Three Imaginary Boys

~ Release by The Cure (see all versions of this release, 16 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Three Imaginary Boys
2CD: Rarities 1977-1979
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1I Want to Be Old (studio demo)
guitar and background vocals:
Porl Thompson
recording of:
I Want to Be Old (in 1977-10)
lyricist and composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
2:37
2I’m Cold (studio demo)
guitar and background vocals:
Porl Thompson
recording of:
I’m Cold (in 1977-11)
lyricist and composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
3:21
3Heroin Face (live)
guitar and background vocals:
Porl Thompson
live recording of:
Heroin Face (in 1977-12)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
2:40
4I Just Need Myself (studio demo)
guitar and background vocals:
Porl Thompson
recording of:
I Just Need Myself (in 1978-01)
lyricist:
Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
2:14
510:15 Saturday Night (home demo)
partial recording of:
10:15 Saturday Night (in 1978-02)
lyricist:
Robert Smith
composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co. and Fiction Songs Ltd.
4:37
6The Cocktail Party (home demo)
guitar and background vocals:
Porl Thompson
recording of:
The Cocktail Party (in 1978-03)
lyricist and composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
4:17
7Grinding Halt (home demo)
guitar and background vocals:
Porl Thompson
recording of:
Grinding Halt (in 1978-04)
lyricist:
Robert Smith
composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
Fiction Songs Ltd.
3:32
8Boys Don’t Cry (studio demo)
recording of:
Boys Don’t Cry (on 1978-05-27)
lyricist:
Robert Smith
writer and composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co.
recording of:
Boys Don’t Cry (in 1978-05)
lyricist:
Robert Smith
writer and composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co.
2:45
9It’s Not You (studio demo)
recording of:
It's Not You (in 1978-05)
lyricist:
Robert Smith
composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
Fiction Songs Ltd.
3:17
1010:15 Saturday Night (studio demo)
partial recording of:
10:15 Saturday Night (in 1978-05)
lyricist:
Robert Smith
composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co. and Fiction Songs Ltd.
3:41
11Fire in Cairo (studio demo)
recording of:
Fire in Cairo (in 1978-05)
lyricist:
Robert Smith
composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co. and Fiction Songs Ltd.
3:42
12Winter (studio out-take)
recording of:
Winter (in 1978-10)
lyricist and composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
3:47
13Faded Smiles aka I Don’t Know (studio out-take)
recording of:
Faded Smiles (a.k.a. I Don’t Know)
lyricist and composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
2:17
14Play With Me (studio out-take)
recording of:
Play With Me
lyricist and composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
3:30
15World War2:38
16Boys Don’t Cry
engineer:
Mike Hedges
producer and mixer:
Chris Parry
bass guitar:
Michael Dempsey
drums (drum set):
Lol Tolhurst
guitar and lead vocals:
Robert Smith
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Fiction Records Ltd.
recorded at:
Morgan Studios in Willesden, Brent, London, England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Boys Don’t Cry by The Cure
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 242)
recording of:
Boys Don’t Cry
lyricist:
Robert Smith
writer and composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co.
2:38
17Jumping Someone Else’s Train2:59
18Subway Song (live)
live recording of:
Subway Song
lyricist:
Robert Smith
composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
Fiction Songs Ltd.
2:28
19Accuracy (live)
live recording of:
Accuracy
lyricist:
Robert Smith
composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
Fiction Songs Ltd.
2:36
2010:15 Saturday Night (live)4:39