Put The Needle On The Record - Week #87

Put The Needle On The Record Week #87 The Cure - The Head On The Door

For this weeks feature we go back to August 1985 and The Cure album "Head On The Door".

I am not a Cure fan to be honest' I have liked a lot of their singles and "The Head On The Door" is the only album of theirs I actually own. The album was their 6th studio album and I actually bought the record after hearing the brilliant single "Inbetween Days", it is definitely an album that veers on pop and I think that is why I like it so much. Interestingly Robert Smith of The Cure said The Human League album "Dare" was a big inspiration on this album, and when you listen to it you can see why. I bought this album not long after I moved to a new flat and it was on my turntable on a regular basis at the time.

The album received good reviews from the music critics and became their biggest international success, doing well in many countries all over Europe and the United States.

The tracks that stand out for me are "Inbetween Days" (which has a sound not to disimilar to New Order and is my favourite track on the album and one of my Top 3 Cure songs), "Kyoto Song", "Six Different Ways", "Push", "Close To Me" and "Sinking".

2 singles were released off the album, "Inbetween Days" (which reached number 15 in the UK Singles Chart) and "Close To Me" (which reached number 24 in the UK Singles Chart).

The album, reached Number 7 in the UK chart album chart.

Track Listing

Inbetween Days
Kyoto Song
The Blood
Six Different Ways
Push
The Baby Screams
Close To Me
A Night Like This
Screw
Sinking

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!