Concert: The Cure Live is the first live album of English

England

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 rock band The Cure

The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...

. It was recorded in 1984 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London

London

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 and in Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

. Its cassette tape edition featured on the B-side a twin album of anomalies, entitled Curiosity (Killing the Cat): Cure Anomalies 1977–1984.

Track listing

Tracks written by Robert Smith

Robert Smith (musician)

Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...

, Simon Gallup

Simon Gallup

Simon Jonathon Gallup is an English musician and bassist of the post-punk band The Cure.-Early years:...

 and Lol Tolhurst, except as noted.

1. "Shake Dog Shake" (Smith) - 4:14
2. "Primary
   Primary (song)
   "Primary" is the first single from The Cure's third studio album Faith, released in 1981 on Fiction Records. It was the first song by The Cure to be remixed as a separate extended mix for release on 12" single...
   
   " - 3:29
3. "Charlotte Sometimes
   Charlotte Sometimes (song)
   "Charlotte Sometimes" is a 1981 single by The Cure. The lyrics to both sides were based on the 1969 children's novel of the same name by British writer Penelope Farmer...
   
   " - 4:06
4. "The Hanging Garden
   A Single
   A Single was the first limited edition release by The Cure. It was released as a gatefold double pack of 7" singles with a total of four tracks...
   
   " - 4:05
5. "Give Me It" (Smith) - 2:49
6. "The Walk
   The Walk (The Cure song)
   "The Walk" is the name of a 1983 single by The Cure. It later appeared on their album Japanese Whispers"The Walk" was something of a commercial breakthrough for the group with regard to their singles output, peaking at #12 to give them their first entry into the UK top 20...
   
   " (Smith, Tolhurst) - 3:31
7. "One Hundred Years" - 6:48
8. "A Forest
   A Forest
   "A Forest" is a single by the English rock band The Cure, released on March 28, 1980 as the only single from their second album Seventeen Seconds. It was their first chart single in the UK, reaching #31; the song was also a hit in the Netherlands, reaching #26. It was also their first single to be...
   
   " (Smith, Matthieu Hartley
   Matthieu Hartley
   Matthieu Hartley is an English musician born in Smallfield, England. He is best known as the original keyboardist for The Cure, but before that he and Simon Gallup were involved in two other bands called Lockjaw and The Magazine Spies....
   
   , Gallup, Tolhurst) - 6:46
9. "10:15 Saturday Night
   10:15 Saturday Night
   "10:15 Saturday Night" is a song by British post-punk band, The Cure. It was the B-side to their single "Killing an Arab", as well as the opening track of their debut album, Three Imaginary Boys. It was also released in France as a single with the track "Accuracy" as the B-side...
   
   " (Smith, Michael Dempsey
   Michael Dempsey
   Michael Dempsey is a bassist from England, who has performed as a member of several post-punk and New Wave bands including The Cure and Associates.-Early years:...
   
   , Tolhurst) - 3:44
10. "Killing an Arab
    Killing an Arab
    "Killing an Arab" is the first single by The Cure. It was recorded at the same time as their first LP in the UK, Three Imaginary Boys but not included on the album...
    
    " (Smith, Dempsey, Tolhurst) - 2:51

Cassette tape edition

The B-side of the cassette tape edition of Concert contained a twin album entitled Curiosity (Killing the Cat): Cure Anomalies 1977–1984, a set of Cure rarities recorded from 1977 to 1984:

1. "Heroin Face" (now found on Disc Two of the remastered Three Imaginary Boys
   Three Imaginary Boys
   The album included an uncredited, final instrumental track informally called "The Weedy Burton". The fact was not acknowledged until the Deluxe Edition re-issue.-2004 Deluxe Edition:...
   
   )
2. "Boys Don't Cry" (now found on Disc Two of the remastered Three Imaginary Boys)
3. "Subway Song" (now found on Disc Two of the remastered Three Imaginary Boys)
4. "At Night" (now found on Disc Two of the remastered Seventeen Seconds
   Seventeen Seconds
   Seventeen Seconds is the second studio album by The Cure, released in April 1980 by Fiction Records. It is the only Cure album to feature keyboardist Matthieu Hartley, and was featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The album reached number 20 on the British album charts...
   
   )
5. "In Your House" (now found on Disc Two of the remastered Seventeen Seconds)
6. "The Drowning Man" (now found on Disc Two of the remastered Faith
   Faith (The Cure album)
   Faith is the third album by British band The Cure, released in April 1981.- Overview :Faith is generally a brooding, atmospheric, and sombre album, although it has a flash of anger in the form of the song "Doubt", and some edge in the driving single "Primary"...
   
   )
7. "Other Voices" (now found on Disc Two of the remastered Faith)
8. "The Funeral Party" (now found on Disc Two of the remastered Faith)
9. "All Mine" (now found on Disc Two of the remastered Pornography
   Pornography (album)
   NME reviewer Dave Hill wrote, "This record portrays and parades its currency of exposed futility and naked fear with so few distractions or adornments, and so little sense of shame...
   
   )
10. "Forever" (now found on Disc Two of the remastered The Top
    The Top (album)
    The Top is the fifth studio album by British band The Cure, released in 1984.-Overview:The Top was the studio album to follow Pornography. After Pornography, Robert Smith found himself without his friend Simon Gallup, who departed the band due to a fight.Smith then took a radical shift in his music...
    
    )

Personnel

• Robert Smith
  Robert Smith (musician)
  Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...
  
  - vocals, guitar
• Porl Thompson
  Porl Thompson
  Porl Thompson is an English musician best known for his work with The Cure.-Life and work:Thompson is the oldest of four children; he has two brothers and one sister...
  
   - guitar, saxophone, keyboards
• Andy Anderson - drums
• Phil Thornalley
  Phil Thornalley
  Phil Thornalley is a songwriter-producer who has worked in the music industry since 1978. He is perhaps best known for co-writing the song "Torn" which Natalie Imbruglia later covered to great success for her 1997 debut album, Left of the Middle...
  
   - bass guitar
• Lol Tolhurst - keyboards