Create account Log in

Seventeen Seconds (Deluxe Edition)

[Edit]

Download links and information about Seventeen Seconds (Deluxe Edition) by The Cure. This album was released in 1980 and it belongs to Rock, Alternative genres. It contains 25 tracks with total duration of 01:27:00 minutes.

Artist: The Cure
Release date: 1980
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Tracks: 25
Duration: 01:27:00
Buy on iTunes $12.99
Buy on Amazon $12.49
Buy on Songswave €2.45

Tracks

[Edit]
No. Title Length
1. A Reflection 2:12
2. Play for Today 3:40
3. Secrets 3:20
4. In Your House 4:07
5. Three 2:36
6. The Final Sound 0:52
7. A Forest 5:54
8. M 3:04
9. At Night 5:54
10. Seventeen Seconds 4:00
11. I'm a Cult Hero 2:59
12. I Dig You 3:25
13. Another Journey By Train (Group Home Instumental Demo 1/80) 3:12
14. Secrets (Group Home Instrumental Demo 1/80) 3:40
15. Seventeen Seconds (Live In Amsterdam Jan. 1980) 3:59
16. In Your House (Live In Amsterdam Jan. 1980) 3:32
17. Three (Alt. Studio Mix Feb. 1980) 2:45
18. I Dig You (Cult Hero Live In the Marquee Club London March 1980) 3:36
19. I'm a Cult Hero (Cult Hero Live In the Marquee Club London March 1980) 3:21
20. M (Live In Arnhem May 1980) 2:56
21. The Final Sound (Live In France June 1980) 0:26
22. A Reflection (Live In France June 1980) 1:39
23. Play for Today (Live In France June 1980) 3:46
24. At Night (Live In France) 5:37
25. A Forest (Live In France June 1980) 6:28

Details

[Edit]

After the sprightly punk-pop of their debut — Three Imaginary Boys in the U.K, Boys Don’t Cry in the U.S. — the Cure returned in 1980 with a retooled group and sound. New bassist Simon Gallup and temporary keyboardist Mathieu Hartley recast the group as a smoother, increasingly ambient unit. The emerging Goth movement with its emphasis on sparse, bleak soundscapes and robotic, disembodied rhythms would merge well with Smith’s penchant for mysterious and/or overly dramatic lyrics and the group’s eventual flamboyant fashion sense. But here the emphasis is on an austere minimalism that gives extra heft to every guitar note and each interaction between bass guitar and drum.  Each album “side” began with an instrumental. (“The Final Sound” was meant to be a lengthy piece that was curtailed to 52 seconds by the band’s strict budget and the tape literally running out during recording.) “A Forest” was just upbeat enough to qualify as the album’s single and keep up the group’s public profile, but mostly these gorgeous, icy tunes (“Play for Today,” “In Your House”) stand as quiet songs where nothing specific comes into focus but the overall feeling is complete and satisfying. The expanded edition includes 15 rarities, including the early ‘Cult Hero’ single, several home demos and a slew of live tracks that illustrate the band could be just as eerie, if rougher and tougher, in the live context.