The Cure "Let's Go to Bed" (1982) (single)

FICS 17

Let's Go to Bed, 7'' single
release date: Nov. 15, 1982
format: vinyl (FICS 17)
[single rate: 3 / 5] [3,16]
producer: Chris Parry
label: Fiction Records - nationality: England, UK

Tracklist: A) "Let's Go to Bed" (3 / 5) - - B) "Just One Kiss" (3,5 / 5)

7'' single by The Cure. The aftermath of the album Pornography (May 1982) saw some changes within the band. Simon Gallup left, and Steve Goulding was included to play drums while Laurence Tolhurst changed his role as drummer to handling keyboards. This new setup introduces a major step into a totally new direction only few months after the release of their darkest and most sinister album. I never liked this transition period very much, and simply found it too pop-polished, although, I know that Robert Smith hated "Top of the Pops" but still felt that he could embrace that culture by making it different. I just don't think he succeeds well on this nor on the next few attempts but eventually he did get it right.