The Cure – The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities 1978>2001 The Fiction Years)

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Label:

 Rhino Records (2) – R2 78043

Format:
4 x CD , Compilation, Remastered , Digibook

Country:

 US

Released:

Genre:

 Rock

Style:

 Ethereal

Tracklist

1978>1987
1-1 10:15 Saturday Night
Producer – Chris Parry
Written-By – Smith*
3:40
1-2 Plastic ion
Producer – Chris Parry
Written-By – Smith*
2:14
1-3 Pillbox Tales
Mixed By [1986] – Robert Smith
Producer – Chris Parry
Written-By – Smith*
2:54
1-4 Do The Hansa
Mixed By [1986] – Robert Smith
Producer – Chris Parry
Written-By – Smith*
2:38
1-5 I'm Cold
Producer – Chris Parry
Written-By – Smith*
2:47
1-6 Another Journey By Train
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
3:04
1-7 Descent
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
3:07
1-8 Splintered In Her Head
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
5:16
1-9 Lament (Flexipop Version)
Mixed By – Robert Smith
Producer – Steven Severin
Written-By – Smith*
4:34
1-10 Just One Kiss
Producer – Chris Parry
Written-By – Smith*
4:08
1-11 The Dream
Producer – Steve Nye
Written-By – Smith*
3:12
1-12 The Upstairs Room
Producer – Steve Nye
Written-By – Smith*
3:29
1-13 Lament
Producer – Steve Nye
Written-By – Smith*
4:23
1-14 Speak My Language
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
2:42
1-15 Mr. Pink Eyes
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
2:42
1-16 Happy The Man
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
2:45
1-17 Throw Your Foot
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
3:33
1-18 New Day
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
4:08
1-19 The Exploding Boy
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
2:52
1-20 A Few Hours After This…
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
2:26
1-21 A Man Inside My Mouth
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
3:05
1-22 Stop Dead
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
4:02
1987>1992
2-1 A Japanese Dream
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
3:29
2-2 Breathe
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
4:46
2-3 A Chain Of Flowers
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
4:52
2-4 Snow In Summer
Mixed By – Steve Spencer
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
3:25
2-5 Sugar Girl
Mixed By – Steve Spencer
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
3:13
2-6 Icing Sugar
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
3:20
2-7 Hey You!!! (12" Extended Remix)
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
4:06
2-8 How Beautiful You Are
Mixed By – Bob Clearmountain
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
4:23
2-9 To The Sky
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
5:13
2-10 Babble
Mixed By – Smith*
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
4:18
2-11 Out Of Mind
Mixed By – Smith*
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
3:51
2-12 2 Late
Mixed By – Smith*
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
2:39
2-13 Fear Of Ghosts
Mixed By – Smith*
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
6:49
2-14 Hello I Love You (Psychedelic Mix)
Mixed By – Bryan 'Chuck' New*
Producer – The Cure
Written-By – Krieger*
6:02
2-15 Hello I Love You
Mixed By – Bryan 'Chuck' New*
Producer – The Cure
Written-By – Krieger*
3:29
2-16 Hello I Love You (Slight Return Mix)
Mixed By – Bryan 'Chuck' New*
Producer – The Cure
Written-By – Krieger*
0:11
2-17 Harold And Joe
Mixed By – Mark Saunders
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
5:07
2-18 Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix)
Mixed By – Bryan 'Chuck' New*
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
3:43
1992>1996
3-1 This Twilight Garden
Mixed By – Mark Saunders
Producer – The Cure
Written-By – Gallup*
4:43
3-2 Play
Mixed By – Mark Saunders
Producer – The Cure
Written-By – Gallup*
4:34
3-3 Halo
Mixed By – Mark Saunders
Producer – The Cure
Written-By – Gallup*
3:44
3-4 Scared As You
Mixed By – Bryan 'Chuck' New*
Producer – The Cure
Written-By – Gallup*
4:10
3-5 The Big Hand
Mixed By – Mark Saunders
Producer – The Cure
Written-By – Gallup*
4:51
3-6 A Foolish Arrangement
Mixed By – Mark Saunders
Producer – The Cure
Written-By – Gallup*
3:49
3-7 Doing The Unstuck (12" Version)
Producer – The Cure
Remix – Mark Saunders
Written-By – Gallup*
5:52
3-8 Purple Haze (Virgin Radio Version)
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Hendrix*
3:16
3-9 Purple Haze
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Hendrix*
5:20
3-10 Burn
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
6:35
3-11 Young Americans
Producer – Steve Lyon
Written-By – Bowie*
6:21
3-12 Dredd Song
Producer – Steve Lyon
Written-By – Gallup*
4:23
3-13 It Used To Be Me
Producer – Steve Lyon
Written-By – Gallup*
6:48
3-14 Ocean
Producer – Steve Lyon
Written-By – Gallup*
3:28
3-15 Adonais
Producer – Steve Lyon
Written-By – Gallup*
4:11
1996>2001
4-1 Home
Producer – Steve Lyon
Written-By – Gallup*
3:22
4-2 Waiting
Producer – Steve Lyon
Written-By – Gallup*
3:32
4-3 A Pink Dream
Mixed By – Steve Lyon
Producer – Steve Lyon
Written-By – Gallup*
3:42
4-4 This Is A Lie (Ambient Mix)
Mixed By – Tim Palmer
Producer – Steve Lyon
Written-By – Gallup*
4:30
4-5 Wrong Number (P2P Mix)
Mixed By – Robert Smith
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
8:12
4-6 More Than This
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Smith*
5:09
4-7 World In My Eyes
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gore*
4:50
4-8 Possession
Mixed By – Paul Corkett
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
5:15
4-9 Out Of This World (Oakenfold Mix)
Mixed By – Steve Osborne
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
6:59
4-10 Maybe Someday (Acoustic Mix)
Mixed By – Mike Hedges
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
4:57
4-11 Coming Up
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
6:25
4-12 Signal To Noise (Acoustic Version)
Mixed By – Robert Smith
Producer – The Cure
Written-By – Gallup*
3:34
4-13 Signal To Noise
Mixed By – Robert Smith
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
4:05
4-14 Just Say Yes (Curve Mix)
Mixed By – Curve
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
3:16
4-15 A Forest (Mark Plati Mix)
Featuring – Earl Slick
Mixed By – Mark Plati
Producer – Robert Smith
Written-By – Gallup*
6:41

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra Entertainment Group
  • Copyright © – Fiction Records Ltd.
  • Marketed By – Warner Strategic Marketing
  • Manufactured By – Warner Strategic Marketing
  • Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
  • Designed At – Bold Graphic Design Ltd
  • Published By – Fiction Songs Ltd.
  • Published By – Doors Music Company
  • Published By – Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.
  • Published By – Copyright Control
  • Published By – Grabbing Hands
  • Published By – EMI Music Publishing
  • Glass Mastered At – Cinram, Olyphant, PA – Z21454
  • Glass Mastered At – Cinram, Olyphant, PA – Z21451
  • Glass Mastered At – Cinram, Olyphant, PA – Z21410
  • Glass Mastered At – Cinram, Olyphant, PA – Z21452
  • Pressed By – Cinram, Olyphant, PA

Credits

  • Artwork [Package Designed By] – Julien Potter
  • Compiled By, Compilation Producer – Robert Smith
  • Coordinator [Project Co-ordination At Universal Music] – Joe Black
  • Coordinator [Project Co-ordination For The Cure] – Daryl Bamonte
  • Coordinator [Project Co-ordination, Assisted By] – Daren Butler
  • Curated By – Mark Leviton
  • Liner Notes [Sleeve Notes, Assisted By] – Simon Gallup
  • Liner Notes [Sleeve Notes] – Johnny Black
  • Mastered By – Chris Blair
  • Photography By – Tom Sheehan (3)
  • Photography By [Front Cover Image] – Andy Vella
  • Product Manager [Project Assistance] – Vanessa Atkins

Notes

CD1 • 1978>1987
01 - 10:15 Saturday Night - b-side of Killing An Arab
02 - Plastic ion - b-side of Boys Don't Cry
03 - Pillbox Tales - b-side of Boys Don't Cry (New Voice • New Mix) re-release
04 - Do The Hansa - extra b-side of Boys Don't Cry (New Voice • New Mix) re-release 12"
05 - I'm Cold - b-side of Jumping Someone Else's Train
06 - Another Journey By Train - b-side of A Forest
07 - Descent - b-side of Primary
08 - Splintered In Her Head - b-side of Charlotte Sometimes
09 - Lament (Flexipop version) - Flexipop magazine cover release
10 - Just /One Kiss - b-side of Let's Go To Bed
11 - The Dream - b-side of The Walk
12 - The Upstairs Room - extra b-side of The Walk 12"
13 - Lament - extra b-side of The Walk 12"
14 - Speak My Language - b-side of The Lovecats
15 - Mr Pink Eyes - extra b-side of The Lovecats 12"
16 - Happy The Man - b-side of The Caterpillar
17 - Throw Your Foot - extra b-side of The Caterpillar 12"
18 - New Day - extra track on Half An Octopuss 12"
19 - The Exploding Boy - b-side of In Between Days
20 - A Few Hours After This... - extra b-side of In Between Days 12"
21 - A Man Inside My Mouth - b-side of Close To Me
22 - Stop Dead - extra b-side of Close To Me 12"

CD2 • 1987>1992
01 - A Japanese Dream - b-side of Why Can't I Be You?
02 - Breathe - b-side of Catch
03 - A Chain Of Flowers - extra b-side of Catch 12"
04 - Snow In Summer - b-side of Just Like Heaven
05 - Sugar Girl - extra b-side of Just Like Heaven 12"
06 - Icing Sugar - extra track on Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me orange vinyl bonus disc
07 - Hey You!!! - 12" extended remix b-side of Hot Hot Hot !!!
08 - How Beautiful You Are - extra track on Radio Sampler CD
09 - To The Sky - from Fiction CD Stranger Than Fiction
10 - Babble - b-side of Fascination Street
11 - Out Of Mind - extra b-side of Fascination Street 12"
12 - 2 Late - b-side of Lovesong
13 - Fear Of Ghosts - extra b-side of Lovesong 12"
14 - Hello I Love You - unreleased psychedelic mix
15 - Hello I Love You - from Elektra CD Rubaiyat
16 - Hello I Love You - slight return mix from Elektra CD Rubaiyat
17 - Harold And Joe - b-side of Never Enough
18 - Just Like Heaven - dizzy mix b-side of Close To Me re-release Closest Mix

CD3 • 1992>1996
01 - This Twilight Garden - b-side of High
02 - Play - extra b-side of High 12"
03 - Halo - b-side of Friday I'm In Love
04 - Scared As You - extra b-side of Friday I'm In Love 12"
05 - The Big Hand - b-side of A Letter To Elise
06 - A Foolish Arrangement - extra b-side of A Letter To Elise 12"
07 - Doing The Unstuck - unreleased 12" version
08 - Purple Haze - unreleased Virgin Radio version
09 - Purple Haze - from Stone Free (A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix)
10 - Burn - from The Crow OST
11 - Young Americans - from 104.9 XFM compilation
12 - Dredd Song - from Judge Dredd OST
13 - It Used To Be Me - b-side of The 13th
14 - Ocean - b-side of The 13th
15 - Adonais - b-side of The 13th

CD4 • 1996>2001
01 - Home - b-side of Mint Car
02 - Waiting - b-side of Mint Car
03 - A Pink Dream - b-side of Mint Car
04 - This Is A Lie - ambient mix b-side of Strange Attraction
05 - Wrong Number - P2P mix extra b-side of Wrong Number
06 - More Than This - from The X-Files: The Album
07 - World In My Eyes - from For The Masses: An Album Of Depeche Mode Songs
08 - Possession - unreleased 2000
09 - Out Of This World - Oakenfold mix - unreleased 2000
10 - Maybe Someday - acoustic mix from Maybe Someday
11 - Coming Up - extra track on Japanese/Australian version of Bloodflowers
12 - Signal To Noise - acoustic version - unreleased 2001
13 - Signal To Noise - b-side of Cut Here
14 - Just Say Yes - Curve mix - unreleased 2001
15 - A Forest (featuring Earl Slick) - Mark Plati mix - unreleased 2001

Contains a 76 page booklet featuring rare & previously unseen photographs and a complete Fiction discography.

In conjunction with Fiction records and Elektra Entertainment.

This compilation ℗ 2004 Elektra Entertainment Group © 2004 Fiction Records Ltd.
Manufactured & marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing.
Printed in U.S.A.

Packaged in longbox digibook.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 8122-78043-2 9
  • Barcode (Scanned): 081227804329
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1 Variant 1): Z21454 3 R2 78043.3-2.1 01
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  • Mould SID Code (CD2 Variant 1 & 3): IFPI 2U3P
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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities 1978>2001 The Fiction Years) (4×CD, Compilation, Remastered, Digibook) Universal 981 463-0 UK 2004
The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities 1978>2001 The Fiction Years) (4×CD, Compilation, Remastered, Digibook) Universal UICY-1233/6, 981 463-0 Japan 2004
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The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities 1978 to 2001 - The Fiction Years) (4×CD, Compilation, Promo, Remastered) Universal Music none Europe 2004
The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities 1978>2001 The Fiction Years) (4×CD, Compilation, Remastered, Digibook) Universal 981 463-0 Europe 2004
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The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities 1978>2001 The Fiction Years) (4×CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Digibook) Universal 5302796 Europe 2007

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Reviews

  • Pancho_Ramone's avatar
    Pancho_Ramone
    Maybe I'm just a tin-eared infant but the mastering on this sounds fine to me, except for the first 3 tracks on CD4 AKA the Mint Car Bsides. Anyone know why those sound like 128 kbps MP3s unlike all the other songs? Tis a shame as theyre damn good tracks.

    That aside, an essential purchase. Glad I got it as it keeps phasing in and out of streaming (maybe due to the rights to the covers and soundtrack songs?) and there are some real gems in every CD here.
    • pandaroc's avatar
      pandaroc
      I have the US R2 78043. Bar code 081227804329 2004 It comes in a four cd format. CD1 is yellow with tracks from 1978>1987 which are my favorite Cure years. I like their darker gothier sound. CD2 is blue with tracks from 1987>1992 this disc has some very interesting rarities for example they covered the Doors "hello I love you" another great one is "fear of gosts" this one is B-side from the Lovesong single 12". CD3 is purple with tracks from 1992>1996 key tracks are "young americans" "ocean" and "play". CD4 is red with tracks from 1996>2001 amazing beautiful song that you must play loud is "this is a lie" personal favorite also key tracks are "world in my eyes" by Depeche Mode and cool remix of "a forest"
      • kigonjiro's avatar
        kigonjiro
        I have this US edition and is Digibook as the UK one, not in a box.
        • GalaxyExplorer's avatar
          GalaxyExplorer
          Some pretty good tracks here, especially the stuff from about 1980 to 1984. These tracks have the same sound as those studio albums, but they aren't nearly as emotionally heavy as the albums tended to be, so they're much easier to listen to. Lots to enjoy on this box.
          • metro_electro's avatar
            metro_electro
            Edited 19 years ago
            I always felt that when 'Standing On A Beach - The Singles' was released, the cassette version blew the other available formats out of the water. Side two of that tape complemented all those hits with dark and experimental b-sides. If you were new to The Cure and picked up what you thought was a 'Best Of' of sorts, you got an inside look at why they earned their cult status. Not only did you get a pile of hit tunes but you got access to all those rare singles that serious fans were always after. The CD and LP versions just never delivered the same back story.

            When this box set was released, it was as if we could finally add that side two cassette to our CD collections (which was my original motivation for this purchase). Leafing through the book and listening to the development of The Cure's 'throw away' tracks, which they are not, confirms what I felt when I first heard that original cassette. You have your 'MTV' Cure, which delivers smash hits over and over again for the masses (which, let's it it, is okay), and you have your 'fan dedicated, personal' Cure, which writes all those instrumentals and quirky songs that serious fans can hang onto and call their own. This box set demonstrates that fan dedicated, personal side beautifully and in a very complete way.

            If you really only bought their full length albums and the odd single here and there, this box set cracks open that other side. You'll be quite amazed at what you will find.

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