The Head on the Door

~ Release by The Cure (see all versions of this release, 28 available)

Annotation

Silver CD

No cat no on front cover.
Fiction Logo on rear cover.
Two lines of German text at bottom of rear cover.

Annotation last modified on 2024-05-13 12:57 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	In Between Days engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer and mixer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup bass guitar [6-string bass] and lead vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) drums (drum set): Boris Williams guitar: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Porl Thompson keyboard: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Lol Tolhurst phonographic copyright (℗) by: Fiction Records Ltd. (not for release label use! please use “Fiction” for that instead) music videos: In Between Days by The Cure part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 320) recording of: In Between Days lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	4.1	2:58
2	Kyoto Song engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth), Howard Gray (UK producer, engineer, and electronic musician) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: Kyoto Song lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	4.5	4:16
3	The Blood engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: The Blood lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	4.35	3:43
4	Six Different Ways engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: Six Different Ways lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	4.25	3:19
5	Push engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth), Howard Gray (UK producer, engineer, and electronic musician) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: Push lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	4.75	4:31
6	The Baby Screams engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: The Baby Screams lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	4	3:44
7	Close to Me engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams keyboard: Porl Thompson and Lol Tolhurst vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 178) recording of: Close to Me lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co. and Fiction Songs Ltd.	4.35	3:23
8	A Night Like This engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth), Howard Gray (UK producer, engineer, and electronic musician) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams electric bass guitar: Simon Gallup guitar: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) keyboard: Porl Thompson and Lol Tolhurst saxophone: Ron Howe (British saxophonist) vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Fiction Records Ltd. (not for release label use! please use “Fiction” for that instead) recording of: A Night Like This lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co. and CD Baby Publishing (publisher, not a release label!)	4.2	4:16
9	Screw engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: Screw lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	4.35	2:38
10	Sinking engineer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) producer: David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) bass guitar: Simon Gallup drums (drum set) and percussion: Boris Williams vocals: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) recording of: Sinking lyricist and composer: Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) publisher: APB Music Co.	4.35	4:58

Credits

Release

assistant engineer:	Frank Barretta Tom Leader Phil Tennant Martin White (engineer)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/25356331 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B0000261KZ [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	A Night Like This Close to Me In Between Days The Blood
included in:	Assemblage

part of:	The Phoenix: The Ten Landmark Albums That Made Indie Rock (number: HM) (order: 25)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/22309 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/The-cure/The-head-on-the-door [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_cure/the_head_on_the_door/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/37355/ [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/The_Head_on_the_Door/4609 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000189687 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1931734 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 042282723123
Format:: CD
Length:: 37:46

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Fiction
827 231-2

Release events

Europe
1985
United Kingdom
1985

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