Standing on a Beach (titled Staring at the Sea in CD format) is a singles compilation released by the British rock band The Cure in May, 1986, marking a decade since the band's founding in 1976. The title is taken from the opening lyrics of The Cure's debut single "Killing an Arab".
The album was released in three formats, vinyl record, compact disc and audio cassette.
The vinyl edition is a collection of all thirteen of The Cure's commercially r...
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Standing on a Beach (titled Staring at the Sea in CD format) is a singles compilation released by the British rock band The Cure in May, 1986, marking a decade since the band's founding in 1976. The title is taken from the opening lyrics of The Cure's debut single "Killing an Arab".
The album was released in three formats, vinyl record, compact disc and audio cassette.
The vinyl edition is a collection of all thirteen of The Cure's commercially released singles up to that point in chronological order.
The CD edition features the same tracks as the vinyl edition, but also includes an extra track each from four of the band's albums.
The cassette edition features the same tracks as the vinyl edition, but also contains all of the band's b-sides that had, to that point, not received a long-play release. This excludes "10:15 Saturday Night" from the "Killing an Arab" single, which was released on the Three Imaginary Boys album, "Plastic Passion" from the "Boys Don't Cry" single, which was...
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