Twenty-five years ago today, The Cure released Standing on a Beach: The Singles, a seminal compilation — and yes, we’re talking about the cassette here, not the Staring at the Sea CD — that stands alongside New Order’s Substance and Catching Up With Depeche Mode as one of the signpost compilations of the ’80s college rock era. Read more here.
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Twenty-five years ago today, The Cure released Standing on a Beach: The Singles, a seminal compilation — and yes, we’re talking about the cassette here, not the Staring at the Sea CD — that stands alongside New Order’s Substance and Catching Up With Depeche Mode as one of the signpost compilations of the ’80s college rock era. Read more here.

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    “The Exploding Boy” and “A Few Hours After This”—one of the best cassette 1-2 punches ever.
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    ZOMG The cassette version with the b-sides! I MISS THIS.
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    My father had this :3
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    That tape is not responsible for my Cure love but certainly got me deeper into them at a time when I really hadn’t been...
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    This tape caused my sever cognitive dissonance when it was released. I had an excellent tape deck, but
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