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After the fallout both psychologically and physically of Pornography, it looked unlikely that anyone would hear from the Cure ever again. Surprisingly, from 1982-1983 Robert Smith and (now keyboardist) Lol Tolhurst put out some of the catchiest singles of their career. "Let's Go to Bed," "The Walk," and "The Lovecats" were not only singles that got the Cure radio play and made them a household name, but more importantly marked the next phase in the music of the Cure, which would reach its peak with albums like Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. Dropping the stripped-down darkness of Faith and Pornography, the songs on Japanese Whispers (the aforementioned singles from that era, including all the B-sides) are light, dancy, and at times jazzy. Adding new keyboard sounds, old-timey percussion, standup bass, and some damn silly lyrics rejuvenated Robert Smith and sent him on a course that would cement his role as one of the most interesting musicians to emerge from the '80s underground. Japanese Whispers is one of those rare releases when a singles collection works just as well as a standard-issue album. ~ Chris True
1983 singles collection featuring the seven-inch versions of three singles, 'Let's Go To Bed', 'The Walk', 'The Love Cats', and five of the B-sides from those singles, 'The Dream', 'Just One Kiss' (7-inch version), 'The Upstairs Room', 'Speak My Language', & 'Lament'. Fiction Records. * Please note this will not be re-issued in the Cure Remastered/Expanded Campaign!
Robert Smith and the boys are in fine form on this 1984 release which features eight tracks including "Let's Go To Bed," "Upstairs Room," "Walk," "Speak My Language," and "Lovecats."
Pproducers: Chris Parry, Steve Nye, Phil Thornalley, Robert Smith.
Japanese Whispers Music | List Price | $14.98 (You save $3.19) | | Category | Rock Albums, Rock/Pop CDs, Gothic | | Label | Fiction | | Orig Year | 1984 | | All Time Sales Rank |  5996  | | CD Universe Part number | 1270608 | | Catalog number | 817470 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 20, 1998 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Additional Info | Germany |
Japanese Whispers Music Review Average Rating: (3.7 out of 5 stars)   Cure great
This is a really good Cure album for anyone who likes The Cure or just wants to choose an album. While the length is short the songs are right. Highly recomend to all.
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Being a Cure fan and having an understanding of what The Cure means to me, my favorites on Japenese Whispers has to be Lament, Just One Kiss, and The Upstairs Room...to me, these are the songs on the album that are truly, "The Cure." And what I mean by that is this, The Cure, (Robert Smith) knows exactly how to make a song that feels dreamy and takes one to a place where you can get lost...and for most of us Cure fans it's a darker place where we can relate to the hurt that Robert so often writes of. The happy-go-lucky songs The Cure have written I love as well, but the slower, darker, and deeper songs, (meaning wise) are the songs that to me are, and why I love the Band! All in all it's a good shorter album.
Submitted by stephano_mr (Kenosha, WI)
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Change isn't always bad.
This is such a good album; it's so different, very "un-Cure" as most Cure fans would say. Basically every song could have been a single. But the stronger tracks on this album (I think) are, "Lament", "Lovecats" and "Lets Go To Bed". This album isn’t going to disappoint you.
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