Cured is the fifth solo album from former Genesis

Genesis (band)

Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...

 guitarist Steve Hackett

Steve Hackett

Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...

. Prior to recording Cured, Hackett disbanded the group with which he recorded Spectral Mornings

Spectral Mornings

Spectral Mornings is the third release and the second post-Genesis album by guitarist Steve Hackett. This is also the first recording to feature Hackett's first true touring band consisting of his brother John Hackett on flute, guitar and bass pedals, long-time collaborator keyboardist Nick Magnus,...

and Defector

Defector (album)

Defector was the fourth solo album from former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. It was released in 1980 on the Charisma label.In 2005, Defector was remastered and re-released on Virgin Records...

. Only Hackett's brother, John, and keyboardist Nick Magnus remained from that band.

The album is largely a collaboration between Hackett and Magnus. All drum

Drum

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 parts were provided by a drum machine

Drum machine

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, programmed by Magnus, and all lead vocals were performed by Hackett. Although there are distinct elements of progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 on Cured, the album is much more pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

-oriented than Hackett's previous efforts.

In 2007, Cured was remaster

Remaster

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ed and re-released on Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

. The new edition features updated liner notes

Liner notes

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 and three bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs by Steve Hackett

Steve Hackett

Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...

  except where noted

1. "Hope I Don't Wake" – 3:48
2. "Picture Postcard" – 3:55
3. "Can't Let Go" – 5:43
4. "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare" – 4:42
5. "Funny Feeling" – 4:07 (Steve Hackett - Nick Magnus)
6. "A Cradle of Swans" – 2:49
7. "Overnight Sleeper" – 4:37 (Steve Hackett - Kim Poor)
8. "Turn Back Time" – 4:23

2007 Remaster Bonus Tracks

1. "Tales of the Riverbank" - 2:00
2. "Second Chance" - 2:00
3. "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare (Live)" - 4:08

Musicians

• Steve Hackett
  Steve Hackett
  Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
• Nick Magnus
  Nick Magnus
  Nick Magnus is a British keyboard player, songwriter, composer, arranger, engineer and producer.He is from the progressive school of keyboard players, mostly associated with instrumental and rock music...
  
   - keyboards, drum machine
  Drum machine
  A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...
  
  
• John Hackett
  John Hackett (musician)
  John Hackett is a British flautist, the younger brother of guitarist Steve Hackett. Although his primary instrument is the flute, he also plays guitar, bass and keyboards...
  
   - flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  , bass pedals
  Bass pedals
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Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Pop Albums	169