Greatest Hits

by The Cure

Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 13 November 2001
  • Label: Fiction
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:13:03
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Matthieu Hartley, Steve Lyon, Steve Goulding, Robert Smith, Jason Cooper, David M. Allen, Laurence Tolhurst, Chris Parry, instruments, Andy Anderson, Phil Thornalley, Boris Williams, Mike Hedges, Mark Saunders, Reeves Gabrels, Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, Michael Dempsey, Perry Bamonte, Mark Plati, Roger O'Donnell

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Mandated by the conclusion of their long-standing contract with Fiction Records, this compilation updates their singles discography through the 1990s. While Robert Smith publicly opposed its release, the sequencing accurately reflects the group's massive commercial transition from sparse gothic rock into vibrant, stadium-filling alternative pop. Accompanied by two new tracks, it effectively summarizes their era of peak global visibility following 'Disintegration' and 'Wish'.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, atmospheric, synth, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Boys Don't Cry (2:42)
  2. A Forest (4:44)
  3. Let's Go To Bed (3:34)
  4. The Lovecats (3:40)
  5. The Caterpillar (3:42)
  6. Inbetween Days (2:58)
  7. Close To Me (3:42)
  8. Why Can't I Be You? (3:14)
  9. Just Like Heaven (3:32)
  10. Lullaby (4:11)
  11. Love Song (3:28)
  12. Pictures Of You (4:49)
  13. Never Enough (4:28)
  14. High (3:35)
  15. Friday I'm In Love (3:35)
  16. Mint Car (3:29)
  17. Wrong Number (6:01)
  18. Cut Here (4:10)
  19. Just Say Yes (3:29)

Credits

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