The Cure Album: “Greatest Hits [Bonus CD]”

Robert Smith all the way to back in the day! This CD really takes me back to the good ole Cure days. And on top of that, a bonus CD with the same stuff live and unplugged! The new songs are absolutely fabulous. It's good to know that Fat Bob is still singing those tunes and hitting those high notes. Bottom line: if you are a die hard Cure fan, this album is a must must MUST for your collection. Solid Gold!

I really like the bonus unplugged CD. The band seems to have a lot of fun playing the music and the songs really stand on their own once stripped of the synth and production. Made me appreciate the Cure in a brand new way.

Plain and simple this is the "pop" side of the Cure, hence the title "greatest hits". Fans of the "goth" Cure may want to look elsewhere. The 2 new songs are ok, but nothing to get excited about. As mentioned in other reviews, nothing from the Bloodflowers album. That did have one hit, didn't it? I was one of many (and probably most) that got this for the "acoustic" disc. Im glad I did, and though its cool to hear a different version of these songs, its not quite what I was hoping for. Bob's voice is a bit loud, and some of the songs border on annoying, especially when attempting to listen to the entire disc. The best bet for any newcomers, or anyone, would be the 2 previous collections. Those will give you alot more songs, many that are missing here, and more than just "hits". Everyone who's really interested should have more than one disc by this amazing band anyway.

I can imagine this being said (perhaps by members of The Cure, or more likely the managers) immediately before this album was conceived. Don't get me wrong, I love this band and everything they've done.

Another compilation album... but nobody needs to read a review of that, they want to know if the bonus disc is any good, right? Well, I can't say it did anything for me. At all. I actually couldn't listen to some of the acoustic songs all the way through, I got the strong feeling that they were all knocked off in a single day at the studio. Every song starts with the same drumstick timing, and only a couple of the songs try (and fail) to create any atmosphere. Very short and infrequent glimmers of passion on the acoustic disc from Robert.

The new songs are good - probably the floor cuttings from the recording they're doing for their 'real' post-Elektra album :) I think the only thing you should expect from this album is for it to fill the space between Bloodflowers and whatever Robert has planned for us next, and it barely accomplishes that. The flip case on mine is a bit uncooperative - it's gotten stuck shut, trapping the acoustic disc within. Is the CD case trying to protect me, or perhaps apologize to me? Either way, I think I'll leave it there - I was hoping for MTV Unplugged, but got soulless contract fulfillment instead. No real harm done, I'll still buy your next disc guys :)

This is the best the cure album ever. It collects its best songs, and includes the spectacular unplugged versions. All the cure's fans should have it