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What's the best track on "Head On The Door"?

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As we haven't done any Cure polls yet, it is surely about time. Starting off with my favourite album, but there is more to come later.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
A Night Like This 15
In Between Days 12
Close to Me 11
Six Different Ways 4
Push 4
Sinking3
The Blood 2
Screw 2
Kyoto Song 1
The Baby Screams 0


― Geir Hongro, Friday, 15 February 2008 09:47 (eighteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Cure_-_The_Head_on_the_Door.jpg

A very strong album indeed. Going for "A Night Like This" myself, but there are other very great songs here, such as the two singles, "Kyoto Song" and "The Blood".

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 15 February 2008 09:48 (eighteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/The_Cure_-_The_Head_on_the_Door.jpg
(Now there's the right link, I believe)

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 15 February 2008 09:49 (eighteen years ago)

In between days is possibly the best song made by anyone ever.

So, um, that one...

― Mark G, Friday, 15 February 2008 09:58 (eighteen years ago)

There's been a couple of other Cure polls, I believe.

― nate woolls, Friday, 15 February 2008 10:09 (eighteen years ago)

Best Cure single

Best Cure album

Best Cure b-side

― nate woolls, Friday, 15 February 2008 10:16 (eighteen years ago)

Not best tracks on album polls though.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 15 February 2008 10:20 (eighteen years ago)

Six Different Ways is the one for me.

― nate woolls, Friday, 15 February 2008 10:22 (eighteen years ago)

The Blood or Night Like This for me. Not my favorite album though

― baaderonixx, Friday, 15 February 2008 10:42 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, up til about 92 this is maybe my least favourite Cure album. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me will be a tough poll.

― nate woolls, Friday, 15 February 2008 10:44 (eighteen years ago)

I've been meaning to start a 'The Top' thread for a while. Re-listening to the remaster the other night, I realized how much stuff was crammed into this album and that I'd still not noticed. Like the electro-fuzz bass on "Bananafishbones" for instance.

― baaderonixx, Friday, 15 February 2008 10:50 (eighteen years ago)

"Close to Me"

― Bee OK, Friday, 15 February 2008 10:53 (eighteen years ago)

"Screw" - most underrated song in Cure history

― zaxxon25, Friday, 15 February 2008 12:14 (eighteen years ago)

"Six different ways", though I prefer the Peel Session version.

― Rob M v2, Friday, 15 February 2008 12:52 (eighteen years ago)

In Between Days

― Joe, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:07 (eighteen years ago)

"Push"

burn the cloying baby music on "Close to Me" and "Six Different Ways"

― abanana, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:37 (eighteen years ago)

Holy Crap this is a tough one. It might've have been "Push" or "In Between Days" or even "The Baby Screams," but I have to go with "A Night Like This," because it's so fucking gorgeous.

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:39 (eighteen years ago)

such as the two singles, "Kyoto Song" and "The Blood".

-- Geir Hongro, Friday, February 15, 2008 9:48 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link

the singles were "Close to Me" and "In Between Days".

― abanana, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:41 (eighteen years ago)

I think you missed the comma there

― baaderonixx, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:44 (eighteen years ago)

I think Geir missed the Oxford comma.

― ledge, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:46 (eighteen years ago)

Geir's a comma chameleon.

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:46 (eighteen years ago)

I'll get my coat.

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:46 (eighteen years ago)

"A Night Like This," but "Sinking" nips at its heels.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:48 (eighteen years ago)

Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:52 (eighteen years ago)

Sorry. I'll shoot myself now.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:52 (eighteen years ago)

The correct answer, btw, is "In Between Days".

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:52 (eighteen years ago)

I know "Close To Me" and "In-Between Days" were the singles. And both were great. :)

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:53 (eighteen years ago)

There's no hyphen in In Between Days. Just keeping up the pedantry.

― nate woolls, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:54 (eighteen years ago)

Pedanticness?

― nate woolls, Friday, 15 February 2008 13:56 (eighteen years ago)

I remember that HI DERE really LOVES Push

I vote "a night like this"

― akm, Friday, 15 February 2008 14:21 (eighteen years ago)

It gets deep

― Mark G, Friday, 15 February 2008 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah I can't possibly choose between Push & Sinking, so A Night Like This wins.

― Bimble, Friday, 15 February 2008 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

the album version of "Close To Me" is my favorite CURE song.

Close to Me
Six Different Ways
The Blood
In Between Days
A Night Like This
Kyoto Song
Screw
Sinking
Push
The Baby Screams

― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

Sinking - the best over time.

― flowersdie, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:15 (eighteen years ago)

haha Dan hates "Push" doesn't he? Passionately!

"A Night Like This" which is also my favorite of the Standing on a Beach collection.

― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:21 (eighteen years ago)

"Six Different Ways", though I do love that album version of "Close to Me" and I used to work in an office with a Coke machine that made a sound like the opening of "In Between Days" whenever it distributed a can of pop.

― Eazy, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:11 (eighteen years ago)

akm is in so much trouble now

This is one of the few Cure albums where I'd pick a single as the best song on it. ("Close To Me")

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:13 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

gah, wish I'd seen this so "Close to Me" could've at least tied for second. although it deserves to win in a landslide. quite simply one of the finest songs ever written.

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:03 (eighteen years ago)

Those are all excellent songs. Disappointed to see "Kyoto Song" getting only one vote though - that's my second favourite on the album.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 28 February 2008 01:03 (eighteen years ago)


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