Japanese Whispers

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So then I a/b'd the 4 Walk EP songs on the WG CD with the UK Fiction Walk 12", and the differences between those were even more glaring... Compared to the original vinyl, the WG CD sounded like a 3rd generation cassette recording. Really cheap, murky, and harsh, with a very noticeable cut in the lower frequencies. The EP, by contrast, had a beautifully full low end and that rich detail in the higher frequencies.

Japanese Whispers: The Cure Singles Nov 82 - Discogs Japanese Whispers: The Cure Singles Nov 82 - Discogs

After the band had imploded (and dropped down to only two permanent members) from their increasingly depressing albums Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography, upbeat pop songs like “Let’s Go To Bed”, “The Walk” and “The Lovecats” reinvented the band from gloomy doomsters to pop sensations seemingly overnight. Also of possible interest, I a/b'd the WG JW Let's Go to Bed with the original Fiction 7", and the 7" absolutely killed; again much fuller low end with richly detailed upper frequencies. The song peaked at #12 in the UK, becoming their biggest hit at the time. It would soon be surpassed by their first top 10 “The Lovecats” just a few months later. Offiziellecharts.de – The Cure – Japanese Whispers: The Cure Singles Nov 82: Nov 83" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 July 2023. The songs were recorded when the band was in a transitional phase. In 1982, bassist Simon Gallup left following the Pornography tour and musician Lol Tolhurst switched from drums to the keyboards.Charts.nz – The Cure – Japanese Whispers: The Cure Singles Nov 82: Nov 83". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2023. I would recommend the US Sire CD for Japanese Whispers and steer clear of the WG in this case. But the Sire is nothing special.

The Cure | ‘Japanese Whispers’ to be released on Picture Disc! The Cure | ‘Japanese Whispers’ to be released on Picture Disc!

Japanese Whispers - Fiction 817 470-2 (blue picture label CD made in West Germany) As someone mentions above, rather thin & tinny sounding in places pretty much sums it up. The following year, two additional (and even more successful, as it turned out) poppy singles were made available to the public - a grateful public, it seemed, with ‘The Walk’ reaching #12, and ‘The Lovecats’ faring even better, hitting an impressive #7 position in 1983 on the reformed-goths home turf. The singles marked a change of direction in The Cure’s sound, so it’s convenient then, that fans were offered an opportunity to collect the aforementioned singles (and their respective b-sides) in one, neat bundle entitled ‘Japanese Whispers’, to investigate this unassumingly important chapter in the bands eclectic catalogue. In a 2004 interview with Rolling Stone, Smith detailed what contributed to the shift in style. “I didn’t want that side of life anymore; I wanted to do something that’s really kind of cheerful. I thought, “This isn’t going to work. No one’s ever gonna buy into this. It’s so ludicrous that I’m gonna go from a goth idol to a pop star in three easy lessons. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p.79. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Japanese Whispers is coming to Picture Disc for the first time!This compilation of Cure singles and B-sides released between Nov 1982 and Nov 1983 features the singles “Let’s Go To Bed”, “The Walk” and “The Lovecats”.I suggested that we were going to do something that’s kind of like a Disney take on jazz, based around the Aristocats. And suddenly everything we did started to sell.” On its original release, Japanese Whispers charted in the UK Album charts on December 24 in 1983, and was the first album by the band to enter the Billboard 200 in the US in early 1984. after hearing a lot of praise for the West German Cure CDs, I found a cheap WG Japanese Whispers CD and bought it. However, when I got home and played it, I was a bit dismayed at what I heard.

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First charted in the UK Album charts on December 24th 1983, highest position was number 26, reached on January 21st 1984. JesusChris - Fair enough, i get what you mean - this record has sentimental value to you, so that's why you're so fond, i dig. P.S. Your mum has good taste in music! The Cure Official store has just been updated with several new collections including Bloodflowers 20th Anniversary Collection, Seventeen Seconds 40th Anniversary Collection, ‘Cure Crew’ collection, Japanese Whispers Picture Disc, 2021 Faith Calendar, a range of new Cure masks… and lots more!APB Music Co. Ltd. all rights for U.S. & Canada on behalf of APB Music Co. Ltd. (PRS) Adm. by WB Music Corp. ASCAP Let's Go to Bed sounded fine enough, but when the Dream came on, something sounded really off. I got out my Sire LP to a/b the two versions, and sure enough, the Dream on the WG CD - as well as the other three songs culled from the Walk EP - sounded muffled and muddy compared to the Sire LP. The best way I can describe it is that the Sire LP (while not a stellar pressing) had this airiness and very pleasing definition/detail in the higher frequencies, whereas the WG CD sounded as if that high frequency had been crudely switched off. Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part Robert Smith explained what inspired the significant change in the band’s sound from the ‘completely unlistenable’ Pornography to the quirky pop singles found on Japanese Whispers: