The Head on the Door (PDO, silver lettering)

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Annotation

Matrix / Runout: 827 231-2 03 ✶
Matrix / Runout (Inner Ring): MADE IN W.GERMANY BY PDO

Annotation last modified on 2020-08-18 08:37 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	In Between Days engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer and mixer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup bass guitar [6-string bass] and lead vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) drums (drum set): Boris Williams guitar: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Porl Thompson keyboard: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Lol Tolhurst phonographic copyright (℗) by: Fiction Records Ltd. (not for release label use! please use “Fiction” for that instead) music videos: In Between Days by The Cure part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 320) recording of: In Between Days lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	4	2:55
2	Kyoto Song engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth), Howard Gray (UK producer, engineer, and electronic musician) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: Kyoto Song lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	3.8	4:00
3	The Blood engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: The Blood lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	3.5	3:42
4	Six Different Ways engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: Six Different Ways lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	3.8	3:16
5	Push engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth), Howard Gray (UK producer, engineer, and electronic musician) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: Push lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	4.2	4:28
6	The Baby Screams engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: The Baby Screams lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	3.25	3:43
7	Close to Me engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams keyboard: Porl Thompson and Lol Tolhurst vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 178) recording of: Close to Me lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co. and Fiction Songs Ltd.	4.2	3:23
8	A Night Like This engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth), Howard Gray (UK producer, engineer, and electronic musician) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams electric bass guitar: Simon Gallup guitar: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) keyboard: Porl Thompson and Lol Tolhurst saxophone: Ron Howe (British saxophonist) vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Fiction Records Ltd. (not for release label use! please use “Fiction” for that instead) recording of: A Night Like This lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co. and CD Baby Publishing (publisher, not a release label!)	3.85	4:12
9	Screw engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: Screw lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	3.5	2:35
10	Sinking engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: Sinking lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	3.5	4:50

Credits

Release

manufactured by:	H.O. Persiehl (printing company)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Fiction Records Ltd. (not for release label use! please use “Fiction” for that instead)
glass mastered by:	PDO (German / West German branch of Philips DuPont Optical)

pressed at:	PDO, Germany (PolyGram Hanover / PDO / PMDC / Universal M & L, Germany) in Langenhagen, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/2978059 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	A Night Like This Close to Me In Between Days The Blood
included in:	Assemblage

part of:	The Phoenix: The Ten Landmark Albums That Made Indie Rock (number: HM) (order: 25) Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (number: 109) (order: 109)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/22309 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/The-cure/The-head-on-the-door [info]
reviews:	https://www.rollingstone.de/reviews/the-cure-the-head-on-the-door-2/ [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_cure/the_head_on_the_door/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/37355/ [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/The_Head_on_the_Door/4609 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000189687 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1931734 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 042282723123
Format:: CD
Length:: 37:04

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Fiction
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Fiction
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Release events

Europe
1988

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4.25 (see all ratings)

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