The Cure - The Cure - Greatest Hits

An unimpressive album, used only a couple great tracks, otherwise n good. And the worst part is it can not be ripped by a computer! ...what gives!?

The Cure are a unique band with some very memorable songs. This is interesting because Robert Smith chose the tracks himself, and artists are often the biggest critics of their own work. He has chosen well and if you're a Cure fan, it's a very nostalgic listen. It just goes to show what great songwriters they are.

Unlike some greatest hits album, this is a certifiable jewel. The classics keep coming at the listener from #1 until the end of the record. I'd rate this a 9/10 and have since purchased a second copy for my girl friend's car as well. I enjoyed this music the greatest when sipping on wine with the lights low and candles lit. A must buy for any Cure fan!

I only bought this Cd because I wanted Boys Don't Cry, Friday I'm in LoveMint Car, Lovesong, and The Lovecats, I never really listened to the other songs before, expect for some that are on the Boys Don't Cry album and their Disintegration album. But I started listening to the entire CD, and now I love it! All the songs are amazing!

...the fact all of the songs on this particular greatest hits album are remastered. Yes there have been several greatest hits albums before, but none sound like this. I have compared the CDs I have back to back with this one and as good as the originals (and other hit compilations) sound there is night and day difference. Even the album Galore is not as clean and crisp as this one, albeit just a small difference between the two. I know it sucks for those of you who already have the songs, but then again if you want the best of the best mastering you have to buy this CD.

For those of you who do not have a lot of Cure music this is the CD to get. You get (of course) all of the hits in what's currently the best reproduction possible. If you're a diehard fan and want some of those classics to stand out on your stereo you might want to go ahead and swallow that pride and get the CD. It's worth checking out.

Clasic songs of The Cure. If you are not a big fan of The Cure (if you're a fan, you probably have the original albums)or if you don't know this band, buy this CD.

I'm not a huge Cure fan - not that I dislike them, I'm just not one whose bought all their albums and learned all about the band and everything. I bought this back in 2002 from Columbia House as part of the 15 CDs for $0.01, and thought it was kinda cool. One thing I noticed when listening to this recently was that the DEFINITIVE Cure song (IMO) is not on here: "Pictures of You". Instead "Never Enough" IS on here and I don't even know where that came from; maybe it's from their MIXED UP cd(?). Anyway, I don't like that song and don't think it goes along with the rest of what's on here. There woulda been no problem with "Pictures of You" being included and I think it sticks out like a sore thumb not being on here...I'm almost tempted to give this 2 stars just for that, but the fact of the matter is 16 out of 18 of the songs on here are still good(+++) ("Never Enough" and one of the new songs I don't like).

This is a quick and good enough reference for those who like the most essential songs of The Cure released until 2000. The only songs I miss in this compilation is "The Caterpillar", which was featured in their first "Staring at the Sea" compilation. The CD covers the classics such as "Boys Don't Cry", "In Between Days" and "Close to Me", a perfect fit for the occasional fan.

For you guitarists out there, there is a companion tab book to this CD. So if your Cure collection is not 100% complete, you can buy this CD and have all the songs in the books. Very helpful!

This is a great cd, that offers some "old" stuff and some "new" stuff all in 1 cd. After the 80's tapes that have long been "borrowed" and all the songs I wanted to hear again, they are here on this cd. Only a couple missing, which would have made this cd the "motts", but I guess that's why it's not called the all time greatest hits. Not a bad cd at all, worth the bucks.

I bought this cd only for about 3 songs but after listening to the cd I found that I liked every song on the cd. My friends and I love to listen to it in the car. Its such a great cd, and you totally get your moneys worth.

For a greatest hits collection, you are much better off getting "Staring at the Sea" and/or "Galore", depending on whether you like early Cure, later Cure or both. But the one thing you should not miss from this latest greatest hits package is the song "Cut Here". It is one of the most lovely songs the Cure has done in a long while, including some of Robert Smith's most personal and heartfelt lyrics. (It is about Billy MacKenzie; check wikipedia for more info.) Musically, the 6-string bass evokes the heyday of both the Cure and New Order. Don't miss out on this gem. Download that track or find a copy of the import cd single or get a used copy of "Greatest Hits" just for this song. You'll be glad you did.

If "Staring at the Sea", undoubtadly one of the best greatest hits albums ever released period, was for casual listeners, then "Greatest Hits" is for ultra casual Cure fans only. We get many songs that we would come to expect when seeing a Cure disc with this title on the cover: "Boys Don't Cry", "Inbetween Days", "Close To Me", "Why Can't I Be You?", "Lovesong", and "Friday I'm in Love" are here as they should be, while two songs recorded just for this release, "Cut Here" and "Just Say Yes", are included as well. Both songs are pretty decent enough, but nothing real special to make completists rush out to get this if they own every Cure album and "Staring at the Sea" and "Galore". There is nothing from "Bloodflowers" included here, nor is fan favorite song "Burn" from The Crow soundtrack or breakthrough hit "Pictures of You", which leads one to wonder what the point of putting this together was (well, besides to make a little extra dough, then again, that was the reason this was made, but I disgress). That aside, there's nothing bad to be found here, and "Greatest Hits" is instantly enjoyable for ultra casual fans who don't own any other Cure discs or compilations.

"The Cure: Greatest Hits" is not completely literal to the title, regarding the selection of songs which Robert Smith chose to include on the album.

That being said, however, it still remains an excellent compilation of some of The Cure's most memorable work, and would make an especially great "starter-album" for newer fans.

Among the best songs included on "Greatest Hits:" Just Like Heaven, Lullaby, A Forest, Lovesong, Friday I'm in Love, and Boys Don't Cry.

It is unfortunate, however, in my opinion, that Robert chose to exclude several other of The Cure's most famous singles, such as Charlotte Sometimes, A Letter to Elise, Play for Today, The Caterpillar, and Pictures of You - as well as more epic works, such as Faith - instead opting to feature such lesser-beloved songs as Mint Car, Wrong Number, and Just Say Yes.

If possible, it would be better to get this album in conjunction with "Join the Dots: B-sides and Rarities" than to get it as only a stand-alone. The two go very well together, and as a duo they fill many gaps.

Nevertheless, to those unable to get both, I would still highly recommend "The Cure: Greatest Hits" even in itself to novice listeners who do not yet own any other albums by The Cure. It is only a fragment of the greatest which Robert Smith and The Cure have to offer, yet it is still a good place to start.

I am very happy with this CD. Love Robert Smith. Great service from seller and a bargain.

Fantastic,great selection of Classics by this fantastic Band.Great for old fans or new ones alike.Absolutely loved it.

This is one of those CD's that goes in the player in the car and never comes out. I love the line up...all of my favorite Cure songs along with some I don't remember as clearly. A definite must-have.

Excellent!!! Great Music to listen and dance too!!!! I recommend it to everyone especially new fans. Enjoy!!!!

...and this is the list of songs they should put on the compilation


Disc 1.
The Singles:1979-1987

1.Killing an Arab
2.10:15 Saturday Night
3.Boys Don't Cry
4.Jumping Someonelse'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.Inbetween Days
16.Close to me
17.A Night Like This
18.Why Can't I Be You?
19.Catch
20.Just Like Heaven
21.Hot Hot Hot!!!

Disc 2.
The Singles:1989-2004

1.Lullaby
2.Fascination Street
3.Lovesong
4.Pictures of You
5.Never Enough
6.Closr to me(Closer Mix)
7.High
8.Friday I'm in Love
9.A Letter to Elise
10.The 13th
11.Mint Car
12.Strange Attraction
13.Gone!
14.Wrong Number
15.Out of this World
16.Maybe Someday
17.Cut Here
18.Just Say Yes
19.The End of the World
20.Alt.End
21.Us or Them

I found this info on the Internet; I haven't verified it yet.

1) Go to the song select. There is a hidden star after "Just Say Yes" that shows the "Greatest Hits" album cover.
2) "The Caterpillar" Highlight "The Walk" and press down, right, right.

3) "Close To Me (Closer Mix)" Highlight "Close To Me" and press up, up, up.

4) "Pictures Of You" Highlight "Friday I'm In Love" and press down, down, down.

All 18 videos are under Title 1, Chapters, 1-18.

All 6 acoustic videos are under Title 2, Chapters 1-6.

The Cover of the Greatest Hits album is under Title 3, Chapter 1.
There are three bonus videos:

"The Caterpillar" is under Title 4, Chapter 1.

"Pictures of You" is under Title 5, Chapter 1.

"Close to Me (Closer Mix)" is under Title 6, Chapter 1.

All of the videos, including the live and hidden videos are available in both 5.1 and stereo mixes.

A career overview of tracks selected by Robert Smith, "Greatest Hits" may be a bit of a misnomer, at least here in the United States, but nonetheless this proves to be a fine overview of the Cure's tenure with Fiction Records-- the only shortcoming of the piece is that as a single disc, selection had to be carefully performed and a number of critical pieces were omitted.

The album opens with one of the band's early singles, the moody "Boys Don't Cry" and tracks their time with Fiction, from the early, somewhat bleak stuff ("A Forest") to the flirtations with pop ("Close to Me", "Why Can't I Be You?", "Just Like Heaven", breakthrough "Friday I'm in Love") to funky experiments (horn-laden single mix of "Close to Me", which is vastly superior to the album mix, "Mixed Up" new track "Never Enough") and the bleaker pieces the band's reputation centers around ("Lovesong"). The collection also includes a pair of new tracks-- "Cut Here" and "Just Say Yes". Both are driven by programmed rhythms and while "Cut Here" is decent enough, I actually find the somewhat forced ecstacy of "Just Say Yes" to be downright irritating.

But there is a lot missing, and with the record clocking in at only 68 minutes, there was room for a bit more-- no "Killing An Arab" or "10:15 Saturday Night" from their early days, nothing at all from "Faith", "Pornography" or "The Top", with several pieces from those albums being fine candidates ("Shake Dog Shake", "Primary", non-album track "Charolotte Sometimes", "The Hanging Garden" or live set feature "One Hundred Years") and a noticably absent "Pictures of You" from "Disintegration" (curiously, it was included on the European release of the record). Maybe a two disc set would have served better, but certainly some of these could have been included with some songs quite frankly making me wonder why they were chosen in place of those ("High" for example).

Still, no collection is perfect, and this one does a pretty good job at what it targets. If you're new to the band, it's a decent overview.

A final note, when the album was initially released, it included a bonus disc with acoustic renditions of all the songs on the record-- fans will want to track this one down.

If you like the greatest hits by the Cure, you will like the greatest hits album by the Cure. No brainer.

every cd put out by the cure is wonderful! if you are a serious cure fan like me defiently should get this cd!

stop crying everyone. get over it. so 'pictures of you' isnt on this album. it doesnt matter, every song on here is great, and essentially there most popular songs from the charts.

UNBELIEVABLE! the cure are the best band ever.

Around the turn of the century, record companies began to released one disc compilations that attempted to take artists with a ton of output and try to make an 80 minute attempt to capture the essentials. Needless to say, all of these attempts have failed. Great songs were overlooked, and instead of giving a quality overview of the band, one got instead the feeling of being ripped off. The Cure's Greatest Hits falls victim to the one disc overview.

A greatet hit album serves two purposes. One is to collect the best for fans who may desire to have many of their favorites on one album. The second is to provide new-comers to the band an overview of their career. The problem with The Cure is that they have released over 30 singles, and no single disc set can truly capture the best of their work.

For instance, how does a Cure best of ignore "Pictures of You"? It would be akin to a Billy Joel best of leaving off "The Stranger". This song is considered one of the Cure's best, and leaving this off for stuff like "The Walk", "High", and "Never Enough" is an insult.

While "Pictures of You" is the biggest example of a song that is missing, there are plenty of other songs of lesser impact that still should have been on there. For instance, the sublime "Catch", the melancholy "A Night Like This", or even "Jumping Someone Else's Train." And what about their break-out single, "Killing An Arab"?

The problem with this album is that it attempts to provide an overview of the Cure but instead only barely touches the surface. Leave this one on the CD racks and spend the extra money to get Staring at the Sea and Galore.

Being a Cure fan who did not at all like this talented and innovative band's early music when it first came out (way too dark and down for my pop sensibilities), and really only turned on to them with a few tracks on The Head on the Door, but mostly with Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (not only 'cause the band put out such great music by then, but because I became friends with one of the guys in the band's brothers, who was a really nice guy and a huge fan and supporter of their music, of course), this CD satisfies my desire to hear many of their mid-to-later career singles, all in a handy single disc that I can keep in my car and play whenever I need a quick Cure fix. Songs like The Lovecats, Just Like Heaven, Inbetween Days, Lovesong, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry, Let's Go to Bed, and Friday I'm in Love bring me back to a different time and head when I need some escape from the stressors of the present, and always provide me immense aural pleasure. A good collection from the 1985 and on (I think) period to whet the appetites of future fans, who can then go out and get the LPs from whence these songs came for a real bite of the band.

I'm so mad at myself for not listening to them sooner. I started listening to them when I was a senior in high school, 3 years ago. I brought this cd, my first Cure cd, when I moved to Manhattan for college. I was really depressed from leaving Dallas, and I have to say, WOW! The Cure really did CURE me.
These songs were amazing and I just love every song on it.
Just Like Heaven is no doubt my wedding song. So, about every week I ended up going to Virgin in Times Square and buying another cd of theirs. I pretty much own most of them. I haven't gotten around to listening to all of them because I just can't seem to stop listening to my favorites. None the less, Third Eye Blind is my favorite band of all time but The Cure sure is very close in 2nd place. Both are amazingly talented and have greatly affected my life. Robert Smith, you are a God.

I'm a fan who has lost a few The cure cds and I was looking to regain my favorite songs back; "Pictures of You" and "Letter to Elise" but they are not on this album. The other songs are great - don't get me wrong - but I agree with the other reviews...this album is not for the hard core fan.

I find this collection a little unnecessary when there are "Galore" and "Staring at the Sea" already. I hate to say it but I'm not the biggest fan of "Greatest Hits". Who's to say what the best songs are from a band who's repertoire spands over two decades? Then the record companies release the same songs over and over again giving the collections differet names (Greatest hits, best of.., essential ect. ect.) I always thought The Cure was a better album band than a singles band anyway. I can understand using this as an introduction to The Cure and it's not a bad one by any means but I'd rather show someone a copy of "Pornography" or "Disintigration" and say "Now THIS is The Cure"

I love the Cure and will go to the grave a die hard fan but this album let's the loyal posse down because it is the same as the last 3 or maybe 4 albums. The music keeps getting recycled. This group is running a record for the most greatest hits made. The only thing that refutes this statement is that there are 2 new songs at the end that pumps you up just to put you out again. This album is good for a person who stumbled on to The Cure and like the mainstream stuff. The raw,doom and gloom, emotional music that real cure fans demand was left on the Kiss Me Kiss Me Album.For a first time listener this would be a 5 star but for a regular its a 3 because we have rated this album under a different title before.

How could they call it "greatest hits" if it doesn't include "Hot, hot, hot" or "Pictures of you"?

PICTURE PINK FLOYD IF THEY WERE A GARAGE BAND FROM THE 80'S AND IF THEY REALLY SUCKED...NOW GIVE THEM A LITTLE TALENT, TEMPO, AND SONGWRITING AND YOU WOULD HAVE A PRETTY KILLER BAND CALLED THE CURE......EVERY SONG HERE IS A CLASSIC AND IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF REALLY LAME CHICKS WITH THEIR NOSES IN THE AIR BACK IN THE 80'S....YEAH , ROBERT SMITH IS A DRAG AND HIS BRITISH DEPRESSION GETS BORING FAST...BUT STILL YOU LISTEN AND YOU ENJOY THE CURE...'BOYS DON'T CRY' KICKS THINGS OFF AND IT ONLY GOES UPHILL FROM THERE...ITS ALL GOOD HERE, THOUGH I LIKE PUNK BANDS MORE AND I THINK SABBATH DEFINES DEPRESSION BETTER...I STILL LIKE THE CURE THOUGH ...AND FOR ALL YOU LAME CHICKS IN THE 80S...WELL, I HOPE YER ON WELLFARE.....--CLARK HAGINS.

This album is a great starter for the intro Cure fan. It is true that many of the Cure's greatest songs are missing from this album, especially those from disintegration, however, it can be also be argued that fans who don't already have both "Staring At the Sea" and "Galore are newcomers and would prefer something more comprehensive. I believe that is who "Greatest Hits" is marketed towards. I don't know what these reviewers who gave the album one and two stars were expecting.
In addition, a previous reviewer falsely stated that the "Acoustic Hits" version of this CD was packaged as a double album in the UK only. This is not true. This was a great move by the band in an effort to get those reviewers giving the album one and two stars to buy it. I purchased the album simply for the bonus acoustic disc which was available in the U.S. for a limited time. I am sure with a little effort, tose interested will be able to find the double disc version in their local used CD store or online for a pretty reasonable cost. Being a owner of this acoustic disc I can tell you it's definitely worth looking for.

This album has their best work.And their work is beautiful.The keyboard is perfect in "Lovesong"and "Just Like Heaven".This album is just like a sweet dream.It's soft and some songs are gentle.Robert Smith is a genius!Vocals are great too!This album is beautiful.Simply beautiful.