NB: Information pre-1989 was published in the Kent Music Report.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Discographie The Cure". Austriancharts.at (in Austrian-German). Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Discographie The Cure". Lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Chartverfolgung / Cure, The / Longplay ". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Discografie The Cure". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Discography The Cure". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Discography The Cure". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Discography The Cure". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Discography The Cure". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 27 August 2009. Note: User needs to enter "Cure" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 "Gold and Platinum: Search Results". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Gold/Platin-Datenbank". Bundesverband Muskindustrie (in German). Retrieved on 25 September 2009.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 "Search for: cure". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
- ↑ "Chart Log UK: Chris C. – CZR". The Zobbel Website. Retrieved on 12 January 2009
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Search for: the cure". Spanishcharts.com. Retrieved on 6 November 2008.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "The Cure: Billboard singles". Allmusic. Retrieved on 6 November 2008.
- ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Cure, The / Single". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved on 6 November 2008.
- ↑ "Search the Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved on 26 November 2008. NB: user needs to enter "cure" in "Search by Artist" and click "search".
- ↑ Staring at the Seas: The Images (VHS). Fiction Records.
- ↑ Galore: The Videos 1987–1997 (VHS). Fiction Records.
- ↑ "Cure Bolsters 'Hits' With New Songs, Acoustic Disc". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved on 5 May 2010.
- ↑ "The Cure: Videos: The End Of The World". Thecure.com. Retrieved on 27 November 2008.
- ↑ "Taking Off". Geffen Records (986 449-1).
- ↑ "The Cure: A Dream Job For Us". The Saline Project. Retrieved on 28 November 2008. NB: QuickTime required.
- ↑ "The Only One". MTV UK. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.
- ↑ "Freakshow". MTV UK. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.
- ↑ "Sleep When I'm Dead". MTV UK. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.
- ↑ "The Perfect Boy". MTV UK. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.
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