Artist:
Cure, The
Overview:
For many of us, our first introduction to Gothic.
Format:
CD
Additional Info.:
With THE HEAD ON THE DOOR Robert Smith and the boys achieve a distinctively Cure-like pop sensibility. These 10 songs combine the dreary dreamscape that is Smith's mind with melodies that are about as catchy as Goth music gets (just try not clapping your hands to "Close to Me"). Included on the album are "In Between Days" and "A Night Like This," each a successful single, and each a staple of the Cure's live show. Despite the gloom, this album represents perhaps the Cure's first real pop effort. It also represents a transition from the sparse instrumentation that characterizes the early Cure sound, to the fuller, more complex incarnation typical of the almost psychedelic soundscapes of later albums.
Originally released in 1985; rereleased with bonus CD on August 8, 2006.

Track Listing:

CD1:
1. In Between Days
2. Kyoto Song
3. Blood, The
4. Six Different Ways
5. Push
6. Baby Screams, The
7. Close To Me
8. Night Like This, A
9. Screw
10. Sinking

CD2:
1. Inbetween Days (RS Home demo)
2. Inwood (RS Home demo)
3. Push (RS Home demo)
4. Innsbruck (RS Home demo)
5. Stop Dead (Studio demo)
6. Mansolidgone (Studio demo)
7. Screw (Studio demo)
8. Lime Time (Studio demo)
9. Kyoto Song (Studio demo)
10. A Few Hours After This... (Studio demo)
11. Six Different Ways (Studio demo)
12. A Man Inside My Mouth (Studio demo)
13. A Night Like This (Studio demo)
14. The Exploding Boy (Studio demo)
15. Close To Me (Studio demo)
16. The Baby Screams (live bootleg)