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Disco de The Cure: “Pornography”
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Fecha de Publicación:2005-05-06
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Tipo:Álbum
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Género:Adult Alternative, New Wave, Brit Rock
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Sello Discográfico:Universal Music International Div.
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Letras Explícitas:No
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UPC:00602498218372
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Análisis (en inglés) - :
"First time available on CD" is often a way of putting a spin on words like "scraps" or "rubbish." This is the case with the second disc of {@Rhino}'s {^Pornography} reissue. Like all the deluxe editions of {$the Cure}'s back catalog, the album is packaged with a spectacular layout containing plenty of photos and biographical liner notes, but the decision to compile the band's B-sides on the quadruple-disc {^Join the Dots} -- allowing room for an abundance of lesser material for each album reissue's second disc -- means that a lot of fans will feel short-changed. Many of them only want a few B-sides from a specific era, rather than a box set spanning 24 years and a pile of mere curiosities attached to the new edition of each album. (Doing it the other way around, with the B-sides on the album reissues and the other stuff slapped together for a box set, would've made too much sense; granted, it wouldn't have been the wisest business move.) The second disc here contains half the album in bootleg-quality live form, pulled from a pair of 1982 gigs. Again, only the most rabid followers will want to hear any of these tracks more than once, save for {&"All Mine,"} which might be remembered from the cassette-only {^Curiosity}. {&"Airlock"} (a short-film score/extended mood piece, not a patch on {^Carnage Visors}) and a handful of demos are in the same territory, though the demos do highlight the change that came when production help shifted from {$Michael Hedges} to {$Phil Thornalley}. When stacked against their final-version counterparts, the demos are far more gentle and not nearly as sharp. This also indicates why {^Pornography} was in need of remastering for so long; the battering drums and acidic guitars didn't translate so well on the initial CD edition. In fact, a few seconds of {&"The Hanging Garden"} ought to make the second-disc bores forgettable, if not forgivable. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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