Boys Don't Cry (album)
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| Compilation album by The Cure | |||||
| Released | August 1980 | ||||
| Recorded | 1978–1979 | ||||
| Genre | Post-punk | ||||
| Length | 34:09 (CD version) | ||||
| Label | Fiction Records | ||||
| Producer | Chris Parry | ||||
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Boys Don't Cry is an album by The Cure, released in August 1980 (see 1980 in music). It is the U.S. version of their UK debut album, Three Imaginary Boys, differing slightly in track order and missing three of that album's weaker songs ("Foxy Lady," "Meathook," "It's Not You") while adding others ("Boys Don't Cry," "Plastic Passion," "Jumping Someone Else's Train", "World War" and "Killing an Arab"). The debut single from this album was "Boys Don't Cry".
On the back cover of original UK album Three Imaginary Boys, the song titles were not listed conventionally, but represented by pictograms. Boys Don't Cry took the pictogram for the song "Fire in Cairo" for its sleeve picture.
The London based indie punk band Plastic Passion took their name from this album.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 442 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] Original album
[edit] Side A
- "Jumping Someone Else's Train" – 2:35
- "Boys Don't Cry" – 2:15
- "Plastic Passion" – 3:38
- "10:15 Saturday Night" – 2:16
- "Accuracy" – 3:03
- "Object" – 2:56
- "Subway Song" – 1:59
[edit] Side B
- "Killing an Arab" – 2:22
- "Fire in Cairo" – 3:21
- "Another Day" – 3:43
- "Grinding Halt" – 2:49
- "World War" – 2:36
- "Three Imaginary Boys" – 3:14
[edit] CD version
On the CD version of the album, "Object" was replaced by "So What", the scream at the end of "Subway Song" was shortened, and "World War" was removed.
- "Boys Don't Cry" – 2:35
- "Plastic Passion" – 2:14
- "10.15 Saturday Night" – 3:38
- "Accuracy" – 2:16
- "So What" – 3:01
- "Jumping Someone Else's Train" – 2:56
- "Subway Song" – 1:55
- "Killing an Arab" – 2:22
- "Fire in Cairo" – 3:21
- "Another Day" – 3:43
- "Grinding Halt" – 2:49
- "Three Imaginary Boys" – 3:14
[edit] Band
- Michael Dempsey – Bass, Vocals
- Robert Smith – Guitar, Vocals
- Lol Tolhurst – Drums
