Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Sleep When I'm Dead on July 15th?

From a reliable source : "Looks like “Sleep When I’m Dead” might be the July single with a July 15th street date…not sure of b-side at the moment"
And "Freakshow" is set for US release on June 10th.
(Thanks Friend of COF)
Posted by Craig at 2:58 PM

100 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 4, 2008 at 3:16 PM

    I can live with that. :)

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  2. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 3:17 PM

    Me too Shawn. And Perfect Boy in august. : )

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  3. losingsoulJune 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM

    Got my local record store on top of it. Thanks for that info.

    Took me 2 weeks to get "The Only One", hopefully the rest of the singles will be available in a smoother fashion.

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  4. sofiaJune 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM

    wait...i feel like i'm out of the loop. so is abink just an album track so far?

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  5. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 3:25 PM

    Sofia - we're not even sure it will make the Sept. album yet. Only RS knows for sure and he ain't talking. : )

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  6. His HolinessJune 4, 2008 at 3:30 PM

    since those are the 4 tracks that consistently make it into the setlists, of course there's no reason to doubt that they are the 4 singles.

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  7. AnonymousJune 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM

    A Boy I Never Knew should be a single. Period. It's superior to The Perfect Boy, and I think that it has the potential to be a hit.

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  8. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 3:33 PM

    No way, Perfect Boy stomps all over the Boy INK, then beats it up with Sofia's boxing gloves. : )

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  9. AnonymousJune 4, 2008 at 3:40 PM

    Craig, do I have to come down to NO and turn you into the Krewe of Orpheus' next float? Stop talking smack! :P

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  10. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 3:42 PM

    I'd prefer to be a Bacchus float, but let's not get into that. : )

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  11. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 3:44 PM

    confirmed: b-side is a cover of 'never gonna give you up.' we've all been curerolled!

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  12. BeauJune 4, 2008 at 3:46 PM

    Hmm seems like the singles plan has changed quite a lot since last October.
    Three singles "One poppy, one dancey and one sad" (Paraphrasing).

    ABINK wouldn't be a good single, imo. Its too sad and serious.

    But A perfect boy and Sleep when i'm dead could be good :).

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  13. sofiaJune 4, 2008 at 3:53 PM

    i'll be wearing my fancy dress boxing gloves for the radio city show, craig. the lacey ones. it will be difficult to text, but not impossible! ;D

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  14. AnonymousJune 4, 2008 at 4:00 PM

    Too sad and serious? What would you consider something like November Rain, Crucify, Winter, Dear God A Letter to Elise, etc.

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  15. AnonymousJune 4, 2008 at 4:01 PM

    Oops, forgot to add the comma between the last two song titles.

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  16. BeauJune 4, 2008 at 4:07 PM

    shawn-w: You might not agree with me here but I consider A letter to Elise to be happier and less sadder than AKINK.
    I can't think of a Cure single that has ever been very sad or serious, even POY and ALTE have have musical arrengements that can be considered to be happy and uplifting in parts.

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  17. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM

    "AKINK."

    don't let clockwise cat see that abbreviation.

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  18. BeauJune 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM

    Urgh, posted to earlier

    P.S However, I think ABINK should be a album only track because it doesn't have that uplifting or slightly playful tune which come along with most Cure singles.

    I probably make no sense at all :|.

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  19. BeauJune 4, 2008 at 4:11 PM

    monkeybutt: I knew someone would spot that, grrr. ;).

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  20. AnahJune 4, 2008 at 4:14 PM

    Horray for pre-orders, I love Freak Show <3

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  21. vJune 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM

    MonkeyButt: I wanna hear Rick Astley do a cover of "Club America".

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  22. BernieJune 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM

    I´m with shawn. ABINK could be good single. Why can´t be a single slow, sad and serious? Of course i like SWID and PB, but why not something different?

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  23. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 4:17 PM

    v, that would be freaking great. maybe i would like the song if it had an uber-disco beat.

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  24. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 4:17 PM

    anah, do you actually have the single? how's that possible?

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  25. AnonymousJune 4, 2008 at 4:19 PM

    What about A Forest, Other Voices, or The Hanging Garden? Also, what about Robert's stuff with The Glove, specifically Punish Me With Kisses?

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  26. vJune 4, 2008 at 4:19 PM

    MonkeyButt: Could a Rick Astley song have anything but a great beat? ;)

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  27. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 4:21 PM

    Anah - you have it?!?! Hi, remember me, I'm your best friend. And best friends always share, right? : )

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  28. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 4:27 PM

    lol, craig.

    has anah ever posted here? if we never hear from him/her again, it was probably just a troll trying to get a rise out of us and laughing as we freak out wondering how someone could have the new cure single a week early and is enjoying the studio version and the b-side that none of us have ever heard before. not that i'm freaking out. i'm not freaking out at all. i don't care if someone else has it and i don't. i don't mind that someone else is listening to it and i'm not. doesn't bother me a bit. i'm not concerned at all. not even a little.

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  29. sofiaJune 4, 2008 at 4:28 PM

    i love being rickrolled on cure messageboards






    :|

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  30. BeauJune 4, 2008 at 4:31 PM

    shawn-w: I agree with you there, espcially with other voices. However, Cure singles now are completely different from the way they were then: almost every cure single since 1983 then has a commercial feel to them. I don't think Robert would release a completely downbeat song (Sad lyrics, music, overtones) again.

    I don't know what it is really but I never felt as if ABINK was a single ish type of song, to me it would be like if they'd released The Loudest Sound as a single. I think i'd find it a bit odd to be honest.
    As I said, I probably make no sense :S.

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  31. AnahJune 4, 2008 at 4:38 PM

    You guys are silly, no I don't have it yet. I'm just happy that I pre-ordered the pack from Ideal Copy and just get them auto shipped when they get released.

    I would love to say I have it, and you don't-but alas, I am not that well connected! I wish!

    And no, I haven't really posted here yet, but have been a CoF'er (LOL) for years.



    <333
    .A

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  32. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 4:40 PM

    Yeah, I thought that was you Anah. Thanks for not holding out on me and Monkey. : )

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  33. Clockwise CatJune 4, 2008 at 4:40 PM

    Cool... it goes from worst to best. Wonder if that's deliberate?

    The Only One
    Freakshow
    SWID
    APB

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  34. AnonymousJune 4, 2008 at 4:41 PM

    Oh, and to Beau, I'm not saying that you're wrong in your opinion, but the band should really try something different instead of making every pop song a single, and other bands have released singles that were serious in tone and scored big. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I know that my eyes begin to glaze over when all I hear is pop pop pop. Something different would get my attention.

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  35. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 4:41 PM

    thanks anah. ;)

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  36. Clockwise CatJune 4, 2008 at 4:44 PM

    oh, and ABINK should NOT be a single. It's wonderful, but NO.

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  37. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 4:45 PM

    in my opinion, the only one is vastly superior to what i've heard of freakshow so far, and i'm even less enamored of sleep when i'm dead than i was initially. i've been listening to the only one repeatedly, on headphones and in my car, and it's really a great fucking song. there's so much more going on than at first listen.

    i agree on the perfect boy, however. that song's the best. totally love it.

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  38. BeauJune 4, 2008 at 4:45 PM

    Hmmmm, I would like a bit of diversity too :) but I do have this really odd feeking about having ABINK as a single for some reason. Ahh well :).

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  39. BeauJune 4, 2008 at 4:47 PM

    Feeking?
    Freudian slips galore tonight.
    I mean "feeling".

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  40. Clockwise CatJune 4, 2008 at 4:50 PM

    monkeybutt, in one of the live vids of one of the cali shows, the only one sounded awesome. as is sometimes the case with cure songs, it sounds better live.

    i don't dig the studio version, though. still lovin' EOTW more. ;-)

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  41. AnonymousJune 4, 2008 at 4:52 PM

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  42. sofiaJune 4, 2008 at 4:53 PM

    i can't even think of what any of the songs sound like right now, frankly. summer flus are the worst.

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  43. AnonymousJune 4, 2008 at 4:53 PM

    I guess that "13th" thing hasn't really worked out, huh? Close enough, though. We still get a single a month.

    I'm quite looking forward to "Freakshow", but I've put all my single pre-orders on delay because I don't wanna get too distracted from my school work until its done.

    Big thanks to you, Craig, for letting us know the amazon.ca link offered the CDs at $1.99, since I would have stopped checking!

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  44. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 4:57 PM

    again, i'm just glad i'm ten minutes from amoeba.

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  45. AnahJune 4, 2008 at 5:01 PM

    Craig-

    Did I read it right that you were at the show liast night? I wish I would have known, I was there too.

    And interestingly enough, happened to have a seat right next to Autumn from the Pictures Of You site.

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  46. ChristianZJune 4, 2008 at 5:03 PM

    Anybody ever notice that the term "poppy" (and I'm not talking about the stuff opium comes from) is only used in relation to The Cure and no other band?

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  47. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 5:07 PM

    anah - no, that was a different Craig. I was here in NO doing the live updates. : )

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  48. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 5:08 PM

    unless it's the stuff opium comes from, i'm not interested in talking about it...

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  49. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 5:13 PM

    cat, i hear you about EOTW.

    meaning, you're nuts. :D

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  50. Clockwise CatJune 4, 2008 at 5:16 PM

    LOL.

    i do think APB is the best of the three (EOTW, TOO, and ABP), though. Unless Robert goes all Ross Robinson and screws up the studio version.

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  51. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 5:21 PM

    this is one song that i could totally hear with a harder edge (TPB). at the bowl, they were riffing pretty hard (with that cure style behind it, of course) and it was just great. reminded me of a 70s rock tune, of all things. in a good way.

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  52. AnahJune 4, 2008 at 5:23 PM

    "...Unless Robert goes all Ross Robinson and screws up the studio version."

    I wonder what Robert really thinks of the last album. And on the same note, I wonder what Porl thought of it.

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  53. Clockwise CatJune 4, 2008 at 5:25 PM

    mb: well, robert has been mining his classic rock influences a lot on the last coupla albums, and seemingly for this one too. i like that. i love that brdb sounds all 70s hard rock. and yes, apb sounds a bit like that too, but with the signature cure sound permeating.

    i pray to buddha that he don't fuck up the studio versions, though!

    i have too much time to worry about such ultimately trivial things. :-)

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  54. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 5:25 PM

    anah, that's a great question. i often think of porl listening to the albums the cure has released since he left after wish, and wondering what his thoughts were on all of them.

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  55. vJune 4, 2008 at 5:26 PM

    I wonder what Mathieu Hartley thought of it.

    ;)

    Seriously, tho, I also wonder how Robert feels about Ross Robinson's work in retrospect.

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  56. Clockwise CatJune 4, 2008 at 5:27 PM

    anah: my sense is that he probably still likes it, but can hear the flaws a bit more. i think its main flaw is the mix/production. other than that, most of the songs are great. imo. :-)

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  57. RandyJune 4, 2008 at 5:28 PM

    except EOTW...

    BAZOOOOOM!

    *flees*

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  58. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 5:30 PM

    Well, at least we know what Simon, Roger and Perry thought of the album, and of double R. : )

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  59. Clockwise CatJune 4, 2008 at 5:34 PM

    man alive, what surreal times those were four years ago. such "promise" with RR, and such a letdown as far as the mix (in some parts, anyway - with some songs it worked). and such a HUGE letdown with the tracklist/multiple version fiasco. i really love parts of the cure a lot, but i just find it a travesty about the thousand diff versions and the exclusion of tgb and tm and gn.

    of course, i'm a broken record by now...

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  60. vJune 4, 2008 at 5:34 PM

    Clockwise: Seen anything interesting on YouTube today? ;)

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  61. BeauJune 4, 2008 at 5:35 PM

    I sometimes wonder what Andy Anderson thought in 1989 and 1992. Same goes for Michael Dempsey and Phil Thornalley.

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  62. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 5:37 PM

    V - poor Jo is still asleep. she'll have a nice surprise waiting for her. : )

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  63. vJune 4, 2008 at 5:40 PM

    Craig: And how! :) Damn! Quite a view...

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  64. vJune 4, 2008 at 5:40 PM

    Craig: Do you know if the Cat saw it?

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  65. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 5:42 PM

    V - Yes, Cat saw it. Her comments were predictable. : )

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  66. vJune 4, 2008 at 5:43 PM

    Craig: Okay! Just making sure she didn't somehow miss it.

    (It being the video, of course!)

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  67. CraigJune 4, 2008 at 5:45 PM

    And Jo IS awake now. : )

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  68. vJune 4, 2008 at 5:47 PM

    Craig: Woo hoo. :)

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  69. altr2eliseJune 4, 2008 at 5:50 PM

    Jo is WIDE-AWAKE now!!!!! But has to get ready for work :(.

    Have fun everyone.

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  70. vJune 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM

    Lol Elise!!! :) Have a good day at work. :)

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  71. AnahJune 4, 2008 at 5:54 PM

    I'm curious about Porl's opinion because it wasn't shortly after that album was out that The Hammer Came Down, and we Porl replace Roger and Perry.

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  72. BernieJune 4, 2008 at 6:07 PM

    I think Porl doesn´t like wms either

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  73. PhoenixAeternumJune 4, 2008 at 6:11 PM

    If there is a Christmas album, I strongly suspect A Boy I Never Knew will be on it.

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  74. mehrlichtJune 4, 2008 at 7:49 PM

    I thunk "Sleep When I'm Dead" makes a great comeback killer single

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  75. mehrlichtJune 4, 2008 at 7:49 PM

    I think "Sleep When I'm Dead" makes a great comeback killer single

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  76. sofiaJune 4, 2008 at 8:39 PM

    can i tell you what i think of bloodflowers and ross robinson?

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  77. Clockwise CatJune 4, 2008 at 8:40 PM

    Simon is a punk-hunk with some fine assets. :-)

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  78. ChristianZJune 4, 2008 at 8:42 PM

    "can i tell you what i think of bloodflowers and ross robinson?"

    As long as you realize that Ross had nothing to do with Bloodflowers.

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  79. christl d.June 4, 2008 at 9:09 PM

    i thought the singles would all come out on the 13th of each month *gets upset*. is that still the plan, or?

    monkeybutt - if you live near amoeba, then we live close to each other 0_0

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  80. sofiaJune 5, 2008 at 1:35 AM

    christianz,

    pfft. obviously you don't know me very well!

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  81. sofiaJune 5, 2008 at 1:35 AM

    but my opinion of both is the same.

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  82. revoltJune 5, 2008 at 4:28 AM

    "What about A Forest, Other Voices, or The Hanging Garden?"

    Actually, I think "Other Voices" was never released as a single, or am I wrong? It appears in the "Staring at the Sea" CD and video but was not included in the original "Standing on a Beach" LP compilation.

    Anyway, don't forget "Charlotte Sometimes". That was a pretty melancholic single.

    But the greatest missing opportunity was "One More Time". That had all the potential to be asuccessful slow romantic single back in 1987. I can imagine Cure fans singing it with Robert in concerts all over the world. A pity, they never even play it live, nowadays...

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  83. revoltJune 5, 2008 at 5:39 AM

    "Anybody ever notice that the term "poppy" (and I'm not talking about the stuff opium comes from) is only used in relation to The Cure and no other band?"

    Well, Siouxsie & The Banshees do have a song called "Poppy Day". I suppose it sometimes gets mentioned in reviews of the "Join Hands" album...

    Although it's true that that song mentions "poppy fields" and I don´t think it's referring to Robert Smith singing "The Lovecats" in some Yorkshire countryside landscape...

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  84. perfect.murderJune 5, 2008 at 6:24 AM

    This is fast forwarding from earlier posts, but totally agreed, A Boy I Never Knew would work great as a single...And they can afford to do that.... (having 4 singles out in a row), To have one that's not too upbeat does make sense..It is such a great song..It really grew on me on the European tour...Elsewhere on this site i moaned about how lucky you guys have been to have so many new songs played during the U.S tour(what with Want, The Big Hand etc last night), but You are missing out on ABINK....It's huge!

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  85. BaaderonixJune 5, 2008 at 8:43 AM

    A Boy I Never Knew will never be a ingle and rightly so. This really feels like an album track. The Cure have some melancholy singles but they all have some anthemic dimension (Charlotte, Pictures of You, Hanging Garden). Singles either have to be catchy or somehow make you curious about the album (the reviled "13th" managed to do both at the same time!). ABINK does neither.

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  86. perfect.murderJune 5, 2008 at 11:10 AM

    "Singles either have to be catchy or somehow make you curious about the album..ABINK does neither"....well excuse me but it makes me very curious about the album, that's for sure!!!

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  87. RandyJune 5, 2008 at 11:31 AM

    i think the title of the song should actually be changed to ABINK. it has that certain mysterious quality we've come to expect from the cure.

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  88. AnonymousJune 5, 2008 at 11:51 AM

    revolt, you're right. I'd always thought of Other Voices and A Night Like This as singles, but they never were, nor were 10:15 Saturday Night or Play for Today. Hmm, well I guess that Duran Duran isn't alone in making music videos for songs that were never singles.

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  89. MarcoJune 5, 2008 at 1:06 PM

    i cant believe they release 'freak show" as a single...its not good enough for a b-side...what are they thinking????? I am a cure fan...but some things i will never understand (end of the world...single...WTF)...

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  90. RandyJune 5, 2008 at 1:07 PM

    calling clockwise cat, party of 1?

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  91. hynreckandjoeJune 5, 2008 at 1:40 PM

    What kind of singles would you rather have Marco?
    For me, even bad cure is good cure.
    Freakshow is different and interesting.

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  92. perfect.murderJune 5, 2008 at 2:34 PM

    @Monkey butt....hilarious thanks....where is she?

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  93. lysdexiaJune 5, 2008 at 9:52 PM

    APB is the most complete song of the 4. It grabs you immediately, passion aside, it is the single you want out when they introduce the album. I liked it of course as a fan, but when fair weathered critics gravitate towards it, as they did ealier in the northeast, it speaks volumes about the over all appeal. They know what they are doing.

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  94. Clockwise CatJune 6, 2008 at 10:10 AM

    I like Freakshow. I don't LOVE it so far, though. But at least it's diff. Whatevs. Bring on the fucking album. :-)

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  95. JPXJune 6, 2008 at 11:12 AM

    I have a feeling that the studio cut of Freak Show might sound a bit better. I actually like it. In fact, I've been 100% pleased with all the new stuff. This is shaping up to be the best album since Wish (imho).

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  96. JPXJune 6, 2008 at 11:15 AM

    There is no way that we're getting a "Christmas album", it makes no sense whatsoever. Is Robert going to release "Dream 13" in September and then another new album in December? No way, that's just a fantasy. I mean, just getting Dream 13 out has been a difficult pregnancy, the damn thing is still crowning!

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  97. vJune 6, 2008 at 11:16 AM

    JPX: Great analogy - and imagery - there! Haha!! :D

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  98. JPXJune 6, 2008 at 11:21 AM

    Seriously, this has been the most painful release of an album I've ever experienced. Instead of getting it all at once we're getting it in drips and drabs via concerts and single releases. I love all the new stuff and I just want Robert to push the damn thing out already - I'll even cut the cord =)

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  99. RandyJune 6, 2008 at 11:30 AM

    ewwwwwww. bloody dripping screaming newborn curebaby!

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  100. hynreckandjoeJune 6, 2008 at 3:02 PM

    Yea should be bloody 13 or somethin'!

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