The Cure
Staring at the Sea: The Singles
Label:  Elektra 
Date:  1986
Length:  0:00
Format:  CD
Genre:  Rock; Gothic Rock
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Killing An Arab    
      2.  
      		 10:15 Saturday Night    
      3.  
      		 Boys Don't Cry    
      4.  
      		 Jumping Someone Else's Train    
      5.  
      		 A Forest    
      6.  
      		 Play For Today    
      7.  
      		 Primary    
      8.  
      		 Other Voices    
      9.  
      		 Charlotte Sometimes    
      10.  
      		 The Hanging Garden    
      11.  
      		 Let's Go To Bed    
      12.  
      		 The Walk    
      13.  
      		 The Lovecats    
      14.  
      		 The Caterpillar    
      15.  
      		 In Between Days    
      16.  
      		 Close To Me    
      17.  
      		 A Night Like This    
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      Big and moody, Staring at the Sea compiles some hits and near misses of these excavators of the dark soul. Beginning with their earliest hits--the sparse "Killing an Arab," the aptly tedious "10:15 Saturday Night," and the charming "Boys Don't Cry"--this collection stops before the comparative giddiness of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. Musicians first, brooding art types second, The Cure's unique instrumentation doesn't get the credit it rightfully deserves. The thrashy, trash-can break in "Jumping Someone Else's Train," the sprightly synthesized recorder of "Close to Me," and the techno-pop disco lines in "Let's Go to Bed" and "The Walk" are downright brilliant in their effectiveness and simplicity. A string of money shots if ever there was one. --Steve Gdula