A Forest / Another Journey by Train

by The Cure

A Forest / Another Journey by Train cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 8 April 1980
  • Label: Fiction
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 6:57
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike Hedges, Robert Smith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A landmark single that crystallized The Cure's early dark aesthetic and provided their first entry into the UK Top 40. Driven by a relentless, motorik-inspired drum beat and Robert Smith's flanger-drenched, icy guitar lines, the track evokes a sense of claustrophobic dread and disorientation. The stark production firmly established the sonic vocabulary for the ensuing gothic rock and coldwave subcultures.

Genres

Descriptors: forest, atmospheric, synth, dance, minimal

Tracklist

  1. A Forest (3:54)
  2. Another Journey By Train (3:03)

Credits

  • The Cure - primary artist
  • Laurence Tolhurst - written-by
  • Matthieu Hartley - written-by
  • Simon Gallup - written-by

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