A Thousand Virgins

~ Release by The Cure (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

From Discogs

Non-album tracks / unique versions 1987-1995.
Details as printed, precised/corrected in square brackets:

Track 1: UK only cover version of a David Bowie song [104.9 (An XFM Compilation Album), 1995].
Track 2: promo only version of a Jimi Hendrix song [Purple Haze US promo CD, 1993].
Track 3: promo only version [Dredd Song US promo CD, 1995].
Track 4: "Kiss Me" sampler promo only [US CD, 1987].
Track 5: UK limited 12" version "w/different vocals" [actually not, 1992].
Track 6: US CD promo only, extended re-mix [1992].
Track 7: UK promo. Unreleased song from "Kiss Me" sessions [1990 mix from Art Of Compilation CD 5].
Track 8 & 9: live from "Great X-pectations" compilation [Finsbury Park, London on 06-13-1993].
Track 10: ever elusive "Flexi-Pop" acetate version [1982].
Track 11: promo only version [from Close To Me US promo CD single, edit of the "Closer Mix" , 1990].
Track 12: straight forward version of "Wish" track [High US CD single, 1992].

Annotation last modified on 2020-08-21 08:49 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Young Americans
producer:
Steve Lyon (audio recording engineer and record producer) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
cover recording of:
Young Americans
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
recording of:
Young Americans
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
3.56:24
2Purple Haze
edit of:
Purple Haze by The Cure
cover recording of:
Purple Haze
lyricist and composer:
Jimi Hendrix
publisher:
Bella Godiva Music, Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Musikverlag GmbH, Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., Interworld Music Ltd., Sea-Lark Enterprises, Inc. and Yameta Co. Ltd.
quotes music from:
The Ballad of Jimi Hendrix
4:02
3Dredd Song
recording of:
Dredd Song
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper (UK drummer for The Cure), Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
part of:
Judge Dredd (1995 film)
3:00
4How Beautiful You Are
recording of:
How Beautiful You Are
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams
publisher:
APB Music Co.
4:27
5High
recording of:
High
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
publisher:
Fiction Songs Ltd.
3:33
6A Letter to Elise
recording of:
A Letter to Elise
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
7:10
7To the Sky
recording of:
To the Sky
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams
6:44
8Just Like Heaven
recording of:
Just Like Heaven
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams
publisher:
APB Music Co.
3:54
9Disintegration
recording of:
Disintegration
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams
publisher:
APB Music Co.
7:01
10Lament
recording of:
Lament (The Cure B‐side song)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
4:37
11Close to Me
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.
3:40
12Open
recording of:
Open
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
6:55