The Cure - Head on the Door (180 Gram Vinyl) [Import]

The Cure - Head on the Door (180 Gram Vinyl) [Import]The Cure: Robert Smith (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Porl Thompson (guitar, keyboards); Laurence Tolhurst (keyboards); Simon Gallup (bass); Boris Williams (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Ron Howe (saxophone). Producers: Robert Smith, Dave Allen, Howard Gray. With THE HEAD ON THE DOOR Robert Smith and the boys achieve a distinctively Cure like pop sensibility. These 10 songs combine the dreary dreamscape that is Smith's mind with melodies

it’s staggering to realize that Sonic Youth not only delivered a healthy slab of releases as a unit but also have a myriad of shelved material still waiting for broader ears

but its members - particularly guitarist Brian Mcmahan - never subscribed to the 'keep it simple

Though the score was first released in 1970

and the amazing Yoshico on drums

On Gold & Green

The band is a mixture of new and old Chicago talent

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continue to mine the same breadth of styles made familiar on The Gathering and Song of the Pearl

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