The Cure – The Head On The Door
Tracklist
| A1 | In Between Days | |
| A2 | Kyoto Song | |
| A3 | The Blood | |
| A4 | Six Different Ways | |
| A5 | Push | |
| B1 | The Baby Screams | |
| B2 | Close To Me | |
| B3 | A Night Like This | |
| B4 | Screw | |
| B5 | Sinking |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Fiction Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Fiction Records Ltd.
- Published By – APB Music Co. Ltd.
- Marketed By – Polydor Ltd.
- Distributed By – Polydor Ltd.
- Pressed By – PRS Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – Master Room
Credits
- Bass – Simon Gallup
- Cover [Cover Art] – Parched Art
- Drums, Percussion – Boris Williams
- Engineer [Assistant] – Frank Barretta, Martin White (2), Phil Tennant, Tom Leader
- Guitar, Keyboards – Porl Thompson
- Keyboards – Laurence Tolhurst
- Producer – Howard Gray (tracks: A2, A5, B3), Robert Smith
- Producer, Engineer – Dave Allen*
- Saxophone [Special Thanks To] – Ron Howe
- Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards – Robert Smith
- Written-By – Smith*
Notes
© 1985 Fiction Records
℗ 1985 Fiction Records
White round sticker on front sleeve:
"Includes The Hit Singles
In Between Days & Close To Me
FIXH11"
Black paper labels with blue print.
Includes a lyric inner sleeve.
Runouts are stamped except "50 TIMES A NIGHT" and "THEY DO IT", which are etched.
Released in both matt and gloss outer sleeve finishes
Some copies sent for promotional use show a golden stamp on the back:
"Promotional Copies Not For Resale" (see images).
Limited number of this UK first pressing contains an original 1985 UK 30" x 15" in-store promotional poster "THE CURE The Head On The Door", features the bright-coloured artist, title and format text on a black background. This poster has a unique 3 way fold to fit into the cover (see images).
℗ 1985 Fiction Records
White round sticker on front sleeve:
"Includes The Hit Singles
In Between Days & Close To Me
FIXH11"
Black paper labels with blue print.
Includes a lyric inner sleeve.
Runouts are stamped except "50 TIMES A NIGHT" and "THEY DO IT", which are etched.
Released in both matt and gloss outer sleeve finishes
Some copies sent for promotional use show a golden stamp on the back:
"Promotional Copies Not For Resale" (see images).
Limited number of this UK first pressing contains an original 1985 UK 30" x 15" in-store promotional poster "THE CURE The Head On The Door", features the bright-coloured artist, title and format text on a black background. This poster has a unique 3 way fold to fit into the cover (see images).
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 042282723116
- Barcode (Text): 0 422282 72311 6
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): FIXH 11 A//3▽420 R 11 11 50 TIMES A NIGHT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): FIXH 11 B//3▽420 R 11 1 THEY DO IT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): FIXH 11 A//4▽420 R 11 11 50 TIMES A NIGHT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): FIXH 11 B//4▽420 R 11 1 THEY DO IT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): FIXH 11 A//3▽420 R 11 12 50 TIMES A NIGHT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): FIXH 11 B//3▽420 R 11 11 THEY DO IT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): FIXH 11 A//3▽420 R 1 2 4 50 TIMES A NIGHT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): FIXH 11 B//3▽420 R 111 THEY DO IT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): FIXH 11 A//4▽420 R 2 5 50 TIMES A NIGHT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): FIXH 11 B//3▽420 R 11 6 THEY DO IT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): FIXH 11 A //4▽420 R 1 50 TIMES A NIGHT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): FIXH 11 B//4▽420 R 2 THEY DO IT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): FIXH 11 B//3▽420 R 2 3 50 TIMES A NIGHT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): FIXH 11 B//3▽420 R 2 THEY DO IT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): FIXH 11 A//3▽420 R 1 1 50 TIMES A NIGHT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): FIXH 11 B//4▽420 R 11 14 THEY DO IT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): FIXH 11 A//3▽420 R 12 1 50 TIMES A NIGHT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): FIXH 11 B//4▽420 R 11 4 THEY DO IT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10): FIXH 11 A//4▽420 R 2 50 TIMES A NIGHT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 10): FIXH11 B//4▽420 R 2 THEY DO IT!
Other Versions (5 of 202)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | The Head On The Door (CD, Album, Stereo) | Fiction Records | 827 231-2 | Europe | 1985 | ||
Recently Edited | The Head On The Door (Cassette, Album, AR, Dolby HX Pro) | Elektra, Elektra | 60435-4, 9 60435-4 | US | 1985 | ||
| The Head On The Door (LP, Album) | Fiction Records, Fiction Records | 827 231-1ME, LP 827 231-1ME | Germany | 1985 | |||
| The Head On The Door (LP, Album, Stereo, Specialty Records Corporation) | Elektra, Elektra | 60435-1, 9 60435-1 | US | 1985 | |||
Recently Edited | The Head On The Door (LP, Album) | Elektra | 96 04351 | Canada | 1985 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- I'm looking but I don't see anywhere else on DG: special edition of THOTD including Close to me 12 single, with promo sticker.
That's a perfectly sounding pressing!! much clearer and more detailed than my other German pressing.
One of my favorite Cure albums. I haven’t heard the US pressing but this UK sound spectacular.- Can someone tell me what is the proper way of writing "In Between Days"?
This is what I could find online.
The original Fiction Records CD release has the track labelled as "Inbetween Days"
The original Elektra Records CD release has it labelled as "In Between Days"
The original vinyl release has it labelled as "In Between Days" on the back side and on the record, but it's labelled as "Inbetween Days" on the liner.
The single release cover has it as "In Between Days"
So this is the problem. Was there a certain spelling that the band preferred or should i just pick the one i like better? - What a frigging great record this is. A real masterpiece!
One of the best sounding records in my collection. The drums are mixed/mastered so perfectly.
Researching the promotional poster that came with the UK first pressing , as mine did , im yet to find a reference to it with the album anywhere , but have found 3 for sale and its stated its been folded 3 times for storage reasons , the reason for those 3 folds , is so it fits into the album cover !- My first pressing contains the Poster ? No mention of this in the release info here ?
- Edited 7 years agoTheir low point during the 80's, Kyoto Song and Six Different Ways, what are such sub standard tracks doing on a Cure album, even Vince Clarke managed to get more juice out of those toy Casio keyboards.
Prior to the Top 100 brand of The Cure the band was followed by "cool" kids. Not cool by today's standards but kids that were truly post punk. Kids that listened to and shared physical music fanaticly and used it to understand their world at the time (80's). Music playing on the radio was mediocre at best and some bands held a Indie attitude and stayed with lesser known lables. These bands were my best friends. The Cure, Rem, The Replacements, Pixies, etc. weren't popular until late in their output. The best Cure companion for all of us back then was Standing on a beach + b sides, cassette only release. Bootlegs are available on cd but hard to find.The Cure discography will remain and should be enjoyed from the beginning. Friday I wasn't in love.
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