The Cure discography

The Cure discography
A band performing on stage.
The Cure performing live at Madison Square Garden in 2016
Studio albums13
Live albums6
Compilation albums7
Video albums12
Music videos44
EPs12
Singles46
Remix albums2
Box sets8
Other sets6
Promotional singles20
Other appearances11

The English rock band the Cure has released thirteen studio albums, six live albums, two remix albums, seven compilation albums, eight box sets, twelve extended plays, and forty-six singles on Fiction Records and Geffen Records. They have also released twelve video albums and forty-four music videos.

Formed in 1976,[1][2][3] the Cure grew out of a band known as Malice. Malice formed in January 1976 and underwent several line-up changes and a name change to Easy Cure[4] before The Cure was founded in May 1978. The Cure's original line-up consisted of guitarist/vocalist Robert Smith, drummer Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst and bassist Michael Dempsey. The band has continued through various line-ups; Smith is the group's only remaining original member. The line-up of the band for their most recent album, 4:13 Dream (2008), consisted of Smith, bassist Simon Gallup, guitarist Porl Thompson and drummer Jason Cooper.

The Cure's debut album, Three Imaginary Boys (1979), reached number 44 on the UK Albums Chart.[5] The next two albums, Seventeen Seconds (1980) and Faith (1981), were top 20 hits in the UK, reaching number 20 and number 14 respectively.[5] Between 1982 and 1996, the Cure released seven studio albums, all of which reached the Top 10 in the UK.[5] The most successful of these was Wish (1992) which reached number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard 200.[5][6] The last three studio albums – Bloodflowers (2000), The Cure (2004) and 4:13 Dream (2008) – have had mixed success, reaching numbers 14, 8 and 33 in the UK respectively.[5][7]

  1. ^ McPherson, Sam (17 April 2018). "The Cure working on new music as part of 40th anniversary". axs.com.
  2. ^ "The Cure: A Perfect Dream - A Bio of Robert Smith's Goth Band". Rockarchive. 23 August 2018.
  3. ^ Collins, Andrew (8 July 2019). "The Cure: Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park London – review". Radio Times.
  4. ^ Apter, Jeff. (2006). Never Enough: The Story of the Cure. Omnibus Press. pp. 56–57. ISBN 1-84449-827-1
  5. ^ a b c d e Roberts, David (ed.) (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th edition, London: HiT Entertainment. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ "The Cure > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Official Charts > Cure". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2019.