sextonseven said:

What's your fave?

It's funny...I know how great Porn is. And I know how lauded it is among Cure fans. But it's just nowhere near my favorite.

I must admit, I'm a little afraid of it. Maybe I should give it some more love.

GangstaFam said:

It should be mandatory to put worship emoticons around it:

Moonbeam said:

Have you broken in any of your remasters yet?

GangstaFam said:

'The Head On The Door' is still tops (although I haven't gotten to that remaster yet). That was my first Cure record and it will always be my favorite.

I think it's the tribal drumming on 'Pornography' that gets me. It's similar to the Banshees' 'Juju' album. And "A Strange Day" is now one of my top five favorite Cure tracks. I love how on the album, it's followed by "Cold" which is almost the same song but slower and bleaker. I love how it drags--so beautifully gloomy.

sextonseven said:

Totally concur on "A Strange Day". It's one of my favorite Cure songs to play on guitar too. I think it's one of the few Cure songs that would almost sound at home on any of their albums.

And what are you waiting for with the Head remaster? Dig in! That's the first one I put on and I haven't gone a day without it since.

GangstaFam said:

I'm looking for my discman.

Moonbeam said:

That's your only way to play CD's?

GangstaFam said:

Work has been crazy. I haven't had the time. I'm still at work now! (But leaving in five minutes.)

BTW, "Airlock - The Soundtrack" WTF???

sextonseven said:

I think it's the soundtrack to the short film played before the Pornography shows, a la "Carnage Visors" for the Faith tour.

GangstaFam said:

No, but I wanted to listen with headphones first.

GangstaFam said:

Yeah, I think I read that in the liner notes, but still--that's one strange piece of music right there. Not like Carnage Visors at all which I think is quite nice.

sextonseven said:

I'm a bad Cure fan. I've had the Porn remaster since the day it came out but still haven't listened to it yet.

GangstaFam said:

I quite like "Airlock".

Moonbeam said:

Maybe I'll bust it out tonight.

Are you at all bummed that a "Japanese Whispers" remaster didn't come out?

GangstaFam said:

As long as all of the songs get a proper remaster, I'll be fine.

Moonbeam said:

I think they all have between Dots and Greatest Hits.

GangstaFam said:

Would you consider 'Greatest Hits' to be part of the whole remaster series, though? Do you think the sound is even as good? I never owned 'Japanese Whispers' the first time around...I'm very curious about it, even though I've heard about everything on it. Maybe I'll get a used copy sometime just for kicks.

Anx said:

I'm not sure. Haven't listened in some time. But I'd guess that the sound levels are at least comparable.

Even though Japanese Whispers is a collection of singles, it definitely holds together well as an album and has its own sound.

The cover is pretty cool too.

Moonbeam said:

Ok, please forgive my ignorance. What exactly is a remaster? How exactly does it differ from the original?

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Whats up with the graphics on their website??

Looks like scribbles made by an abused child or a serial killer or somethin.


http://www.thecure.com/

sexyfunkystrange said:

I like the little hearts with sawblades for wings.

sexyfunkystrange said:

They were drawn by children related to the band.

heartbeatocean said:

Generally, they go back to the source tapes of the recording and scrub them up in a number of ways - clarity, volume, depth, etc.

Think of it as akin to restoring a classic painting.

Here's what wikipedia has to say:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remaster

GangstaFam said:

Wow, that was really helpful. It's interesting to note that many of the first CD's were pressed from mediocre "masters". I think I'll start a new thread about this.