Boys Don't Cry (The Cure album)

Boys Don't Cry
Studio album by The Cure
Released 5 February 1980
Recorded 1978–1979
Genre New wave[1]
Length 34:09 (CD version)
Label Fiction
Producer Chris Parry
The Cure chronology
Three Imaginary Boys
(1979)		 Boys Don't Cry
(1980)		 Seventeen Seconds
(1980)
Singles from Boys Don't Cry
  1. "Killing an Arab"
    Released: December 1978
  2. "Boys Don't Cry"
    Released: June 1979
  3. "Jumping Someone Else's Train"
    Released: November 1979

Boys Don't Cry is a studio album by English alternative rock band The Cure. It was released on 5 February 1980 in the UK and in August 1980 in the US as an alternate version of the band's 1979 debut album Three Imaginary Boys with a slightly different track list.

Release

Boys Don't Cry was released on 5 February 1980 by record label Fiction. According to AllMusic, the album "[falls] somewhere between [an] official release and compilation", and was released "in hopes of increasing the band's exposure outside of the U.K."[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
Rolling Stonefavourable[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Boys Don't Cry has been generally well received by critics. It was ranked number 438 on Rolling Stones "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Cure (Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey and Lol Tolhurst). 

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Boys Don't Cry"   2:37
2. "Plastic Passion"   2:15
3. "10:15 Saturday Night"   3:40
4. "Accuracy"   2:16
5. "Object"   3:03
6. "Jumping Someone Else's Train"   2:58
7. "Subway Song"   1:54
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Killing an Arab"   2:22
2. "Fire in Cairo"   3:21
3. "Another Day"   3:43
4. "Grinding Halt"   2:49
5. "World War"   2:36
6. "Three Imaginary Boys"   3:14
On most CD versions of the album, "Object" was replaced by "So What", the scream at the end of "Subway Song" was shortened and "World War" was removed.

Legacy

In 2003, the album was ranked number 442 on Rolling Stone's list of the five-hundred best albums ever.

Personnel

The Cure
Technical

References

  1. 1 2 3 True, Chris. "Boys Don't Cry – The Cure | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: The Cure". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Debra Rae (21 August 1980). "[Boys Don't Cry review]". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Cure: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

External links

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