On this day in history (January 27, 2004), The Cure released the box set “Join The Dots: B-sides & rarities 1978-2001″. Many of us feel that this is the best collection of b-sides put out by any artist. Join The Dots is a 4 disc collection that includes b-sides, remixes and unreleased tracks from 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years). Tracks like The Exploding Boy, A Few Hours After This, Man Inside My Mouth and many more are clearly good enough to be singles on their own. This compilation is a must have for any fan of The Cure.
Track Listing
Disc 1 (1978–1987)
- “10:15 Saturday Night” (Originally the B-side of “Killing an Arab“, but also appears on Three Imaginary Boys and Boys Don’t Cry, 1979)
- “Plastic Passion” (Originally the B-side of “Boys Don’t Cry”, but also appears on Boys Don’t Cry, 1979)
- “Pillbox Tales” (Originally the B-side of the “Boys Don’t Cry” 1986 12″ rerelease, but recorded in 1979)
- “Do the Hansa” (Originally the B-side of the “Boys Don’t Cry” 1986 12″ re-release, but recorded in 1979)
- “I’m Cold” (Originally the B-side of “Jumping Someone Else’s Train”, 1979)
- “Another Journey by Train” (Originally the B-side of “A Forest”, 1980)
- “Descent” (Originally the B-side of “Primary”, 1981)
- “Splintered in Her Head” (Originally the B-side of “Charlotte Sometimes“, 1981)
- “Lament” [Flexipop] (Came on a vinyl record included on an issue of Flexipop, 1982)
- “Just One Kiss” (Originally the B-side of “Let’s Go to Bed“, 1982)
- “The Dream” (Originally the B-side of “The Walk“, 1983)
- “The Upstairs Room” (Originally the extra B-side of “The Walk” 12″, 1983)
- “Lament” (Originally the extra B-side of “The Walk” 12″, 1983)
- “Speak My Language” (Originally the B-side of “The Love Cats“, 1983)
- “Mr Pink Eyes” (Originally the extra B-side of “The Love Cats” 12″, 1983)
- “Happy the Man” (Originally the B-side of “The Caterpillar“, 1984)
- “Throw Your Foot” (Originally the extra B-side of “The Caterpillar” 12″, 1984)
- “New Day” (Originally the extra B-side of the 10″ single of “Close to Me“, 1985)
- “The Exploding Boy” (Originally the B-side of “In Between Days“, 1985)
- “A Few Hours After This…” (Originally the extra B-side of “In Between Days” 12″, 1985)
- “A Man Inside My Mouth” (Originally the B-side of “Close To Me”, 1985)
- “Stop Dead” (Originally the extra B-side of “Close to Me” 12″, 1985)
Disc 2 (1987–1992)
- “A Japanese Dream” (Originally the B-side of “Why Can’t I Be You?“, 1987)
- “Breathe” (Originally the B-side of “Catch“, 1987)
- “A Chain of Flowers” (Originally the extra B-side of “Catch” 12″, 1987)
- “Snow in Summer” (Originally the B-side of “Just Like Heaven“, 1987)
- “Sugar Girl” (Originally the extra B-side of “Just Like Heaven” 12″, 1987)
- “Icing Sugar” [Remix] (Extra track on Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me orange vinyl bonus disc, 1987)
- “Hey You!!!” [12″ Extended Mix] (Originally the B-side of “Hot Hot Hot!!!“, 1987)
- “How Beautiful You Are…” [Remix] (Extra track on Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Radio sampler CD, 1987)
- “To the Sky” (Originally released on the Fiction compilation Stranger Than Fiction in 1989, but was recorded in 1987)
- “Babble” (Originally the B-side of “Lullaby” in the UK and “Fascination Street” in the U.S., 1989)
- “Out of Mind” (Originally an extra B-side on the 12″ version of “Lullaby” and the 12″ version of “Fascination Street“, 1989)
- “2 Late” (Originally the B-side of “Lovesong“, 1989)
- “Fear of Ghosts” (Originally the extra B-side of “Lovesong” 12″, 1989)
- “Hello, I Love You” [psychedelic version] (Previously unreleased, but recorded in 1990)
- “Hello I Love You” (Originally from the Elektra CD Rubiyat, 1990, cover of a song by The Doors)
- “Hello I Love You” [Slight Return Mix] (Originally from the Elektra CD Rubaiyat, 1990)
- “Harold and Joe” (Originally the B-side of “Never Enough“, 1990)
- “Just Like Heaven” [Dizzy Mix] (Originally the B-side of the “Close to Me” Closest Mix re-release, 1990)
Disc 3 (1992–1996)
- “This Twilight Garden” (Originally the B-side of “High“, 1992)
- “Play” (Originally the extra B-side of “High”, 1992)
- “Halo” (Originally the B-side of “Friday I’m in Love“, 1992)
- “Scared as You” (Originally the extra B-side of “Friday I’m in Love” 12″, 1992)
- “The Big Hand” (Originally the B-side of “A Letter to Elise“, 1992)
- “A Foolish Arrangement” (Originally the extra B-side of “A Letter to Elise” 12″, 1992)
- “Doing the Unstuck” [Saunders 12″ Remix] (Previously unreleased remix made in 1992, intended for a “Doing the Unstuck” single that never came to be, 1992)
- “Purple Haze” (Virgin Radio Version) (Originally unreleased 12″ version, 1993)
- “Purple Haze” (Originally from Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix, 1993)
- “Burn” (Originally from The Crow official soundtrack, 1994)
- “Young Americans” (Originally from 104.9 XFM compilation, a cover of the David Bowie song coupled with the riff from Bowie’s “The Wedding Song“, 1993)
- “Dredd Song” (Originally from the Judge Dredd official soundtrack, 1995)
- “It Used to Be Me” (Originally the B-side to “The 13th“, 1996)
- “Ocean” (Originally the B-side to “The 13th”, 1996)
- “Adonais” (Originally the B-side to “The 13th”, 1996)
Disc 4 (1996–2001)
- “Home” (Originally the B-side to “Mint Car“, 1996)
- “Waiting” (Originally the B-side to “Mint Car”, 1996)
- “A Pink Dream” (Originally the B-side to “Mint Car”, 1996)
- “This Is a Lie” [Ambient Mix] (Originally the B-side to “Strange Attraction” in the U.S. and “Gone!” in the UK, 1996)
- “Wrong Number” [P2P Remix] (Originally one of the remixes from the “Wrong Number” single, remixed by Robert Smith in 1997)
- “More Than This” (Originally from The X-Files: The Album, 1998)
- “World in My Eyes” (Originally from For the Masses, an album of Depeche Mode covers, 1998)
- “Possession” (Previously unreleased song from the Bloodflowers sessions, 2000)
- “Out of This World” [Oakenfold Remix] (Previously unreleased remix, but made in 2000)
- “Maybe Someday” [Hedges Remix] (Originally from the “Maybe Someday” promo-only CD, 2000)
- “Coming Up” (Originally an extra track on the Japanese/Australian versions of Bloodflowers, 2000)
- “Signal to Noise” (acoustic version) (Previously unreleased acoustic recording from the Greatest Hits sessions, due to the fact that “Signal to Noise” was planned to be a single with the B-side “Cut Here“, but was switched at the last moment, 2001)
- “Signal to Noise” (Originally the B-side to “Cut Here”, 2001)
- “Just Say Yes” (Curve Remix) (Previously unreleased remix made in 2001)
- “A Forest” [Plati and Slick Version] (Previously unreleased remix made in 2001)
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