LP – White Vinyl

The second Cure album from 1980, dense bleak and with the addition of perennial favourite Simon Gallup on bass and the short-lived but effective Mathleu Hartley on keyboards expanded the Cures previously sparse sound, adding layers of texture that complemented Robert Smiths longer, less accessible songs. WhilePlay for Today harkens back to the bands poppier days, Seventeen Seconds and Secrets show that the band was not about to turn back from its new approach and ultimately paved the way for what was to follow. Also includes live favourite A Forest.

Tracklist:

A1 A Reflection
A2 Play For Today
A3 Secrets
A4 In Your House
A5 Three

B1 The Final Sound
B2 A Forest
B3 M
B4 At Night
B5 Seventeen Seconds