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| FIXH 10 |
release date: Oct. 16, 1984
format: vinyl (FIXH 10)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,42]
producer: Dave Allen [David M. Allen], The Cure
label: Fiction Records - nationality: England, UK
1st live album by The Cure. The album is quite fine as documentation. The tracks were recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, on May 9 & 10, 1984, and in Oxford, May 5, 1984. Although, the concerts were held after The Cure had been engaged in seeking out a new style, and after turning its back on gloomy gothic rock, this album, with the exception of three compositions, only document the old days with tracks from the band's first four albums. In that way the album seemed like a strange release. Anyway, when you know the first albums it's fine but also incoherent with tracks of synth pop in between.
[ allmusic.com 3 / 5 stars ]
