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The Cure are an English emo rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. The Cure first began releasing music in the late 1970s with its debut album Three Imaginary Boys (1979); this, along with several early singles, placed the band as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s, the band's increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the gothic rock genre. After the release of Pornography (1982), the band's future was uncertain and Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had acquired. With the 1982 single "Let's Go to Bed" Smith began to place a pop sensibility into the band's music (as well as a unique stage look). The Cure's popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States where the songs "Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. By the start of the 1990s, The Cure were one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world. The band is estimated to have sold 27 million albums as of 2004. The Cure have released thirteen studio albums, 10 EPs and over thirty singles during the course of their career. Since 2010, they have been working on a fourteenth studio album.

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Discography

Love Box, 1989
The 13th, 1996
A Single, 1982
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1987
Faith / Carnage Visors, 1988
Friday I'm in Love, 1992
Faith, 1988
Staring at the Sea: The Singles, 1986
The Top, 1984
Happily Ever After, 1988
Boys Don't Cry, 1986
Disintegration, 1989
Half an Octopuss, 1985
Five Live, 1992
BBC Archives: The Peel Sessions (1978-12-04), 1991
Pictures of You, 1990
Wild Mood Swings, 1996
Grinding Halt, 1979
Close to Me, 1990
Japanese Whispers, 1983
Fascination Street, 1989
The Walk, 1991
Sideshow, 1993
High, 1992
In Between Days, 1985
Show, 1993
Just Like Heaven, 1987
Three Imaginary Boys, 1990
Pornography, 1982
A Letter to Elise, 1992
A Forest, 1980
Standing on a Beach: The Singles, 1986
The Lovecats, 1983
1992-05-03: At the Edge of the Deep Green Sea: Kilburn National Ballroom, London, UK, 1992
Concert: The Cure Live, 1984
Mixed Up, 1991
Ultra Rare Trax, 1994
Why Can't I Be You?, 1987
Hot Hot Hot!!!, 1988
The Head on the Door, 1985
A Night Like This, 1985
Lost Wishes, 1993
Alternative Medicine, 1995
Entreat, 1990
Killing an Arab, 1979
Torture, 1991
Acoustic Daze, 1991
Wish, 1992
Close to Me (remix), 1990
Lullaby, 1989
Primary, 1981
Carnage Dream, 1981
Let's Go to Bed, 1982
Never Enough, 1990
Studio Daze, 1991
1987-05-22: Difficult to Cure: National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, UK, 1991
Seventeen Seconds, 1980
Shellfish's Advice, 1993
Mint Car, 1996
Concert: The Cure Live / Curiosity: Cure Anomalies 1977-1984, 1984
The Caterpillar, 1984
Paris, 1993
Doctor Robert's Surgery, 1995
The Upstairs Room / The Dream / The Walk / Lament, 1983
Lovesong, 1989
1992-05-03: ... and Dreams Come True in '92: Kilburn National Ballroom, London, UK, 1992
1980-05-24: Play for Today: Stokvishal, Arnheim, Netherlands, 1990
Catch, 1987
Razor Rare, Volume 3: Demos, 1991
Charlotte Sometimes, 1981
1982-06-07: Pornography Tour 1982: Olympia, Paris, France, 1991
Close to Me (Closest mix), 1990
Arabian Dream, 1985
Accuracy, 1990
Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - Club Mix), 1986
Dredd Song, 1995
Jumping Someone Else's Train, 1979
1982-06-07: M: Olympia, Paris, France, 1991
Standing on a Beach: The Singles (and Unavailable B-Sides), 1986
Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix), 1986
Quadpus, 1986
Forbidden Toxic Medicine, 1995
Mixes & Remixes, 1990
Love Song, 1989
Hot Hot Hot, 1991
1990-07-24: Glastonbury'90: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, UK, 1990

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