Porl Thompson

Real Name:
Paul Thompson
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Born on November 8th, 1957, in London, England.

Porl first worked with Robert Smith as a member of the pre-Cure band named "Malice". He later rejoined Smith in Cure, The in 1984 for a very successful tour supporting his work on the album "Wish". He's produced artwork for a few of The Cure's album covers and inserts. He is married to Robert Smith's sister. In the 1990's, he worked with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, playing on the Page/Plant album "No Quarter", and touring in supoort in 1995 and 1996.

He currently works as a painter while being back in The Cure for the 2005 shows and the next album.
Sites:
porl.co.uk
In Groups:
Cult Hero, Cure, The, Easy Cure, The
Variations:
All | Porl Thompson | P. Thompson | P.Thompson | Paul S. Thompson | Paul Thompson | Thompson | Tompson
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Appears On:
Concert - The Cure Live And Curiosity - Cure Anomalies 1977 - 1984 (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1984
Concert - The Cure Live (Album) ◄ (10 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1984
Excerpt - The Cure Live (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Metronome ... 1984
The Top (Album, Comp) ◄ (20 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1984
Close To Me (12")   Vap Inc. 1985
The Head On The Door (Album) ◄ (18 versions)   Elektra ... 1985
Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix) (7")   Vap Inc. 1986
Standing On A Beach - The Singles (Comp, Album) ◄ (9 versions) In Between Days, Close... Fiction Records ... 1986
Standing On A Beach - The Singles (And Unavailable B-Sides) (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Elektra ... 1986
Catch (Single, Maxi) ◄ (8 versions) Catch, Breathe Fiction Records ... 1987
Hot Hot Hot!!! (Maxi, Single) ◄ (5 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1987
Just Like Heaven (Single) ◄ (5 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1987
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (Album) ◄ (28 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1987
The Cure In Orange ◄ (2 versions)   PolyGram Music Video 1987
Why Can't I Be You? (Single, Maxi) ◄ (7 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1987
Disintegration (Album) ◄ (20 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1989
Fascination Street ◄ (2 versions)   Elektra ... 1989
Get Off The Road / Just Like Heaven (Flexi, 7", S/Sided, Promo) Just Like Heaven The Catalogue 1989
Just Like Heaven (Maxi) ◄ (6 versions) Just Like Heaven Blast First ... 1989
Lovesong (Single) ◄ (4 versions)   WEA Records Pty Ltd. ... 1989
Lullaby (Maxi, Single) ◄ (8 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1989
Close To Me (Single, Maxi) ◄ (3 versions)   Elektra ... 1990
Entreat (CD, Album)   Fiction Records, Polydor 1990
Mixed Up (Comp) ◄ (6 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1990
Never Enough (Maxi, Single) ◄ (7 versions)   Elektra ... 1990
Pictures Of You (Single) ◄ (7 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1990
Absolution - Rock The Alternative Way (CD, Comp) Never Enough PolyGram TV 1991
Fossils (CD, Comp) Just Like Heaven SST Records 1991
The Cure (5xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) Never Enough (Big Mix) Fiction Records, Polydor 1991
A Letter To Elise (CD, Single)   Fiction Records 1992
Friday I'm In Love (Maxi, Single) ◄ (8 versions)   Polydor ... 1992
High (Maxi, Single) ◄ (10 versions)   Elektra ... 1992
Wish (Album) ◄ (10 versions)   Elektra ... 1992
Great Xpectations Live (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Just Like Heaven, Disi... XFM Ltd. 1993
Paris (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1993
Show (Album, Comp) ◄ (5 versions)   Fiction Records ... 1993
Sideshow (CD, Maxi, Car)   Elektra 1993
No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Atlantic ... 1994
Fictional - A Tribute To The Cure (CD, Comp)   October 1995
Invocation (CD, Maxi)   October 1995
Absolute 90's (CD) Just Like Heaven MCA Records (Canada) 1996
Crush (2xCD, Comp) Love Song PolyGram TV 1997
Galore - The Singles 1987-1997 (CD, Comp, RM)   Elektra, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. 1997
Soak (CD, Album) Milky Way Luaka Bop, Virgin, Virgin, Virgin 1998
Why Don't You Stay? (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Virgin Schallplatten GmbH 1998
Dressed In Black (2xCD) From The Edge Of The D... PolyGram TV 1999
12 (Las Vegas Is Cursed) (Album) ◄ (2 versions) I Saw You Fall Crammed Discs ... 2000
Sonic Jihad (CD, Album, Promo) Love Song Reprise Records 2000
Un Tributo A The Cure (CD, Single) Plainsong Acuarela Discos 2000
Greatest Hits (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Elektra ... 2001
...Imaginary Songs - A Tribute To The Cure (CD, Comp)   Mudah Peach, Polydor 2002
Dreamland (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Funny In My Mind (I Be... Mercury 2002
Blueprints For The Black Market (CD, Album) Love Song Tooth & Nail Records 2003
The Heart Of Roadrunner Records (CD) Fascination Street Roadrunner Records 2003
Trilogy (2xDVD-V, PAL)   Eagle Vision 2003
3-11 Day 2004 (2xDVD) Love Song Volcano (2) 2004
Formel Eins - Die Kultvideos Vol.2 (DVD, Comp, PAL) Lullaby Polystar Records 2004
Join The Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978>2001 The Fiction Years (4xCD, Comp)   Rhino Records (2) 2004
Let Me Go Home (CD, Single, CD2) Apart Jamtart Records 2004
Mix Shake (CD, Album, Mixed, Dig) Just Like Heaven Polydor 2004
Pinacolada 2 (2xCD) Sweet Lullabies Universal Music Polska, STX Records (2) 2004
The Great Soundclash Swindle (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Lullaby Hypnotic 2004
Then And Again (CD, MiniAlbum) Lovesong Projekt 2004
Three Imaginary Boys (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Rhino Records (2) ... 2004
B-Sides & Rarities ◄ (2 versions) If Only Tonight We Cou... Maverick 2005
Come And Get It (Album) ◄ (2 versions) All About Me Polydor 2005
Piece By Piece (CD, Album) Just Like Heaven Dramatico 2005
Seventeen Seconds (CD, Album, RM + CD, Comp, Del)   Polydor 2005
Sound Of The Underground: 18 Alternative Hits (CD, Comp) Love Song Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 2005
Tilkkutäkki - Kitara, Tähdet Ja Taivas (CD) Tie On Pitkä Ja Pöly... Warner Music Finland Oy 2005
Civil Sin (CD, Single, 2/2) Catch Vertigo 2006
Festival 2005 ◄ (2 versions)   Geffen Records 2006
Marie Antoinette - Music From The Original Picture Soundtrack (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Plainsong Verve Forecast ... 2006
Meds (Album) ◄ (3 versions) If Only Tonight We Cou... Elevator Music Ltd. ... 2006
Other Stories (CD, EP, Dig) Love Song (Live) EMI Music (Poland) 2006
Q Covered - The Eighties (CD) Just Like Heaven Q Magazine 2006
Sounds - Live! (CD, Promo) If Only Tonight We Cou... Musikexpress 2006
To All New Arrivals (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Columbia ... 2006
25 Lat Listy Przebojów Trójki - 1992 (CD) Friday I'm In Love The Music Marketeers (Polska) 2007
Backspin: A Six Degrees Ten Year Anniversary Project (CD, Comp) Love Song Six Degrees Records 2007
Lullaby (12")   Coolshift Records 2007
Radio 1 Established 1967 (2xCD, Comp) Lullaby Universal Music TV 2007
4:13 Dream (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Suretone ... 2008
Bairro Alto - Noites Loucas Anos 80 (CD, Comp) Just Like Heaven Som Livre (Portugal) 2008
Balance 013 (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Lullaby, Lullaby EQ Recordings 2008
Freakshow (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Suretone ... 2008
Hypnagogic States EP (EP) ◄ (2 versions)   Suretone ... 2008
Life Is Music (5xCD, Comp, Car) Friday I'm In Love EMI Music (Belgium) 2008
Live In Glasgow (DVD, NTSC)   BBC Films + DVD 2008
Push Your Head Towards The Air (Single) ◄ (2 versions) Lullaby Kitchenware Records ... 2008
Sleep When I'm Dead (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Suretone ... 2008
The Only One (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Suretone ... 2008
The Perfect Boy (Single) ◄ (4 versions)   Suretone ... 2008
Sweetheart '09 (Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs) (CD, Comp) Love Song Starbucks Entertainment 2009
Take To The Sky (CD, Album) Just Like Heaven Convivium 2009
True Blood (Music From The HBO Original Series) (CD, Comp) Just Like Heaven Elektra 2009
We Were Flying Kites / Object 03 (2xCD, Album, Ltd) Untitled Not On Label (Stripmall Architecture Self-released), Not On Label (Stripmall Architecture Self-released) 2009
Alive In I (12", Promo)   Not On Label  
Clasicos De Los 80´s Vol.4 (3xCD, Album, Comp) Lullaby Contraseña Records  
Unofficial Releases:
Cult Hero (7", Single)   Not On Label (The Cure) 1979
Difficult To Cure (CD)   Beech Marten Records 1991
Hot Hot Hot (2xCD)   Red Phantom 1991
Sweet Talking Guy (2xCD, Unofficial)   Great Dane Records 1993
The Show - Live '93 Part 1 (Cass, Album)   MG Records (2) 1993
The Show - Live '93 Part 2 (Cass, Album)   MG Records (2) 1993
Alternative Live Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Just Like Heaven Grapefruit 1994
Torture (CD)   Live Storm 1995
Live In Leipzig 1990 (2xCDr)   ICONER 2007
Glastonbury Festival (CD, Album)   Not On Label (The Cure)  
Hot (3xLP)   Easy Flyte Records  
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