The Cure’s five best B-sides

The Cure They have undoubtedly been one of the great protagonists of the festival season in recent months. And they have done so using one of the best songbooks in the history of British pop, post-punk and rock.

Robert Smith’s band is known for including B-sides and rarities much loved by their fans in their concerts, so it is possible that one of these five songs was played during their concerts. Let’s see what you think of our selection of the five BEST B-sides of the English.

“10:15 Saturday Night” (1978)
One of the most celebrated B-sides of his career. It was officially published on December 22, 1978 as the song that accompanied the main single, the no less legendary “Killing an Arab”. “10:15 Saturday Night”, a mini-hit that is close to the best Buzzcocks in a post-punk key, ended up being included a year later in ““Three Imaginary Boys” (1979), the first album by The Cure.

“The Exploding Boy” (1985)
On July 19, 1985 The Cure officially released “In Between Days”, one of their most iconic songs and first single from “The Head on the Door”, the group’s first album that was a resounding international success. The B-side of that single was the fantastic “The Exploding Boy”, a very dark, but at the same time very beautiful, breakup song that channeled the poppier Joy Division.

“To the Sky” (1989)
Included in a promotional sampler from the Fiction Records label (where The Cure released their first albums) published only on CD, where groups like The Associates or Die Warzau also appeared, “To the Sky” is a dark pop song, with certain New Order airs and some enveloping guitars by Porl Thompson, which has little to envy of the songs that the English group included in the studio albums of that time.

“2 Late” (1989)
Released on August 21, 1989 as the B side of “Lovesong”, another of the great classics of Robert Smith’s band, “2 Late” is so good that it almost rivals the best-known songs of The Cure from the late nineties. In “2 Late” the simple, but moving melody, created by Smith serves as a counterpoint to a tormented story about an impossible love.

“The Big Hand” (1992)
In 1992 The Cure They released the most commercially successful album of their career. “Wish” It went on to sell three million copies, and the last single that came out of the album was “A Letter To Elise”, one of their best beautiful pop songs. The B side of that single, released on October 5, 1992, was “The Big Hand”, a wonderful return to the The Cure most esoteric and dark of the eighties.