Cuckoo (album)

Cuckoo
Studio album by
Curve
Released13 September 1993 (1993-09-13)
RecordedDecember 1992 – March 1993
StudioTodal (London)
GenreShoegaze[1]
Length45:46
Label
Producer
Curve chronology
Radio Sessions
(1993) 		Cuckoo
(1993) 		Come Clean
(1998)
Singles from Cuckoo
  1. "Blackerthreetracker"
    Released: 23 August 1993
  2. "Superblaster"
    Released: 8 November 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
NME5/10[6]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[7]
Q[8]
Select5/5[9]
Vox6/10[10]

Cuckoo is the second studio album to be released by the British alternative rock band Curve. It was released on 13 September 1993 and was issued by Anxious Records and Charisma Records. It was less commercially successful than the band's previous releases.

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  3. ^ Webber, Brad (11 November 1993). "Curve: Cuckoo (Virgin)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Curve: Cuckoo". Entertainment Weekly. No. 194. 29 October 1993. p. 65.
  5. ^ Hochman, Steve (21 November 1993). "Curve, 'Cuckoo,' Anxious/Charisma". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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  7. ^ Wood, Sam (14 December 1993). "Curve: Cuckoo (Anxious/Charisma)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  8. ^ Aston, Martin (October 1993). "Curve: Cuckoo". Q. No. 85. p. 105. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  9. ^ Collins, Andrew (September 1993). "The Lunatic Fringe". Select. No. 39. pp. 86–87. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  10. ^ O'Brien, Lucy (October 1993). "Sand Blasted". Vox. No. 37. Retrieved 26 December 2015.