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Sunday, January 28, 2018

I didn't get this rarities album when it came out but it  gives me an excuse to re-visit 1985 and a favourite album  'In Between Days

On this day in music history: January 27, 2004 - “Join The Dots: B-sides & Rarities 1978 -2001 (The Fiction Years)” by The Cure is released (UK release is on January 26, 2004). Produced by The Cure, Robert Smith, Chris Parry, Phil Thornalley, Dave M. Allen, Steve Nye, Mike Hedges and Paul Corkett, it is recorded at Various Studios from 1978 - 2001. The seventy track, four CD box set is a compilation of non-LP B-sides, other rare tracks and previously unreleased remixes by the band recorded between 1978 and 2001. The set also includes a booklet featuring commentary on each track by band leader Robert Smith as well as an overview of the band’s history up until the time of the compilations’ release. “Join The Dots: B-sides & Rarities 1978 - 2001 (The Fiction Years)” peaks at number ninety eight on the UK album chart and number one hundred six on the Billboard Top 200.

Loved In Between Days . . . .fine fine album and the titular track is classic Cure, the wobble on the instruments in this track, The Exploding Boy, is really haunting/disturbing/distressing . . . . . . . I love it!

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