The Cure - Side Show [Live]

Title: Side Show [Live] Artist: The Cure Release Date: 1994 Label: Elektra Duration: 19:02 Album Type(s): live, Single UPC: 075596627528 Genre: Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, New Wave, Goth Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, College Rock Moods: Angst-Ridden, Atmospheric, Cathartic, Stately, Bittersweet, Brooding, Insular, Nocturnal, Ominous, Reflective, Tense/Anxious, Wintry, Earnest, Eerie, Ethereal, Hypnotic, Stylish, Amiable/Good-Natured, Passionate, Sparse, Aggressive, Druggy, Energetic, Fun, Quirky, Searching, Bleak, Detached, Gloomy, Melancholy, Playful, Sad, Somber, Wistful Total Copies: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Tape (Intro)
2. Just Like Heaven [Live]
3. Fascination Street [Live]
4. The Walk [Live]
5. Let's Go to Bed [Live]

Year Type Label Catalog # ------ CD Elektra 66275

No other editions were found for this album.

While the Side Show album was released in the U.K. and elsewhere as a two-disc set, in the U.S. it only appeared as an edited one-disc affair. The Stateside fans weren't totally ignored, though -- Side Show collects the remaining tracks from the album as a separate EP. "Just Like Heaven" reappears from the album proper, with the other four tracks making up the balance of the entire set from Side Show (though as a side note, the encore tracks from the film itself were never separately released in any form). Without question the most interesting, gripping track is "Tape," a haunting, passionate instrumental used by the band as its intro music for the tour. Mixing voiceless wails from Smith and a dark, growing surge in the music as the guitar and drumming get more intense, it's a winner through and through. The versions of "Fascination Street," "The Walk" and "Let's Go to Bed" are fine enough performances, easily comparable to other live versions in circulation, if not totally stunning outside of "Fascination Street" itself. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Dave Allen Producer, Engineer Grieg Sangster Assistant Engineer Robert Smith Mixing Steve Whitfield Engineer The Cure Producer